The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, December 12, 1877, Image 2

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f ? 1 111 The Press and Banner.!! ... i AI5IH]VILLE, S. O. C> IlUUIl WILSON & W. v. BBNET. 1 Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1877. \[ By What Authority? 1 111 Iho Cohnnhm Rerjintrr of Friday, Ttli instant. wi> tin?l th? following: c Mn.tr \!tv Ai'K'MNTMKN'rs?Tlif \Oovor- t nor it i> ai>|'ointc<1 'In* following officers who r will hi* o!vv<>?i iinil rcspirii^l acoonlinsly : ' Paymaster U. W. Simpson, of Ar. < ^.mViilssnry General, J. K. Roberts^',, 0f| * s'kcc'hii General, Dr. John Lynch, of Rich-' '"jud-re Atlvoctte Uwvcral, Louis Leconte^of Hioh:?n 1. j Q,u:irt.-master General, T. G. Darga ,t| of: l);ir!iii>:t'?n. .... . 1 All the above named gentlemen r nnk, 04 L col?*??ls of cavalry. V Bri:ru<lier Generals?Gulpnaro R> ^Viardson, j of Sumter, cavalry; Win. Stokes, o / Beaufort, cavalry: Y.J. Pope of Newberrv infantry; K. R. Hemphill, of Abbeville,in &ntry." ! The above honors were conferred 011; gentlemen who no dou'ttre jn every *w*y worthy of then i? ancj we offer j nliem our sincere congratulations. I Nothing has be en published, however, showing e A'ftotly the sphere of; the e*:nmands above named, and peo-l pte^re pt'zzle ^ know what troops | are referred Tot na throw what! ^ we <.an on the subject, and this "we tan 1 /t!St (j0 jjy examining the Stat-' \itesof aur State referring thereto. Itis getier A]|y known that there are in j Sout'^j Carolina two distinct organiza-; t,on a of(citizeu soldieryt to wit, the' tionai Guard, and the Volunteer: aie Troops, the latter organized this! v ear "in addition to the body of mill-1 <Ji known as the National Guard." j With reference to which of those' bodies wero the abovo appointments; made? So far as we can make out,j they have to do with the first named. | Speaking of appointments in the Na-i tional Guards, the words of the Statute are: "That In onse of invasion, lnsurrec-| tion, or rebellion, or imminent danger [ thereof, the Governor shall appoint i by and with the advice and consent of j the Senate, a Quartermaster-General, Commissary-General, and SurgeonGeneral." "That all officers of the militia (ex; cept as horeln provided) shall be ap-; pointed and commissioned by the|. Governor." , j Rev. Stat. Title 4, ohap. 15, Sec, 101 and 18. j, The National Guard as we all know j is defunct; and when it existed it was , composed entirely of negroes from < whom very cautiously and wisely the Radical Government withheld the power of eleoticg officers. Can it be that Colonel Simpson, Colonel J.e- 1 Oolite. General Richardson, General ! Stokes, General Pope and General [1 Hemphill, have been appointed byj] the Governor to oommand the Xe-' gro National Guard? As for the other geutlemen their appointment win!, only he made by the Governor "iu {, case of invasion, iusuirection or re-'| bellion or imminent danger thereof,"i< and then only "with the advlee and |{ consent of the Senate;" whereas at!' present, the Governor's message be-ing our witness, peace reigns within;' our l>orders. j1 As to the volunteer State Troops, ofj* which thfre are three companies in Abbeville County; the Governor was "authorized toreoeiveall such bodies of ehiaen soldiery;" lie is tx officio{' heir commander-in-chief; and underr him as such they are "to be subject to : all such regulations^* may beprescrib-1! ed by the Commander-in-chief, andi( issued from the Adjutant and Inspect-;; or General and published." But be* j1 yond this, his authority cease?, and'' power of appointment he has none, j The words of the Statute are clear and 11 unmistakable. j* ".-t// field offlcrrs of battalions. rc<ri-| 1 menu, brigades or divisions shull bel elected by the commissioned and nun- < commissioned offioera and privates of ( the same respectively." Acts, &o. of 1877, page 2*0, S?p. 5. ( Nothing oan be more certain than that the Governor has no authority to appoint Held officers over the Volunteer State Troops. And this is a wiser provision. It is right that the gallan 11 j citizens who compose our volunteeri soldiery should have vested in themelves the electing of commanding officers: and surely Hampton would not wittingly infringe on this right. J It ia not like him to exceed the g"-j bernatorial authority, to confer honors which are hollow. Unless we are mistaken, the impression prevails that the military ap- ! pointments published above convey commands over the volunteers. The } ( ipsuuima verba of the Statute will cor-: J rect this false impression. We cau-j not imagine our Governor so ignor-L ant of the law a3 to make appoint- L ments of field officers over the-Volun-1 ^ teer State Troops, or so autocratic and i sultanicas knowingly to over-ride the j express provisions of the law, and bej, a law unto himself. Our volunteers] must have been surprised nt what {, seemed to be executive interference. | They need not fear: such assumption j of authority would never he exercised by Governor Hampton. The appoint- ( ments in question must relate to commands in the National Guards, or probably, to some third organization of citizen soldiery not yet in in cane. We await information on thesubject, which ought to be vouchsafed for the sake of the country, far the sake of the volun- j teers, and for the sake of the gentlemen named above about the validity j of wh(?se titles, we are as solicitous as we are curious about the sphere of their commands. A Bloody Pciuil Code. Our criminal code Rod it# statutory punishment* are engaging tbcaltenUon of our people and our pret-s morecaruestly now than ever before. The prevalence and increase of crime, and the seeming lneffieacy of punishment as a check up. on it, are tiie subject of daily conversation and newspaper comment, and all unite with one voice in calling on the Legislature to pass measures that will make erirne more abhorrent and iis pun isbment more prohibitory, 'Die whipping-post, the chain-gang, the penal eolony, nod an ej&largeroent of the list of cauitai officers, are being advocated and demuudecL There has been ?o doubt an alarming increase lately isa the number of orimes more or less heinous, and the temporary alarm occasionedis likely to hurry ots into the adoption of improvised and short-sighted expedients that will work permanent harm to the .State. A measure was introduced into our Legislature last st?saian and will -come up for discussion this current session urging <he raising of .arson, burglary, and xapc into the rank of eapital offences, to be punished as murder is. That muwler should be punished capitally aome hu, manitarians deny, but the preponderance of authority in all times and peoples is in favor of taking the murderer's lifee and sooietv surely should claim and exercise the right it concedes to the indi viduals th:it compose it?the right to tak: life in self-defence. But humarity and justice cry out against tho iiiflicUou of ?i??ii? win ! n ?butt??wmm [ho (loath penalty oil any but the inur ilerer and son* climbs the traitor. It is repugnant to reason and right to make irson, burglary, and rape punishable by Lath. Tliest; are heinous crimes, but :hey liave no alfinity with death. Thoy io not suggest death as murder and ;reason do. _tnd to make them capital )jreiu-fts would not acid new terrors t<i loath, but would 'ntlier deprive the glb)ct. of its awful Si)l'.i*niity l?y ilullintf tlic icnse.sof our people, deadening the l'om >< tho law, nmlnuiKinir human lift; cheap;r than it is. v hasfchown that lot ji'.'.it .severity in tin- punishment of crimt prevents tho remedy fmni being etieetual. It is possible, as the Irishman said, to iret accustomed to hantnu;;. Novci were lurcouie.- ko common in England a? when twenty thieves could be seen dangling on one gibbet, and when a mat: would be hanged for counterfeiting tin stumps- rtfecd'it? the sale of perfumery .inti hair-powder,jtir for cutting a hop-vino. Enact a'lawmaking arson, burglary and rape capital offences, and as a natura conseqnence a confederacy will be formed by judges, juries, prosecutors and witnesses, to defeat and prevent the execution of*so bloody a code, already ir cases of hoYnicide there is too great r shrinking on the part of our people from aiding tno law in the arrest and trial o: offenders ; and who among us would be forward in putting the noose round si man's neck for, it might be, setting fire to an outhouse? Undue severity in punishing excites sympathy towards the criminal and horror against the law, Such a code were not in unison with the virtuous and intelligent among our people. To enact such a statute would bo tc set the hands of the clock backward to :i period out of accord with the nineteor.tli century: and no greater calamity could hefidl a people than the enactment ol laws at varianco with the civilization and times they live in. Convictions could no doubt be obtained under such u law, but executions would seldom follow, When minor offences were punished capitally in England, out of sixty convictions there used to be but one execution. Thus the deterrent effect of shameful punishment would he frustrated; for the hope exeited by one pardon will neutralize the fear caused by fifty executions. Besides, human life ought not to be accounted so cheap, and the surest mode for rendering the death penalty odious, disgraceful, and terrible, is to hold human lifb sacred. It is contended by some that, despite tho evils usually attending undue severity of punishment, the exigencies of the times demand and justify a resort to it as nn expedient check upon a temporary prevalence of the crimes of arson, burglary, and rape. The race lately en Iran clilsed, sav they, need this rigid and severe schooling. Such special testation wo deprecate. You cannot make one law for the white man and another for the negro. Socially, intellectually, morally, ind industrially the blacks arc hopelessly inferior to the whites; but in the eye of :he law they are equal, and in our courts iv 1 tut is sauce for tho noose must bo sauce for the gander. Let no specious arguments about critical emergencies delude >ur. legislators into passing laws which, ;hongh intended as wholesoino and temporary and special, will certainly work mr commonwealth permanent harm and mel rolegate uslto |a lower civilization. Tho logic of facts and of history is against such legislation, and the transient opinions born of alarm should not be suffered ;o hurry us blindfold into barbarism, or stern puritauism. The Uglify Bill. No question that has come before nir Legislature this session has caused so much discussion as the Usury Bill. Day after day our representatives nave ippreached the subject, almost every >ne armed with a speech, and every speech bristling with quotations from the works of all writers on political economy from Moses to John Stuart Mill. The daily aud weekly press arP ~ull of articles arguing on both side* >f the question ; and private citizens, moneyed and penniless, with or without credit are ranging themselves nn the side of the money-lender and the borrower. A fever or panic of this kind is one of the constantly recurring curiosities of history. From the earliest times to the present day, every season of financial depression is marked by a crusade against the possessors and lenders of money. Tlie history of the Hebrews, of Greene, and ;>f Koine, affords numerous examples :>f this, and down even to comparatively recent times in the history of England this popular outcry against the money-lender frequently was made the cause of bloody massacre. It is, to bay the least, a curious historical fact that the demagogue has in all nges made this popular movement his favorite tool, This should give them pause who at present are so strenuously advocating the passage of the Usury Bill. "We do not say they ire playing the role of the popularity iiuntiug demagogue. Wo only mean A) admonish them to look wisely and warily on all sides of this confessedly perplexing question. This State has nad its- season of depression, long-con;inued, deep, and gloomy, and our people are naturally curious to know why the long night does not cease and Lhc clear dawn arise. Some cause for it there must he. Sojne scape-goal must be sacrificed. The usurious in terest of those who lend moDey has been chosen; and like the mosai* scape-goat the money-lender must suf fer for the sins of the people. Wi have heard of a man who lost all lit hud at the gaming table, and on is suing from the saloon angry with everybody but himself he kicked tlx first man lie met. Somebody had t< be kicked. No doubt the man in kicked was a#u>nished, and for a rea son somewhat similar, the lenders o money in the State must be astonished Have they to bear the blame of all tin financial depression under which oui people are struggling? I^ngaged ii an honorable accuiHition, handling ? much nee/led and scarce commodity the need and the scarcity going pur pax.su, receiving naturally large profit) on this commodity, in obedience t< the laws of supply and demand,?slid deuly they are informed that thej have been doing nefarious work, an vampires sucking the life-blood fron the State, are the cause of ull the pov erty and distress around them, art usurers, plunderers, \fha: Jiot ? The.-< tnouey-lenders must tie muzzled Tlvey must not take leu or twelve 01 fifteen per cent interest ev*n when offered to them. Thepeople need nmnuj oiostcertainly, they arc; wfrUing to gi v? high interest for its .use, but tin moneyed men must not take thishigl interest. Iu other words the peoph will legislate so ^s lo share in tin profits of money-lender^. Thi? 6urel\ smacka of communism. When a mat lends .money he-ex-aets interest for ituse us his clear profit; and this i> measured by the -market value of tin money lent: he also .demandsand i> entitled to a premium .as indemnifies tion for the risk iiej-ius in lending : these two items at present nre largt and both together constitute what certainly ia a high rate of interestcall it usurious if you please. To both the lender is clearly entitled by all Ultra lea of commerce. But the people claim a shae in this profit, and clam % .or for a law to secure it to them. They seem to forui't that nil that is necessary i to reduce the rate of interest is to lesjseu the risk of lending. If all borrowers would pay, if all securities J were {rood, seven per cent, would be ,as profitable to the money lender as ! twelve per cent, is at present. We have always thought money a marketa eoinmodity, to be handled as other 1 commodities, subject to fluctuations in value at different times and in di tiercent countries. Assucb it ought to be . left free, if the tenets of political economy are to be held as right. History too would teach that mony should lie left free; for it is a fact that when ' usury laws have been in force, being necessarily inoperative, then rales ol , iinterest were really highest, The Koran forbids interest; as a conse,j<|uence nowhere are rates of interest , higher than in Mohammedan countries. This result is nasurai. When I money is free, the interest charged comprises only two'items, the clear Ijproiit for use, and the premium for I risk. But when money is chained ami I muzzled, the interest charged comJ (prises three itenia?the clear profit for I use, the premium for risk in lending, "land the extra premium for danger in I evading the law. It is best to look ! the matter square y in the face. II Usury laws are confessedly inopera,: tive. Tnny have always been and will I always be evaded. New York has 1: her usury law; and yet money is rJ nearly as dear there as here, although >iindirectly. Pass the Usury Kill, and i I lifiprnu-oru will hulrt li>tulor< tft devise , | . w .. V ..y,.,, , ways and means of evading its provisions, and money will command (! higher rates because of the additional !lri*ft run in lending it. Whipping-Post and -Chain-Gnus;. Our exchanges have of late teemed J with leaders and letters for and against the re-establishment of tho whippingpost and the chain.gang. Their disputes P have pone beyond the limits of the State and the press of distant and melancholy I Maine has taken up the wondrous tale. [ That something must bo done by the j Legislature is certain; that the bust thing possible will be done, we hope. Punishment ought to bo reformatory as well as I retributory, and our prisons and poniteni tiaries ought to be made self-supporting , by turning tho labor of convicts and j prisoners to good account. To this end tho ehain-gang and penal colony are ad! ulirably adapted, and ought to be put in practice. Our prisons at present are expensive luxuries, where the inmates fare sumptuously at the public expense. A judicious system of utilizing the work of their hands is imperatively demanded. yls to the whipping-post, it is being bitterly opposed as a relic of barbarism, and strenuously advocated as the proper and | effectual punishment for all minor of\ fences, including even petty larceny. | Buth sides have gone to the extreme. The whipping-post can be used without barbarity, if limited as a punishment for certain well-defined oll'e'nees. The Levitical theory of an eye for an eve and a j tooth for a tooth underlies all systems of [punishment. There is and ought to be a I certain affinity between a crime and its ' punishment. For offences against the j person, the person of the offender ought to sillier; for offences against property, the property of the offendor ought to | make restitution, and that his labor may be utilized, he ouyjht to be put in the chain-gong or ponal colony and there bo made in some measure to repair the injury ho lias dono to society. Thus for larcenies, grand and petit, along with im| prisonment there ought to lie hard labor; j and for assault and offence against the person there ought, along with imprisonment, to bo corporal punishment. Some years ago the use of tho whip was revived in Britain as a punishment for wife-heaters and garrotters. Nevada punishes wife-beaters with the whipping post. And South Carolina would do well to establish the whipping-post as a punishment for violent assault on the person, for garrotting and for Wifo-beating; but j not for minor offences and larceny. .4s a ! salutary punishment for offences against the person it needs no defence; but as a punishment for offences against property , it must be condemned as barbarous. i The Lion's Share. "Gnowi.jNO.?Alrcadr there me mntterlnjrs j us to the hirjre share Rlfhland hits intlifdisi trilmtlon of the StateoltU-es? thellnn's. They are aa follows: Governor, Treasurer, Attorney-Gerund, Superintendent of Kduentlon, " | Chief Justice, Associate Just lee, Superintendent of the Penitentiary, ('Jerk and Assistant Clerk of the House mid Assistant Clerk ol the Senate. Why is this thus??"I'hoenlx." The question so pertinently asked by lour excellent contemporary Is too hard for solution. Ask us an easier one. And yet the Phoenix, by covertly suggesting the familiar futole. makes an "insinuendo" which perhaps would afford an answer, satisfactory to the ! modest people of Richland, however humiliating to the rest of the State. If the middle county represents the lion, what counties are supposed to represent the ass and the fox respectively? Richland stands for the lion and is the midland county between the Up-country and the Low-country. It is to be inferred that the long-eared j embodiment of stupidity and the 1 sharp-nosed personification of cunning ! are represented by those latter less | fortunate sharers in the spoils. But ! which stands forwhlcli? The Phomh ! has asked us a poser; we reply Scottk-c. |by asking another. Certainly Richjland has obtained the lion's share of ;the Btate offices and "why this is thus" we cannot understand; but we humbly admonish that county to bear ! itu blushing honors worthily, or per. haps another fable" will be suggested in which asinine vanity clothed itsell in a lion's skin. Augusta Evening News. . A little stranger appeared in our of. ticesome davs ago among our variou> . exchanges. It was very nicely dress i ed and quite good-looking, and bon j the name "Auguxta Evening Nc.ivh.' (tWe don't know it* paternity: the ; little adventurer came to uh fathere* . by nobody, All that we can gather a; f to its whereabouts and belongings i.< that "for the present the editorial aiu -> business rooms of the Evening New. r will be at the store of Mr. James L , I Oow, on JJroad Street." Tt may be < t foundling for all we know, but some body's son it must be; and its fathei i needn't be ashamed to own it. It is ? hI well-formed, healthy little fellow, ant , I gives promise of growing to be strong . and vigorous. Its claim for recogni ; tion is based on au "endeavor to sup . ply a vacuum in the newspaper circle! i of the city, and which the times anc the growing importance of Augusts imperatively demand " We kindh greet the little stranger, with a "here'i to you and your families: may the} live long and prosper." Elections in Columbia, Col. A. C. Haskell was elected As sociate Justice, vice Wright, resigned Hon. VV. TT. Wnlliu'p IjlIp Ktip.'iker was elected Judge of the Seventli Cir ' <'uit, vice Northrop, resigned, Lejloy F. Youuians, Esq., was elected Attorney Genera], vice Gen. Conner, resigned. Hon. J. C. Sheppard was elected Speaker of the House, vice Wallace, elected J udgc. The Kcowee Courier endorsed om ' nomination of Hon. F. A. Conner, and our editorial on the Supreme Bench. The News and Courier stands on the <ame platform w'th us about Repudiation ind quotes ouirwords thereanent. The President's Message. The President's Message is unmcr- j J cifully long, and our notice of it will |r.a !l?e delightfully short. It occupies) ! nearly seven newspaper columns of j Minnll type, it defends Hayes' ho ["Southern Policy" and gives, excel-j , lent reasons for the withdrawal ofUfJ J Till , troops fram Louisiana and South Cur-; to olina. It discusses the currency ques-j lion and advocates remonetization of. silver within very safe limits and op- us poses tiio repeal of the resumption ' I.1M? Tf firf./iirni'/iii (llu lio/xicwitv* fill* '>11 ! reform in the Civil .Service, but isjso'i i rather hazy us to the mode. Jt pro-1 Enounces our foreign relations peaceful, j'1'* ' l>ut sees possible trouble on (ho Mexi- j wl jean frontier, about which Hayes j !,(J (though not bellicose is quite linn. ILj;lii .says a good word for the Paris Exhi-lwi jbition'. It recommends a duty on tea! and cuilee, with the view of removing i ,lu , . no all other internal revenue duties ex- <iicept those on liquors, tobacco, &e. It includes in its encyclopaedic embrace ^ j the public debt, the shipping interests tin | the Army and Navy, the Post Ollice, of i the Indians, and many othev things "J "too numerous to mention." It is a w?i sensible, statesmanlike document, and |?n as to its matter it will give satisfaction, as to Us length,?life is too short fur it, !?'< ? th Was it a Secret? wl I wl Associate Justice A!elver was on I mi Tuesday 4th, instant, re-elected to his O: otliee for a full term of six years beginning next July,?at which date on will terminate the partial term he was e<t 1 I last year ciiosen 10 serve, judge iuc-rs:e |lver is well-qualified for the high po-1 oil I si tiou, und no doubt deserved re-clec-'p" ; tion. But iu justice to himself, tothe!|?,? J Legislature and to the country, it! jjj j would have been better if some'pre-j i | monitory notice of the approaching!^ event had been vouchsafed. The noin-jwj ination was announced the one day; ev ciose on the heels of it came the elec-i^'1 ! tion the next day. The news came as |fl'' J CO suddenly and as unexpectedly as thun-1 tin ! der in a clear sky. The election of an i Associate Justice is a matter in which |?'the public are supposed to be interest- ed; and such an event ought not to I of occur in a corner, like the act of ajv(J | close corporation. Our rulers should llti I tr.ke the people into their confidence, jfi" * , , no Brigadier General Hemphill. j Governor Hampton has been pleas- U ed to appoint K. H. Hemphill l?sq., of! II the Abbeville Medium, to the honora- til ble post of lirigadier-Ui'Ueral of the| jS ninth regiment of infantry. We con- II irratulate our representative on his! ^ promotion, (jlen. llempliill is the rep- J,8, rcsentiltive not only of the people but ] of the press: ami Governor Hampton {'J is wise and right in recognizing the rii services of the man wiio represents I I "the fourth estate"?the Republic of j re i Letters. These are the days when ajj? Stanley penetrates tiie wilds of Africa,, i?i and a Forbes braves the bullets and, Si' cannon balls of the Turco-Uussiau > -* war; and it is meet that in I South Carolina a representative of the press should be deemed worthy to till a high ami honorable post in the! military. We thank Governor Hampton for the honor he has done ' the press; and we felicitate General*' Hemphill, and are ready, quill in j hand, to quell his loes, or die by his side. The President's book, which lie calls ;>r 1 ftn his message, was circulated in pamphlet j ca form in Washington, and a bulky pamphlet it was. j , Our Columbin Lcttrr?Thc Usury Uii;; j[" --Elections--!, uual Fraud--Hard Work. Editor Preta and Jio?w.r: ' OoLU.MlJIA, S. (J., Nov., 11, 1877. ? The one absorbing question before the House since last '1 hursday is the Si usury law. It has been discussed a _ mil-Lion of everv dav since. and the discussion has not yet ended. Those I , who have spoken in favorof restricting interest ure Brown, It. B. Hemp-, g hill, Yoamans, Conner, Callison, ^ ; l'ope, Blue and Simpson, those! against are Memininger, J. .7 | , Hcuiphill, Rutledge, Ficken, Bui. t I Dargan and Gailliard. The mainju strength ot' the opposition is r from Charleston. The indications are ' tliat the bill will pass by u large majority, but it may be amended to J te| allow private written argreements to j , the extent of ten per centum per an- ti num. Ceneral Hemphill quoted or< largely from the mosaic law on the! , ? subject of usury, and said be would n put Moses and Solomon against all the I , modern theorists or poliiieal eeono-l < mists quoted by Mr. Memminger. I Some member wanted to know if lie ' meant Hardy Solomon. On Wrdnes-i 0 , day night the caucus to nominate a'thi Speaker held twenty-two ballots with-! out making a nomination. The con-j ' test was very warm between the,of ,.r cI*.........>..1 .,,,,1 /\rl. |lllt > 111 viiur* *;i uiiii vn, KfKn without any bitter feeling, ami at a quarter to one o'clock it adjourned to 50 meet oti Thursday night. At that _ meeting absentees of the night pre- B vious, came in and the contest was de- ! eided ou the first ballot, in favor oljn Mr. J. C, Shcppard. There was no ill real necessity for a caucus to secure a g Democratic Speaker, but it is thought B best to secure the unity of the party to B i make nominations and sticking to!Eg them. I trust the people of Abbeville[ H , will put the ban upon every man who 9 does not stand square up to the iiomi-! E] i nationsof the party legitimately made, j H > Let them look to dewberry where forjH , want of proper organization and sys- B teni of nomination there are two can ' dictates (brothers) for the position in,? I the Legislature made vacant by the I expulsion of Keitt. Judge Wallace on resigning the I : Speakership, delivered a well-timed; and eloquent address. Mr. Sheppard was immediately j sworn in by C'hiOf Justice "Willard. The committee appointed at the spe-j i cial session to examine into the sale of I . the Columbia Canal, have made a re-j , port that the Canal was sold to the I ; Sp rogues, of Rhode Island, for $200 ; j that ?50,000 was offered for it at the 1 ; same time; that there is no evidence I that even the nominal sum of$200 was paid ; that the parties have failed to comply with the terms of the contract ? in many respects, and liaye therefore 1 forfeited all claim to the properly. t?o 4 mote it he. A bill has been introduced into the ' House requiring able-bodied prisoners * to work on streets in towns, and pub lie roads leading,into towns. Somer thing will be done in this direction, but it must be with the prominent 1 ideaof relieving the country from cxI pense as far as can be done. The folr lowing Senators have appeared, quali. fled and taken tneir seats since the openingof the session : Campbell from Charleston, Kinsler of Richland, Ms1 Call of Marlboro', Cokerof Darlington, I Wiley of Lancaster, and Lipscomb of; t Newberry. I have heard nothing of the fence law us yet from any county. What * has become of the petition from citi: zens of Abbeville praying the passage of a stock law? The bond committee I has not ytt finished its report, and our worthy and efficient representative, I Hood, is almost constantly at work on I the committee and li^s not been able j to take much part in the regular busi- t ness oi me xiousc. his oeneveu me t M report \yill be satisfactory and may not j elicit much discussion. The ratifica- t . tion of the Constitutional amendment r in reference to tax for education and ti the re-openinfr of the University will I i both meet with much opposition and I believe the latter will be deferred, i ' Some of us think that luxuries should c be postponed while the people Hud it t a hard struggle to pay the taxes need- t ed to run the absolutely necessary ma s I cbinery of Government. t ^ _F. A. C. I w. c. BENET, iVttorney at Lawj I T 'J ' .v.pvii!- c . s. c. I MMtam ? ?n??a?3?wu?gmn I For I'oited States Senator. Worn J'rcus and Banner : u view of the probable expulsion or resigtloti of Ilonest John from the Senate, or at . t. of the nestr approach of the end of hi* ;n, It is time for tlie people !o east about In . ir minds for some oim'to ti 11 his place, and ! doinjr I ills wo hope the Stale will render | nor to whom honor isdUe. If this he tlio] !e by which v,-e ought to-bc governed, whoi K) worthy of this high ^thsitum as General! W. (Jary. 'the distinguished senator front | gei'ii-al? Y.'hethcr wo-uonsidi-r hl> Kalian-. 4iiid devotion to h's couotiy during the i lie days of tlie war, Ms st'ern and miHInch- ; { adin'ivnce to the j?riucijjti-s of the i?oiuo-i 11 lit party, iiis serviees during t he last, elee-1 11 cainp;.itrii, or his prnd^nee and saxaeity; a nUilesm-n, we iinisi confess that none :s j worthy as he. It is unnecessary to sjieakof! ; war record any fiirlher tliai: to stiv that; uli'irir.-o in the ":imi-s thai tried incuV lis,*" wuulit hardly in- less so jidf'.v. vs mine last election campaign, who will | f thsttSouth Carolina does not owe her re-j niption to (icneral liary more than to any i til in tin: Slate? We cannot forgot tnat.t illt: other Jeidiilg lncil of .'lie .State Were ni-hearted :>n<i \veak-knecd. he had the' Illness to advocate the sir: : .iil-oul policy i il lie stigae'iy to iierc ive that it was hound 1 sueeocd; that in thoOonvnfion in Aimist<' len the whole-low country was.in favor of, I s Chamberlain procrastination policy, he . is earnest and untiring in his efforts to in ce the convention "to make an immediat initiation; that he initiated the policy o' aiding time with the radicals; that, the Igetield plan was originated by him and nt it was the plan which was adopted by p up country and which elected our Statu leers and gave us complete control of all l* departments of the government. j ^is tkieliiy to the principles and traditions ! the Democrat ic party am unquestionable. j ; would have nothing to do witn Reformers der Carpenter, with Uolters under Touiliun, or with Conservatives under Green, bile others were willing to renounce their eglanee to their party and compromise i. ir political principles by voting for carpctggers, seal la wags and in?roe?, he stood >of and refused to touch the "unclean ing." In t!io Tax Payers convention in i I, lie had the manliness to denounce Grant, ] lile others were afraid to speak above a lisper lest they ciiould insult his impeiialj igesty. In tlie election for Chief Justice General iry was the only Democrat in the 1 r? who proved lilzastilf worthy of the trust posed iii him by lii.s ?0&3tituenCt^ On tlie e hand wius a true patriot, a native horn son .South Carolina, a distinguished ami learnjnrist, and a true and tried public servant Weil as a faithful Democrat, That man ilervod the support of I lie Democrats. On the lier was an alien radical adventurer, the ly reason for electing whom was so-called 1 icy. W iiile the other Democratic memrsof the Legislature begged and whined und Ingcd and" swallowed the pill, General try alone had the independence) to vote for people's candidate. [.(Kill too at tho stand lie tools on the bonded ht question, tlie usury law and other mat's, and you will see that General Gary is al?ys on the side of the people. I'h ere arc only two objections that anybody er urged against electing bim to the Lulled iit.es Senate, and they are really no objee>11 s. The tirsl is that wo have one Senator >in Edgelield County. \Ve are not to know nuty hires at all, we areto elect the man ;it is best. lifted for the place. Phe other is that he is rash. I.ook at his ord and you will see that this is false. Ills Hons all show that he is bold and daring, t prudent and sagacious withal. Vn eminent recognition of his ability as a itesmiin is his recent election us chairman the committee on finance. ,ook at his carcer for the past seventeen ars; look at his record as a soldier, as a polclan, as a statesman, as a tried and faithful blic servant, and can anybody doubt that Is the right man for the pbic"? We think t. CONTRIBUTOR. J_he most genial balsam ever used by nerers irum uuimuuiu j iunC?ov?. . It is composed of herbal product*, which I ivo 'a specific effect on the throat and { ngs; detached from the air cells all irtating matter; causes It to he expecto- I ted, and atonce checks the inflammation Itich produces the cough. A single doso | lleves the most distressing paroxysm, i othes nervousness, and enables the suf- I rer to enjoy ouiet rect at night. Being a 1 easant cordial, Jt tones the weak stotnli, and in specially recommended for illdren. Yliat others say about ]TuWs Expectorant. [ad Asthma Thirty Years, Baltimore, February 3,1S75. "I have had Asthma thirty years, aud never found ncdicijic that had such a hapnv efftct." W. F. HOGAN, CharJu Si. A. Child's Idea of Merit. New Orleans, November 11, 1S76. Tutt's Expectorant is a familiar name in my honse. y wife thinks it the best medicine in the world, d the children mv it is 'nicer than molasses ndy.' '* NOAH WOODWARD, 101 N. Poyd.-js St. "Six, and all Croupy." ! "I am the mother of six children; all of them have , encroupy. wiuioui imu ci|mnrani, i uimtj ink they could have survived some of the attack*., is a mother's blessing." MARY STEVENS, Frankfort, Ky.; A Doctor's Advice. ! " In my practice, I advise all families to keep Tntt'i cpectorant, in sudden emergencies, for coughs, , sup, diphtheria, etc." j T. P. ELLIS, M.D., Newark, N.J. J >ld by all druggists. Price $t.OO. Ofjlca j 35 Murray Street, Ifeio York. THE TREE IS KNOWN BY^ITS FRUIT." " Tutt'sPills are worth their weight in gold." REV. I. R. 8IMPS0N, Louisville, Ky. 'Tutt's Pills area spccial blessing of the ninewth century.1'? REV. F. R. OSGOOD, New York.; " I have used Tutt'i Vills for torpor of the liver.; tey are superior to any tncdiunc lor biliary dii- j Jers ever made." I. P. CARR, Attorney it Law, Augusta, Q?. j " I have used Tutt's Pills live years in my family, j ley areuncqualed fnrcostivenessand biliousness." [ ' F. R. WILSON^ Georgetown, Toxai. j 'I have used Tutt's ^hiulane willi great benefit.'' < W. W. MANN, Editor Mobile Register, i i "We sell fifty boxesruITs Pills to five of all i iers."?8AYRE & CO^jCirtersville, Ga. 'Tutt's Pills have only lo be tried to establish i sir merits. Thcv work like magic." j, W. H. BAflRON^^BJSuaimer St., Boston. There is no medicine so well adapted to the cure j bilious disorders ns rutcs fins." JOS. BRUMMEL, Richmond, Virginia.^ AND A THOUSAND MORE. Id by druggists. 25 cents a box. OJJlcc ,; 35 Murray Street, yew York. tutts hair dye | which restores youthful heuuty to the hair. I j That eminent chemist lids succeeded lu B, producing a Hair Dye which Imitate* > I' Ayer's Cathartic Pills, For all the purposes of a Family Physio; and for curing Costiveness, J aunaice, Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath, Headache, Erysipelas, Bheumatism, Eruptions and Skin Diseases, Biliousness, Dropfy, Tumors, Worms, Neuralgia; as a Dinner Pill, for purifying the Blood, Are the most /S c effective and congenial pur' v -far"'are mild, lait | '''' 6^C Ct Ua'_,'" ire still the most thorough ami searchng cathartic medicine that can be ( ;mployed: cleansing the stomach ami t jowels, and even the blood. In small loses-of one pill a day, they stimulate j he digestive organs and promote vigorous health. Aykk's Pills liavc been known for ; nore than a quarter of a century, ami , mve obtained a world-wide reputation | or their virtues. They correct dis- ,' iased action In the several assimila- ; ;ive organs of the body, and arc so ; omposcd that obstructions within j 1 -heir range can rarely withstand or j jvade them. Not only do they cure , he evcry-day complaints of every- ; )ody, but also formidable and danger- !. >us diseases that have battled the best 1 )t human skill. While they produce j jowcrful effects, tlicy are, at the same < iiue, tho safest ami best physic for !' ihildrcn. By their aperient action 1 liey gripe much Jess than the coirunun , mrgatives, and never give pain when lie bowels are not iiillamod. They i each the vital fountains of the blood, , I ind strengthen the system by freeing t t from the elements of weakness. Adapted to all ages and conditions l n all climates, containing neither 1 lalomel nor any deleterious drug, ' * heso Pills may be taken with safety >y anybody. Their sugar-coating pre- ; icrves them ever fresh and makes j hem pleasant to take; while being ! rnrely vegetable, no harm can arise j torn their use in any quantity. j PREPARED BT i 2 )r. J. C, AVER &. CO., Lowell, Mass., j Practical and Analytical Chemiita. ' =s=gg s i' w1 rtnosi know Conh Grou <r . , . iu:ron CSrO TO 3; nnd 1 ' ? ' ? jlC JL U <orJ?i JL' Urli^ c? lest Ms for tie Least Money, ?s * wurr the 5 00 ,f\ OUR STOCK ^ The Is Unusually Large ( and Attractive * Oppi AND .MUST BE SOLD ?? A3 Within the Next Sixty Days, j!?t?? Pure am i At priocs thnt will suit tlio purchttsor, Com? one. Com? all And get some of the 1873 BARGAIN Si X janes h. morgan & DUO., > Greenville, S. C. 'T* \VA , \V A ' Sc LARGEST WAGON YARD n in the City with Troughs Sleeping House, &c. ...J I*'reo of churge. * ? Mr. ~W~. A. Latimer. P i? with us mid will be pleased to see his ings friends. . !)..?, .N'ov. 1J, 1S77 tf, (.ht,f ?<>0< N T 0? T "VTOT TWO LATJ3 YKT: JS c To get a Nice Saddle for the Fair, cheap at W. JOEL SMITH'S." Ilc' October 31. 1877. Be in the Fashion. ?|b: THIS is the ri :isoti lor weariupr them, j thoao stylish 11 ATS at pTj W. JUKL SMITH'S. i tllp ! October 31, 1S77. I State of South Carolina! Abbeville County. In the Probate Court. C1IIAIILKS P. Allen, as Kxecutor oi' Q Q > the will of Hamster Allen, deceased, | petitioner and plain til)', against Ann Kiiza- j lieth Allen, liyrd O. Allen, JamesT. Allen, , Col Bannister A. Davis, James A. Moraine,! Mary Brady, Alien Brady, Kiln Lee,i James B. Alien, Indiana Burksdale, John) IS. Allen, Charlotte A. Orr, B. Buleu Al-j lull, B. Berrian Allen,/ Mary A. MeCallaj'[ and Elizabeth Watson, defendants. iJjuhi Petition and complaint for relief, to the;' ",r. defendants, Ann Elizabeth Allen, Byrdl l>r. i). Allen, Mary Brady, Aliee Brady, Ella I Lee, Indiana Barksdale und Alary A. | McCalla: ; Tultl Yon are hereby summoned and roquir-1 \[ I'd to answer the petition and complaint* yuar in this aetion whieh is tiled in the Court j ?f Probate of said county, on the tenth j ^()' lIuv ol October, A. D. 1S77, and to servo a | " ()l opy of your answer on the subscriber at I crssi ids otlieo at Abbeville Court House, siiid | iv.u Stale, within twenty days alter the service, J'!1'1',0 >f the summons 011 you exclusive of day , Jv' >f service. * * I tary, If you fail to answer this petition and oel complaint within the time aforesaid the j ? plantilf will apply to the Court of Pro-i ]T 1 bate for the relief demanded in the eom-j g | plaint. ; ? Dated October 10, A. D. 1877. ! r, THOMAS THOMSON', i'*1}! Plain tilt" a Attorney. To the defendants Ann Elizabeth Allen, Chlii B.vrd O. Allen, Mary Brady, Aliee Brady, All 1 101 la Lee, Indiana" Barksdale, Mary A. j McCalla and Charlotte Ann Orr: I You will take notice that the summons md petition in the above uctiou were lilinl in the Court oi" Probate of Abbeville wot bounty, Soutn Carolina, on tho tenth day I mJP jf Oetober, A. 1>., !?77. h October loth A. 1)., 1S77. | Til OS. THOMSON. I Plain titrs Attorney, I _ October 24, 1x77, FOR THE FAIR. ! r j VASES, ToiJet Sets, Guest Cups and | fl* \ 1'ovs. EDW1X PA UK Ell. : Oct. 23, '77. FOXJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS, I Win euro or prevent j \V. T. PK.NNKV, Abbeviiiv, St. C. TOWN.SEND, Hodge* Depot, NOTICE. " i_ WILL b.) let to tlie lowest bidder the i JL. building of a bridge across Little [liver at Pettigrew's Ferry, on Tuesday, ho 11th of December, next, at 10 o'ctloek, i. in. i no contractor \n hi or requireu to [ ;ive bond with trood security. R. JONES, K. A. Mi.'UASLAN, U. M. MATT I SON, County (^omniissioners. i November 28tli 1S77. /""10J SALE OF MORTGAGE LAND. <0! j Colin: BY virtueof nuthority vested in me by j Mortgage executed 3d of Noveni-, ier ls7o by \V. E. Tumor, to secure the j Mirchusc money, wo will sell at public mi cry rt Greenwood, on 2t)th December, rw lext, (THURSDAY) all that parcel ot; and known as the l SlMtlXC; FIELD TRACT, 13 he same being a part of the Real i < 'state of W. N. Make, deceased, eon- j Hilling j SIXTY-ONE ACRES, I ffc ! SJf oiiudcd bv lauds of IT. J. Wells, J. C. i Ucxaniier, K. I'. Make and 1>. C. Parks.! ToruiMiuuli: known on day of sale. W. K. KLAKK, ; A. M. LiLAKJC, ! Vpxt Executors. i * * November 28, 1S77, 2t I Sarshall P. DeBruhl,!?S Attorney at Law,. jl, 1 ABBEVILLE C. H., 8. C. 1'coiin MMM????? HSJotioe. H [IjTj he sold to the highest bidder on I Salesdny next, (December,; <Jne of the - plADtatlons In Abbevlllo County? ruaame < < g: Black Place. QK lining 4H8 ACRES more or less, in III ps-irex tending frrtm Penney's Creek s the Oonorul s Road, upon which stands L'siilfineo. ':<J vj? RMS?On<?-thlrd Cash, and the remain- Ou 11 two equal annual instalments in one nios1 ,wo yours, with interest from date at ten and ent. The cash portion to be paid at once MAI the credit p.Minn to be secured by bond and Mortgage*" t.*:e premises. c S. AtrGOW'AN, Abbeville C. II., S. C. 0 v. 14.1*77. Til the Furniture Store this Week, li >0 COTTAGER BEDSTEADSTTAOE Wajuut Beds,S7; Cottajro Hard- 1 Wood Reds. and upwards; Good 17.a Casters or Rollers to each Red. The or are nlccly finished all hardwood, and ral, 1 anted superior to all others, fend sold at Misc lame price. J. D. CIIAXjMKR'S. pros A! IJ f\ DOZEN Cotton and Hhuck MaU > \ / tresses )ozf.n Country Chairs; 8 Dozen Walnut nrrv ; Chairs and Rockers, handsome styles nt _ prices. J. D. CHALMERS. ? EX I Southern Depot for Carraige J!" MATERIALS! 0$0 | Nt :,D,FMNKE, Z 157 MEETING STREET, tfllU Dslte. Cnorloston Hotel, Charleston, S. C., UKAI.GR IJf BS, SPOKE, RIMS, SHAFTS Etc. CLES, Springs, Bolts, flftliwliels, etc.. Horse Shoes and Nails. Bar Band and ?e shoe Iron, Spring, Plow and Castle I. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, etc. slinging direct from MANUFACTURERS ible to oiTer my goods at NORTHERN (!KS, and always keeping a full slock on 1 can Till Ordsn wfthWipatck. [Nov. 14,1877, INTotice. Sn LL persons holding School claims for A the years 1808, I860, 1870, 1871, 1872, J\ , 1874, 1875 and 1870 aro earnestly re- er i ited to present them to me by the 1st; SH< cf December next, Fail not as you ; tljo r lose your claims. JOHN A. WIER, School Commissioner. . or. M, 187T If. gj FOR SALE. 2a! J closo out Stock on hand I will Rell very low, for cash a lot of new .G AND BUGGIES, Also the .O . JSJD UUlittY MAit.MiSS. sen J. W. ROBERTSON. Ne1 mtomber 19,1877 tf. my .r , .rill 0 THE PUBLIC. "C !AVE removed my DENTAL OFFICE to JLa .lie room on the Upper Corner of granite.! uk, over Mr. Mars' Store. 0 JNO. S. THOMPSON, _ Dentist, gj. Fresh Arrivals. HETTY CALICOES, Black Alpao-i PI ;;us, nil priecs, Skirt Protect ore, Veil- i t, Pretty S"?rfs, Blarlc and Colored! s* Buttons, Ladies Hats, New Shapes, I il>er than ever, and other desirable la, at the .? . EMPORIUM OF FASHION, oveniber 7, 1877. For Young Gentlemen. HE most stylish If ATS, handsomesCRAVATS and elegant SHOES, a H. W. JOEL SMITH'S j"" :*tobor 17, l.?77, tf. I JJ CARPENTRY. j IK undersigned hereby gives nolicvi that lie is prepared to uo all kinds: A1 j and larpenter's "Work and j(ji Building. hi all I ilso ropairs Cotton Gins, T!irashers Funs. A full supply of Gin .Material ivs oil hand. Farmers arc requested HTj ring their Gins up early in the season UU low time to have them properly pred. [so Agent for the Taylor Cotton Gin, lirooks Cotton Press, and all kinds of i -y-j iber and Leather Belting. I D. B. SMITH, Z Abbeville ('. II., S. C. '?|v . C0KES2UEY I ? INFERENCE SCHOOL,| AMVftMvr A V\l\rttTT 11 n rinun. ! It/SUUIJ, JQL UUV/T1UV wwuu-j | ty, S. C. I K F.telity-thlrd Session of twenty weeks I begin* oil tliu second ilonilay, Htli ot | A uuv, 1878. 1 Xl P. Vnri'irAUD, A. M., Hoot or. . > . ! '. 1\ iiA11V, Secretary hoard Truttees. | EXPENSES. I . ! A loii, Primary Department, ?12.00 In termed iu it* ' 15.00! Senior " 20.001 p d per month 12.00 j j-jij, is of ministers of tlio Conference, free of, vor on. .nit Ion, proverbially healthy. Easily no- j ,? blebv Greenville and Columbia Hail road. | immity, intelligent, rci'.ned and moral, j from dram shops, gambling saloons, and j attendant evils. I r (,'otalogue, address the Kectoror Score-. \\ (. , of Hoard Trustees. ! Loher 31,1.^77, tf. j C OK AT_ THIS !|_o s OVRU SHOKS ut 7-j cents per pair. I es OVKK 8110KS nt liO cents per pair, os < >Villi SHOKS at 30 cents per pair. J Irons OVER SHOES at 40 eon ts per pair. I if the above at White Brothers.?,?< MMHMMHHHMUHHNOnMDBMSKMMBMMHMnj F.Nm.ETfW MA'S * V A ^ PROPRIETORS' PENDLETON & 13 OUNDRY& MAC AUGUST. MANUFACTURERS KIIODES' COTTO HO made to order Steam Eni^nesand boilers. Ilorst) powers, Thrrshlni; Machines, Pumps. Ir sos. Cotton Presses, for hand, Horse or VS ater miring done at very low prices. SANTA ( EOI^IDiLTir THE LARGEST S IN THIS LISTING OK TOYS, DOT.I.S, FRENCH AX :sE WARE, FANCY SHAKER AND INDIA SSI A Loathor Uoooils, Walnut Brackets, Wall IAL and Plated Jewelry, Tios Gloves Silk, 1 rs and Cull!?, MILLINERY 4C'' atum,s Your Inspection and At J- : nhnrSI 1S77 V> in. L. CALH01 WHOLESALE AND RETA i?j Goods, Cl< ]N"otions. Fancy NO. 271) BliOAD i to Bones, Brown it Co., V.YIXO commenced 'business at the abo who visit Augusta to call and examine c here. Wo promise to sell a little cheap i we can easily afford to do, onr expense r houses. Call and see for yourselves, and T>o not forget your Carolina friend P. ty, 8. C. 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POTTER & CO, Publishers. of PHILAD?LPIA. )v. 11,1877. tt. ^'Aii - ' * * its for lie Million, at Prices to g Suit the Times! J ?, Dvij i rtja.0 ? Dry Of evory description at * ' r j tall Advance on New York Prices. GOOD ALPACCA lor 25 cents. . Bleached and Brown Goods, cheap- X than boforo the war. A line lot of; DES. No. 1 BROGANS, the best lh.| market, for ?1.50. A large stock of! a CLOTMINQ, " em?rkablv low prices. A SUIT for 0. HATS, nt 4(K- to $1.00. Jiou'Ujl !*AU at lie. A good COFFEE at 2b,] and Mc. . ,-f ., v 11 i give v"1 - p-w .? v yjn i -c *!.? -l.~? PATtnV nn>1 KJJi U1 V"C llltll ACV 1W1 V/v A I V/?1 . goods at a very small advance oni_ y York prices. "Conio and examine j~ stock, at No. 1 Granite Range, Abbe- o I A. MAES. ct. 71, 1877, tf R __1_ j ? , 10ES, SHOES, SHOES. T 1 '' : lor/? JNNiNGHAM AMfl TEMPLETON); \vE opened tliclr SHOES and can supcuAoiners at greatly ruduced price?. ?..* ?r.\ . ~ \ r, , J , ^ K 'PC II A IV TJ A TV ^ AitJ, 1J A1H. J.A 1"X. J. k.1# i 1 OAIiL 0^^}'! pi Cnnaiflgliasn & Teapleton |2 S' I) (rot the latest stylo HATS for younp ! sv old men. ? . j so tOCERIES, GROCERIES. j" WAR. COFFEE, and S11ELF GUODS ofN1 :iuds at ; >; tl) NNIMAH&TEimTQN'll.S 26 Years in Bed. 1} T< ' n man lives 80 years, one third of his life is spent in lied. In order to I ke it comfortable, ull persons should! the spring bed, which is now sold so j th ns to be witbin the reach of all. Fori w ; by j th J. D. CHALMERS ft CO. isa et. 17, 1877. tf. ^ .lot Ml- II T r ....1 " io iiuuse-x^eepiii s In General and fj Sfewly Married Couples j IN PARTICULAR! j VERY Largo assortment of IV CROGKEBY 1 WHITE BROTHER'S. :D LATES, CUPS AND SAUCERS, il+ES, <*LA$>S-\VAKE, ' Ifcc., j- Aheap ,lso a good assortment of j Table Cutlery, >ODEX-WARE, POTS, OVENS, Ac. all and be satisfied. WHITE BROTHERS. etober 24, 1877, tf. "Eugene 13..Gary .DZ; l Attorney at Law, . i Abbeville tvh., s. c. p-Speclul attention, to t-iie collection o , ins. [fJov. 12, ISTii tr & BROS.,It I 1 OF THE j ^ OARDMAX be HINE WORKS In OA. : OF THE N" PLANTER ! Saw Mills. Mills, Flour Mills on lhtillii^. Water Wheels, Gin Gearlns* a Pcrtt'cfs. " Oct. 31. 1877 12 m. I.AlS. GOODS: STOCK EVER ] CITY: f I i D GERMAN FANCY GOODS, JAPAN | f) N WOKK-UASKETS. | U I'ockcts, Mottoc Frames. ?tc. j ')01 Linen and Embroidered Ilnnkorchiefr, j unlly LOW PRICES. A Orders Solicited. b> EI. TRUMP'S. NO. 2-0 BROAD STREET. 0 UN & coTK IL DEALERS IX in othing, flats, &l Goods. etc> STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. Sp ve named place, we ask every one 1 >ur stock of goods beforo buying or than any other house in the t'ityj s being about one-fourth of those o, bo convinced that wo mean what we Jj. Calhoun, formerly of Abbeville, Oct. 3*1,1877,3 in. <56j Hut This Out. ^Will Save Your Money. B k 1 ' ( MSB , T THEIR Cheap Grocery Depot, to L bo found 011 Washington Street thran Trowbridge old stand, have bermined to sell their goodn at prices to It the times for the CASH and the lSH only. They have in store a most tnplete and well selected stock of Heavy and Jappy, 3R CERIES. MMIlii ,tidn SnppBcs, ^ IIGARS AND TOBACCO, 1 rnrr the best brands, iflODfltlBU Knick Knacks, 'V> n. d every thing kept in first class and ogressive "establishment. Their prices \ n the lov?st. The top of the market V . id for Cotton and all country produce, ft And Shafting AND BOLTS " citEAPKK ^rnAs^y^EB 'orest City Foundry amH/TAA Ti7AKIV? ituu iuavuxuc nuia a, EO, R. LOMBARD 4 CO,i f AUGUST A, GA. ENGINES, COTTON SCREWS, [ill Gearing and Machinery OF ALL KINDS -v COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. obertson P. Callaham, Administrator of tho goods and assets of Dempsy Callahan ^deceased, Plaintiff, rj|! if m ' 4 a'^dmni A * ' liomas C. Callaham, John Win. V. Callaliam and others, Defendants. JPY SUMMONS. (Complaint served.) ) Defendants tfhomto C. CallfchaniV'O John Wm. V. Callaham, Thomas Calla ham, James M. Callaham, Robert L. Callaham, George D. Callaham, Samuel Callaham, Aldora J. Callaham, Elizasbeat h Ay Ct|Uhanrf James A- tibawr Nelia Stiafc*J:6k'orge R/r'CaMwiJjancr Mary Jane his wife, of whom Thomas (' ('iillnham TlwiniMS Cullnhiim Jntnott M. Callaliairt, Robert L. Callahan),*,' George D. Call&ham, SamWl Calhihtuj*," Aidora J. Callaliain'ijfoorge "R. Caw-'well and Mary J. his wife reside bevond the limits of this State in the fctate of Georgia. T?0\j 4JJE HEREBY SUMMONED &&& ed-in the olficeof the Judge of Prolate, Abbeville Court House, State of South irolina, aud to serve a copy of your nnrer to the safd <femplafti&-<m'tIieZ?ubribers at the olflce, at Abbevillo Court ouse, State of South Carolina, within . cnty days after the service, hereof ex* usive of "the day of such service; and If >ti fail to frmv'er tlie complaint within e time aforesaid, the Plaintitf in this ac- ( >11 will apply to the Court for the relief 'tuanded in the complaint. Dated thirtieth dav of October, 1877. PERRIN <ft COTHRAN, Plaintiffs Attorney. ,.s.] SAMUEL(iCASOXfC.P.C*A.C. : D the tytfep.dafjls above .Tiamod and espcd|i^tlio.--3' Vdio resifl^ oujt if the Slate ol no'urhCftrolina: ' TAKE NOTICE tlmt the complaint in is action together with the Summons of * hieh the foregoing is a copy, was filed in c'ornco oi me rrotmie ouoge,; joj- u?e id-County j at Abbeville Court House, . _ 1 the 30th dav of October 1877. 'SAMUEL C. CASON, C. P. C.. A. C. . . October#. 1677^ " r.C.Go>ver&Co Greenvifie; S. G., moi^LEANs HML IPrWitJU Mumm r a rmr nc *vn cttttitat ro xxjxjo a?i/ oai?uxiAO| iool? L'/r-rta&i? wobk,) NEWELS, ir . {/ . . . | .HAND RAIL ^ ^ | / ? 1 AND BALUSTERS,' p g f f j| 3 i TME, SC'lilHNT *ND' LlTH9 ' i > V /" ' _tt / TEMPLES IMPROVED POCELAWLIN^ED PUMPS^ Sewer and Drain Piping. / r HE most complete establishment In th? upper p:?rt of the Mtnte from which to jcuru IiL"iLUEHS MATEttlAUS. ibusinany quantity unhand, J Send lists for estimates. ?hankt'ul for the liberal patronage cfAbville County conferred In the pe t >. rejcti'ul ly request a uontlnuauco oi the name. I\C Gower&Co ; V i tFJu Oreenville, S. Ci >ov. h, 1577,iam .. ; . ti CIOAZII5. amble Bee, Home Again, Peculiar, Figaro. BLACK WELL'S irham Smoking Tobocco. CHEWING TOBACCO |F all kinds, from 10 cents to accents a Plug, from 50 cents to a $1.50 a ind. PIPES/, . new lot of Fancy Pipes jnst received JAMES M. LAWSON. ctober 17. 1S77, tf. eep it Before the People! THAT STOCK OP BOOTS AND SHOES P WHITE BROTHERS [> KINDS?Cheap! Cfcea? j . FLOUR! FLOUR! lendid For loaf Bread, oes not Require Yeast to Miike It Rise. TRY IT, At the Cash Store. T. P. QUARLES, Agent. )t. mber 19, l$77, tf.