The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, July 18, 1877, Image 2

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The Press and Banner. I",";' j . __ i (lou ABUEYILLE, S. O. est: BY HUGH WILSON. not . of Terms?Two Dollars a year, in advance j ^ e or Two Dollars ami Filly Cents, il' pay- j of : ment is delayed. wa, Advertisements will be inserted at} the rale of One Dollar per inch for the|toa lirst insertion and Fifty Cents for each use subsequent insertion. stai Greatly reduced rates will be given to those who advertise by the quarter or bv ,i?. " mi;; All obituary notices, tributes of respect, (ire and other matter ot' :i personal or private] ^uj nature will be charged lor at the usual advertising rates. . Nothing'whieli may be written in mal- anc ice shall appear iu these columns at any it < price. * suc Our Job Department ^ p js well supplied with material for .T< !? ccr Work, anil our assortment of new job an( type is as good as can be found in any (l country office. The Proprietor is a prac- sc' tieal printer and will sjjive his personal bot attention to this class of work. Our m( work compares favorably with the same ? hiss of work executed anywhere, and is always put at the lowest living rates. oll> Wednesday, July 18, 1877. _ po<. The New County. col] Our friend, Editor Bonham, of the pla Xiacty-SU (Juardian, replies to our arti- uet cle in reference to the new county, at for length and as we desire our readers to be \ fully posted 0:1 tlio question we wouiu n'?l l?e glad to give his article entire 111 our Cai columns if we had the room for it. We of 1 shall however have to lie contcntwitha dai few extracts, etnbracing, as we think, his It strongest points. As a whole his article dis hears the eourtesv and confidence which do characterize one who is thoroughly in inj; earnest and fully convinced as to tho jus- It'' tiee of his cause. The fact is, he writes so as nicely on the wrong side of the subject the that we would like to see him enthused ty < 011 tho right side of a good cause, lie cos says: con "The first point of the first article??that it V takes more money to run four county governnients than three '? is a self evident proposi- 1 tion, hut so stated as to mislead the unwary, to. Whilst it will require more money to bus- , lain another county let it he borne in mind <10 t hat the property upon which that money is nic to tie raised will he ten times increased in value and appreciation, and many fold in fro] quantity. Not only will the impetus given tj,j. to commerce, the incentives given to men of wealth Ni setttle here, the appreciation in the phi value of property, he felt by the new county, ,.,r but it wili radiate to those counties who will give of their territory and redound 10 the ad- pro vantage of their citizens. The idea that the court house shall cost ?Ji,<iOO, because the one c at Abbeville eostthat much, is ridiculous. I11 It \ the first place, tliut building was erected, at a |. , time when the material was far more costly 10 ^ ami with much mure dilticulty obtained. As tlt r to our public buildings, the material can nearly all be abtained at home, and the 4Jolt ground will be donated by private persons. ].' The "expensive bridges across the Saluda" which our friend thinks of with horror, will wit svjtu iily be a saving. For the majority of t ic people who will cross on those bridges do their trading at Ninety-Six. and it would be hiir of infinite bcnetlt to them to have those bridges instead of the "expensive" ferries * which they are now compelled to patronize, inoi "But the most thorou-.jly selfish argument . which we have ever heard urged In opposi- to 1 tion to a measure, is that of our contempora- ju?r ry when he says that he and a large portion " of the citizens of Abbeville object to the for- w'11 mationof tho new county because they are j|ie "poor and unable to allow that rich and prosperous section of the county to be excused Kr>1' from contributing to thesupport of the coun- ,vlv tv government." Ignoring the fact that it 1will certainly greatly increase the prosperity 1J of the portions cut off ami made into a new j.pi. county, that it opens up the magnificent u~/ lands which surround us to the settler able to 2\in utilize tltom, that it gives an opportunity of building up a town centrally located which "<M can mcfi mo whims hi imp way ?.i iraue aim tno: markets of portions of four counties, ami . thus save thousands of dollars annually *'ie which arc now spent In Charleston. Augusta, ]jvc and Greenville; but, abovonll, Ignoring the ... tict that the majority of t hose who come into yl" the new county desire its fa:illation. All of these advantages and the desiies of those most a I fee ted are to he thwarted because, for- oott sooth, our friend and a few others are too . poor to release us from contributing to their ' support. reft "liut tlie most preposterously absurd objeetion of all that have been brought against our proposition to form this county is, that if u'O) we are allowed to cut ofl' sullicieiit territory . . for our purpose, that if lKwaldsville, lH' I/iwndesvllie nnd tlie Hange should desire to not become county seats, there will be no ter- . ritorv left for them. V.Iould our friend re- 11111 fuse to give food to one starving man be- reS( cause he had not enough for four? In the tlrst place, we have no Idea that either of tlie WOl above named places has any desire to change. j In tin' next lilace. thov have not the saint' claims to a court house that we have. V "All other of the points of our county [than 1 the Newberry portion] are at an average ills- I tancc of seventeen (17) miles from Ninety- ill" Six." " "We have noticed tlie principal points ob- l,uv Jected to our county scheme, and have so fre- cou quently given those in our favor that we arc surprised that the editor of tlie press and uou Jhtmtrr should confess himself in ignorance }tai] of them. Our central location?the linrdship of making our citizens go twenty-live and the thirty miles to the county seats?saving in ev- cou ery trip of that sort?the increase in value of every species of property?the settlement lev; among us of jjood citizens, and then ofeapi- i i till?is hut a brief synopsis of the muuy points of which wc speak. csts "Of course we recognize the right of our n friend to discuss this matter, und appreciate u his sense of duty which requires him to do it; ft?r but we think that, if he will take the pains to investigate thoroughly this subject, lie will :in(' be lorced to concede its feasibility and lend est. ns his valuable aid toward its accomplishment." In It is easy for men to follow a phantom tow aiul proclaim visionary benefits from the Kra objects desired, but the realization of Abl such dreams are seldom an accomplished Ha.> fact. It is a mistake to suppose that and property will be materially advanced in thai price, or that a farm will be made more A. c productive, in consequence of a court efFe house being established at Ninety-Si J. <lat 7'o show tliat there are other causes whi than the location of a court house, nici which regulate the price of farming lands, and wo append the following table, taken lion from.the Auditor's books, which shows V the average value of all the lands in Ab- of t beville county, "outside of villages and tivt townsnot . bey Z x == 2. oho i " 11 > = * ! c ?; I =< I ses \ai a?A] i e* 'Isj \ Z< ,ori ? i?^.irrr-i:ii we Ninety-Six Township, |4.'?,liM!S2i>4,102 $0.11 ? Greenwood Township 4">,1I0 /70,:W1i 5.t'8 13 v I'okcshury Township :is,044: 212,">W1 5.."?s DonaldsvilleTownship !27,li?| l:s2,."ititi! 4.ss Jme West Township 17S,-J1!?| 4.i?? iAiiiKCnno Township .:tria7:S>i IsT.rtVS. 4.s.> Smith villi- Township | l'?0,:?W 4.H5 1 White Hull Township |:J0,8US| l.Yj,072| /?.() '> citv Indian Hill Township, ]:>1,74KI lM,91lt 4.40 Cetuir Springs Township,... i?S,017i l(W,o-0 1,42 C(-!U Abbeville Township, lsr?,2H? 5.17 n;n< Diamond Hill Township,iWl| 1(?4,IKS 4. is J Iiovwlesvillo Township ">l,227 4.5S unci Mujrnoliu Township $t,H3 2J2,.i5<? 4;!7 Calhoun's Mills Township, W!i.'>24 240,.iSC 4.S5 liordca u x Townsi11 p 1 :tti.v>71 177,HV<| 4.S8 bee Abbeville is in the oxtremo east corner the of Abbeville township, while Long Cane of and Codar Springs townships conic within spe< the oorporato limits of the town. It will hee lie seen from the above that the lowest Chi priced lands are in those townships near- lca\ est whore the court house has been loeat- J m>' od for nearly a hundred years, while will tho lands at the greatest distance, in Nine- hur tv Six township, are higher than in any pros other township in tho county, which foui fact, we think, clearly proves tli^it it is a uex fallacy to suppose that a court houso is one necessary to the developeinont of the tho farming interests of any section of the cha country. it n Wo estimated tho cost of tho Xinoty- hie. Six court house at ?10,000, when ours pap cost ?20,000, with tho land already paid it is for, and the foundations and bricks, worth villi 3-,000, already in place. As for tho people of Ninety-Six bei ng either ableyor willing to put up tho necessary public O. buildings, we cannot see it. There are trat not many communities who are able to of f ir'wcb owiiv an 51 mnilnf. uninntliind* libn mm twenty thousand dollars. As for the tux- sulf in^ penchant of tho authorities of this Wh borough, we would refer our readers to j sch< the recent tax levy upon the business in-1 the terests of tli^it town. | ubsi Our neighbor says something about jwitt "selfishness." When wo take into con. cvei si do rat ion the number of men at Ninety- Isoer Six who want offioc in tlio now eotintv, ed r number of lot owners who follow the er usive hope that their property will be lil ibleil iu value by taxing the farms to or iblish a court house at Ninety-Six, we cr lk it well enough for the Guardian tl to remind the public of the existence st any such word as "selfishness." fr do not, however, proposo to talk i subject of public concern in that v. and shall not impute "selfishness" mybody, though we could as readily the word as the Guardian. For inlce, could we not charge the people of tl lety-Six with "selfishness" in want-It' to Lav tht? unnnlo of Smith's Bridee. I e< >emvood, l'htenix and Winter Scat to C 1?1 up that town ami to support aeouti- n government for their own convenience cj I the benefit of tho town? But we wish n listinctlv understood that we do no a: h thing, but we give the advocates of a new county credit for being as sin- n e in their opinions as we are in ours, ti I believe them to bo as free from tl lfishuess'' as we are. We take it that ii h parties arc prompted by honorable ri itives. w 'lie Guardian speaks of "prepostcr- p ily absurd objections." Bo that sis it p y, we shall persist that our objections n less absurd than his reasons for ti rcasing the fcflxes on tlic people com- c iing the proposed new county. The v irt house wiil not bo worth to tlie jj nter the -additional tax that will n essarily be levied on his farm to pay its erection. si Ve would be glad if our readers would a nee at a map of the State of South -olina and observe the wisdom j our forefathers in arranging the bounces of our counties by natural lines. 0 would seem that Providence had so s; tributed tho streams that we could not p otherwise than adopt them as divid- ti : lines between many of tho counties. r; we should adopt the "no fence" law, rj rt-e certainly will do soonor or later, (j river will enable us to fence tho coun- v on that side without cost, while the 0 t to the now county would be groat in j nparison with the present lines. u ^'e admit that it is inconvenient for the t, >plc of Ninety-Six to couie frequently Vbbeville court house. We will even y more, and admit that it is inconve- L nt for a man to live only one mile d in his placo of business. To obviate v i dillieulty, we would suggest to those s liters who may expect to have a large tl ount of business in the courts, tho p prioty of selling their farms and h niii^ to one of tho court house towns. V von Id be bettor than taxing the public r milf* thciiia court house. Few farmers o nost have profitable business in the \i rts. a id i tor Ronham is no doubt familiar c lithe fact that Mohammed on one oo- n iou ordered the iriuuntain to come to C \. The mountain however did not b ic, aud Mohammed said, "As the o untain will not come to me, I will go p he mountain. There must he a meet- tl Wo shall welcome to our town all ei :> desire to be near a court house, but 01 people will object to the court house n fltrhtvt of tUn nvnnnjn Mir* f?iv <B lull"i "" " ? ers. I [e says all other points than the New- a ry side are seventeen miles from V lety-Six. That 1^,-ing the ease, wa a lid like to know how much better olf s; sc living at that distance will bo than g people of Ninety-Six are, who tl s only twenty-two miles from Abbe- n e court house. V uppose, by some hocus pocus, that the p rt house, poor house and jail could be ol jred without co.it, and the State should (.' md all taxes levied for the support of officers in excess of the amount they ltd be required to pay if they remained he old counties, the new county would save to the people of Ninety-Six in a ^ ldred vears enough inonev to measure, ' >t ami furnish tho new mile posts that aid be required on the public roads to icute the distance to the new Mecca. ri l"e are surprlsod to know that the peoof Ninety-Six wonder at our oppos- 1' this move, when thev know that the es of tho old as well as of the new K nty will necessarily be higher if that ^ nty is established. On tho other ^ d, we hope to see, at no distant day, time when we will be able to run the ^ nty on even loss than the present a y, and will consent to no change that 0 s a cent of tax to tho farming interi of the country. ur neighbor has at various times re- 11 red to the advantages of the railroad 11 I the telegraph as being a reason for 81 tblishing a court house at Ninety-Six. c< reply to this, may wo not ask if that sl n has not now equal railroad and ffelepli accommodations with Newberry, * oevuie, Anderson ana wajnaua? " < Pendleton, Beltun, Hodges Depot, cl I Greenwood less accommodations ^ n either of the above named places ? ourt house at Ninety-Six would not a ct the railroad or telegraph aecommoions as much as Mathews' Mill does, ile a good merchant or successful far- n r will do moro to build up the town . develope the country than a jail, poor ' so and court house combined. 'e shall at a future day say something he probable action of our Reprcsenta- ** ? on this important matter. Wo can believe any Representative of old Ab- . ille, however much he may desire the 11 nge personally, will vote directly w inst tho wishes and interests of a ma- ? ty of the people whose agent ho is. are not vet ready to believe that there 11 i Judas in the camp. _ ei s The Quick Transit. he whole up-country jus well as the of Charleston, will rejoice at tho re- 0| t change in the schedules for the run- n g of the trains on tho South Carolina mu urreeuviuu uuu vihiujuuh j\uii- Sj is. This is a want which has long r{ n felt, and the county will be grateful to a; railroad authorities for this respect a) the wishes of the patrons of the re- p; etivo roads. The time tables have n n so changed that wc can reach ^ irlcston at ten o'clock at night after p ,'ing here in the morning at forty-live 0 lutes after seven o'clock. The change r( 1 bo of great benefit to those making 0 rled trips to Columbia, as by the r( sent schedule thoy can spend twenty- G] r hours in Columbia and return the tt t evening. .This will bo a saving of & day and the expense of hotol biils for ai same length of time. For this jj ngo let us bo thankful, and trust that lay be as permanent as it is accepta- at The idea of reading a Charleston tu er in the evening of the same day that ac ; printed is something new in Abbe- 0f e. n< The ExoduM to Liberia. f all the outrages that have boon perpe- nn ed on the ignorant negro, this scheme to ^migrating to Liboria is the most infa- L< us, and will be attended with more cc itfinrr ttiori if iu n/iuuUtlo fn n? eu we first saw notices of such a oi rae in the Edgefield Advertiser and th Charleston papers the plan seemed so b? urd that wo supposed none but half- F< :ed people or designing knaves had to r gave it serious thought, but it now be ns as if some very respectable color- m eoplo of Charleston are londing their infall-Value of Forests. *! ei tl EES NECESSARY FOR GOOD SEASONS. 11 n essay delivered by Maj. T. W. tl odward, of Winsboro, S. C., before [J Agricultural Congress in St. Louis 011 n 27th May, 1872, and pronounced by feasor Maury to be the best article on subject of "Rainfall" that he had ever rd. This article appeared in the ? ral Carolinian of August 1872. Ii ;A INFALL ESSENTIAL TO l'LAN'T LIFE. v > dwell upon the importance of niinfall >re a body of agriculturists, would be like' a ling the necessity of the presence of soil ill If in which to plant seed for the future 'a 5. It is of no less Importance, for without1: > there would not even be facilities for ar-1 v :ial irrigation. 11 lysioiogists assert that animal life is alone s un and developed in water, botanists 0 * urge greater claims to the presence of : indispensable element, both lor germina- > j the seed and perfecting the bodies of the a eUible world. There is, probably, not a tl icourageniont to tho scheme. Tlicv n? ttlc think of tho misery that tlicy will ita.il upon nine-tenths of those deluded ealures who may bo induced to leave TR leir native shores, to starve to death in a range land, or die of fevers contracted A om the malaria in a tropical clime. Wo the the he Interior Mails--An Opportunity pj>() that Should not be Neglected. t]ie From the News and Courier we learn hea lat the Committee appointed by tho harlcston Chamber of Commerce to n infer, with the United States Postal T< befc onimission, with a view to the improve- ?r,,, lent of the mail service in this Slate, are ltso specially anxious to quicken the time of riil'r lail transportation between CldBrleston ad _tho interior, and this they may be ble to accomplish if they can obtain the [',"> ecessary information and the co-opera- tiru 011 of tlie public. They therefore, invite 10 citizens of tho different Counties to of t lforin them wliat are the present ar- Con ingements at interior post offices, and at L? hat points more frequent mails are cs- the ecially needed. It is believed that tho ross-country mails, carried by stage or cou lail riders, are insufficient in most counos, and if the people will tako pains to wU xplain to the Committee wliat their Wh, ants aro, particularly at places off tho lies of railroad, an earnest effort will be con lado to supply them. Whatever is to be done, as to the mail eife srvice, must bo taken in hand at once; U1U 11 communications should be addressed stl? > W. S. Hastio, Jr., Secretary of the fact 'ostal Committee, Charleston, S. C. The mails in Abbeville need a thorough sue ver hauling, as some of the most expenive routes are the least benefit to the ?fj ublic. They are routes which were es- phj iblishcd many years before we had any toj, nilroads in the country and of course the ign nilroatls have revolutionized everything, ^ >ur citizens have made no report of the yiel raste of public money here for fear the flicials heretofore in power might with- jl raw the contracts altogether, and leave bet s without even the present poor acconi- ttm lodations. oati For instanco Routo No. that J{,e the ocs from Abbeville Court House to El- son erton Court House, Georgia, should be 1,10 iscontinued from Lowndesville. The ,'eekly mail matter to that point is about T ixty pounds, while the mail bag leaves cou liat point for Klberton with less than hut/ |J",' ound of newspapers. This route should pia e changed to run on* Fridays and Vcdnesdavs to Lowndesville and eturn to Abbeville the same day, instead utrc f going to Klberton once a week. Tlys rould accommodate one of the richest ha\ ud most intelligent coniniunities in the ^ uunty to the Abbeville papers on Wed- lull esday, the day of publication, while the 'hiirlxvi on miners of Tuesilav could sSf'ii .. ? ^ o read at Lowndesville by twelve js (. 'clock on Wednesday. The pa- J^c i*rs of the same date do not now get to r'nn lat point until Friday midday. This Jjjj? iai)gc would be of inestimable value to turn ur citizens and would cost the Gfevernlent not one cent additional. The cx- in i ense of carrying the mail beyond iOwndesville to Elberton is thrown h>i'< way. Again, the route No. to w*hl Washington, Ga., should be discontinued Jj>r( Iter it reaches Calhoun's Mills, and the wit imo service performed more advantaeously. There is literally no mail from yon us point lor Washington, Ga. The ^ tail should be carried to Calhoun's Mills we Wednesdays and Fridays instead of the ? resent arrangement. About pounds mri f mail matter are carried weekly to tiic.> alhouns Mills. Ulc'1 out tioi; perl mm 1 11U ijuuistnua iwiutiiiiifc uuuiiu cau the The Louisiana Returning Board have ,:<)n moi een indicted for their share of the Louis- ?di ma election fraud, which took tiiat State j^1'1 om the Democrats and gave its electo- ouh ll votes to the Republicans. There is a JJJJ1 ivereity of opinion expressed by the ?ion apers. Some doubting the propriety of t0J le move, others denouncing it, while |>cc ill a large number endorse it. Tho arc 'cw York Herald says: It is impossile to have much respect for the mem- the; crs of the Returning Board, but they mo1 rve a right to a fair and speedy trial j nd if they have correctly stated the cir- Val a Distances above recited wo must say lat they have been unfairly treated, tree he extremists who are pushing this , latter will make a serious blunder for the icmselves, if their conduct shall per- for lade the public that they are engaged in ^ irrying out a piece of petty political nov life " whl 11 Ie* the Our correspondent reports Gov. the icbolls, Major Burke, Mr. John Phelps^ thL> >rmerly President of the Cotton Ex- jj taii^e; Mr. Townsend, chairman of the ncc rokers; ex-Governor McEnery, Con- gjfu' ressman Ellis and ex-Governor Penn, oft 1 democrats, as all concurring in the jnn elief that the movement against nel _ , . _ , . , , , one le Returning Board is unwise, detrl- the leutal to the best interest of the State, / ' of a mding to revivo political animosities lnj{ nd excitement, and of no practical use. y"lj hey are right. Louisiana needs rest tior om politics. The people need time and uiet to repair their fortunes and re-es- tliu iblish their industries. It is evident r^n lat the proceedings against the Rutnrn- 1 8,1 lg Hoard have< stirred up old hatreds illU; hieh were dying out, and have revived spirit which cannot help but injure the tlili tato in many ways. But the wholo lovement is plainly the fruit of a quar- dat 3l between the Bourbons and the mod- ^ rate wing of the party in power 'in the f?-*ui tate, as wo have shown before. The ex- to'i enlists care less to punnish Wells and |jee ? tlcu .nderson than to annoy Governor Juch- this lis and tno conservative and moderate gen ten. Tlio Chicago Intcr-Uceun is repon- \\ bio for tJic statement that Judgo Law- of" . . . cau meo, one of tho Louisiana commission, tun sserts that the indictment of the Louisi- 1 tia Returning Board is a violation of the lowlodges made by the Nicholls governlent, and that there was a distinct un- tioi the erstanding there was to be no political anij rosecutions. There is no concealment 1 the n tho part of tho Republicans that in ere ^cognizing Nichollsas the rightful Govrnor of Louisiana tho Administration ley; )lied upon the resolution of tho MichIs Senate, made while tho inquiry of cha to Commission was in progress, deprciting '-any attempted persecution, from the ly quarter, of individuals for past poticul conduct." PJ The Democrats claim now that tho Sen- pCn o nad 110 jurisdiction over the prosecu- 'urK on of offences, and in tho second place, dur :cording to the common understanding ' tho phrase political conduct, it would and it cover tho detostable crime of false , BUri v curing. The stirring up of this old matter is id to have caused a tluttor in Washing- In n gossip, and some have thought if the ject i>uisiana Returniug Board should be mos nvicted in November that thif fact was ould effect President Hayes' title to his eva{ flee, but the more accepted views are, at Mr. Hayes' title to the office will not on i ) effected at all by the result of the trial. * ct' :>r our own part, we see very little good Is so come of the trial. Wo are disposed to c diove tnat it is spirit or spite or revenge it ore than for any good of tlio country, I j"?" iat thoy are now indicted. I frou ? uer Mere wuo nas not experienced a spew c Iry weather, during which lie would most ( llngly luive exchanged all that lie had ac- 1 ipiished by deep ploughing and rotation r rops, or by the skilful application of the r it scientifically manipulated manures, for t beneiits to be derived from one rainfall, s iiin-makcr, whether from the plains of the r st, or from the Jungles of Africa, who p Id have substantiated his pretentions, } u, in a limited way, could last year have t cted from our people all over the South a 1 ling tribute of the millions expanded la t purchase and application ot manures, s 3so presence in most instances for want of f er, was a curse rather than a benellt to 1 crops. How vitally important, then, the siderutlon of all causes that are calcula- t todiminish actual rainfall,or to iuterfere t h its regular rccurcnce, or to dissipate its 'J ct. t wtoittr MOTtRFItEOTTENT THAN" FORMERLY. ! i discussing the subject assigned me, s uid I be able at the outset to establish the j . that droughts occur oftener, and are ^ ercr than they were formerly, I shall feel s 11 have not made strong presumptive ar- i, iicnt that theactual rainfall has diminish- t but that 1 have conclusively proven that r change is attributable to the destruction f, orests, lor which I expect to show that no t er material change has occurred in the 'slcal features of the country. r commence then by saying that it is mat- N of general opinion, admitted by the most s orant negro tenant as well as by the H jntific agriculturist, that droughts are re prevalent. The continually decreasing ? Id per acre, notwithstanding increased f iltles for the manufacture and application f nani!res, argues the presence of increasing i ughts, for defects In labor and scarcity of , orers, by causing concentration upon our Lcr lands, would rather tend to augment ( n ilcm-cosc comnarativc statistics. The i iuent entire failure of corn, wheat and s, in sections that were once proverbial for success of these crops, is another item in count; butl propose to adduce some peral observations, which I think establishes fact beyond possibility of doubt. Al'l'EAUASCE OF CERTAIN SI'ECIE OK TKEES. wenty to twenty-live years ago, In my own nty, were to be found quantities of ehest, trees, constituting in some sections the ncipal growth of the forests, and were ces of resort by persons in scarcli of the .s. hesc trees have disappeared entirely. I do recollect of having seen a livingspecimen hin ten years, although the ground is still >wn with their prostrate though Indcstruee trunks; eloquent, yet silent, witnesses t the luws regulating nature's economise here been tampered with. These trees h the chinquapin, which lias largely red the fate of its more stately congener, abit principally thin gravelly ridges, use soil after clearing and cultivation is uliarly sensitive to drought. Again, the niisli oak. which like the above, seems to fer thin ridges, and the red oak, where It ontlned to the hills, have within the last ade shown so large an increase in morty, that many predict their disappearance n the catalogue of our forest trees, whilst hardier species are not exempt In years of . erer drought. In fact, the mortality ung oaks of all kinds during these years Irouglit since the war, especially in I.S71, iuji wus uiuui^fM^uur cvi-1 iiicumitvi uu ay SUtte, was tearful, though mainly con- t id to the hills. friend, anit u planter of close observation 1 >rnis me that he has during twu different f rs noted tbat smaller sized oaks upon ' Ich the leaves had actually been parched r irought, after remaining apparently dead n some time, again renewed their foliage 1 li the appearance of showers. Here then 11 >od for reflection worthy the most asiuto ' losopher, and yet, In my opinion, not be- v id the ken of the intelligent laborer who ks between the plough handles. There st be a cause for every etl'ect produced, and 0 must look it up in this instance, and ' Lii* us lor a remedy, or we shall continue 11 ote the warning resources of the agricul- 1 sts of our eountiy. ?' will not serve our purpose to say that ' ;e trees, like stiperanuated anil diseased 1 libers of the animal kingdom, have lived ' their allotted time; for, with this solu- I i, only the older chestnuts?would have c [shed and the destruction of oaks been s re general, whereas, it has amounted to . ,'rmination In the one instance, whilst mortality In the other was principally fined to hills, rarely extending to the c re moist valleys. Nor do we explain It by ? nitting the fact that trees like crops upon J1 i hills'are more liable to the influence of weather, than are those In a more gener- u soil, for with this view it must appear to 1 strange that after having nourished there 1 ages they now succumb to drought. I 1 't wish to be understood as advancing the > i that crops upon thin hilis are more liable 1 rouglit than those in richer valleys solel y J auseof the superior fertility of the soil of t latter, for, by application of manure, hills 1 frequently richer In all the chemical ele- * its of the plant; and yet how rare is It, J ept in the most seasonable years, that ' y can compare at all favorably with the I e luxuriant yield of the valley. WHY CHOPS AltK BEST IN VALLEYS. , claim, then, the following deductions: t lleys are mainly superior to hills by virtue n ((vantages of location which enable them n :oIlect and retain moisture. And when l :s or crops succomb to drought upon hills i are luxuriant in valleys, their destruction u the one iiiKtance is attributable solely to t absence of moisture, whilst their preserlon in the other can alone be accounted by its presence. Hence the death of trees >n hills where they have nourished for turics must establish the fact that there is v detlclcncy in moisture, or more drought, Ich lias so increased that, in addition to consumption of crops, they now attack more assailable portion of the woods DLselves. EHTRUCTION OF FOltESTS IN TIIE SOCTH. roughts then have increased, and it is not eB?ury to show tliat#tliere lias been an ial diminution In the altitude of the rain ge before we argue the disastrous effects ho destruction of forests. Ivor Is it required ne that I shall descant upon the electrical tuencc upon clouds of tall trees upon emilces; or of forests and their climatic in Hues; or of woods as barriers to wind; or of ir properties as condensers of moisture. liese, gentlemen, under the manipulations i man of science, would be highly interestmid could all be made to bear an importpart in this grand discussion. They are ortuimtely above the scope of my planta- ? I sphere, beyond which human vanity ^ II not tempt me. even upon so important occasion, hut, If I shall be able to show f ,t cleared fields promote general surface ? iporation and facilitate the escape of rain- ^ , while forests act In the opposite direction r lall feel that I have pointed out the real j se for these more frequently recurring ca- t titles. Kor in all parts of the country Is ^ bio the wanton destruction of these, , ure's l'uircst ornaments. Especially is <. 5 the case at the South, where countless j usands of acres of the finest timber in the rid have been felled at the imperious manoof "King Cotton," to furnish remunera;labor for him of "Afrlc's sunny plains," r>sc costly services in his former capacity I r will not now be compensated for by his cut transfer from the field to the forum. , so disastrous un extent has this clearing g n pushed that many plantations llnd dlfIty In procuring timber for fencing. And > with its accompanying ijitocts is the only nge visible In the physical features of the oral landscape. IIOW KOKK3TS RETAIN MOISTUKE. "liatever then adds to the general moisture l country promotes facilities for rain; bese If the atmosphere at a certain temperai is charged with vapor, which is moisture M ill be precipitated either in dew, rain, w or sleet so noon as this temperature is ered, whilst if the moisture be added to, i there be 110 lowering of temperature, cipltation must result from supersatura1. Hence it is pertinent to inquire into properties of woods as retainers of water 1 as developers of vapor. We arc fortunate laving some most marked Illustrations of power of forests as absorbents and retalnof rainfall. Welect for yourselves some iivated lleld of any area which discharges uinertiux of rainfall through a single valtlien take an equal extent of Woods of I In r Imi titwi nl'litr enm r? omiuiHnrn. U raiufiill note the difference in the dls-M rge of waste water from the two outlets \? you will linil that the Held loses not less | 11 eight or ten times more than runs from : r woods. Tills Is not only plantation ob- < ration by all of you, but it is borne out by 1 (l zoning. The Boil in the woods Is more J1 jus. The Utter upon the surface obstructs |' How of water. The roots by their deep j' etratlon make openings, thereby storing:*' ;c supplies in the lower strata which are'1' er again reached after clearing exceptP Ing the prevalence of very long spells of i1 weather. Whilst In the more northern jH ions the snows are retarded In melting, | J1 are consequently more largely absorbed ;11 the hills and mountains for the summer ' aly of wells, springs and streams. WATER EVA TORATED BY THE LEAVES, 1 AND WHERE IT COMES FROM. I ' looking up some authority upon the sub- j of exhalation of moisture through the ; jj es of trees, I was amazed in rending a s t masterly effort in wlileh this subject 3 treated of by F. Ebenezer, of liultlmorc, nd that by actual experiment the annual 11| joration from an ordinary sized peach I v amounted to eighteen barrels, or over! j, gallons in twenty-four hours, and he goes 1 (| to say, "that 11 we consider the size of j In n u>nll cut frtrftct nvnn <?f ???r*i 1? rn t <? nv_ I * . ' ** nVJIOVKIWIVPV, VIVM " \,A- (*1 , we may see tlmt the yearly evaporation ; M meWilng enormous. The more a ml {treat-1 ^ le leaves, the greater the quantity 01' \va- j u vaporated." . must be borne In mind that this lm-tr 8e quantity of water is not of the sur-jh supply, hut. Is principally drawn up j i a depth even of twenty feet, In sonio In-' p< ............ . - J-,, , i j miens, mid which, if not so u><ed would nil uve percolated the earth and been dischargl at the loot of liilis to have made its way to ie sea, or instance, would Imve washed raplly from the country, had not 1 lie woods J"<eon there for the arresting and storing up of 00 ,e volume. And this is the reason why streams having leir sources in timbered sections, arc more instant in the supply, and have clearer wajrs. While those rising where fields have oi iken the place of forests are characterized U| y diminished volume, by muddy waters and it y higher freshets. q IM.r.STRATIVK FACTS. js Forest then are, un<juestionabIy, retainers in f water and promoters 01 'moral moisture; ia or do we lack authority foi ying that they ucrcnse or diminish the aui.jal altitude of I" lie min gauge, according as they exist, o.'are n< anting. at We are told that in the immense forests ft long the Orinoco, the rains are disastrously icavy and continuous. On the road to Pan- . ma, southward of the Hay of Capic.i, to the D 'roviiices of ('hoco and Kstmercldn, we meet ,1th impenetrable forests, traversed by luinmernblestreams and rivers; the popular aylng is correct, that tiiere is no day withut. rain in Clioco. In upper Egypt, before the expedition of ?apoleon in 171KI, It used to rain occasionally lid heavily. The French and Arabs cut f own the trees, and ever since rains are of j xweine mruy. j 11 unvtr r.jryju, in v_iwru, il ormerly mined only onoKin two or three years put tha Pasha Mehemet Aii having had some tiii 1 ion or trees planted, tiiereure now some p ainydavs in every year. On the contrary, r owards l'ayta, where the rockey and sandy oil allows but a sparse vegetation, rain is nlnosta wonder, and at the time of Boussin- a :ait there hud been no rain for seventeen si ears. In the whole country from Lachhan tr o Lima, rain Is as scarce as trees. In France, ?; n the District of Le BocAge in Vendee, while Pj he forests were yet untouched there was a * upertiuity of moisture in meadows and lelds. and the roads were never dry. In 8<VS the entire extirpation of woods began, ^ md now rain seldom falls. The fields are | >aked and hard in summer, the grass upon he meadow is poor, and the roads are dry. ( 1'hese facts collated by the author of he articlc alluded to, are all corroborated by . lie accounts from the prairies of Texas and I he west in our own country. In theSmithonlnn Report In 18(59, in an article from the French, there is an account of the Euphrates vhich although rendered for the purpose of 1 bowing the diminished volume of streams I ifter destruction of forest, so clearly shows c heir decreasing inlluence upon the rainfall >roper, that I will add to it what I consider m ilready an ample list -of satisfactory tcsti- | nony. He says that Strabo informs us that it was iccessary to take great precautions to prewit ihd cnmitrv nf Babalonla from beincr 1 ubmeigcd. Tho Euphrates, which begins to I well at the close of spring, when the snows nelt on the mountalnsof Armenia, overflows it the beginning of summer, and would necssnrlly form vast accumulations of water on 1 ho cultivated lands, were not the superflux I urncd aside by means of trenches and ca- , nils. 1 This state of things exists no longer. M. . )puett, who some years travelled through 1 labylonla. reports that the volume of water :onveycd by the Kuphrates is much less than C n past ages; that inundations no longer oe:ur: that the canals arc dry, the marshes cxuiusted by the grent heats ol summer, and j hat tho country has ceased to belnsalubrlous. I Tills retreat of waters, says he in conclusion, c s>n only be attributed, as ho found means to atisfy himself, to the clearing away of the brests 011 the mountains of Armenia. Now these forest not being present to retard he melting of the snow In the first instance, lor to obstruct and absorb the torrents In heir desecnt to the river, it should, of course, " iliow higher freshets occasionally, not only jecause of the greater amount of water brown in suddenly, but also/ by reason of he filling up of the bed by the mud and lands brought down by them. Therefore, a lecrcase In the altitude of the freshets must >e attributed to a failure of rainfall at Its iources, caused by the clearing of forests. HE FORESTS AS STOREHOUSES OF MOISTURE, j Forests arc promoters of general moisture >y maintaining the contsancy of streams, 1 vblch, In their passage to the sen, servo ns 1 nnal.s of irrigation not orilv to the lands lyng along their courses, but by supplying the itmosphcre with moisture, Increase the pre- 1 ipltation of dews for some distance upon the tills. The usefulness of woods in storing up wa- ? ers having been demonstrated, I see no ob- 11 eetion to considering them the sources of prings; for there is not a cotton Held nigroot lie South, whether he has occupied a seat In I he Legislature or not, who docs not know ? bat springs are ruined by clearing away con- it iguou.s forests. Springs are the sources of S >rooks; brooks of creeks ; crceks of rivers. ["lie clearing away of forests, then, mustuf- J ect In the most direct way the supply of hesc exceedingly numerous canals, which so nuch mitigate the severity of drought, as Is mply shown by the heavy fogs and iinnense deposits of dews that are so oil en seen ?j Inn.r KlllirKAS 114 U'i*ll IIS ll\' I llO TimrO I _ uxurlant appcaraiicc of crops and general j 'egctntion. ,] If uiitl.oritles were needed here, I could ad- ? luce in ore than could be given to prove any g! ither proposition in this article; hut us X p lave in my mind's eye a Btnull creek near v ue, upon which I have hunted ami tlshcd for wenty years, and have noted the diminution f lis waters us the forests were felled around j r ts sources, anil have, with others, remarked fc he re-establishing of its volume since these je auds were restocked with pines and old field ] tj ilutns, I shall not now draw upon foreign : ii onntrles, hut dismiss the subject with this ? Ingle plantation illustration. p XCltEASE IN' THK AT.TITITOE OF FRESHETS, It Isalso true that the clearing of forests inreuses the altitude of freshets. This results, s before noted, from two causes; and Is natter of observation certainly with all who r luve noted the streams of the South. I will * ive only one Illustration of this, although here ure very many at my command. \\ aeree Creek, a stream of my own country, ind of sulileient magnitude to change the lame of the Catawba iuto that of Wateree liver after its Junction. Thirty to forty K ears ago the clear fresh waters of this creek I' eemed with the finest fish, and were never j. uilitig. It is now ordinarily u muddy and in- n lgnitleant stream, without even the presence | " if the little minnow, being frequently dry j " or weeks at a time; so dry that a friend, who ft >lants upon its hanks, probably ten miles'n rom its souree, informs me that he saw. durng the summer of ISM, morning gloriex ~ vhleh had sprung up in Its bed, wither and lie for want of water. And yet at this poiut, ifter heavy rains, it not unfrequently shows I l depth of twenty feet in the channel, whilst I ts rushing waters are spread from hill to * till, devastating crops and sweeping away icres of the finest planting lands of he country, which happening along the liousands of valleys thatlntersecl the South, _ ius added millions of bushels, of bread- f lull's to our annual importations, for it t Vas upon the superior moisture of the low- K ands that the country has been dependent a icrtainly for its superiorgruin crops for many rears past. It is not necessary to pursue the subject further. It was enough to have ihown that drought was upon the increase; hat forests were calculated to mitigate its severity, and that there had been great destruclon or them. This, whatever might be the indications of ? ho pluviometer in isulntcd places, would auhorize the assertion that, so far ns ngricul- , ;ure was affected, thore had been virtually, if r iot actually, a diminution in its annual latiude. It will not do to assert the contrary, bemuse certain localities maintain or even In:rease in the amount ofrainlall. There Is ?othing more common than what are known lb luckey places for rain, In all parts are )lantations, even, which have rains that do "1 iot extend often beyond the line fences up- J >n either side, and it is most remarkable hat the geographical limits of these showers iro nut materially varied for years, execpt luring the prevalence of general rains. It was Sir John Hersehel who noted the act that beneath tall llr trees, when the _ louds were low, he was subjected to copious 1 bowers, which ceased immediately when he 4 einovcu beyond the limits of their foliage. J lere, then, is a solemn warning that each ree that is felled Is so much taken from the venlth of the country. Continue this general lisboscation, and soon the simoom of a new iahara will sweep the bosoni of these fair ields. The Cross and the Crescent. The American people are distant, yet most leeply-interested spectators of the desperate struggle now in progress, between the Muscovite and the Turk. The vast array of forces >n either side, the character of the combatmts, the relentless, obstinate courage of the I iiussian, the fanatic valor of the Turk, the I :ompllcation of interests which seem destin;d to involve all Kurope in the strife, and the Sl street which such a war is likely to have upon _ he industrial and agricultural pursuits of 1 his country, are points which give to this J contest a deep and absorbing Interest. And yet. it is a fact that the mass of Amerluns arc almost wholly without any definite cnowledge of the regions most directly and | * >rimarily concerned in this war. To most * caders of our newspapers, the news from the ;eat of war is in a large degree unintelligible, rom lack of Information ot those people and :ountries. Moreover, the demand for this information bus developed the fact that there \ s not extant any book giving what is wanted o n reliable and popular form. ? We are-glad, therefore, to receive trom the V nill-known publishing Arm of Jiubbard iros.. advance sheets of a forthcoming vol- _ line, untitled "T/tc Crouand the Crescent; or u lutein and Turkey, and the Countries Adjuenl." It is from tlio pen of the well-known hlstolan, Dr. L. P. Brockett, und gives a full and _ omplcte description of the countries bor- ~ ern.u on tlie liJack sea, the Danube, the ICuiliraK-s and the Tigris: including their Krcnt. Physical and Political Geography; their lisiory, with ail its Varied and thrilling InIdents; the lteligion, Customs. Habits, Manicrs ami Characterof each Nationality; their Hillary, Naval and Financial Resources; he Causes and Influences which led to this nd former wars, and a Full and clear Explaatton of the Complications which arc drivug the Nations of Western Europe into parieipation in it; the Massacres in Bulgaria; lie Oppression and Cruelty which drove other 'rovinces and Tributary States into Insurrecioti, und the Despotic Sway of the Russian 4 ioverninent. all denleted with irreat Vivid- V ess ami Force. It also contain? Biographl- i nl Sketches of nil tlio Prominent. Actors In * lit? war now In progress, Monachs, Rulers, talesmen and Generals, with portraits of nnny of them. Aside lroin Its relation to passing events, lis Is a most valuable and richly Interesting oluiuc. The brilliant, bloody, and eventful lstory of these nations, the character of leir governments, the peculiarities of the eople, their religious beliefs, their social usioms, habits and manner of life, present a ibjcct lull of novelty and Instruction, and :eated l?y so able and brilliant an author as r. Brockett, would at any time attract wide Ltention ; but coming as It does, In response U > an urgent demand for Just the Information ere given, It will everywhere meet with an iger reception, and prove to be the most tmjrtant publication of the year. The Amcncan People. No nooplfi in the world suffer as much ith Dyspepsia'as Americans. Although ars of experience in medicine had fail[ to accomplish a certain and sure remcr for this disease and it.s effects, such as nir Stomach, Heart-burn, Water-brash, ck Headache, G'ostivoness, palpitation ' the Heart, Liver Complaint, coming > of the food, low spirits, general dcbilv, etc., yet since the introduction of recti's August Flower wo believe there no case of Dyspepsia that cannot be iiniediately relieved 30,000 dozen sold .st year without one case of failure rejrted. Go to your Druggist W. T. Pen\v and get a sample Bottle for 10 cents ill try it. Two doses will relieve you. cgular size 75 cents. FUTPSjiLLS A Noted Divine says They are worth their | weight in gold. j tEAD WHAT HE SAYS: j Dr. Tutt:?Dear Sir: For ten years I have hcen martyr to Dyspepsin, Constipation, and Piles. Last )ring your pills were recommended to me; I used lem (tint with little faith). I am now a well man, avegood appetite, digestion perfect, regulars'ools, lies gone, and I have gained forty ]>onnds solid flesh, 'hey arc worth their weight in gold. IIev. It. L. SIMPSON, I-ouisvillc, Ky\ rilWIA n;i I A Dr. Tutt has hcen enrUTT'S PILLS gagcd_ in the practice of medicine thirty years, and CURE SICKi HEAD- foralongtlmewasdcmon. ACHE. stntor of anatomy in the pxivvia n,a i n Medical College of Georri|TTjv PJI I V gia, hence persons using IU I I O I1LS.O his Pills have the guaranCURE DYSPEPSIA. tec that they are prepared mmm on scicntilic principle*. rum pills quackery. He has sncceeded in TXHE CONSTIPATION combining In them the ^ hcretolnrc antagonistic riiT"vm ni! ] ft _..?iw.~?r ? I U I I 0 riLLO t ng.purgative,an?a fur* CUBE PILES. i/yiug MHl'e. ?? i'hcir first apparent efTIITTJO DSB 1 C fcc* is to increase the apIUI I o rlLLO petite by cswsinp the food CUEZ fetter anti Jo properly assimilate. CUSZ FEVEB AND Thus tlie system u nour??^ ished, and by their tonic PIITTIA nil i a action on the digestive or* rUTT'S PfLLS regular and health v evacuations arc produced. TIKE BILIOUS COLIC The mpiditv with which 1,1 1 persons take o? flesh, niTTJO Dil I Q while under the influence IUI I 0 liLLo of these pills, ol itself in:UBE KIDNEY COM- rtioates tjicir adapUhilitv PLAINT. to nourish the body, and hence th ei r efficacy i n curri!TT!P Oil I O i"lf nervous debility, melIUI I U liLLo aiiclioly. dyspepsia," wasting of the muscles, slugITOB TORPID LIVER g&.ncss of the liver ~ chronic constipation, and fnpartinc: health and strength to the systatn. Sold vcrywhcrc. Office, 35 Mir ray Street, New York. | USSSTv SCIENCE."i' t Gray Hair can be changed to a ?8 \ plossy black by a single application ?f EX j Dt.Tutt's Hair Dye. It acts like magic, ?2 ? and is warranted as harmless as water. H H What is Queen's Delight? dead the Answer It Is a plant thnt grows in the ? "30th, and is speially adapted to the cure of diseases of that cliiijate. NATURE'S OWN REMEDY, Interinp at once into the blood, expelling all sentIons, syphilitic, and rheumatic aficctidtb. Alone, : it a searching: alterative, (jut when combined with arsaparilla, Yellow Dock, and other herbs, it forma Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight, Tit most powerful blood purifier known to medical cience for the cure of old ulcers, diseased joints, foul ischarges from the ears and nostrils, abscesses, skin iseascs, dropsy, kidney complaint, evil effccts of ecret practices, disordered liver and spleen. Its use trenpthens the nervous system, imparts a fair comlexion, and builds up the body with . Q HEALTHY, SOLID FLESH, o I As an antidote to syphilitic poison it is strongly ecommended. Hundreds of cases of the worst type ave been radically cured by it. Being purely vegtablc its continued use will do no harm. The best me to take it U during the summer and fall; and istead of debility, headache, fever and ague, you rill enjoy robust health. Sold by all druggists, 'rice, |i.oo- Office, 35 Murray Street, New York. :. GOLDSMITH. V. lCJfs'D Goldsmith & Kind, Sunders And Machinists (PJKJ2XIX IltOX WOltKS), COLUMBIA, S. C. Manufacturers of Steam Engines of all izes: Horse powers, Circular and Muley aw Mills, Grist and Sugar Cane Mills, 'lour Mills, Ornamental House and Store 'ronts, Iron Railings, Agricultural Imlements, etc. Brass and Iron Casting? f all kinds, made to order on short notice, nd on the most reasonable terms. Also, lanufacturers of Cotton Presses. Wade Hampton Collar. BOX worth th^ money at the CASH HOUSE. t. p. quarles, Agent. April 4, 1S77. Something nice for boys uits, cheap for cash at The Cash House. T. P. QUAltLES, ' Agent. April 4, 1877A NK W STOC K SPJIING C LOTII>?" to arrive I his week nt junn1ngham & templeton's March 21, 1877, tf. 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AND 2 TEMPLETON i \RE Constantly Adding to Their Already Varied Stock of General Merchandise, They Receive this Week SUGAR, COFFEE, CANNNED GOODS of all Kinds. And next week, a full line of DRY GOODS, . Boots and Shoes. Nov. 22, 1876, tf STEAM Planing Hill, COLUMBIA. S. C. F. W. WING, Proprietor Manufacturer of sash, minds. doors, Window and Door Frames, Insiuc Pivot Minds and Shutters. Pilasters, Mantelpieces, Moldings, Brackets, Handrails, Newels, Balusters, Scroll Work of all Description. All Work Gnaranteed a No. 1. Feb. 28, 1870,tf. Burek.a. No Mora Bald Heads. ON rocepton of One' Dollar, I will send un infallible rccelpt to prevent the h-iir from fallingout., and oven restore the hair on Buld heads, if the person is not too old to wire whether he has any hairor not. Nochemicai compound, no druggist's bill,'but a simple remedy at the hand of any one. Address No 10, and Box 16, Due West, S. C. March 28, 1877. CARPENTRY. The undersigned hereby pives notice that he is prepared to do all kinds of Carpenter's Work and Building-. He also repairs Cotton Gins, Thrashers} and Fans. A full supply of Gin Material' always 011 hand. Farmers are requested to briny their Gins up early in the season tn allow tiino to have them properly prepared. Also Ayent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, tho Brooks Cotton Press, and all kinds of Rubber and Leather Belting. * D. B. SMITH, Abbeville C. H., S. C. Tie Mint MaBifeclirin Co,MANUFACTURES OF SHIRTINGS AND SHEETINGS, MILLS AT PIEDMONT, 6. C. H. P. HAMMETT, Pros't ajul Trcs Post Olfico address?Greenville, S. C HAMLIN BEATTIE, Seeretar Post Office address?Greenville, S. 0 ROYAL KALLOCK Suporintende Post Offico address?Greenville, S. nJan. 17, 1877. Cm. LINEN BOSOM Jul a 5MPI V and- mamsntta Homespun shirts at CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S at $1.00 apiece. Marcli 21, 1877, tf. Mattrasses. ANEW and Splendid lot CURL- ED HAIR MATTRASSES. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. I Oct. 25, 1876, tf AIST0N_H0USE. 1877. Tlift Misses Cater.! EXPRESS thanks for past patronage and solicit a continuance of the same for the present year. Both Regular and Transient Boarders will be accommodated. Jan. 3, 1877. Gash House. IUEST lie has determined to conduct his bu 51S and will dispo<Je his goods with a I part of Shoes, Boots, Hats,) 7, &c., RN, GRIST, 1 JE, &c. | k of LIQUORS, CORN AND RYE ' NI) APPLE BRANDY, N. E. RUM, [ALLAGA AND SCUPPERNONG , jSD lager. Lirchascrs to call and examine my stock J .. Bequest, i n i t h , j| . and Fresco { t E: n, I jLE, S. C. lging, Kalsomining, Gilding on Glass, tention paid to Frescoing of Churches, 11 >Rlv WARRANTED. |, WILSON, 1ST, L31.E, S. O. E POST OFFICE |j < - \ * 1 ' - -'r. ri&Wif?41 [877 1877 ]>0"ES"W HI Sf 81, ,-h j" 4 ^ {ii\ No. 2 White's Block. McDonald&Co lave Just Received a New and Fresh Stock OF jeneral Merchandise,, ffhich They Will Sell at the Lowest Figures FOR CASH ONLY. 9 THANKING my friends nn?r cub* towers for the liberal patronage lestowed upon the late firm of McDonald & Haddon, I would respectully solicit a share of the same at the ibove well known stand. Don't forget whore I am and by all lieans remember the place where you ?au buy the best, and most goods, for he least money. No. 2 White's Block. W. T. McDONALD. & Co. April 4, 1877. Tie Palmetto Cotton &iS MANUFACTURED BY J. M. MATTHEWS, Ninety-Six, S. C. DEALER IN FURNITURE, Collins. Belting and' Gin?Matcrial generally, and Agent lor Steam Engines, Threshers, Reapers und Mowers, Cotton Presses, <tc. CONDENSERS. Feeders and Seed Crushers attached to Gins when desired. KKTAiniKG CAREFULLY DONE. All communications receive prompt attention. Purchasers should call or correspond with lain before purchasing elsewhere. June 15, 1877. tf. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral ilfor Diseaaea of the Throat and Long*. TOoh aa Oou?h?, Colds, Wtoopfan Cough, Bronchitis, Aothma, and ConThc reputation It has attained, in consequence of th* marvellons cores it has produced during the last half century, is a sufficient assurance to the public that it will continne to realize the happiest results that can be desired. In almost eveiy section of country there are persons, publicly known, who have been restored from alarming -and even desperate diseases of the lungs, by its use. All who have tried it acknowledge its superiority; and where virtue* nm known, no one hesitates as to what medicine to employ to relieve the distress and suffering peculiar to pulmonary affections. CireriRY Pec to ual always affords instant relief, and performs rapid cures of the milder va rleties of brouchlal disorder, as well aa the more formidable diseases of tho lungs. As a safeguard to children, amid ' the distressing diseases which beset the Throat and Chest of Childhood, it is invaluable; for, by its timely use, multitudes are rescued and restored to health. . , This medicine gains Mends at every trial, as the cures it Is constantly producing are too remarkable to be forgotten. No frnnlly should be without it, and those wi o have once used it never will. Eminent Pliyslclrois throughout the country prescribe It, and Clergymen often recommend it Irom their knowledge of its cffects. rnEPAHZD BY Dr. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Practical and Analytical Chwwlrti. SOLD EY ALL. DRPQOISXa XVXHXWBXBB. &e?. R. Mali & Co. Forest City Foundry and Machine Works. Augusta, Ga. A GENTS FOR THE VARDIKE AND MARMON ;Plantation Join and Wheat Mills cheap durable md good grinders. Call ana see one i uuning at our works. Price $85 and i ap. Send for circular. - ' fl March 28, 1877. tf. ' J Phe Columbia Register, J ST HOTT, EMLYN, & McDANIEl J umes A. Iloyt, Editor. THE DAILY KEGJSTEIt contains the latest news of tho day, all commercial, polit cnl and other matter sent by t?le*raph, full I ronrirts Pil I f.ort>lIs UI)On all XUTCllt topicflfand Orange and Agricultural Department*. The Daily has a circulation extending to all ">arts of the State, Is circulated in nearly ev- * ?ry State in the Union, and 1? constantly increasing; therefore, as an advertising mcdiim it cannot he surpassed. The Tri-Weekly Register is Issued every Tuesday, Thursday nnd Saturday morning, , ind contains all the news of two days in one m ssue. The Weekly Register is an eight page paicr, containing J-Wty-Eight Columns, em- hH jracinu the cream of the news of er.ch week. I'hls paper is within tlie reach of every jHH amily, and we are pleased to state the fact hat its large circulation is rapidly extendng. The Register ?> now the Organ of the State Grange, and all matters of interest to the 'atrons of Husbandry will be treated in their ipproprlate department. The Agricultural ind Grange articles will appear in each of >ur publications?Daily, Tri-Weckly and Ycekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Register.?One Year S7.00; Six uonths $.V>0; Three Months $1.75. Tri-Wcekly Register.?One Year$5.00; Six fonths S2..j0; Three Months $1.25. Weekly Register.?One Year 52.00 ; 8ix lonths 51.00; Three Months 50. JOB PRINTING. The best and cheapest Book and Job Printig, of every description, promptly and satistctorlly executed at the Register Office. All k-inds of Law liUmks on hand, which we till sell at the lowest prices. JAMES A. HOYT, II. N. EMLYN. W. B. McDANIEL, Proprietors ana rubl tuners. r> KAPFJKLDS Female Itejriilato U EDWIN PARKER.