Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

The Press and Banner. Wednesday. May 2,1877. Patrons of Husbandry. The regular meeting of the County Council, P. of H. was held last Wednesday and Thursday with Lebanon Grange. Masters, Past Masters and delegates from Ninety-Six, 'Greenwood, Saluda, Level! Land, Liddell, Lowndesville and Phoe-j nix were present. Alter the usual routine of business and discussions of subjects pertaining to ag-1 riculture and stock raising, the Council was adjourned .sine die, Immeditely thereafter, the Pomona | Grange of Abbeville County, was form-; ed. Representatives from eight Granges being entitled to membership, were en-( rolled, and the following offi 'era were j successively elected by ballot: A. M. Aiken, Master. J* T. Lyon, Overseer. f M. C. Taggart, Lecturer. ' P. 11. Adams, Steward. J. P. Young, Assistant Steward. A. K. Lcsly, Chaplain. J. P. Coleman, Treasurer. R. M. Anderson, Secretary. J. If. Walker, Gate Keeper. Miss Sue Wilson, Cores. Miss Annie Gibert, Pomona. [ Miss Lou M. Ligon, Flora. Miss Agnes Ross, L. A. S. The tifth degree was conferred. Greenwood was selected as the place for the .In-, lv meeting. Pomona Grange was elos-. cd In due form to partake of a bonnlit'u feast prepared uv tiie patrons ana laenus of Lebanon. Petit Jury for the Next Court. The following is the !>st of jurors drawn to serve at the .May term of our Court. It is the liest jury that we have since reconstruction. So much forhav-, inir a Democratic Jury Commissioner. j G. A. Douglass, If. M. Spikes, Jas] White, II. Wideman, A. 15. C. Limlsay, j C. A. C. Waller, A. B. (iriiTi 11, HenryCitllaham, J. D. Fouche, John Harnett, | Isaac Harris, J. 10. Brownlee, K. M.! Haddon, W. W. Snrouso, P. A. Ar- j nold, Jr., B. L. Clinksealcs, A. K.Wat-; won, Jas. Hester, Amos Johnson, David, Crawford, It. A. (JrifTin, John Wilker-1 son, E. Hampton. Bennett Reynolds, Jr., HuLsoa Bla-k, Georgo Scott, Titos. A. | Cater, S. P. Brooks. Jr., J. C. McClain,' J. P. Pritchard, J. II. Watson, James Bryant, David Jordan, A. J. Carwile, S. M. Tribblo, Mitchell Gonitis. The Lownslesville Prisoners. The Governor has not yet announced anv conclusion as to the LowtulosvUleJ I>risoners, but from present ind.'ca ions at j east a portion, if not all ot tin m will be executed on Friday. The matter lias I been pretty fully discussed of late, and considerable feeling is manifested. The price of corn and Hour is strong i and is daily advancing, while co^on is' weak and getting weaker. Fanners wilhj an eye to their interests will see to it that their corn crop will be suflicicnt to sup- L ply their own needs and have some to' It wnnlrl lie wise Lo ulant corn in 1 ii portion of the ground they have pre- j pared For cotton. A numhkr of mad dogs have recently'; been seen in Union county, one of widen!, bit Mr. Thomas Homes of that counly. j Our people should be on the lookout l'ori these dangerous animals, better kill sin: many as are of no use, before they do : damage to human life. Mb. John Evans has taken charge of. mckitrick's Mill, on Long Cane and will j bo pleased to serve his old friends and j1 customers. He will put the mill in such repair as will enable him to do the very j best work. (iood work and polite alien-' * tion is guaranteed to all who may favor | this mill with their custom. Foun Ykus.? John <Ja si^s. convicted] of robbing tue post fiic,:,t iLe nvvood, I was tried befoie tiie Uni el States Com. j Chan* ston la>t wee? aid >cnl m e i o i pay a h.ie of one hiiutl'cl dolla: * si i iiii-1 prison men t for four years at hard la>.or. I mrs. Elizabstk 1). tao^aui', aged sixty-six years, died at the resilience of her son-in-law Mr. C. 10. Urm -. on the| Uoth iiitJjiio. Puer a pr?ii.i< id illness.. She leaves a large number of relative- ; and iriends to mourn her r'?? >.h. Ben Xkitl^s,' of Long Cane shou'dj hurry up tho%e cedar buc.^ci . 1?s asc:i- j ous matter to keep Mr. J. 11. Mot rah. w.uling six months for ?!??? s? indispensi-! ble articles when such im;:o:.ant eveiiisj depend upon them. mn. j. a. W ku hnsjust ie?nincd f o?n! Charleston, wh ' -o lie 1m< o< * i Jiol?i:'c- i United S:ate> Con.I for week-*.; Hp will rCviniJ ah ?ut the lu.o.te of luoi present month to remain pe.m-ps for a mouth longer. Daniei. 11. Ctf amhkhi.a ix Jlavi >! Wheeler RjocW Ei'io t 11a ?t'd <>.i is! the name by wuich a negro boy is K >>on n] oil tlie pia.itnlio.! of Dr. J. D. N'ee!, nc.trj Mil way. The hoy was slill alive at Ja-.. j accounts. Commi'nion. The Spring communion in the Due West church occurred la-t; Sabuath. Services commenced on Fih'av: af.i rnoon. Dev. J. E. lVe^ly ^ as c.\-' . per.cd to assist on the owns >?. Thkkk is nothing so chc.tj?, no a'.*s oj edite.i ion so imp ?r. in-., no liisirumc n.i1;-1 tie? wuich a-xist so largely in maUng a home bright and plea^aiii, ? ? hooks.] newspapers, and magi/iiu Thb Union Timet savs Uiat lie c. n't] consent to a union of towns, w'.ih -Spartanburg but tliat lie is perfectly wii'oig for Capt. Farley to "make a partial union on a purely domestic basis.'' Tiik raitiing of tin-pans and the ringing of hells at Mr. tiuarleV on Sunday, morning was not a serenade. His bees had swarmed and he took this int.hod loj induce them to "&eltle." C'apt. \V. A. Black requested us ;oj state the Pension Kill for ttie soldier* ofi the Mexican warfailed iu hecoiwu law in ! consequence or' the fact that tiie Se.iale did not pass the bill. The aunual meeting of the siockhold ers of ihe Greenvilleand Columbia Rail-, rood will be hold in Columbia on iho 3d of May. The stockholders will be parsed; IVea as heretofo.-e. Thk Inauguration Hall.?The Managers will accost our thanks for a card of j invitation to the Hampton Inauguration j Ball, at the Opera House, 011 Thursday evening, May 3. Death.?Mr. George Palmer, a jespec able citizen of Buffalo neighborhocd. died last Thursday, aged 40 years. I lc leaves a widow and many friends to mourn Ids death. Miss Paulink Mosk.ky, of Green-; wood, is on a visit to Lowndesville. We know the beaux of thnt section are readv to fall down and worship at beam * s shrine. Mr. E. E. Truwitt, went to church last Sunday night in pood company, and listened to Mr. Martin's sermon :U well as ho could, under the circumstances. j * *" A nkouo named KiMingsworth caught! a fish iu Little River, near Fair's Bridge, on Captain I'ratt's plantation a few days ago, weighing fourteen pounds. Our friends at Lowndesville will please accept our thanks for an invitation to attend a pie-nic at that place. We regret j that we were unable to attend. The Town Council of Abbeville have {>ut up lamps in various parts of the pubic square. They were lighted for the first time on Saturday night. Miss Martha Johnson, died Tues-' day of las? week, and was buried aJt. Sharon. The Rev. J. F. Giberi preached) the funeral services. Our neighbor of the Union Tone* "warn* our larmers 10 iuuru rum ?nu less cotton?and the Tones man is about right. The qrange~s gave an excellent dinner at Lebanon last Thursday, pnd wo 10gret tliat we were unable to bo present. Mkssus. K. E. Truwitt, Ellington Searlos, and Catlet Corley, came to the village last Sunday evening. Don't lake off your flannels yet. An imprudent act of this kind may be attended with se -ious resu'ls. When ihe town isd'-Uthe counVv is' live'v. 0"r farmers a e pushing ?lr.j .[ Ill's beauil ul we.i liei*. Book>-;? ini.K-i. a hard working black man. who was (lie be t a\e-inan in this com?non'?y, is dead. S a vj c f.L Moo a wo* <hy colored man of tQi village 0 ed In i week. Mrs. Jouk'-ic Hamwo* d has been quite sick for the p-'st weet?. Miss Hvjt-k Sloan, of Anderson, is in towu at M r. W.e's Ho!el. Dr. Johv A. Rooivsov.of Due West, j w??s in town 1p tTuor-i'ay. Hon. D. W. Aiken, was at the Lebai on Gra ige last week. j From Columbia. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS, The Radicals llumbliug Themaelvei --The Chief Ju?ticcahip--The * Abbeville Delegation u Unit. Editor Press and Jtamitr: Sir?There is u marked contrast be tween the surroundings in Columbia nov and last December. The blatant, detian and insulting tone of leading republicans engendered by the United States bayo nets unlawfully placed iu the State House is all gone, and the contumacious Mack eyites, brought up to the bar of tin llouse, were ready to submit to any IIU MI LI ATI NO CON FES8I0N3 to save their?salaries. TIio Democracy of the South are a forgiving people and we of South Carolina can afford to be generous with an ignorant, misguided race but for the assistance of sonic of whom wo could not have redeemed (peaceably) our grand old Commonwealth. VVe intend to deal much mort strictly with the white Radicals, the authors of "all our woes,-' of whom three only are KNOCK I NO AT THE DOOrt. The joint committee who have in charge the eases of all the Mackev members, have not completed their report but probably will on Monday, when mostofthem, according to the action already taken, will bo seated. All of these recusant members had forfeited their scats by "refusing t?> qmlify" last December, but an election at this season of the year would tiave been dis-isirous to the material incrfsts of the counties where held, and A'ould have been prejudicial to the conservative policy of the administration. And we do not need it so much now, as ive have a v3OO0 WOHKIVO MAJORITY iii the House. The Senate is the great jbsticle t> reformatory legislation. They m:?y defeat what House does, where oucti. rent action is required, and in oth2r Wi?ys. We cannot go iuto the election jf Chief J usvioe, nor of Trustees of tlie University until t.iey concur. As to l'UE CUic-F JUSTICESHIP. Wiliard lias, at present, the "inside Lrack." As to the Abbeville delegation, i.hey are a unit for their own honored fellow citizen, who has many other friend?, but the sentiment is so throng in favor ol nomination by a Democi.uic caucus, that there i> no use in onoosing it. Unlv two Voted ajjai.isl pluiig n^iuc parly b>adherinjj u> cue nomnue. The strength ol Willa.d is in liis boi known to be thi uUrutnislru.ion caoiadaie, and that he would have been appointed to the j?o.siti;>n, l?>n^ ngo, it' the power io do so had bet .1 in ino JOxectnive. Governor Hampton n.ts leu ns on .so successfully thus far liial uobo>I> *vanus now, juut on the eve ul' fomplet'! suo.'.e-is, lo ilirow any uosU*c.e iu to-: way ol his p<-in-y, pnu, in thi* eu-.e, h?a oeoif* ?. > ihe suy.ii-i:y.n.in^j to the pill. It is i'uin<i.(:d ihat some Republicans are niSjHi^od to yield, aou accept Nv'iila.u, tiifcy liave g.ven their a m Ni'iii i? iite ll:iu.p."ii C>o Voi'n me lit, h-rvt> Jc.i Oc I A I i3 j U 1'1CK.>HIP. JF Willard should be promoted there the c will !?e a .?v on.* contest l'( j,eiu:eaieii u.e lie.c. Tiie nan' ruiaouuotmc.it oi' a w i muii^ss 10 accept upon tin ' o's cv'l. 's c.'Mivi i':ii-y pinjor f*?r a Iti^a jin - !i oiB v. Sui-li a.i oflici s.'uU vl .?euK jiu ni'd, Hii-1 not iuc man tint oflke. Kve?*\ .uinj; <>f iuii><>itani.*e atifeci I n^ HIE UNITS' OF TJIK P/.TTY iv 1! bo ?ie e. inuicu in caucus. Wo liav( si it mi' g M.ly, anil yuu may reicas^o.ed ilnti im iiniivMual o ?.?? nin, p.cici eii'-es oi' prejudices will Ijo .i iowcu i.'cotne in ihe \r:?v .>!' 'arty &ucivss. I lia.e never ven a ?? !y <?! nit;n t!<e puii'-v "J' van.!i iiiyr us a mi.. un tve'y uii;>i?r<aiii . < ' ine.i-n. e. I'r.ijItACLE LK.VOIU OF TirE SESSION. I A a-* we \\ ; 1 bo lie. ? a oi -iiiii or morn. l> n ' so, ihe rfca .'onnoiiil/ w;?l rut witli t.ie ScnUt.4. WuiOii, uj yd, lias a ltepuhli. . ... r A i uiu uaajwiJijr. A ? m v/? The New Railroad. The fol' iwiajf . ev*?!a.i??a u\?s fus-cl at au.ai die Bou.d ui'T. auC u* AogUv la. Jit- U Apr'; i'nh: Ji -.o'Lcd, That nil liie conn 'es in Goop gi.i, a Carolina, Xortu CjjmI na, an<J lennfc>st.e. an uneres. in the e?lii'ji.Miiiivui yji ikiiii'UiJ von ntci] in biil>?oeu Au;um;i, ua.. anil Knoxville Tv:ia., una ia a bianco Line between An g;wa \ja Wa!??u K.aud in tno bavan na;i Jveraiiil UieeilWoO-!, ,S. !??? vc(jiicst.^u i*.? ?eud JDelega .oh i<> a llailroa* Coin i iti 'fii. to oe hwid in Augusta o.i tin tMi oi May lieXI. The Governor s Message. El<sewh^rf? wo |- v?ent the <?overnor'i Mexsaue ? > tii*; he-^U'aturo upon tiie as sumblisiK "f th i u "ly in tne State lfmsc last wt-Hii. T'ii> Message, like I'Vfl.ythin/ i-iiiiiiatin'j from Governor ll unp toil, will be read with lunch intore?.t by all of our peooln. l.s tei>en? s 1; only equalled bv the unoMeutMtious recommendations ?/ the autnor. r.^ ? r.i fir thk ronorrswernonf of ih.? will 1 n-.f. ..I Fnu.nl!- in .)on", th?i :U' ) mw * >av> -el"' e tiie Lite-a: y society w, ! ui; .?\ Mi-w Ju.ia Zei ."e-\ o" Cokes bu?v, :uwiMi??i Faun.e Sliaip, of St. Jos pU, ^1 Dh. II. I?. Wilson milt Ve >Vrnt. fr*?m b;> oilio? f i- nvn week? ) >!.? n?-?t Mon day, ill Diie West and D"iis?i?.Nviiie. From Republican. There is to be a prand Hampton am Colquit Picnic at Dallies Landing on tin Savannah Itiver next.Saturday. Tbepco pie of Georgia and Soudi Ca.olina, wil .ncet and have a grand jubilee; and thi fruits of this pauy, savs the M<-Dufi'n E iper, will be seen next fall. Brothe Iwell, Jud^e Tatoin and the parson wil cry-out ?o it boots, shoes are cheao. Mr Dallis's boat will be present to ride th vourg ladies, and Dink I'altner says he i: sure to tell some lady that Hampton i fleeted, 'i ??o young clerk at Mardetoi savs he wiil b >*v ai the shrine of atfoc tidn and Croi.ier J. L. Harris will per ) aps full in love. Smiley Harmon will as usual hick up a dreadful dust. Jo ,N\ !son will be there and says, if ho dimiss gelling an invitation to the quiltinj that lie's not yet dead. X. The pradtn.'ing class at the West Poin Mi'':,i.y Ac- demy this year number sevyi'V-scven, ih*e largest ever grauua t?-d. Theie a<-e but forty vacancies in th a-mv to be fdled; consequently thirty seven of the graduates will be appointei K.-nirnf oo.vinH lifMitaiianlN under the law and promoted to tlic grade of second lieu tenants as vacancies occur. A Papf.r As is a papeh.?The Net Yo. k 1ft raid of the J5lh instant, was quintuple sheet, and contained 73 col umns of solid advertisements?3,532 sepa rate notices?ond 47 columns of news from every quarter of the globe. To pro duce this "wonder 'ul issue, 1,000,000 em of type, or 3.000,000 separate pieces, "wer set up. 13,000 pounds of metel were use* in costing the 1:60 stereotype plates for th presses. News Items. Mrs. W. II. McCaw is the Post Mistrojis of Greenville. The troops are no longer to bo used for ' still hunting." It is now believed that there is forty * four million dollars of silver in cii .. llation. Mr. J. R. W. Johnston has been appointed postmaster at Walhalla in placc of A. Kryeo, Jr. Tiik bovs at Spartanburg have formed a base ball club, which furnishes locals ' for the papers of that town. 1 It is estimated that ten*million' dollars . of fractional currency has boen lost?a . dour gain to the government. The rarest treasure that can bo possessed in life: the value of which is inestimable, is a l'riend in adversity. } Mrs. M.-.hrtla Tliompson died at the residence of her son, Col. It. A. Thompson, near Walhalla, on the 10th instant. Tanned squirrel skins, for the purpose ' of making telephones, are in great de maud in this place.?Pickens Sentinel. I Rev. J. H. Bryson, lato Pastor of the . Presbyterian church in Columbia, will ^ | go to fcuroiK) during the present month. . The PickcM Sentinel thinks the hanging of four or live of tho Lowndesville prisoners would be sutlicicntto satisfy > the demands of Justice. . | Tho State of Delaware has just passod a ,; iaw|making it a penal offense for any raiiI way engineer to abandon his engine upon the track in case of a strike. Tho National Bank of Anderson has had none of its stock :n the market for a bout four years un ,1 this week, when eight shares were sold at $125 per share. I Ik you wish to buy a good pair of shoe > | that will lit well and wear, at a lov* price i call on Cunningham tfc Templet m, wiio have a handsome stock of thes? ? oods on > hand. j Mrs. Stonewall Jackson is to write a I series of papers, for the Philadelphia ['Times, upon her husband's domestic life. She is to receive one hundred dollars a j column. | One hundred men are employed on the { work of the new Enterprise* factory at i Augusta, and it is expectcd that the factoi ry will be in operation some time in Auj ;/ust next. We hope that the while people of South Carolina and Louisiana will not quarrel I among themselves and thereby imperil 1 the freedom they have so dearly won.? Chronicle and Sentinel. The Pendleton factory is to be sold ai "Anderson on the 23d day of May at pubI lie outcry. It is a very line piece of propj ertv, advantageously situated, and well supplied with machinery. A colored child about two years old fell in an old well near the market house in Anderson on Wednesday, and M as saved from drowning by some rocks on one side, upon which it lodged. A Radical organ gets oil' statistics thus: "At a low estimate the tender youths ol .South Carolina carry around ono million dollars worth of pistols. Enough money j to budd four cotton factories." j The only way to distinguish between a | hat ana bonnet, worn by ladies, is that one is worn ovor the ear and the ot her on I tlie nape of the neck, but for the life of us we can t tell v. hich is which.?Kershaw (Jazette. The politicians of the Morton and Rodpath snipe are so mad at Ilaves, tliat tliev ; are beginning to advise the colored populuiion of the South to vole with the Demerits. They could not possibly give them better advice. Many worn-out and waste lands are being prepared for cultivation with the aid of fertilizers. Old citizens attest the fact that greater efforts have never been made by the farmers and plauters.?Lexington Dispatch. The tranquility and content among the colored people in South Carolina act like g.'il and wormwood upon tiie stalwart itf*.>iii>lii-:ins iil the lvi.it and West. The lie Jus been practically given to the whole Hcconsiruutiun in.a ny. A Daliimo.e editor says it's wearying t>the pauent soul of the most deViyu ; Christian to sit ill Church behind a wo, mail with a spring bondet on tue summit of a turret, of hair like tiie tower ol Lebanon that looks towards Damascus. House Breaking.?While Mr. Thos. S. McCutchon, near Manville, in tni* . coanty, was attending church on Sunday , iast, a thief forced an entrance into hi> house ami carried olf an amount <? "! money aiiu clothing.?Sumter Watehimto. Killed in the Act.?It is ruranrec i upon the streets that a negro man by the , name of George Sadler, who until recent lv lived in this county, was shot and kill ed in Chester county while in the act oi stealing bacon fro ma gentleman's smoke house.?jMiicasler Ledger. As might be expected, the citizens o.' 1 Lowndoville, the immediate community I in which the murder was committed. I are unanimously opposed to any interference with the execution of the sentence of the murderers of Mr. Allen.?GreenI vil/c Entc.j), ixe and Mountaineer. Piiowned IIgiiself.?We learn that a . colored woman named Nancy Eelk. I drowned herself on Thursday last in one ' <?f ilie c.eeks in the Northern section of tilt's County. The reason assigned, wa? tlie Inhuman treatment of her husband.? Lancu6ie>' Ledger. The li.i 'i on tlic Spartanburg and Ash 1 villo Railroad now runs over about thi.. teen miles of the road, and the work goe^ oravely 011. So far as completed the loao is exceedingly smooth, and, being construcled oi the very best material, will be one of the linest roads in the State.? iSpartanbu. g Herald. The Georgia Grange says: "The oat j tvop was not so seriously damaged by the rold as was at first thought; there wdl be . an average crop made; and, witli the 1 more than average crop of corn produced . la->t year, tho farmers will bo able to . reach this year's crop without having 10 buy Western corn." The school miss at this season " of the yea.-, when all nature is robbed in J beauty pikI vernal sweetness, when the 1 feaihe.-pd >ingsters singetli and the bum ble-bee bumbleth, linds no trouble in linding a mii I able subject for hor composition. Genile Spring. Wo omitted to mention in our last issue .lie falling of a shower of locusts or grass* hoppers in our midst. Quantities of them " could be seen 011 the ground, and large j ! numbers beat their loirs off bv flvin;: I * against the Court House and other buiJd" ings.?Anderson Journal. Out Council.?Our Town Council are * going s-eaii 'y ahead improving the. * Low'.i :n crec.ing new lamps, fimming sliade wees, whitewashing, repairing the publ'c bridges anti wells, and muling other necessary improvements. - May tuev not weary, nor run out of cash ja no doing.?Laiti t,vtville Herald. The Republican papers of the Nov h constantly remind Wade Hampton that 'theireyes are tixed upon him/' They had better fix their eyes on home affairs, i It is this perpetual minding of other peopled affairs that has brought the country io the very verge of destruction. Wade Hampton can "une his own skillet," and does not need prying eyes and impertinent outside interference. j Let our farmers remember that in < a*c ? war prove general in Europe cotton will . be worth about live cents next fall and I co'-n about two do)'a s. In Liverpool B cot.on :s already down to bixpence, p Happy is the man who, warned in time, r vb;iu provide for heavy fond supplies, j Thri< e blessed will bo lie who ca'leiU not . on me We>t fo.- corn, and h?areth ihe * it .-iint. r.f * hi/?nn IL'.tcJ,. / . g ? ? .... ? ? v-o??.? y<v?* ui,? Z':Ki. s An exchange sa.vs the chronomeier 1 iiont ^ate is tiio la e*t tiling. They are - consii'tHued on l!ie prine'ple of ihe chro nomeler loclc, and a? any liour. Ji' ilie young man voniures to R hang around 1'toping spoony sweetness to 1 his g;rl alter thai hour ihe ga e "'goe^ off" f and by a very ingenious cont- ivaiica he is cou^'it l>y the coat fo"nr and the otut of his paniatoons and thrown across the ^ street. Eve y prudent faii>er will have a chronometer ^a>.e this summer. The Lowndesvilt.e Putsoners.? e The criminality of the parties is the basis - of punishment, and it is easy to under j suiuu now some 01 inese men are more criminal than others, for those who raised - the company and prompted the deed are the authors of the crime, and are more meritorious of punishment by death than o: those who only helped to execute their a] fearful crime. It would bo difficult to - find ten men equally criminal in the same .- act. The leading spii-ii*? the strongei, i minds, the older heaus of the crowd?are >- the most dangerous criminals, and will, * we believe, certainly hang. Tint those e who were enticod into ft by others, and :1 tlie youngest ones of the crowd will most e probably be commuted*?^, ritferson Intelligencer. ** Love-Letters and Mer Matctiei UEMIJf IS CENSES BY AN EX-AB BEVILLIAN OF FORTY YEARS. You young fellows sitting in Abbe vil/e writing your love-letters Hnd sh getting thein without so much us }rou left Ituml knowing what your righ li:md lias dono mid fuUiiur nut vnn Lucifers and lighting your pipes, may besegars, can have no just conceptioi of how your daddies or "pa's" used t be troubled in effecting the same ends It was only about 1815 when envel opes were invented, aud was a year o two later before stamps for pre-pay meut were adopted. The previous ai raugeinent was, to write your letter 01 one, two or three pages of a sheet, am fold it and back it on the fourth page Wafers were in general use for sealing aud if you were much of "some" yoi had your initials on your gold or sil ver-headed pencil, or a motto that suit ed you. You wet the wafer and put i under the edge of the fold, then drop ped melted wax over the seal am where it lapped, and while warn impressed your initials or motto; am it wan'iit best at all times to loan you pencil to any and every body. Letter didn't go by weight then, but by th number of spnnmfe nippps. and of tha the post master who delivered had t judge by peeping and squeezing. Th rates during that and my vinega moon was six and one-fourth cenls fo tinder twenty miles, twelve and one half for over and to three hundrei miles, and twenty-five cents beyom three hundred miles. It.often requir ed reference to maps, compasses, &c On more than one occasion resulted ii tights between the Post Master au< letter recipient -quarrels were Uw common for mention. Every sepa rate paper in a letter subjected it ti double rates. For Illustration: If i Post Master could delect at Andersoi Court House a letter from your ottici containing a one dollar bill, he chargei double postage; if he could see, fee or smell two bills he added again, aui io on ad finiium. There was no re quirement nor,prohibition of pre-pay ment, but if you wanted to pre-pa; you had to do ii in peison and cash t< the post master; and sirange to>ay that with all these disabilities upon i bashful young fellow ??i Umbo, it wa us discreditable as it is to day to la: your dulcinea with the poslage. Oh it was horrible. I will slate the cast via my own. In 1S4-5 1 wanted t: make a non-verbal "say" to a cerlait fellow-traveller in the adjoining Dis trict (now county by theii) of Lau rens, and I didn't want any body el*< to know of it; but how could I gei uround it? I didn't want to saddh her with ihe poslage and I didn' want to enclose it lo her ps if sh< needed it, or that I didn't think i worth the postage to her; I could' think of making John McLaren, tin post master, my confidant; and t< nvoid all these I put my wits to work Hud ihus I worked it: I got an envel ope, the first I ever used, and put It it properly addressed, and enclosed it t< the post master al Greenville, witl funds abundant, requesting him lo re mail it, without telling him who 1 was. It reached her and cost me for ty cents; hut who cared lor expend in such cases? I connect with this subject Lucife matches, because between the twi .here is a philological, philosophica tnd physcholoyieal connection. Luci ler is also one name for the Devil, ant f unrequited love, which sometime Uappena through a letter, is not thees sence, I don I know what it i6 both are producers of fire, infiatn mable and consuming. "I don .nean to discuss, as the subjec s too extensive," as Col. J. Ed. (J ;ised to say in his religious es>;?ys but tosugu'e-t the line of thought ti ' liter mind*." The bo.ia fide tir business No 2 was not so hea t-rend nga* the No. J, but were each so fa oehind the present that I cant se now we endured the old disnensatiot 1 it Fit t? ' ."or SCL*d! hus kept going in n:o>t families l':on vear's beginning i? yeni's end. No hiug wa-? le*s t>U'.vising than to Li awakened atanv hour of the nigh with.?"Hello!"' "What do yoi want?" "A chunk o" lire"?and th nan svho, having it refused, was volet as worse than a heathen or inflde and anathematized and ma ran a', hat a (Jampers-oui had to be as well assure* of where they*ouid gei fl.e as woo< aud water. All sons of invasion wer mr.de under the pfeiext "for a chunl of lire," and not un'requenliy a pi; iir chicken went with aiid beyond ii The standard reliance for produt-iioi when the seed ran out was ihe i?-ni lion of "spunk" or "punk" by flin ami steel, end almost till fieeholder were p-epased for ihe manufacture Another wps tow or cotton fired fron u gun, but it ouch requited eeve a shots and burnt tinge's to sufceed uud still another was the sun-gla^ hut tnat did'iit suit wet weaiuer am winter as well as tome may suppos aud many desired. IfSancho J-?nuz was authorized to tlinnk the invenlo of sleep for that insiliU^'oo. to ough this ueneration for Luci'ei* matches Certainly no invention ht?s coniribu .ed so nincli lo convenience of man kind ; and the names of John Walke and Heubeu Paw ?dge deseive i -land along with Mo se, Faust am the discovei e;s> o-r ii)e needle am .?ieam. The first matches lever sav were a few brought up from gavan null, about JSCS, by Chas. M. Pelot Esq. They were much longer luai now used, and niadeo", flai pieces c white oak and d*aw? rapidly btiweei ^and paper; sure fi e a,id aimost a certain 10 bu>n your fingers. Thi subject calls to mind a sio'y lold 01 UneieJake Ma?in, who had idea and ways of his own. He was nui tirallv merry, and some times put 01 nn addition. lieu1 it'ng in eat ly day ; om the Court Hoti*e, "how cam you so" and "happy." he passed clearing where a "green" oue wa trying to bum logs, and slopping t chat, as he always did in such mood ilit-other chKtter conipiaineu ot in tire not burning (It was jutt ai.er long wet speil) but going out. Wha kind of fire a.e you using, inquire" Uncle Jake. "Sueli as we ute in cook inland washing/' was the answei "Are you." continued Uncle Jake ' bUeh a damned fool as to suppose yo can burn those logs with tne eommoi fi,e. Go you to the woods and ge iroii] a ho'jfiw t ee the genuine spuril and fire it ?vu!i fi<nt and ts.eel, and i will burn your legs likea duisy.'' Th i'ePow buuied two days and found il dur:ug wii'cli time the loes drie< and burned most satisfactorily. H never aieiwaid saw Uncle Jak without thanking him for the valua ble information. Matches weie not in general u??e ur til the latter part of the "forties. Old Smith who was sentenced t be hung for burning Mrs. Patton' corn-crib in 1844 way seen going tc wards it blowing a coal between tw chips, which was a link in thechain c circumstantial evidence on which h was convicted. * * * ^ ^ For Weak Eyes.?Make an eye water of one teaspoonful of pulverize wnne viinoi ami iwu leutjiuuusiui l salpetre dissolved in one quart rain water. Put one drop in the eye, ain keep it in as long as possible. If th eye is inflamed repeat the operatioi every five or ten minutes until th eye feel? cool, after which repeat i two or three times a day. The mix lure is perfectly harm leu", cooling an< cleansing. Jt is also good for festerin sores. Stop that coughing ; if you do not i nmy kill you. 'A bottle of Dr. Bull' Cough Syrup only costs you 25 ceutt aad its timely use may eave your lift , . Y. M. C. Ai ' Editor Prens and Banner: Sib: On Thursday morning Messrs. W. A. Templeton, M. Pi DeBruhl, H. D. 1 . -Scuddy ana T. M. Galphfin, left this place J as delegates; followed on Friday by Mr. j ii. C. Cason. We wero met upon our ar- v rival, by members of t?e Greenville Association, and entertained during our stay ? , in the most hospitable/manner. Really it ^ was a difficult tasw to tear ourselves ' e away. According to announcement, the s r <u/ilm.>na mnntltw. ti/>u knM In thfl Kdlltist h TTuiwiuu rrc*o ugiu ?i? WMV . it church Thursday evening. The welcome 1 r to the city was extended by Dr. Hiden in ii behalf of the /layor and Council who ii had "a doubler l/.irrel gun to shoot," as he o also extended the welcome of the Bap( I tist denomination in whose grand edilice 11 we held our meetings. The welcomes of " "Ithe university and seminary, ano?the I Methodist denomination and Y. M/C. A. ^ of the city, were extended respectively r? '* by Drs. Fnrman and Whitsit/ Kevi. A./ / ? C. SmithJmd Ansel, awLDr. fi. T. Buist' ? ii was to nave represented the Presbyle-i >. liins, but could not attend in consef ;t quence of sickness. Messrs. Johnston, u McBirnie and Rothwell responded on the . part of the delegates. Convention assembled Friday morn! ing. After report of nominating com- ? mittec, Bro. T. S. Moorman, was elected I |r President; Bros. Cuthtns Elkin and Aus- -J J tin, Vice Presidents; S. N. Zealy, Secre3 tary; J. N. llobson, Treasurer. Interest- a 3 ing and encouraging reports were r heard from delegates. Various top- I s ics relating to christian work were t e discussed by the delegates in a prae^ tical and pointed waj\ Gen. 6. D. John_ ston a licensed exhorter of Alabama pre- " - ? : e ik * : i PU1IIUU III UUC VI tllC lilU5b iltipt U901 V C CbliU e powerful speeches we ever heard, the r c."aim of the freed man on the Y. M. C. A. r .Sunday night we had our "farewell - meeting" which brought tears to almost I every eye, at least one thousand persons j being present. Joining hands we sung . "Blest bo the tie that binds our hearts in !# christian love." Sumter was selected as .* next place of meeting. A MEMBER. 0 ' * Life Insurance?A Maelstrom.? j We loam from the New York Sun that a the amount of funds held, or professed to be hold, by the life insurance companies ] of this country is about $400,000,000; ? while their outstanding policies amount l 'jtoovor *2,000,000,000. The policy hold- I 1 era, in the long lun, pay moro t^an ihh ? 1 latter sum ; yet they in the aggregate get - nothing but a mere pittance of it back a . again?a more bait to entire other simple it ones into the tran. Of oue hundred and fifty thousand policies annually issued in the State of New Yoik, less than ten ' thousand are terminated by death ; sev- I euty-five thousand lnpse from the nons payment of premiums, and the rest are 1 gotridofin various ways?chiefly, we ' suspect, by the insurance companies boJ coming insolvent and bankrupt before } the death of the parties insured.?Ker1 shaw Gazette. Wanted.?The P. O. address of every " poraon who has an old "Florence," or J any other kind of old sewing machine t (no matter how old or poor.) To such we 5 ; will mail,/rec, a very liberal proposition, a t to exchange for our new late improved j "Florence." Read the advertisement of e I the Florence Oil Stoves in another colt umn of this paper. Write for circulars, j. a ets. Address Florence Sewing Machide Co., Chicago. } March 7, 1877. 8t. g 1 Wohavohenid o* men Mowing t!>*!r ' aw? ki..< nu hut 1 ?>/? IS i? n u a ?? l*c?? , , saw at it. > J. F. Towiwo.', * f *. His nre seniinds u* < " oil- idra of'tlm An?fi Ga:;rfel who will^,t a ho. n f?r all ' i.f u? >">ni?! of these dj?y*. and t-ion "it I m '.1 hp a'.l ovei.''?Grce.-vUte Neui. The Louisiana Legislature adjourns e sine deleaving Nicholls and his officers in lull possession of the State. r . .. J HOTEL ARRIVALS. . -= I , Alston Holse.?C O Hnddon, Due TVest; J 11 llill. Georgia; Dr J T Basic.n, Mm Majfs tie fcaskin. Monterey; W G McCieHen. J O Wvnn. A M Erw'n, On/e of Gra\" lu ; W 1' Mr s. \V W Mas. E A Mar3, Cal- 1 i.-.ui.-* Mi..: ( .?mpbe:i Martin, B W Wil- I - i,. n,a. I.iit'c Rive?; J 8 brennan, R H Havl- I . inn I New Vo k;J R Mahon, Penn ; E E rr.ni} LoidBi:>ncn: I' H Ralira, Richmond, t Ms > 1'S^isnrd. McD M CJtter.J J Wariliaw, !. j Y Jone- K lii::,C.uy; J CM F?rry. New. be. y- TG Er.aiu, Ninety-Six; EB Wilson fo.tl'.ciceas. ? Ct>riiAL Ho ei.-W Tl Terrte. J B Harrl- " c son. Eiiii'.roo e: TR Che-iy, L) A P Jordan, 1 New To ?; Jij.>s St Louis; J W Crawford, I r Pend'eton: M ? Ha.t e S oar., Mrs Thos M ? U'hiie O'liiJ clt! 'j en, H O Studdy. AnderB ?--ii: S k. Graydon. F M Godbold, Miss Julia ) j Zelgler, Mi?d Sa'iie Zelg'.er, t'okesbury; J H >. Minor, Greenwood; S S Marshall, Calhouns I Villi-. IW \JL* i.laman Tmio I anp ' O. W 11 C;i?oi?, Devlin's Farm ; SO Cosou, Greenville - V J Brooks, Warrentou. e u ? 1 MARRhT REPORTS. 1 e ~ j * St. Louis, April 30.?Flour?sellers firm and . buycis ofllsh wllh iltlle dene, Wheot unset fed and lower?No. 2 red foil 2.08a2.13, No. 3 I. 1.9aa2.U5. torn higher-No. 2 mixed 53i^n51. j Oals relive and tlrin?No. 2<5. liye higher , at??. Barley steodo?strictly prime MintieJ sotaDj. Whisky steady, pt 1.0M. Pork easier e una'I lots 10.50. Bulk meats dull and lower i. losell?shoulders o,4 bid, clear rlbsldes7% , bid. Lai d dull aue nominal. Bacou easier? J J t%a(%. b>4 and 8%a9 for ahoulders, clear ribs 1 o iu' c far sides. , Charleston, April JO.?Cotton dull?middling JlJ-s, i'eL receipts i 3, gross 633, sales 200 - exports cos stwise t Buggies to Hire. 1 '! have several fine new Bug- | . gies for hire. Parties in need " ot conveyances should apply to j Seal & Sign. e May 2,1877, 3t. "Notice to Trespassers. t A LL trespassers, both white and J% blacky are forbidden to enter 8 . my enclosure. Persons disregarding ? . this notice will do so at their own per- ? r il. F. A. BAKEit. J o April 28, 1877,2t. J j a J White Goods. 3 SHEEP. French Muslins Striped anil }>!uin at cents, Victoria i) .Lawns 2o 10 GOct-nIs. checked nainif touks, Juctiijel, mull, <?c., bwi&s raun- g n lins. An elegant line now on hand s ut extra low prices at the 8 EMPORIUM OK FASHION. ii May 2, 1877, if. * White Piques. I IN great variety from 12} to50cents * J. at tne : EMPORIUM OF FASHION. u I May 2,1*77, tf. " JACONET AND NAINSOOK . a i^lgings and Insertings In beautiful t patterns from 25 to 60 per cent, cheap,1 er than ever ottered at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. , May 2, 1877, tf. A NEW lot of sun hats just re- l u J% ceived. II MISS J. E. RAMEY. J May 2, 1877, tf. t -pARASOLSi Twilled Silk Parasols at cost by J MISS J. E. RAMEY. e May 2, 1877, tf. i- ^lALL and see new dress hats cheap for cash MISS J.E. RAMEY. I " May 2, 1877, tf. J o (] 8 Flowers and Cravats just re- I >- fl ceived by 3 o MISS J. E. RAMEY. ?f May 2, 1877, tf. v INTo.tice | To Trustees District Schools, i [j WTOU will please report to me al . ?f M y?ur earliest convenience, the ^ . number of teachers of each grade in j your respective School Districts, also e the number Pupils in each school, and i) whether white or colored, e JOHN A. W]ER, t School Commissioner. May 2, 1877, 2t. B Holman's Liver Pads. | ELASTIC Hoes, Bandages nnr n Supporters, of silk. Linen ano a t Uolton ordered, and will be receivec ji s in a abort time by i, PARKER & PERRIN. ! May 2,1877. > Jt. ^' $25 Reward, J ?:o:? [WILL give $25 reward for the cap- j ^ ture of Westly Nelson, for whom . nave u ucwuii waiiuuw nuj vug vho will undertake to catch him can ;et the warrant by calling at my ofIce. He Is laboring for Roger L. iVllliams, in Diamond Hill Town- y hip. I have failed twice to capture . dm by the parties with whom he q ives giving him warning. I hear he h 3 still working for E. L. Williams. a J.Y.Jones, i 8. A. C. o May 2,1877,3t. b 0ALL FOR ~ ? Ayer^^gue and Fever cure.^ Moise's 11 " " Dr. Hartevo's " " Shaienberger's " " f PARKER & PFRRIN. May 2,1877. c J WILL KEEP OPEN * 1Y Millinery Stores at Greenwood r ,nd Due Went until the 16th instant. Come at ouce and secure your Mil- 8 inery goods, at prices to suit the | imet. h MRS. M. M. WHITE. . May 2,1867. [ KTE3"W MILLMRY , STORE. , y?iss Jane E. Ramey j f 1.8 now prepared to show to her t riends and customers of Abbeville A nd surrounding country a choice and heap stock of MILLINERY NOTIONS, losiery, Gloves, Han kerchiefs, Scars, -j Bows, Fans, Collars, Cuffs, Jewel- J ry, Corsets, Veils, &c., f ALL NEW. Special Care Will be Given to the Dress Making Department: IN which she will be assisted by j IRS. M. McDONALD, whose taste a nd skill needs not a word of recomndation. A full line of Patterns always on land. Patronage solicited, and satisfaction uaranteed. a All orders promptly filled. Any f ill amounting to Five Dollars or a nore, sent Express Free. April 4, J877. tf. Planting Potatoes, Early Rose, Peerless, 'or bale by BARNWELL & CO. Feb. 7, 1877, tf. Baskets. A fresh supply and cheap at the Emporium of Fashion. April 4, 1877. g Buttericks patterns i IN the latest styles at ? The Emporium of Fashion. t April 4,1877. ( ? i Calicoes 1 IN beautiful styles, and the best brands at 8c., at the Emporinm of Fashion. Aprl~ 4ii*8'l Clieap Toilet Snap ! S T ? f\ PARKEE & PERMITS, t Feb- 7. 1877. at. C. E. BRUCE. f foot and Shoe Haker. |-|ne door above Marble Yard. ^April 11,1877. i Eats and Bonnets. Y\J E claim to offer the greatest vari* ? ety of shapes, the most elegant lock of Flowers, Ribbons, Trimming lilks, &c., to be found in Abbeville, nd the Ladies will find it decidedly 5 o their advantage to give us a look * lefore purchasing elsewhere. All 1 oods guaranteed at lowest cash prices Lt the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 18, 1877. BROWN ft BLEACAED HOMEpuns 7J to 15 cents. ? R. M. HADDON & CO. J April 11, 1877. Positive Notice, ; AS the copartnership business of >arker & Perrin is to be closed atjonce 0 goods will hereafter be delivered ntil paid for. * EDWIN PARKER, Surviving Partner. Aprii il, 1877. tf. Just Received * NEW SUPPLY OF | Wheat Bran, 1 L Fine Lot of Sugar Cured Hams, J A Car Load of White Corn 1 BY BARNWELL & CO. c Feb. 21, 1877. A Card. p ( I TAKE pleasure in announcing to our friends and patrons that I tolay open a room, for Cutting and )ress-Making, in the store with Mrs. d. M. White. Aii the leading Journals of Fashion fill be found upon my table, also la- I est styled Patterns, from which to se- j ect the most becoming Basque and )ver-skirt, Polonaise, or Princess lobe. Desiring my share of work in the Ine, and a call from all the Ladies, I J m Very Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE CATER. April 4,1877. $23. I WILL GIVE TWENTY-FIVE dollars for the apprehension, with f roof to convict, the party who furlished the auger, by which Hampton 1 nd two other prisoners escaped from J ail on the morniug of the 6th instant, t J. Y. JONES, til _f/v a n nuKtiii A. v. 11 March 14,1877. I ' \ !ssse aT==3 i Not Lot of Millinery Goods A.ND SHOES, just received at P.. M. HADDON & CO. April 26,1877. Dissolution. rflE law partnership heretofore existing between Eugene B. Jury, Esq., and myself has this day een dissolved by consent. Notes and ccounts given tons for (collection are ri the hands of Mr. Gary, who will ccupy the same office, and will give lis prompt and careful attention to ny business that may be entrusted to I ALU. ? Ellis G. Graydon. April 25th, 1877, It. ? Notice! rHE attention of Lot Owners is called to the "Ordinance conerning the Health of the Town" all jota are required to be carefully cleand and all trash and filth removed herefrom. Messrs. J. T. Robertson, i. W. Barnwell and \V. A. Templeon are appointed a committee of inpection and requested to visit and nspect the Lots of the Town on or iefore 15th, May next and report all lersons failing to comply with the )rdinance. By order of Council. WM. H. PARKER, Intendant. April 25th, 1877, 2t. Aadersonville Mills. DOTTON YARNS. New process. Manufactured from Seed Cotton. For sale by T. P. QUARLES, Agent. April 25, 1877, Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers. A LL returns not yet filed must be (%. made and all taxes paid on r before 1st Junk next. After thut ime executions will be issued lOAINST all defaulters. By order of Council. W. H. PARKER, Intendant. April 25, 1877. Parasols I N Silk, (xlnirham and Cotton. An 1 elegent line cheaper than ever ofered, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 25, 1867. FANS. ALL STYLES AND PRICES uat opened in very large assortments ,ud cheap, at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 25,1877. Colore! Muslins. TBTARRANTED fast colors and Vi yard wide in beautiful styles, itao handsome Linen Lawns now ofering atabout half the usual prices, it the. Emporium of Fashion. April 25th, 1877, tf. IF you want a good HAM for $1.00, all on QUARLES. April 25, 1877. "Fresh Meal, Pearl Grist, New Orleans Syrup, e Sugar and Coffee, lard and Rice, Cheap for cash T. P. QUARLES, Agent. April 25, 1877. Sling Shots. rHE careless and improper use of Sling Shots in the Public Square ana streets to the destruction if private property having been retried to tne Council by Sundry perons, notice is hereby given that the ise of Sling fiVjts in the Public Square and streets is forbidden by )rdinance and the Town Marshall is instructed and required to arrest all lersons violating this Ordinance. By order of Council. WHEfHPARKBR, -lateadant. April 25th, 1877, 70S SALE. [N ORDER to close up the business of the late firm of Parker & Perin, I hereby offer for sale the entire itock of Drugs Medicines now on land aa a whole. The purchaser will have the priviege of taking the stand which Is a rood one for the business. Apply to EDWIN PACKER, x-^Tiurvivor. April 18th, 1877, tf,/^ LINEN SUITS FOR Ladies cheaper than the material can be bought, and made ip now for sale at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April, 13, 1877. Pa* Hio Hoof Aaanrimartf nf finanfa X'Vl llUU AJUO V awvivuivuv V* mwuavj RUFFLINGS, Tuck Combs, Cortete, White Trimmings, Gloves, Holiery and everything for ladies go to he EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 18, 187V. ^JfALKING SHOES \ND GAITERS. An elegant line ust received at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 18, 1877. M While tliii Soi Shines. hA in a TTnrrv About it as it will not Shine Long for You. rHE undersigned Jwishes to say Jto the Abbevillians that he is now >repared to "Immortalize them" by .-kting them in shape to be "Handed lown to posterity" if they will call ipon him at his gallery on the North West Corner of .Public Square, withn a mouth or two as he expects to be n Abbeville but a short time. Come right along homely and handome alike and get a good photograph if yourself. W. 8. WHEELER. April 11, 1877 2m. Coat's Spool Cotton ^^PcENTS tier dozen. R. M. HADDON & CO. April 11, 1877. Dress Goods IN all the new shades, Grenadines, Alpacca Lashes, Melanges, Ac., ust received at the EMPORIUM OF FASHION. April 18,1877. I1MEAL AND GIRST kept fresh CUNNINGHAM ftTEMPLETON'S March 21,1877, tf. ALSTON_HOUSE. 1877. The Misses Cater. EXPRESS thanks for past patron m 'A age ana soucu a conunuauce 01 he same for the present year. Both Regular and Transient Boardirs will be accommodated. Jan. 3,1877. 1 James R. Cunulnghara, Adm'r, Against Elizabeth A. Liddell and others. BY order of Court in the above cave the creditors of James tP. Liddell, de- . ceased, are required to. prjtsent, and prove tht'ir demands against his estate before me, at my office at Abbeville Court House, on or before 10th of June next or be barred. EDWARD NOBLE, Hnwifll Pnforon April 2, 1877 5t. Sanies A. Reid, Executor, Agaiust Miller & Robertson and Others. BY order of Court, in the above case, the creditors of Lemuel Reid, decased, aie required to present and uove their demands against his estate, before me, at mj' office, at Abbeville Court House, on or before the 10th Juue next, or be barred. EDWARD NOBLE, Special Referee. April 2, 1877. 5t. nn A*f? m m mm Aaia _ ? BilUHtj JAIL, 2>7D REWARD, THREE Negroes?Harry Hampton, Gaines Cothran, and Calvin Brown, prisoners in Abbeville Jail, charged with highway robbery and grand larceny, escaped this morning at daylight. Hampton will likely go to Columbia; Brown, to Augusta; Cothran, towards Edgefield. I will pay $25 for the arrest oacli of theae men. J. Y. JONES. . Sheriff A. C. March 7, 1877. PfiDMisMj aii Bool Keepinj BY BROFESSOR PERRY. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE A rapid elegant Penman and Accountant in the shortest possible timeby attending my lectures. Satisfacto, ry improvement guaranteed to all. The course comprises Book Keeping, Practical and Ornamental Penmanship, Card Writing, Pen Drawing, and all Other Styles of Ornamental Work. NO SYSTEM EXTANT IS SO completely adapted to the wants of ladies in giving them a style and size of writing suited to their taste as this. March 7, 1877. tf Flats ant Garden Eats, Just' received, and for sale low for cash AT MRS. WHITE'S. March 7, 1877. tf. SOLID HARD WOOD Bedsteads at $4.00 and upwards, warranted all hard wood, all complete, and the best beds sold for the price, at j. i). CHALMERS & CO. March 1,1877. tf. Carriages for Children. CANOPY TOP PERAMBULAtors, Buggy Top Perambulators, Silver mounted trimmings and handsome styles, just received at j. D. CHALMERS & CO. . March 7,1877. tf. , - f f ' C I ?? ?uCsl ^ ^ Chamber Fur^ture. ^ DRESSING Case Suits, very handsome and durable, SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER Suits, complete at $40 and upwardsall well made and finished in best manner at j. d. CHALMERS & CO. March 7,1877. tf. Bedsteads. FULL and complete lot low price BEDSTEADS. The. Best Five Dollar Bgdstead sold inJhe State. *c'?' Ciiiiita k Templeton Have on band a full stock of Groceries, Corn, Bacon, Lard, Ham, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Molasses and Flour. Prices Low as the Lowest. Feb. 7, 1877. - -? * ? Mrs. W. M. "White WTOW occupies the small sto?-e for merly occupied by Mr. DuPre, So. 2 Granite Range, where she expects to open this Spring a store especially for the ladies. The Dress-Making will be under the supervision of Miss LIZZIE C. CATER, who is too well known to need a word of recommendation. Thanking all who have favored us with their patronage, and hoping still to receive our share, we are Very Respect3ull?fc Mrs. M. M. \>?TE. Miss LIZZIE C. CATER. Feb. 21,1877. Marshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. Office of W. .A Lee. [July 10, '76. EUGENE B. GARY. E. G. GRAYDON Gary & Graydon, . Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C. figy Special attention to the collection of claims. Nov. 12, 1876. tf State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. In the Probate Court. Ex-Parte Annie J. Ervvin. Petition for Allowance of. Homestead. NOTICE is hereby given that Annie J. Erwin has applied to the Court of Probate for allowance of homestead and exemption in the Real aud Personal Estate of Arther Erwir., deceased, to her as a child of said deceased. It is ordered, that Friday the 18th of May 1877, be fixed as the day for the appointment and qualification of appraisers for setting off' Homestead to the said Annie J. Erwin. J. FUELER LYON. Judge Probate, A. C. April 14,1877. PURIFY YOUR BLOOD WITH C4IMM0NS Jjiver .Regulator. Simmon's Hepatic Compound Laveg Cure. Rosadalis. Ayer's Sarsapariller. Queen's Delight, or tbo Great Blood Dm t\ H X UI CiiCl Moise's Hepatic Compound, before the hot weather conies on. PARKKR & rEKIUX. April 11, 1877.

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The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 02, 1877, Image 3