The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 11, 1876, Image 3

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Obliterate lie Color- Liegen. McGOWAN. SUBSTANCE OF iiiS SPEECH TO THE COLORED PEOPLE AT LOWNDESVILLE. Tiie Gospel of Peace. Chamberlain Weighed in the IJuUuu'c aiul Found Hunting. With a body politic of two separate' and distinct races?one wlu'te mid tin-: oilier black, and in numbers nearly! equal, the first wish of every patriot is! to make the body politic homogeneous, i and to that end to "obliterate the color i l ... litie," (jiuitfu oiauu?luw.itu ..v i full, and when we full it is a common ruin overwhelming both. OU: CONDITION KXTKAOnniXARY. | Political accord between the races is * the most sure and certain means of I preserving the peace of the country.! We who go for unity and accord between the races, are the friends of: peace, and those who arc strainiiu;, every nerve to keep the colored people! from acting with ns, are the real pro-! inoters of disorder? notwithstanding' their loud professions of love of| peace and horror of violence. Jlej said he was opposed to violence in cv-i ery form. He was opposed t<> it from j principle, from humanity, from tem-j jierainent and from policy. Ashe wasi opposed to tin? thing itself, so he was, opposed to all the causes likely toj it One of the Most obvious, underlying causes of disturbance lie>| in our extraordinary condition and Ihc corrupt and extravagant govern-! ment growing out of it. The fact isj that the present race domination inj ?outh Carolina is oppressive, odious) and infamous. It is absurd and un-l natural, to subordinate intelligence toj Ignorance and integrity to corruption. It is a violation of all laws human ami ; olivine, ami whilst it is imposed upon! us, it is useless to cry peace! peace.'! They who imposed this infamous jrov-J eminent, are the real and true authors) of all this appearance of commotion, and whilst it is kept upoii us it is all in ; vain to raise the hypocritical cry ofj disorder and violence. We must not I suppose that the people can forget the! invocation of the ghost of murdered Hamlet to his son, "if you have na-j lure in you, hear n noi. " Violence indeed! Tyrants are always in favor of pro fou nil peace! History toils that a minion of the Czar of all the Russia*, after he had conquered and despoiled poor Poland, reported back to jliis master, "Order wif/tix in Warsaw." Yes! theordorof; despotism! The Russian autocrat) might exact quiet from the oppressed J people of South Carolina as he does from the different races which com-, pose his empire?Tartars, Circassians, i'olanders and Cossacks of the! Don; but such silent submission can Jiot be reasonably expected from the oppressed people of South Carolina, under a government republican in form, whilst one of the races is eternally taught that the other is not trustworthy and is inimical to them! Xo! in our condition that is impossible! i'kace otrn roucv. ? 1 1 1?*; 1 ttno I.Ann I A (Milium poiuicju jMwuiciu im.-'uiAii i cast upon us, uud we think the only solution is in reconciliation ami political unity. We know the supreme im- i parlance of peace. The races here are fo he the stilierers from violence. /It < is essentially our concern. We are i:i Jiivor of reconciliation, fraternity and I peace. We lire opposed to violence in < ail its forms, and to all the underly- I in? causes which produce violence as j ucJJ; and therefore wo say that any I outsider, who comes in auiougst us, I and for oftice, or from any other nio-jl tive whatever, sows the seed of ili>-! | cord between the races living on thislt soil, is no friend of either race or lover j1 of his country, but is a selfish wicked 11 intermeddler with other people's busi-j i ness, and should be whijfped with a|( cat-o'-nine-tails naked through the It land! jl We arc the party of jteace and or- {i der, and if you value it come over and ; I aiu?,,,, witii n< fin- liu? redenintioii I' J"". ei - - - i of the country, mid thus extirpate tliej very roots of all rottenness and disor-! der! ! THE HACKS CAN* LIVE TOGETHER IN j1 l'EACE. j 1 There is no reason why the racjs in 11 South Carolina could not act together politically. There is no iiihe- * rent incompatibility. if so, thosei( who incorporated the two into one I: body politic, committed the greatest!' crime in the history of the world.'' What would you think of the man ;! who would put the lion and the tiger!' in the same cage and lock the door,11 and then hypocritically cry out with ;1 feigned amazement that (he onhna/s!' had r/ot in fiyhttntj < Now, if there is I' any mitural inherent incompatibility j1 between the races, those who joined ' , us together should be , more than ! doubly daftined ; but. we are happy to j1 tell you it is not true.- There is" no ! reason why we should wage upon each j1 other eternal war. We were born j I here and so were you. We are natives!1 and so are you. We have no other ! <'<(t)ntry but this?neither have you. j We are Interested in ha villi: good gov- j eminent, and so are you. We live on 1 the same soil?the same sun, moon I' and star* are above lis. We yield j1 obedience and pay taxes under the r same laws. Our interests are iudisso- 1 lublv united and dove-tailed with each other?our prosperity is your prosperity, and our ruin must be your ruin! Are we not then more than j iiliots, if we ailow any per.-ons to divide in twain tlio.se who arc thus unit- J ed, and to keep an eternal discord between us, to the utter and hopeless ruin of both of us and our children) and our children's children to the latest generation ? I'KACK NKCKSSA It Y FOR I'KOSPHKITV. ! Peace is absolutely necessary for the; prosperity and happiness of thecouu-i try?all clashes of it. Oui? soil ami! eliipate are equal to any in the world.' We have been eminently blessed by the great Creator. This is a (?'od-blessed but man-cursed land. All we want is a good government, and peace on earth and good will to all men. There can be no happiness o* prosperity in a; country torn and lacerated by eternal! race conflicts. This is especially true) as to the poor aiwl friendless. 1 he j colored people are poor ami should be[ industrious to make something for; their families; but they can't do this, j whilst they make a business of poli-j ties, and are in constant dread and terror. (jod help that people who cannot lie down at night in peace and quiet, and expect to rise refreshed for the toil audi labor of the next day! Instead of) prowling about at night?attending political meetings and hearing incen- !< diary speeches, which from the bottom i stir the hell within him, shall we not | soon realize the pleasing nature oft< seeing the industrious eofojed man! living on terms of friendship vi^itb all, his neighbors, white and bhv^e?neiih-i er afrai.l nor ashamed to/pok any! man iu the face?sleeping fit pight in the bosom of his little family as safe and secure as a king, aufc} i-shig at tiny-light as blythe as the' molu, and moving to his day's work a* peaceful- ; ly and (piietly as the smoked which soj gracefully curls from his oaiyjn ch'i<#iney! My (iod! don't you<\lonir for Micu ;i iiiiiu . l'ju cuii t loirjr foj* jfc more than we do. ]}ut theTgerueitt filtered ami poisoned even the happiness of 1'aradise which was guai-?it>d by bright cherubim a in I.seraphim, ai^d our Kden will never be restored to its propc.i happiness, until you repel and expel the tempters?these people .who came to you and whisper into your ear that your interest and ours are difil ferent and that to protect your rights itf js necessary for you t?? vote theft) into ottioe, and ignore and vote against your-neighbors and friends. ClIAMRKKLAIX KOK RACK IHSCOKD. Mr. Chamberlain, by far the ablest mm) in the radical party in South Carolina, has disclosed the grounds upon which ids party demands the nu If rages of the colored people, and f " I ! actually lias the temerity to class every [ ! colored man as a radical. 11c says ;i | "The colored race who constitute the | "larger part of the republican voters j "arc attached to that party by ties the; '"strongest which ever govern men's! i"political action?the profound con-: ["viction, whether mistaken or not, ; "that lhe great boon so recently con-( ("ferrt'd upon them, freedom and suf- j i"fragc?were safe only, in their full j j "breadth and beneficence, under I he j' J "protection of the party which had "conferred them." Here is a deliberate appeal to divide J t be races?to isolate the colored people j | [from their white neighbors, and it is ideally obnoxious to all that we haveH said upoh that subject. The proposi- H tiou is put plausibly, but sophistic-ally, j' r.nd can be conclusively answeied. | In the lirstplace, if the proposition :' were true as slated (which if. is!( not,) and if that constituted a right}1 to the colored vote, (he ef-M feet would inevitably be that thei1 party bearing the name ofj1 'Republican," would lie entitled foj' that vote for a/! time to come ; with- 1 out'the least regard to its sins of oniis-j* siou or cum mission und in despite ofj11 infamies, robberies and peculations which imperil civilization itself and J? stink rank to heaven! Js this "the!' collar of (Jurtlio?the born thrall of (,'edrick of Itotherwood!" If; so, the poor colored people are under mortgage and bound in a bondage worse than the slavery from which they were emancipated! (.'all you , this giving them freedom? The white i people who pay the taxes are to be forever excluded from all participation ; s in the government of their country! ,'( Call you this :i republican govern-|j meiit! it. It is ungenerous in the party, whose; ii boast it is that they are the champions ; i of liberty, thus to enslave the mind* J1 of their poor victims, for if the collar|11 is nothing weakened in eight years, it)1 will last for u century! If the votes!" of the colored people only gave con- I1 trol over themselves, they might be I pitied for such folly; hut when theirl-j vote gives dominion over the li ves and ' y property of others, it seems muelijp worse than a foliy! One would think e that eight years of continuous sack j i> and plunder would sullicc to pay oil*;^ ..I,I nnil lii.-il if (1h? interest of," tin'colore'! people demanded it, theyj1' miuhtat last be permitte'l to exercise;*' their liberty and vote for :i change! | II IS IM.'KMISKS KALSK. j|. lint we utterly deny t!ie premises upon which tlie proposii ion rests.! t< We take i*-sue upon the alleged fact j ii that the republican party exclusively j u "conferred the great boon." The war a was wajrud for the preservation ofi" the hi ion, and not lor the abolition ofp slavery. On the ?2 July I.Stil, (after jM the battle of ljuil Run.) ( on mess sol-j^1 emuly deelared'by resolution: , J j, "That this war is not waged 011 tla-ir part In J t| any spirit of oppression, or for any purpose ofi,, conquest or stihjligation or purpose of over-; throwing or interfering with tin* right* or es-! tahli>heil institution of those Slates, Imt to defend ami maintain the Xn;>rcm tr,i/ of t!?. i . > i onsillUUlHI, aim i?> >?.< un- I iiiwii vwiii((i nil the dijrnity, <'<f?ialit.v and rights nf tin-: ? several State* unhnj) aired; and as soon a> i the<e object* arc uccuDiplisiicd the waroutflit.;l to cease." . Is The Northern democrats aided inj*1 the war as well sis the republicans. ' ami without their aid the republicans! could not have succeeded ! Mr. Til-j> den lias been all his life as much op- * po?ed to slavery as Mr. II:iyes. The it (leueral (Government could not abol- tl ish .slavery?that could only be done si constitutionally by the .States. He jr. was in the Convention of the .State in :l September, I.S'm, which adopted thei* ordinance of emancipation, and "'i.1! that time (here was not our republican ! J. in the Utah of South Carolina ! j tj It is true that this was caused hyjt, the disastrous result of the war, bul;sj the facts still remain, that .South Oaro- i tl liua diil it, and that the war which I h caused it was w?lged by democrats as Jo: well as republicans. Gen. McClellan j " llie greatest General the Union army sl ,'ver had was always a democrat, and j this <lav is making a great democratic ;lj <peech in Ohio! The truth is that j j, the abolition of slavery was evolved 11. from a concurrence of cireuinstances, I *f, eyond the purposes of either of the t\ parties which waged the war, and was rt lie act of the great God of heaven, li A'ho rules the universe and works oul !l' lis purposes by means which arc only l'! n-?tiuincuts in his hands! Thk ex-ii,: ilusive claim or "the party," by whichI j.j :hey would keep the colored people in ; J( mndage to them forever, is not only I ? jngeneroiis and scltish, but it i&un-j'j' founded. ; hi IHK HICiKTS OK TIIK COLOKKD PKOPMC ! ?*:: SAKJ-: I'MiKK TIIK DKMOCKATIC i di I'ARTV. d' But from whatever source these''> jooiis may have come, we utterly deny hat "they are safe only under the proection of the Republican party." ; ".lj We repel this <d?arge with the utmost;1 earnestness and indignation. We say I,? mphatically that their rights will be', u ,a!er under the protection of the dcm-j m >crats, than the pai ty in South Caro- w inn called republican, for the simple! eason that the democratic party is an ton est party and will neither steai ; ights nor money. Let the Freed-! Is nan'^Bauk declare what sort of pro-; 1 tection "the party" affords to poor col- j >red people?the protection which j,., the wolf gives the Jamb or the kitclsi the dove. p; Mr. Chamberlain does not venture o' to assert thai they will not he safe a under the protection of the democrat- ? ie party, but he says the colored peo- |? |de have such "a conviction, whether mistaken or not." How can he know aj my such thing? We suppose the tj wish was father to the thought, and that his p-'rpose iff .bis oraliofis overja the State, is to create that*"profound L'onvietion." Whe|i we look out upon '< n ihese reil and yclkm jackets of colored ; i-Iuhs pre-ent here, *ye nre inclined to: the opinion that Mr. Chamberlain is "mistaken" and not thcColored people, f We will tell you why the rights nl the colored peonle will he entirely saf?? ^ under the protection of the democrat- u ic party. i w 1. Tlte democratic platform of the) United States declares?"For the de-jij ino'1.racy <>f the whole' country we do t| herere-alHrni our faith in the perma- ti nency of the Federal union?our de- J p votiou to t'ie constitution rf the Uni-'ti ted States with its amendments uui-|t. versnlly accepted as a final .settlement i t) of all the conversaries that engender- e ed t lie civil war, and do here record <> our steadfast confidence in the rr/nalif// j ft of alt. citizens before the just taws of'W their oion enactmentc II. The democratic platform of the <j slate declares, that?"We discountenance all disturbances of the peace of u the State and denounce all instigators! t and promoters thereof; and earnestly fi call upon all of our fellow-citizens ir-j n respective of party lines to exercise forbearance and cultivate good will;!t| and if the government of the Slate is!<| committed to our control, we pledge!e ourselves to protect the person, rights ^ andprnjn rty of atl its people, and to ? speedily bring to summary justice any s who dare violate them." III. Mr. Tilden in his letter of ae- j t ceptance says as follows : "The nobler t motives of humanity concur with thelu malarial interests of all in requiring 11 that every obstacle be removed, to a y complete and durable reconciliation j j between kindred populations onceun- jt naturally estranged, on the basis re- j j n/.imi'/wi liv ihc St. Louis nlati'orm, of: l: the "Constitution of the United States j i with its amendments universally accepted as a final settlement of the con- | troversies which engendered civil {. war." f But, in aid of a result so beneficent, ? the moral inlluence of every good citizen, as well as every governmental v authority, ought to be exerted, not I; alo^e to maintain their just equality c before tiie law, but likewise to ;efcta- t bllsh u cordial fraternity and good i j viili among citizens, whatever their| ruct or color, who are now united in It thetipe destiny of a common self-gov-11 erumtf?t. If the duty shall be assign-; ! ed to nrt, I should not tail to exercise in 'be powtrs with which the laws and j t?v?? const'1ution of our country clothc j j its chrw magistrate, to protect all ilsi citizens, whatever their former con-:<every political and personal in tV. Gen. Hampton, democratic j f candidate for Governor, has declared ;j on every stump in South Carolina:! t "In the presence of the people ofi < South U&rolina, and in the presence of ( my God, I pledge myself that if elect- j ed J shall know no party, no race, no ( color or condition in the admini^tra-', tiou of the laws. 1 shall be Governor i ? vi-.-s ? - of the entire people of South Carolina." V. In the States of the South where the Democrats have got control of the Government, as in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas anil Arkansas, all the rights of the colored people have been protected and they are prosj^rous and happy. The honest administrations which the Democrats have established in those states have enured to the iidvantage of the colored people as well as ttie white people. VI. Above all, in Uiese stales have been established lirmly and securely law and order?peace and kind feeling between the races, which is above i[l price?especially for the poor colored people. VII. 11 is not only our duty which ive have vowed to perform, but it is nir highest interest to protect the rights of the colored people and cultivate kind relations with them?whilst t is the interest of the radical party to li vide and embroil us, for they cease o exist iu South Carolina as a party, he moment we join hands and stand -shoulder to shoulder for good mil honest government. rhe Press and Banner AU15EVILLE, S. O. Wednesday, Oct. 11,1876. Governor Chamberlain. This week we devote mu<h of onr pact* to extracts troni Coventor t'hamK'i l.tin's answer i<? the letter of Colonel iaskell wiio, in the name of this J)cnn>-j nun- iixecutive Committee, had iuvtuVi ii tit 10 meet t ho I 'autocratic speakers on! lie stump in the discussion of tiie great loiiiieai issues of the day. '1'Iii? docuneiit is remarkable for more reasons iian one, and should lie read by every tan in the County, in order that lie may e acquainted with i is vindictivenessaitd ilreii toward the white people whom lie L-eks to govern. It is remarkable for le ability and the show of fairness with iiich Jie tlireets liis poisoned shafts at the eople whose representative ami defendr he should be. This document which > closely followed by his proclamation, i.>lianuing the Kiilo Clubs, and threaten-j ij; great calamities 011 the material inter- j ..r ?I,,. ,ii.1, rv vliows to wliai deeds f desperation ilns man will resort before j elincpiishing iiis hold of olliee over the eopte whom he lias so heartlessly and unningiy traduced. .Mr. Chamberlain need not lay the tint-{ . ring unction to his soul that mere is one ouesi man in old Abbeville who courts j i-> smile or cowers before his threaten in;; j ngor. The men ol' Abbeville arc inadej i sterner stulf than to retreat in the face i f the loe. They know their rights aim j iii dare assert Ihem. If, he expects the etnocrais to dissolve their organization nit yield the held to him, he is very inch* mistaken. We will do no suen 111 iiur. If we are beaten, it will lie wiihl ur lace to tin? enemy. Mr. Chamberlain need never think oil stablisliing permanently over the native j ingio-Saxoti of South Carolina the rule; r domination of aliens and negroes. 'Here never will he political tranquillity nd material prosperity in the State when j uch men as he is, and such men as his as-1 rviates are, misgovern and traduce the I est people of .South Carolina. Jle makes an ingenious statement in j i-ference to the meetings at Edgilield, iewberry, Aoheville and otliei places. In his iepoil of the Abbeville meeting | will be observed that lie does not deny! tQcharges brought by Col. Aiken, lie IVS "till* Coiorou repiioncan* wtrv (ill -1 viui? a 1'nited States llutr," Arc. The lla^i I llmled Id was a Hayes and Wheeler lla^f, I iiieh Uie republicans had in tia: street.auuted in llie faces ofthcdemoeratsafter j icy had folded their Tildeii and I lend ricks j ag. He said he disiinetlv heard le click ol' a considerable' number pis>ls. (ienticinen with ears of tlie normal ze who set on the stand with him on lat "day of wrath, that dreadful day," eard u<> such ominous sound.-, and we in only account for the (Sovernor's statelent by the length of his cars or the :rengthof his imagination. lie dwells at length upon the terrorism lid lawlessness winch he alleges prevails inong the while dcmountls. This siatelont needs no denial. Kvcrybody nows that the courts arc administered y republican ollicials, and that nineteenventietlis of the eriminals are colored ?publicans. Our jails and the penitcnary are lull of them, while it is a ran iiiig to see a white democrat in either lace, flic white democrats of the State ly annually fifty or sixty thousand I >11;irs for (lit* support <>f colored repub- ; inuis in the jails awaiting trial or underling punishment, when the cost to pun-! !i white* democrats is scarcely a farthing. j lie courts in the trial ol' criminals arc al- ( osI wholly occupied hv colored republi- | ins,. which costs the peaceable white 1 [ inoerats# of the state perhaps ail addi- ' jiuiI hundred thousand dollars annuali We suspect that the governor's guilty : (iiscieiicc a?*c*ounts to him for the nsen ing attitude ol" the while .democrats oil, it* .slate. I ( As he alleges no cause for ibis sudden | Ubrcak of lawlessness andtClvrorisni on j le part ol' while democrats thcl lost law-abiding people ,in the world, e will suggest that while ho was Writinn j > much "I' seif-praiso for his triumphs; j1 he h.td said that republican governors >i td annually called upon the Leg-j iaturu to appropriate from sixty !i i eighty thousand dollars oft toncy which from I lite' demofRmTtolsupport in < ? J??d j uufort-the colored republic n\ of the j! una affinity and eon?angu:,y of the cul-: rUSin the State' Houfte, while the State!' f Georgia farms out hVr convicts in such j rtiantter iw to bring il?e fctate a revenue |1 f 5*renty-fivo,thousand dollars a year,! e would have seated more interesting! icts. . . The 0(>vornOr might have stated that1; [though our taxe* are enormously high | lore is no money in the Treasury, that J if publio institutions are beimr run on J ?8* ?...,,l?.l 1,?. ?.|,i|,. ili.iniu.iv.fi; V'H UIV UJkWUIM?l>u ?',? TUehundred* of lunatics arc denied thej nmey appropriated for thesupport of the; vlum. lie said nniliznir about his nbxen co from ! icState during the trial of dial gmtli del' ex-treasurer Parker. Neither did e oxplinii how ho made his escape. He failed to explain why lie put two nndivd thousand dollars ol' the people's lonev in Solomon's broken bank, which 'as a total loss. Thu (iovernor omitted to mention, 1 puliation for any acts committed by lie whiles, the gross wrongs pcrpcrated against them in the name of i-publicuuism. 1 le never once uliuded | i the fact that they have had, lbr ight years, no voice in the governlent, and that they were entirely cxluded from participation in the ailairs J f the State. He never alluded to Unlet that all the nominees of the repub-1 can reform State ticket are aliens xeept two?one white man and une; egro?being natives. He never alluded to the feeling of! nrest which pervades our people, and J lie fact that they through learof arson j roin the republicans, stand guard all i?:ht in some of lliu towns. ile makes great complaint against) lie Labor Reform Association which: eelares in favor of democratic labor? rs. Mr. Chamberlain himself inauurated the plan, iie said none hut | epublicatis should hold ollice?we ay we will patronize democrats. Has (Sovernor Chamberlain forgotcn that colored Republicans went to he house of the Harmons, quiet snd unsuspecting white democrats, near he Abbeville and Kdgelield line, aid ritli clubs and knives murdered them I n their own house? Has he forgot-1 en that two of these murderers,liettie 'errin and Tilda Hollo way, are still at j urge and that no effort lias ever been | uade to arrest them ? Has the Governor forgotten the I'o-I naria tradegy, where colored Iiepubli-j ans committed the dmible crime ofj onl murder ami arson at midnight up>11 a sleeping white Democrat? (Jen. Howard, a white democrat, vas waylaid in the low country, and msely murdered by colored republians.* Will the Governor admit this o he another bloody stain upon the ?arty that caused it? Has the Governor forgotten howl luce colored republicans lay iu waitj or an unsuspecting Sumter merchant,! , white democrat, felled him with an I xe on his own thresh hold, rilled his| notiey drawer and made a funeral ?yre of his house ? "Shall we prolong this bloody roll? Miall we add to the characters in this 11 ready "crowded chamber of liorors?" No, forsooth. We Khali reVain from mentioniiig iu detail the ntcruiinable list of bestial rapes, nudlight house-burnim;s, and other rimes committed by colored republicans against white democrats. We would scorn to emulate the Governor in ferreting out and gloating >v<-r of so horrible a spectacle, even wider the goading spur of party spirit. j An Afflicted Family. I DEATH OF DR. JOIIX A. STUART AND COL. LARKIX GRIFFIN. Seldom in our journalistic career j liiia it been our painful duty lo chronicle greater affliction upon any family than has of late been visited upon the family of Dr. Stuart, at Ninety-Six. I Ia lovely daughter sleeps in a newI made grave, ami now tlie father, Dr. J Stuart, and Col. Griflln, the gritn?I-: fat Iter have just been laid where the I ! lore-lilt hers of the luuulet sleep. j Dr. Stuart had been confined to his j room for several weeks with typhoid j fever, and the aged patriarch, Col. (iriffln, who lived in the house with I the Doctor's family, had been for several months too feeble to be out of thedwelling. Col. (irillin daily grew weaker and more exhausted from the natural wearing out of the system i Irom old age, and the fever each day | I made greater ravages upon the fine j constitution and thegreat physical now- ( ersoftho Doctor, until last Weil lies-j day afternoon, at four o'clock, sur-j j rounded by his family, he quietly and | peacefully went to rest, as one whoi "draws the drapery of his conch about | him and lies down to pleasant dreams." In an adjoining room Col. | Larkin Grillin's soul quitted its earth-1 | ly tenement, just four hours later. | T)lt. JOHN A. STL'ART 1111 I was uui ii iiuu viimo ... | this County, Juno .'{0, 1821. His lather (who died when John was only ten j years ohl.) was Alexander Stuart, ai native of Ireland; his mother wasj Margaret Ward law, who wasa distant relative to the Ward laws and the Per-i rins now of Ahheville. Soon afteri the death of his faUier, John was sent j to school to his hrother-in-law, Rev. John Harris, near Athens, Chi., wherei lie remained three years. Returning to his friends at Greenwood, he enter-j ed the Greenwood Academy, then uniler the management of Air. James Lesly, where he received all the literary education he ever got at school. He was a young man of uncommon promise, and when about sixteen years old began to read medicine with Dr. E. R. Calhoun, of Greenwood, into whose family he had been received as an adopted son. He progressed rapidly in the study of his chosen profession, and soon went to the Medical College at Charleston, where he pursued his studies with marked diligence and success. Afterwards, in order that he might attain still further proficiency in the healing art, he attended for a season the lectures in the Medical College at Philadelphia, where he graduated with distinction in 1830, before he had attained his twentieth year. Returning to .1- i ,.r i,:.. l i\.. ..11.^,,,. 1 IIC! IKJIIll" l?l 11 I "> l i il" 11 vi, xji. vuiiii/uii, t lie at once begun u successful and lucrative practice of medicine. In IS 10 . lie married Miss Eliza 15. (irilTin, who lived after their marriage only sixteen months. Subsequently he married .Miss Talitha (friflin, a sister of his first wife, and she died in abput ' twelve months afterwards. Being a widower for the second time, in l.S-l'J lie married his third and present wife, Miss Mary 1'. liritiln, who is a sister|! of the lirsl two?all daughters of Col. Larkiu (jriflin. No children were J horn of the lirst two marriages, but of , the second marriage teu children were horn?nine of whom survive the Doc- 1 lor. Always a moral man. he joined the Presbyterian church early | in life, at Hock Church, near'(*reenwood, and was ever aconsistent member, and had been for many years be- . fore his death an Elder of thatdenoin- 1 inatiou of Christians, and on his death-bed gave unmistakable evidence ' df his acceptance with tiod. He became a Mason when a little j over twenty-one years of a;ie, and wast ever afterwards a zcidous member oi l. the order, and by his orderly conduct!' convinced the world that he obeyed ! precepts and wholesome rules as set) forth by the mystic tie. Ho was one! of the brightest and best informed h Masons in the County, and at the . time of his death was .Worshipful . \l;ifct<>r f>f the Lodire at Ninetv-Six. I the position which he had held for ! many years. Since the war, when the Royal Arch Chapter of Royal and Select Masters was organized at Ninety-Six, he was chosen High Priest, ( which ottice he held milii the day of . his death. At the last meeting of the ! [?rand Lodgeof the State, lii.s intelli- . Ht'iice and familiarity with Masonry 1 commended him l<> the attention ol'j I hat body and he was elected Deputy (Jraiul Master for this division of ther State. |( At the organization of the Demo- . L'ratic club/ at !Ninety-Six he was L-hosen President, and was always if iheir trusted delegate to the political , nieetingsat Abbeville Court House. j He was a public-spirited citizen, , foremost in every good work. What- j L'ver tended to promote the welfare . ind prosperity of the country or the liapi?:ncst> of iiis conununily found an pu'dTcst advocate in Dr. Stuart. * His popular manners, together ? S?I* l.Jo mi/jpffv n n/1 lily gavehiui an influence beyond compu-j tatioi). lieing a sale and a reliable! counsellor, nothing of importance in ^ liis neighborhood was ever uudcrluk-!' en without tlrst consulting him. The death of Dr. rituartisa cnlatn-P ity not only tohisown immediate f.uni- [' ly, but is a great loss to the county,!' :ind for many reasons isasad tlispensa-j( lion of that divine Providence, which I' is inscrutable and past finding out. 1 lie was of a long-lived family and < I possessed a healthy robust physique, | and being only fifty-five years 'of a^e,!1 he had good reason to hop<* that he 1 had yet in store many years to live, I iii which he might in the evening of'1 a well-Spent life witness and enjoy! the progress of his children in h the morning of life, while lie quietly h rested in the halo of the closing h shade* of his own departing days. || Dr. Stuart was a man of refinement, education and high moral worth, and || was the most useful member of the L community in which he lived. Kini-j< nent in the profession which he adorned with his character and liisj virtues, he was distinguished for his integrity,sound judgment social ' excellence, lie was an ^pfectionate | and devt.ted husband; a kiud and iu-i diligent father, and he in turn was| idolized by a happy family whose eve 1 ry thought centred in him. He was the centre around whom all gathered I j at the fall of the evening shades, and , in whom all confided without reserve. His generous nature, his sympathetic heart, ami his bounteous hand, I were ever ready to relieve the distress- < ed, while his kindness, his cheerful words, and his hearty grasp of the I hand never failed to inspire new hope i into the heart of the desponding. In i all the relations of life no man was i ever truer or stood more firmly for : mem were uurn c-xevt-n i-iumii-ii, um^i :of whom preceded the lather to lliej i grave. He began life with only a 'mall patrimony which he received {from his father's estate, but by his industry and application to business I lie accumulated a handsome fortune before the war, and many years ago lie (divided a large estate with hischiidren giving each one enough to make him or her comfortable for iife. The Colonel was an active and zeal| ous Baptist and hesitated not at ex! pense or labor if his church was to be ! benetiled, or the cause of education i or religion to be advanced. When the Baptist, Seminary buildings at Greenville were to be built some twenty-five or thirty years ago, the Church having full confidence in his .superior ability to carry on the work :iml knowing that his heart was in the cat^e appealed to him to go to that town and commence the great work which has resulted in so much good the Baptist denomination, lie knew that to break up his farm and sell out would be a great sacrifice, but with the encouragement of his good wife, he concluded to make thesacrihce, anil | to Greenville he went. After completing Hie work .us far as the money would pay tor, he returned to Cokesbury where he lived until hound Mrs. Gritlin broke up house-keeping and! went to live with their son-in-law, I Dr. Stuart, at Ninety-Six. He wus a man of great decision and integrity of character and his unswerving devotion to duty was unsurpassed. He was a Union man in the days of Nullification in 1832, and served Edgefield County for three successive terms in the Legislature about that time. He was often honored by his neighbors, conferring upon him places of distinction, and for many years he was Colonel of cavalry in the State militia. He and Mrs. Griffin were baptized into the Jiaptist church nt Sister Springs church, Edgefield County, by the Rev. It. M. Todd, nearly sixty years ago, and both have lived in the laiih and full-fcllowshipof the church ever since. He had lived long beyond the allotted time, and for months before his death he prayed that be might be taken hence to be wHAi lijs Maker. His work had been accomplished and he was ripe for the sickle of the great Reaper, and he no doubt "like all men of good will has conquered a place in the jupremy council of that adorable tyrant wJ?o*e name is ciod:" The bereaved partner, of his life, whose faith in the goodnes^and mercy of Him who died for ouf transgressions is unbounded, wiil. we doubt not, meekly say, "Not my will,Unit l'hine be done." 4 TJIR DUAL KURIAL;;. On Thursday, the 5th mi^', the Hmj/4 ies of both the deceased were takeiyto (lie Presbyterian church anu placet! in front nT the pulpit, when the lt'ev. J. U. Lindsay preached the iyiieral of Dr. Stuart to a crowde<j?#uudi<?nce. The South Carolina Presbytery which was in session at that place suspended 1 their exercises to attend, and there was manifest among those present the greatest grief at the loss the community had sustained. ; . llev. Messrs. J. O. Lindsay?" f. "Mc> Lees and. L. A. Hmaddus occupied .the pulpit. The words of Mr. Li?tsny's were, "so teach us to number our [lays that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." And in the delivery of his discourse he desired especially to remind his hearers of the uncertainty ;>f life and the certainty of death, and' ;?f the importance of so taking ac- . ::ount of the present moment that 1 when death conies they might be able lo meet it without fear; and he forci- 1 lily argued that "the fear of the Lord > is the beginning of wisdom".''/"Mr. Lindsay said his heart was so lull of sympathy and sorrow that he could not liud words to speak of the deceased. His hearers all knew him and loved him. j llev, John McLees made appropri- j ite remarks in reference to both the leeeased. but csnecijillv of Mr. (Jiif in. lie said ('lull Mr. (JrilTin had made request of liiin a mini bet' of fears ago to preach his funeral in case ie survived iiini ; he had spent much iine in Mr. Grifthi's family; had always found him to be a warm friend md believed liiin to bo a true (,'hrisian ; spoke of the relationsip and inimacy of the two deceased; "they vere lovely in their lives and in their leath they were not divided." Jlev. L. A. 13roaddus also spoke feelngly of both the deceased, and gave heir death-bed testimony as dying n the triumph of faith, and willing to lepart and be with Christ. Deep feeling pervaded the entireaulieuce. iJr. Stuart had been eleeted " lelegate, by the session of his church, ' o atteml l'resbytery, and that very jody witnessed his funeral and burial. TJiecorpses were then interred in he village cemetery. The masons in heir regalia numbering some forty irethren took charge of Dr. Stuart's J villains, and buried him with mason- i c honors after reading the solemn and Digressive burial service of that undent Order of which he was u distinguished and beloved brother. ? * ,11nss .Heeling at I)uc West. Everybody is invited to Due West j m next Thursday evening to witness , he grand torch-light procession, 'j ivhich will lake place at early dark. ( Jn Friday it is expected that a. vast j ;on course of people will assemble to tear politics discussed from a Demo;ratie standpoint. Many distinguish- ( d speakers will he present,and nguod t :ime may be expected. As we go to no >lace with more pleasure than to Due West, our old home, we shall do our best to accept the courteous invitation extended. Our readers know that Due West occupies no second place with 1 the Prcsti and JUtnncr. Or it friend Mr. George Bradley and theyoung ladies have returned from the Centennial, passing through Abbeville on Monday. Air. Bradley and the whole party were highly pleased ' with their trip and they advise every tlio rift lit, nuil no man over enjoyed! greater confidence and respect 1'rom! liis neighbors. His portly frame, his courteous bearing, his manly carriage, his beaming eye, liis radiant lace, all plainly pointed him out as one of nature's noblemen, who stood high | above the common herd. J?*or j our own part, we never knew a ....... u-iil. >< fi.vv of llu> piiiiiiiiiin I frailties or human nature, audi have yet to make the acquaintance uf| him vvho possesses more of the ster-! ling qualities of the lieail ami the: heart than Dr. John A. Stuart, of; Ninety-Six. j To the bereaved weofler our heartfelt sympathies, ami with them shed aj tear for our departed friend. ?"Oh for a touch of ;i vanished Jim ml, [ Ami the sound of a voice that is still." (OL. LA It KIN (SKIFF IX was horn in Laurens County, P. 0., j March 27,178S, and received tiie nidi-] nients of an English education under; the tutorship of Uev. Mr. Montgomery, at Old Cambridge, to which plnrel lie came when only thirteen years old. I His father was Kichard CiriHi 11, ami' his mother was Nancy (.'lark, a native j of Culpepper County, Virginia. Col-! onel (irillin was the youngest of a fain-; ily of seventeen children, all of whom lie survived. On the --<1 March, 1S10, he married Miss Jeniiina Coleman, with whom I he lived more than sixty-six yearn, and who yet survives him. Toj body to < <> where (lie whole world may be seen at one glance. George 1 says it beats u circus all hollow. Tirn store house of Mr. J. C. Press- , 13" near Dells Chajipell, in this county | was burned 011 Saturday night. The . work or an incendiary. Loss SI,400. No insurance. I 1 Mri.l and Gin IIousr Rurned.? The mill once the property of Win. Agnow 011 Long Cane was burned on , Saturday night. The work it is supposed of one of Chamberlain's doves. ' Lowxdksvillk club will meet on Saturday the :21st instant, at ten ; o'clock in the forenoon. Everybody, white and black, should be present, as business of importance is to be transacted. This invitation is extended to everybody, whether members of the dub or not. IL. II. HARPER. Mu. J. F. To WN.ShNi), of Hodges, has Hampton Hats for sale. Call ami get one He knows how to appreciate Gen. Hampton, having been in the same army during the war and wounded several times. [Oct. 11, tf 'Punctuality is tiir Hi nor of Pi'sinicss." In families where Dr. Hull's Cough Syrup is kept, there is never a case of absence from school or i business on account of Coughs, Colds 1 or Sore Throat. Skb important notice in another column from Capt. E. Cowan, agent ofi Wbuiin'rt Raw lJolie. Rurcha-sers of! fertilizers must now pay up. Thel ,(..'aptai u is as obliging as possible and! we trust that those who owe him will not disappoint him. "RlCHAIUVS IfIMSRI.K Afl.VIX."? Our friend, Mr. T. 1'. Quarles is again in the cotton market with the greatest; quantity of money and will pay it out! liberally for the staple. We are glad! to see this evidence of returning prosperity. * Miss 3lattie Smith, of Rome, daugh-j ter of "Rill Arp," when she heard of] the distress in t'-avaniiah, picked up! her bonnet ami went out and collected! $o0and forwarded it. Messrs. Williams & Gibson, stock j and real c.vtate broKers, oi jucnmonu, | Ya., wiTI sell at public auction, in At-; lanla, on the 5th day?of December: next, the entire road-bod of the Rich-; inond and Atlanta Air Line Railway.! The machinery, rolling stock and air Other apiairtcnaiicesol the road, will J a ho l?e so hi. i Wk were pleased to greet in our office ou Saturday last Rev. T. CJ. Ligon, | of Smyrna church, Newberry county. His labors in Newberry have been I blessed by the hopeful conversion of muite a number in. bis charge, lie | had been attending presbytery at Nine| ty-.Six and took the occasion to visit his mother, wlvo lives near Lebanon. J He returned to his charge on Tuesday morning. A Republican meeting has been ap- j pointed to take place at this place on i the 18th iust. Mil. Bowi.kn 11. aiiiikn is a man after the. printer's own heart. The best evidence of hisbeitif* a. yood fiirmer is the fact that lie never owes the printer a cent. Our ghost has never sat heavy on him. _ Dit. II. S. Beckham represented Lowmlesville nt rue ijnnor iteioim meeting at this place on Monday. Miss Mamie E. Smith, one of the most charming young ladies of Smithvillc township, was in the village last week attending the grand dramatic performance of the rifle cluh on Friday night. Major G. now has an aeh-j ing void in his breast. Tjii-; performances by the talent and j dramatic skill of the llifle cluh on Friday night were highly amusing and entertaining. HOTEL ARRIVALS. AVIKlt'S HOTEL.?Eil Cox, Chiles Cross Itoads; Chas i\ Alien, H A Davis, Lovvndes"viile; s A Hrazeai, Ureenviile ;#Col II II Harper. Harpers Kerry ; J 1' Stroaehenehu, ('apt .J S Falrley, \V * ! ' Marshall, Ed .1 tindc, Charleston ; Dr.I W Wideman, Long Cane; H \V Ilaltawanger, Columbls; J Fuller Lyon, Ashcrry; Geo Speer, Monterey; M 1' Deliruhl, Thos l'Hrter. John A Calhoun, C W Cason. City; J It McCalla ami Wife, Klberton; Chas C Agncw. 1'hiladelphin; W il Terry, Baltimore. CATEU HOCSE.?Isaac Holmes, Samuel Raker, Philadelphia; A A Hohson, lliehmoml ; I>r II S Deck ham, Itev H C Ligon, .1 A I.cltoy, Thos Young, H A Davis, ('lias Allen, Lowndcsvlllo; l)a W C Norwood, F A Conner, T P Hrown, Cokeshury; W D Mars, EA Mars, Samuel Meliride, Calhoun's Mills; A Westheemer, J Kashland, Hnltimore; H G Mel,Inu, J J D?vis. Level Land; Capt J Lloyd, Lieu ("has 1{ Paul, Lieu Frank A IJiirnhart, 1,'s A; OT Calhoun, II T Ward law, I, \VSimj#cins, W C Jlcnnet, Abbeville; J T llaskinTjr, Win Purdy, Monterey ; .1 K Calwoll, Mt. Carmcl; .1 T Speed, 11 li Allen, S J Ontydon. The Fork. rMWiH IMIHWWIIWWW?MliaM?fc MARIlhT REPORTS. iiJ \ J'.lil'llWlj. UCllllKT l.?I ULIIIII HUH l III | easier?muUllinir uplands middling Orlesufs (ij/*; siilos K()0it hales, #-:\V' VOltK, October 7.?flotton dull?up-1 landf Hi') U>; Orleans 11%: sales ;>1 bales. AliUEVILLE, October U.-Cotton to!). Fair - Postponed, fN consideration of the political extemeut now prevailing, and at lliu earnest solicitation of many of those who have heretofore exhibited largely, the Board of Directors have determined to postpone the Annual Fair till WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, next. By order, 1 WI, E. PARKER, 1 +>* '. Secretary, v f~\?L <ri i c-n , < V/UL. !?/, JO/U. f ? ' '' Hotice. v; ; ALL pd-sons indebtecj to the undersigned by note or ficeouiit, must settle the same .or the matter w 1 |?I be placed in the^handa of an attorney for collection, L'onger _ indulgence will not be given. A. BEQUEST. Oct. 11,1876. .a ? % &TX MTLLINERY, I a I) It ESS GO JDS, v soa iifs, ltUFFLINGS, i CORSETS, ] I) It ESS TRIMMINGS, I l-'LAffNELS, SHAWLS, HOSIERY, 1 GLOVES, I WHITE GOODS,' ' B017LEVAKD SKIRTS, WOOLLEN GOODS, , md ladies' goods generally, can now I je found at the 1 Emporium of Fashion. , Oct. 11, *1870. 1 Ladies Cloaks, , a N all tlie latest stylos, cheaper than ;i a. material can be bought and a nade up, just opened at the Emporium of Fashion. Oct. 11, 1S7G. Final Discharge. TftJ'OTICE is hereby given that John JL^I Y. Hardy, Administrator of the Kstate of Wiley Hardy, deceased, has lpplied to Thos. J5. Mill ford, Judge of L'robate, in and for the County of Ah- ' jeville, for a tinal discharge as Admin- | st rat or. \\ : It is Ordered, That* the twentieth 1 lay of November, A. 1). lS7fi, be tixod r or hearing of petition, and a final settlement of said Estate. J. C. WOSMANSKY, Clerk Court of Probate, A. C. , rin t 11 1?7f! W. Rosenberg,! Granite Range, j abbeviLe C. H., S. C.|. o rgnilE undersigned just returned J M. from the Northern markets with 1 i lull and VAltllSD STOCK of ul-;' most every description of goods, j bought at low and panic prices, con- 1 dating in part of Staple anil Fancy Cry M,;; Boots, Shoes and Hats, READY-MADE CLOTHING,': which I make a specialty. ZMv Stock ill that line is I lie largest in the up- j i aoinitry, ami as well selected as any in the Slate. The Stock presents every variety of style and trade of Business and Dress Suits, i AND | I Over Coats for men, youth's ;jiid hoy's wear, and it; is the purpose of the proprietor to sell j hisgoods ut Short Profits. I also desire to call the attention of, my customers to a large lot of Jeans and Cassiiners which I will sell at astonishing low! prices. As to my stock of TRUNKS, JKWKLRY, GUNS PISTOLS, SADDLERY, t CROCK ICR Y, &c. i will only say that when yon come to j look and iiml out tny prices you, will have wonders to tell your neighhor?s ;iiiil friends. Groceries and Provisions, j I always keep a full ^toclc and atj lowest prices. Come one, conn: all, and satisfy your- j self tluit tho best bargains are given] at i W. Ilosesiberg.j Oct. 11, lS77.4t Ladies' Shoes, j S]1R0M the best manufacturers, 1 ({GOD AND CHEAP, just re-1 ceived, at the Emporium of Fashion, j Oct. 11, 1H7G. 1 .iJZ Sheriff's Sale. ! Amelia Hollinsliead 1 against Win. McG'aw, } Execution. A. J. Titus, Monroe Itobinson. J BV virtue of an Execution-to me directed in the above stated case, i will sell at Abbeville Court House on Wale Day, Hth November, J87?'i, within the legal hours, the following property, to wit: McUaws's house and lot, fronting Magazine street, containing one-half acre, more or less. A. J. Titus's house and lot, contain ing 1 acre, more or less, tomuieu i>y ioi of Alfrod Eilisou, A, HoIiinshead,*and others. Monroe ITobinson's house and lot, i fronting on Magazine street. Levied on and to ho sold as the pro- j pertyof the above named defendants, j at the suit of Mrs. Amelia llollinshead to satisfy the above Execution! and costs. Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIX, Sheriff A. C. j Sheriff's Ollice, 1 Oct. 9, 187(5. J Sheriff's Sale. Mrs. Louisiana A. Cobb, vs. Iiutler B. Cobb, Charles A. Cobb, [ Willie M. Cobb, and others. By virtue of an order to me directed | in the above stated ease, I will sell to the highest bidder at Public Auction within the legal hours fit' sale, at Abbeville Court House, oj/ Monday, 6th November, A. D. 187(5,mie following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situittfcj lying) and beii^on Coronachs creeK %ri/ the County of Abbeuille. Pjinith Curofluia, and known as the Buclfsuinan friet, and containing one hundrei^and swenty-eight acres, *igore or' less, and bounded by lauds olWJ. Z. Herndon, D. Wyatt Aiken, S. 1). Buchannay, It. P. Buchannan, and others. <,. Terms, credit of one, two and threap years, witlitoiterest frorii Hay .of sale) i payable in fnree annual instalments, secured by bond and mortgage of the premises. The cash payment or the bond and mortgage to be iftado to the Probate Judge. The purchaser to pay for necessary papers x(nd recording. To be sold at the risk of the former purchasers. L. P. GUFFIX, Sheriff A. C. j Sheriff's Office, Oct. 10, 1S70. j Sheriff's Sale. A. J. Clinuscules, and others, vs. Daniel J. Jordan. ]}y virtue of an Execution to me directed in the abfcve stated case, J will sell to the highest bidder, at Public Auction, within the legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, Gth day of November, A. D. 187<!, the following described property, to wit: 707 Acres. more or less,- bounded by lands of A.1 J'. Ferguso*, Thos. C. Perriu, andB JtllCl'3. ' " Also, 2 mules, 1 horse, 1 cow, 2 oid Wagons, 1 lla<v>y and Carriage. Levf &] pn and to be sold as the property >f 1). J. Jordan, at the suit of It. L. : Williams, and others. Terms Cash. ' I,. 1\ GUFFIX, ShcrifTA. C. (M* '10, 1870. I v ; Sheriff's Sale. v tVaiices'E.'^reKee and S. J. McKec, / her husbaud, ' ' vs* , . ( Josephine Fi. Miller, Wm. 75. Miller, h'er husband, and others. ? s ,.By virtue of an, Execution to me 1 lirectetfin the above stated case, J ( ,vill sell at Abbeville Court House, on j Salo Day, the 0th November, 1870, vlthin the legal hours of Sale, the i bllowingdescribed'property, to wit: < 136 Aci'es, norcor less, bounded by lands of T. x llampton.AV. E?AVaUers, and others. Property or J.-Jfl. Miller. 210 Afrres, no re or less, boundec\ by lands of J. It. filler, Alice Stark, and others. I Propeaty of J. S. Stark. 175 Acres, ' I nore or less, bounded by lands of F. [']. McKee, J. C. Hall, and others. Property of Alice H. Stark. ] finn a 6W ill*res, i noroorlesg, bounded by lands of J. < .iampton, J. Hull, Alice H. Stark, iiid other property of 1<\ E. McKee, Levied on uml to be sold as the pro>erty of the above named Defendants, ' il the suit of Col. Thomson Bowie md Stucky. L. r. GUFFIN, Sheriff A. C. Sheriff's Ofiicc, 10th Oct. 1S7(>. Sheriff's Sale. George W. Williams <& Co. agal list ] Campbell Martin. j By virtue of an Execution to me ' lireeted in the above stated case, I villsell at Abbeville Court House on ' lie 28th day of October, withiu the eyai hours of sale, ? ' i rhree Mules, One Horse, One Wagon, One Bale Cotton, ; Levied on and to be sold as the property of Cain bell Martin, at the suit jf George \V. Williams & Co. L. I\ GUFFIX, Sheriff Abbeville County. Sheriff's Office, Oct. 10, 1S70. Sheriff's Sale. Thomas .Boyd, widow, vs. Mary Hall, Sarah C. Purdy, and others, Defendants. By virtue of an Order of the Probate Court lbr Abbeville County, in lhe above stated case, 1 will sell all Abbeville ('curt House, on Sale Day, 3th November next, withiif the legal hours, to the highest bidder, the Ileal Estate of liobt. Poyd, deceased, containing One Hundred and Sixteen Acres, more or less, situate in Abbevillej! County, on Cannon's creek, waters of i Rocky River, and bounded by lands of Robert Stucky, Estate of Win. j Boyd and others. L. P. OUFFIX, ; Sheriff A. C. I, Sheriff's Office, Oct. 10, 1S70. Notice. THE late Council haveturned over to the present TOWN CO'JX-I CiL executions against delinquent! Tax Payers to the amount of some THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS' with outstanding debts amounting to SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS, or over. These executions must be PAID BY j 1st NOVEMBER NEXT, or the mon-j ey must be made by levy and sale.! Those holding demands will please! present them for registration. Ry order of Council, WM. H. PARKER. Intendant. Oct. 10, 1070, 2t pavpodttdv rnMETPTrvrG1 cnnnnr. \J \J XV, IjUIJUIII VJVJitl Ult.UOVJJJ UUUVVUi Cohesbury, Abbeville Co., S. C. Eighty-first Session of Twenty Weeks | begins on the First Monday in J ANI'AK Y, 1N77. K.vcri/rv. F. A. CONXOJt, IJictor | C. C. ItODCKS,Prof] KXl'KNSKs. Tuition, Primary Department, ?1"2.."0;! Tntermeiliato, -^0.00; Senior, Mi.">.0!>; board! Si2.00 per month. S?.ns of Ministers ofj Conference free of tuition. Of other tienominations, half rate. Location proverbially healthy. Easily accessible by O. A O. It. K. Community j intelligent, refined and moral. Free from! dram shops and gaming saloons. Oct. 1, l*7l>. 'Jill Trunks, j fjlOIi Ladies and Cienfs, at prices (o ' suit the times, ean now he found ' at the EM t'OIUUM 01' FASH I0X. i 1 . Sheriff's Sale. Peter McKellar, ) against [Execution. Wm. Johnson. J BY virtue of an Execution to roe directed, in the above stated ease, I will Hell to the highest bidder, at Pub: lie Auction, within the legal hours of I sale, at Abbeville Court House, on i Monday, the Gth day of November, A. ! ]) 1H7H, tile following described proj perty, to wit: All that tract or parcel j of land, situate, lying and being in Greenwood Township, in the County iof Abbeville, famuli Carolina, known' las the William Johnson place, audi containing one hundred and thirty-! one acres, more or leas, and bounded by lauds of Dr. Lewis Anderson, Stan! more Brooks, Mr. Nickles and others. Also, cotton, hogs, mules, fart, wagon, &c. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Wm. Johnson at the suit of Peter McKellar to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. " T, 1> OTIFFIN. Sheriff A. C. Sheriff'V Office, Oct.' 9, 1874. Tiie State of Smtii Carolina j County of Abbeville. Mnrtin L. Bullock and John S. Reynolds, Executors, against Agues W. Reynolds, and others. Proceedings to Settle up Estate, &c. <S2> + UXDI^R THE WILL OF LARkin. Reynolds, deceased, and by order of the Court of Common Pleas, we will sell at Abbeville (Jourt House, on Saleday in November next, all the ; Weal Estate of which the said Larkinl ttevnolds died seized and possessed,! tna| has not been sold by us, consisting of i 1 ^3* or 4 Tracts, lying on Bcavtr Dam Creek, near to vVhitu/Hall. PMts will be exhibited on day of Sale. fv TERMS OF fev^LE. I * \ V One-third Casli< the balance on a credit oV |t\velve moujlis, soured hy bond, with iHfterest froirlr.tl>o day of sale. Titles to be givep whetV the purchas^e money is paid; *Tbe purchasers to pftfl i for papers. iw *'J I MAEilN L. BULLBCK, \ JOHN S. REYNMJW } ^ ^xecutftg. "^stober 0, 18^5". ] /Sheriffs Sjale./ " Robert McGraven and Bauiater Afleyi, +*/ against . / ' * D. M. Rogers. ,f EXECUTION. BY VIRTUE OF SUNDRY EXECUTIONS TO 1 MJD Dl-j reeled in the above stateU ease, Iji will sell t^ the' ^highest hfcler< nt Public AWbtiou ;\vithin the legal;* hours of sale at Abbeville Court,'.' House on Monday, the 6th of Novem'j her, A. I). 1870, the.'fullowingdescribf I i I'd. property,* being)the remainder of't the Real Estate of 13. M. Rogers. 200 A<yres, ' 1 more or less, boundedby Little River, 1 M. O. Tulman, W. ?>. Mars, and,c i)thors? ' . 1 Hope Tract, 100 Acres, ij more or less, bounded by Col. J. -E; * Calhoun, M. O. Talmon and others: * Christopher Tract, 160 Acres, s more or less, bounded by- Col. J. E. L'alhoun, L. Cain, and others. Dickson Tract, 40 Acres, c more or less, bounded by M. O. Tal- f aion, Mrs. Lawton, and others. Bellotte Tract, 75 Acres, more or less, bounded by Mrs. Drennan, Little River, and others. . McComb Tract, 17 Acres, | more or less, bounded by lands of W. [). Mars, Mrs. Alston, and others. House and Lot in Mt. Carmel which will be more fully described on lay of sale. L. P. GUFF IN, Sheriff A. C. Sheriff's Ollice, 6th Oct. 1S7G. | Sheriff's Sale. ? Thos. C. Perrin ] b against I ' Charles il. Wilson, [Execution. J James A. Wilson. J BY virtue of an Execution to me . directed in the above stated case, L will sell at Abbeville C. H., on 0th November. 1876. within the Jecral lours, the following described Ileal Estate, to wit: n\ 0 HUNDRED AND THIR- ! TEEN ACRES, { more or less, bounded by lands of J. 1 A. McCord, Estate T. J. Douglass, John Douglass, T. C. Perriu, and others. Levied 011 and to be sold as the ' property of Charles H. Wilson at the suit of Thos. C. Perrin, to satisfy the aforesaid Execution and costs. Terms Cash. L. P. GUFFIN, s Sheriff Abbeville County. \ Sheriff's Otlice, ") \ Oct. !), 1S70, 4D j J Sheriffs' Sale. \V. T. Barret ") Order vs. [ of James N. Cochran. J Court. g~g Y virtue of an Order to me direct?9 ed by his Honor T. H. Cooke, I will sell on Sale Day in November next, before the Court House at Abbeville, within the Ie^al hours, the following DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE, viz: One Tract of Land supposed to contain in .the aggregate, 830 Acres, more or less?bounded by lands of'1 David Hannah, Williams Tract, James N. (.'OjChran, ami others, 011 which stands Hit mill, known as the Douglass Mill, j. being t'.ie tract of land an<l mill conveyed by James X. Coch.au to William C. Barret't, Trustee, imApril, l.sGi), and by the said Barrett mortgaged tu the said James X. Cochran, j Terms: Half cash and costs, ami the other j hull' upon a credit of twelve months, [ with interest Jrom date, purchaser to; give mortgage for the credit portion, pay for papers and taxes for the eur-i rent year. L. P. Gl'FFIN, Sheriff A. C.. ! Sheriff's Ollice, OctGth, 1S7G. I Important Notice. rfinilF customers of WHANN'Si B HAW BONE will please re-' member the first of November is .the last day to receive fifteen cents for cotton in payment or' this great fertilizer, and they will deliver same to C. V.! Hammond, Abbeville Depot, and M.; C. Taggart, Greenwood, by that date, j E. COWAN, Agent. I Oet. 11, 1870, .'it | HP IP O "BT O T*1 (Okri I & ? jl ^/uai I Has Cash in hand to BUY COTTONTry him with your samples. Oct. 11, ISTC-tf If You Want GOOD GOODS At the lowest Prices, Call On McDonald & Haddoa. Sept. 27, 1876, tf IF YOU WANT m h; | Call on | McDonald & Haddon. ' Sopt. 21., 1870, tf ? i r i McBoial & Mil Arc .now xeeeiving FALL and WINTES GOOD? WHICH have baen selected wiih great care by Ma. R. SL DA')DON in New York.and Baltimore, all of which will be sold on the most liberal terms. [Sopt. 27,1876. cunniMham" j & templeton .are receiving their FALL STOCKof MERCHANDISE, consisting of ;all kinds of 1 DRY GOODS, * ^ Groceries, Crockery, Boots, Shoes, v HATS AND CAPS. Ev^iy thing &heap! Give them-A.call. Sept. ^1870. . l^ie State of Sonth Carolina, \ ABBEVILLE COUNTY. 1 Probatp Court?dtallon/or Lcttertof AdminttCn. j/y#THOS. B. MILLFORD, Esquire, Probate Judge. WHEREAS, Col. Thos. Thomson roade suit to me, to grant him Letters jf Administration of tiie Estate and effects of James C. Willard, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular the kindred md creditors of the said James C. iViliard, tijat they 'be and appear, >efore me, in the Court of Probate, -to )e held at Abbeville C. H., on Thumiay, the 18th iustaut, after pubTi ation iiereof, at 11 o'clock in the fore- / loon, to show cause, if any they have vhy the said administration should lot be granted. jiven under my hand and seal, this bird day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eventy-six and in the one hundredth ind first year of Amerieau Independsnce. Published on the 4th and 11th day tf October, 1876, in the Press and manner, ana on tneuourt ?iousetlo?r or the time required bv law. THOS. B. TUILLFORD, [8k\l.] Judgo of Probate. Oct. 4,1876, 2fc FALL AND WINTER GOODS AT COST. Quarles & Perrin. Sept. 19, 1870. 3IGARS! CIGARS! 1 We keep the finest aud cheapest assortment of CIGARS in town. Great nduceraents to cash buyers?offered iy fficDonald & Haddon. April 10, 1870, 52-tf Notice. A LL persons indebted to the undereigned by note or account, liust suuie uie guiiie or -iney will do placed in the hands of an attorney for collection. Longer indulgence will uot be-given. Quarles & Perrin, Sept. 10, 1870. The Ladies WILL find our stock of everything In their line especially attractive this season, and all we ask for is careful inspecion to convince them of prices being as ow as <ran be found anywhere hi tlio i State. sure to give as a call before purchasing and judge for yourselves. JAS. A. BOWIE, Agent Emporium of Fashions. Oct. 1, 1870. 7 mi.? n._iL n ?i: m siam til mm unim Abbeville County. FORECLOSURE OF MORTGAGE BY VIRTUE of Mortgage given to J. L. PRES8LY and J. D. NEEL we will sell on Sale Dan in November (6(h) the following described Real Estate of ENOCH NELSON: lat. All that lot of land with The Dwelling House. nnd'other improvements thercou, In the Town ot Abbeville, containing one acre, more oj less, fronting on ilain Street, hounded on East by lot Estate of Mary McDonald, deceased, and on other sides by public streets. 2d. Also that Plantation or Tract of Land known as The Home Place, near Cedar Spring, containing ONE THOUSAND ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lanhs of Frazier, McClintoH, Dreiulon, and others. 3d. Also that other Plantation or Tract of Land, known as the Adams Tract, On waters of Norris Creek, containing . EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, more v. less1, bounded by lands of N. J. Davi , deceased, S. McUowan, Sondlev, and or'.ers. \-<X. Terms made known on day of saie. J. L. PRESSLY, J. 1). NEEl, . Mortgagees. Sept. 2.1, 1S70. 4t > \ A* A LIBERAL ADVANCE on tlu cash value of cotton will paid to persons indebted to us by u or account. QUARLES& PERRIX Sept. 19, 1^70. EUGENE B. GABY, A TTORXEY AT LAW, Abbeville -* x. C. It., S. C. .Special attention tu iho collodion of claims. [Tub. 9, ly t;3