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The Press and Banner. Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1879. Peabodj Scholarships A Splendid Chance for the Educated Tonth of Abbeville Connty or of the State. I have been empowered br the State Superintendent of Education, Hon.; HughS. Thompson to examine candi-| sioto? fnr nn?. nerhaDs two. Peabody' Sclmlarships of tho value of $200 each, annually, good for two vears, at the State Normal College, Nashville, Tenn.! The Scholarships are attaiuable on the following conditions 1. The applicant*, male or female, must be at least 17 years of age, and of irreproachable moral character. * t 2. They must pass a satisfactory examination in spelling, reading, penmanship, grammar and analysis, geography civil and physical, elements of chemistry, physiology, geology, U. S. History. - ' -? LI %}. 1 nt) Kiiumntuips luciuauuuu >v< ?<v training of teachers, and applicants must give a pledge to remain at the College two years, and to teach in the public schools at leant t <vo years. The examination on the subjects specified will be in writing and will be held before me at Abbeville on Saturday, 13th of September, at 10 o'clock A. M. The annual session opens on the first Wednesday in October. For further information apply to me. ! N. B. The examination is not confined to candidates from this county. The Scholarships are open to the State. W. C. BENET. ffr- Newspapers friendly to education are requested to call attention to the above. m ? ? School Fees Better than Local Taxation. The Winnsboro New* and Herald criticised carefully and kindly tho address recently dolivered by W. C. Benet, Esq., before the Abbeville Teachers' Association. We published this pleasant review last week. While concurring "most t heartily" with most or the ideas expressed in the address, our contemporary does not "entirely agree" with Mr. Benet in all his positions. Especially does the Newt and Herald differ from him concerning the superiority of school-fees as compared with local taxation : "Mr. Benet believes that private schools should be aided in some cases by the public fund. We think investigation will convinoe him that the mere mention of a free school these hard times kills out pay schools, and that it is vain to expect parents generally to pay tuition fees. He also prefers a fee bill to a local tax. In theory his idea is admirable, but we do not believe that it will bear the test of experiment. All parents will not pav up, and many will withdraw their children in the middle of the session, thus disorganizing classes and ruining the school. While the local tax falls with weight on the wealthy, very few of this class exist, and it is better for them to pay more than to have half the children stopping school. So soon as the country becomes more prosperous the fee bill will do well. Why not let the Legislature provide for both a local tax and a fee bill, so as to give each township its option ?" We dp not purpose to discuss this imanViionf fnrfhflr than it Wflfl dift cussed in the address under consideration. We only desire to show by a living example that the fee-bill system does bear and "will bear the test of experiment." The example we offer Is the Abbeville Graded School. That institution is supported partly by the public school fund and partly by school-fees paid monthly by the parents and other patrons. From the report of the treasurer for the session 1878-9 we learn that the total cost of the Graded School for the year was (in round numbers) eighteen hundred dollars; in other words, 9180 a month for ten months. Of this sum the pnblio school fund contributed so me {(380. The remainder, which is by far the larger part,?11420,?was paid by the parents in the form of school fees. There were bout 125 pupils on the roll and the fees Taried in amount aocorcnng to tue graae Of the pupiL All the parents did not pay up, of coarse; just as all the people who trade at a store do not pay up. And, with the exception of a few families who are really indigent poor, and whom the board of trustees did not look to for pay, the parents who did not pay up are considered to belong to that species which is not yet extinct whose members pay just aa few debt* as possible, church dues and school-fees last of all. Had all paid the moderate fees charged the board ot trustees would have had a surplus of income over expenditure of abont four hundred dollars. The monthly fees charged in the three departments amounted to tbe yearly sum of 910, $18, and $24, the highest fee being charged in the high school department. So far as we know, the tuition fees were much lower than what are charged at similar Academies. Of course the public school fund was taken into account in tbe calculations of the board of trustees and was a factor in reducing the rate of tuition. The public thus received the full benefit of the publio school fund. The Graded School was a success and the school-fee system did bear the test of experiment, and next Monday the school session will re-0Den under verv much the same plan. , Here is a school combining in itself a primary or elementary school and a high school, costing 1180 a month for ten months. The public schools of Abbeville County were open last year only four and a half months. During those four and a half months the public school fUnd contributed for the services of the three teachers in the Graded School only 185 a month?not one-half their current salary. The people of Abbeville by paying up their school-fees kept open for ten months a much better school than the public fUnd could pay for, and yet obtained to a greater than the full extent the benefit of that public fund. What the people of Abbeville have done, the people of other towns and villages in South Carolina will do. They will pay school fees for a good school. We believe that the colored people are not averse to paying school fees. Indeed we can point to more than one oolored school in Abbe t 111a P/\iinfTr IrAnt /vr\nr% 4 -? f Itic VVUUVJ aoyb V|/CU iWU^Cl tuuil mt> public school term by fees voluntarily paid, one such colored school being in our town. No doubt there are difficulties in the way of a fee-kill system; but we think they are not more numerous than those attending a local-tax system ; and no one can complain of the hardship, injustice and oppression of school-fees, while he can well and justly so complain of a local tax. Under a fee-bill system those only who have children at school ahve to pay: under a local-tax system all owners of property have to pay; and in this State the class that has most property has fewest children. We should like to see this voluntary system of Abbeville made the oompulsory system for the whole State * if not compulsory, at leiist permissive to this extent?that when the majority of the school-patrons in any town or neighborhood shall vote fc r the establishment of a good school, to be open for ten months and to be supported in part by foes, those school patrons sbikll have through trustAAfihv thAm ftnr.nlnta^ AAmnUfa of tbeir dae sbai a of the public school fund. Under the present system, good education and th i> lovers of good education are too often at the mercy of incompetent and time-serving school commissioners and school trustees who yield to the cl*mor and importunity of a countless number of needy but seldom wellqualified teachers. The Court* TIIE Tho Judge and everybody else connected with tho Court have worked hard for the past week, and a reasonable amount ^ of work has been done. At this Term we have been afflicted with an unusually large number of trifling cases, some of which should never have been brought cw0? into Court. Several cases of this charac- Soi ter have commanded tho best legal talent and consumed much of tho valuable time gmjn of the Court, For instance, there was the C the case of the State against McKeltrick, ccrta PrtW AoUnilH 1 11 li l\nH(lt*V fill }ll? enclo IIIUIWICU IV/1 OOOdUIV MIIVI vu?w j v.. from wife. Some of the evidence in this case SCVer was of a voluntary anil disgusting nature I k that did little to securo conviction in a m*tt< case unworthy of tho attention of the ^"01 Court. The jury could not do otherwise tIn than convict, but they very properly rec- liable ommended the prisoner to the mercy of in tin . ,, . r is ai: the Court. and b Another case which occupied the time cupei of tho Court for a whole day was a suit vet, r by Simmons against William Robertson Pat'*! for slander. Tho defendant was sued for statj $3,000 damages. The jury razeed the claim and gave a verdict for $10 against Robert ?i*oo tnn/?h Hinnatisfied ? OUI1* XVUWIWOUH n?o U*MV? ? HDl! with the verdict and urged his counsel to \vhe* give notice of appeal. Oats The case of Cater against Botts in a suit Ry? for damages for loss of time and doctor's ^ ? bill, incurred in consequence of injuries lasty received in a difficulty several months ually ago, occupied the Court for half a day. Cor The jury gave a verdict for defendant. The case of Martin against Mr. Wash- out e: ington Princo and George Washington, four 1 colored, for damages sustained by illegal geWj? | detention of stock resulted in verdict for some | defendant Prince, and as against Georgo tensii j Washington in a verdict for the plaintiff ! with damages, fifty cents, the damages | claimed being $125.00. son. j The Judge in sentencing Tom Black- years j well and Oscar Jones to the penitentiary I last Wednesday, made sibme remarks as els is to bis rule in punishing crime. P'or acre, stealing money ho inflicted a much lighter punishment than for stealing bread f^rm* and meat, but for stealing crops from quest the field ho inflicted double the pun- Aii ishment that ho did for stealing anything that could be better guarded. The Wt crops were exposed and could not be protected, and henco the necessity for an(j j more severe punishment for interfering Cor fhio t-inil nf nronnrtv. The Courts I 1 r ^ i usual were determined to break up this kind|rustj | of law-breaking, and would inflict severe estim | punishment in cases of this nature. Su> j m , m ises t Sor Politics in Georgia. good, Wr The Stato of Georgia is stirred to its very foundation. There are now two parties among^ the whites in that State? Qat the "outs" and the "ins." The "outs" Bai bring serious charges against the "ins," Ky some of which may be proved to be too ^ near true for their own good. The prob- droiif ability is that there will be a division in Ha the Democratic party in that State. The party of "Independents" being those who "Wl are now opposed to the present Demo- ^ cratic control of the Stato. As between yy| the whites and blacks there is no division Sm on the color line. The colored voters are year, perhaps as much divided as the whites. The Independents this time come from cojj ( the best element of the citizens 01 tnai man State, and it is not unlikely that they . Sw( may sweep the State. qo1 creas G?r Eight Hoars and Fifteen Minntes. per C( We ask attention to the new schedule Cor on the Greenville and Columbia Railroad which is in some respects an improve- Whet ment on the old schedule. The train now connects with the Air Line Road at Sene- Rye> ca City and by the new arrangement per- The sons going to Columbia will have much ^r tl more time in which to transact business and return by the next train. The only To i objection being in the delay at Hodges, riousl which is now lengthened out to eight hours and fifteen minutes. The mail at tions Abbeville will not now be ready for de- fourtl livery before seven o'clock in the even- t|?ns tho w ing. The train leaves Abbeville at twen- pro8p ty minutes past eight o'clock in the morn- Lat ing, and comes in twenty-five minutes past six in the evening. Sm: >..?- age o: Th( Election in California. thecr The most important event of the week ^?^t( has been the election in California. As aun a will be seen by the news in another column the Republicans have been in a large degree successful. ? Re] PnnnKll/ian n<2. 4 mpuu<? v nan j The election in Maine came off on last w^j Monday, and show large Republican cr0p. gains throughont the State. The whole Ma Republican State Ticket is thought to be elected by.a small majority. Whes , T , Oats,. Baric General Hagood it is said will l>e nom- j^ye inated for Governor by the Colu mbia Th? manipulators. It is unnecessary to add Per that Abbeville County will not support General Hagood for this office. We have not forgotten the tax business of last ^y^er year. Oats. 1 Barle - - T>?n A great deal has been said by politicians about the phosphates in the low coun- injur try. The timber on the mountains is Ora worth a great deal more than the phosphate, yet but little is said about preserv- inc ing jt. about ><?? to thr J. J. Darlington, Esq., a rising law- ^car' yer of Washington, D. C., was in town one day last week, with his accomplished Qats sister, Miss Mary Darlington. Mr. Dar- Barle lington is a graduate of Erskine College. Rye. _ Inc 1 ' * tity Our esteemed townsman, Mr. II. W. 8ome Lawson and his handsome daughter, Miss and c Fannie are on a visit to Atlanta, and will take in the mountains on their trip. Hon. J. C. Haskell, of Columbia, is in town on business connected with the Qats Court. Barle Mb. William Marshall, formerly of this ^ f?* town, now of Washington, recently married We a Virginia lady. increi Miss Ivy Pkbbin is on a visit to friends in one-t Greenville. cro , Thotoobaphs.?STr. W. R. Alexander, photographer. has arrlvtd and will open a photo- x.-ir Wflllcrtr nn tKo A l?tr?n HrttlSrt rnmPTV XVII Ke wilfbe reedy for wo'k In a few days. See further advertisement Yom him next week, Death or an Aged Lady.?Mrs. Win. Oatu. Speer, of Muntery, died last Wednesday after ituri0 a lingering illness, aged 88 years. 8he was a R good woman,?one of the excellent of the "J,6' earth. Sm We are of opinion that 8nm Hill ought to go free.? Washington (Ga.) Gazette. Yen. and " * If h<> wm not "poor trash," ho would likely one-c be at liberty to-day. yet. Messrs. Norwood Bros, have a full line ^01 of samples or casslme res of all varieties, and are prepared to receive orders for suits at from S7.00 to $18.00. Please call and examine ONE their samples. 4t Messrs. Norwood Bros, having purchased a new engine and gin are now prepared to re- , celve orders for ginning at very low rates. A HI Call at their store. 4t j Mr. Charles 8en!?. of Granltevllie, is _ quartered at the Alston House where ho will AO spend several days. Courx Lightning rods have been placed on the knoM Court-bouse. ? Barnwell People. And that . structure is now In more dancer of being oiowi struck by lightning than'heretofore. Mr Rev. J. B. Adger, D. D.?This distinguish- Pi'est nt <t,n PvoL'hvfisrliin Church Is on incr v ft visit to our towu, and with bis wife Is usual spending the week with their relatives, the -juitic family of the Rev. T. H. Law.--Spartanburg , " Spartan. n indor Norfolk, September 5.?A large meeting i8 ^ of the citizens of York County was held yes- . , terday at Yorktown for the purpose of adopt- "8 , ing preliminary measures looking to a grand lies li National celebration of the coming centen- for hi nial of the surrenderor Cornwallis In 1881. one 0 Who is He??a white man named Rossi, who claims to have been sent to Columbia by the Republicans of Washington, Is to be seen "?* about the street corners haranguing to knots friend of idle nejrroes. He Is a bad looking fellow City ii and Is evidently bent on some mischief. He thisp should be watched.?Columbia Yoeman. made lng bi At Hoxk Aoaii*. ? Senator Butler, who practl was chairman of the committee to Investigate repree Congressional matters, returned to his home ton ar In Edgefield last week from Newport, R. I., the nc where the committee has been in session for rlan. eeveral weeks. Gov* A few late peaches are still to be seen on the him*f market, and are offered atone dollar per bush- jn flv el. The prospect for anything like a full crop ty-flvi of cotton In this region la quite slim.?Chctter healtl Reporter. orous. CROPS IN SOUTH CARO t Governor Simpson ant ;rks of the Court have to S [Columbia Rrgltler.] Statk ok South Carolina Exkcutive Chamb* Pni.'tT'mkia. Sfintemhor ft. tel rope : no weexs since, for tbo purp< iiH out something about our aj prospects, especially as to , I sent circulars to the Ch ourtof the different counties i in questions, as you will see fr< sea. I have not received res] all of the counties, but have al. now that you feel a deep intei irs of this kind, and consetj them for your perusal. Wil thers as they come in, if desin jse reports "may not be entire >, but they show a gradual in 3 cultivation of small grain, i important matter to the co asides; they indicate a g radii atioti. There is life in the ol ny friend. All that we need ii uce. pluck and energy. ours truly, W. D. Simp stical Returns to the Ese< Depnttment. aiken. all grain harvested: it, bushels It y (little or Ported a considerable increu ear's production, and has beer increasing for the last live yei n?Has been seriously injure two-thirds of a crop can be uu ton?Not quite an average, bul icccssive rains or drought inth weeks may reach an average, e?The rice crop in this coun lg to be a considerable iter formers have gone into it pret i*ely. Should it prove as suc< ear as the prospects at prosen mof?t of the land adapted to ii on will be put in rice the nex Those who have tried it fortl past say there is no compari ? money value of an acre of ri< f cotton. As much as ninety reported as having been mad ;ply interested in everythinf mprove our poor and impove srs, 1 will be pleased to answ ions desired. Anous P. Bno :en, August 5th. clarendon. leat?Very little harvested; m worth the labor. s?The finest crop for many larvested in good condition, n?Crop short at least 50 per c< ton?Not more than two-thii 1 crop. Much damage snstaii ind blight, and difficult to in; late at present. pir Cane?Increase in areaand o be very good. ghuui?Not much planted bu M. M. liENl ight's Bluff, September 1,1S7? HAMPTON COUNTY. ieat?Very little. a?15,000 or 16,000 bushels, lev?None. liftin 0 * C? J AAVWV. If more small grain tban last 3 ton and corn cut off ono-thi ;ht. W. J. Cau' mpton C. II. i horry county, leal?20 bushels. s?800 to 1,000 bushels. barley or rye. leat and oats both subject to n all gralu crop about 'same n n?The crop has been seriou; by the drought and cut-wori jpring. Much upland corn nol a half crop; lowlands good av set Potatoes?Will fall short ;ht and backward spring, ton?Generally good, with 0 ed acreage on last year. leral averrge of corn yield at snt. Thos. C. Beatt, (J. ( lwayboro, August 16,1879. lancaster county. it, bushels bushels y, bushels, say bushels > acrcage is about ten per cent, lan last year, but production Upon the whole, yield aboi as last year. the question, have the crops b [y injured by drought, aud to t? it is answered : 1 eastern, northern and wester of the county have been abou i. The middle and southerr are very fine. It is remarke hole of Lancaster Countv has i ect for cotton than for several 1 caster C. H, C. C LEXINGTON COUNTY. all grain crop reported as fair lie. ; droughtin some sections hr ops very short. Tho crops in jns are very fair. impteof two-thirds of a crop 01 bout an average of all othercr WM. J. ASSMAN, C. C cington C. H., August 5, 1879. MARION COUNTY. port as to small grain deferred n crop cut off from a third to from drought. ton?No damage as yet to c a bids fair to be an unusually R. H. CLARK, C. ( rion, July 30, 1879. MAFLBORO. It, 5 increas? of small grain abo cent. No serious injury ;ht. U. C rlboro C. H. ORANGEBURG. it, bushels bushels ! v, bushels bushels rease in small grain 50 per ceri y from drought. C. ( ugeburg C. H. PICKENS. reased production of wheat an ;one-third; upland corn twooo-fourths: bottoms as good J. J. LEWIS, C. ( SUMTER. it, bushels bushels y, bushels bushels rease about one-fourth on the haqfested last year. Corn c parts of county injured ouoottou one-fifth. n**** iir .T.rxn?v n r vjrr-u. tt Vi v. nter, August 2,1879. Williamsburg. it, bushels bushels v, bushels bushels teat about same as last year; c ase of one-third; corn crop bird ; cotton will make an a' with favorable seasons. J. H. Keels, C. < igstrce, August 2, 1879. yore. it, bushels bushels v, bushels bushels all grain increase on last yeai ourtli to one-third. The earl; >f the county has been injurec i?lf; cotton cannot say is ii C. t rk, August, 1870. OF THE BEST AlfD AI WEEKLIES IN THE STATE gh Compliment to the Prei tanner From a High Sonrc our esteemed friends of the 2 ier wo make a grand salaam rledgementof their kindness ng too much honor upon us : , Hugh Wilson, of the A6 i and Banner, paid our town isit last week. Ho was lookii ly well and reports Abbevi f ground. Mr. Wilson is the ewsnaper man of thp age, anc ni table perseverance and foresi omplishing the difficult task o ig one of the best and ablest a the State. He has our best1 s continued success. His pa f our most valuable exchang :or to Whom Honor.?Our i, J. J. Darlington, Esq., of Wash k on a visit to his mother Mrs. Cc lace. We understand Mr. D. has i his mark at the national capita illt up for himself a large and lu ee. Well done I Ersklnehasno entatlves at Washington, Col. id Joseph J. Darlington. Who !Xl 7?1. in Jl&JOCUUC juyuniicu jn ernor Hampton has qnlte dlstlnf ilf on the upper James hk a flsh e days he caught one hundred an a bass?averaging thirty-nine a dn lis much improved, and he t?qui ?Ftnccutte (Va.) Herald. UNA. Intelligent Workmen Needed, [Scicntific A TTierican.] I the Notice was taken in a recent iss ay. this paper of the experience of a shoe manufacturer of tills State, w] vertised in Boston and New Yor ? twenty-five shoe litters to work in h :I^L tory. offering full currentjrates and s 1879. work. The advertisement brough _ application. ose or "About the same time a Boston firr ;ricul- vertised for a bookkeeper, and the small days mail brought three hundred an srks of ty-Hovon answers. isking " During the same month an adv? jmthe ment for a clcrk, in a detroit j ponses brought one hundred and thirty ap from tions the first day, and a greater nu of letters and personal application est in next day. uently An advertisement for a week i 11 send same city, calling for a good carp< -d. brought'only four replies. ly re- it is altogether probable that in an] crease siderable city in the Jand, an adv.e which ment for a book-keeper or retail untry, will bring fifty times as many repl al ro- an advertisement for a fair workni: d land any trade. * time, It is also probable that in any and ctty the average earnings of clerk son. nowhero near so large as the earnii ;utive workmen of average skill m tho vs trades. Further, it is fairly certain that, equal capacity, industry, and thrifl young man who learns uny trade .30,000 achieve a reasonable competence s .35,000 than tho young man wno sticks to < . 7,000 ing ; while the chances for matoriall none) proving one's condition a'ro more m .se on ous in the trades than behind the co i grad- or at the desk. irs. Why is it, then, that the boys all id, not to be clerks ? Why is it that Intel! ide. parents encourage them in looking twith- chance to "get into business," ai enext looking down on mechanical em mente?as though there could bean' try is ing more wretchedly mechanical thi n, and erage clorking ? Why is it that te* ty ex- almost invariably train their pup - ossful "look above" mechanical pursuits ? t indi- (iWhat the country wants now is 1 tspro- men?intelligent, industrious, tl t sea- workmen ; men who can do skil lefour the work that waitsifor the doingson as can invent new means and better pn ce and es for developing the crude resourc bush- the land, ana for converting brute n le per into life-sustaining and life-enri wealth. More clerks and record kt ? that are at a discount. There are too mc rished them. And the professions, so callc or any almost equally crowded with men wx, have nothing to do. There never ^ time when ability to do somethinj and practical was worth so much as . , Yet our young men swarm aftor < uch of Why is it ? * years GIRLHOOD'S PERILS. , Snffl Ruin for Yonntr Women in 1 ras 01 led by Relations "With Men. lkean [Rochester ITerald.) nrom Wc cop'cd yesterday a brief article frt 1 UUI" New York Herald wurnlng girls to bew favoring the attentions of men who c t very with reason, be expected to marry low. "Men" nays the' Herald, "whose lnte I are honorable woo girls ut their home: not by stealth and In out-of-the-way p] It 1* difficult to persuade an America tlmt she cannot take care of herself. Tl tomsot our society throw her early o own resources. W hlle Rtlll in her teei enters society and associates with pers opposite sex on wulks,drives and excui ,oar Her mother seldom thinks of providing , J male companion for the daughter but ru Dy wholly to the purity and modesty of tl rEY. tcr to protect ner from advances in the pany of men which will compromise he name. And It should be rememberec the girls of no other country are so wor this confidence. Thrown upon their o sponslbillty the vast, majority of then the ordeal unscathed, and when they are as chaste in thought, and life as t ist. tliey had never passed the precincts of a last homes without the companionship of mothers. They become the best of wiv< ,i?in mothers, true as steel to their personal y , and to that of their husbands. tns in Out among the millions who stand i t more nlshcd there are scores and hundred erage. fall into the mire. Delighted with thclt from dorn, flattered and fascinated by the tions of well-dressed nAd agreeable-app . men, these ore gradually thrown off m in- guard, and in an evil hour, by false and lous promises usually, butsoinetlmcs t.h tout 70 "re and recklessness caused by win ' p drugs, take the fatal step which forever " * rates them from their consciousness of and robs them of their right to rank o the chaste und honorable Women of si There is but one safo rule for girls to ad .16,000 their relations with men, and that Is i .35,000 courage no advances which cannot b 100 nessed and approved at home. This r c fwj observed, will save Infinite sorrow und . u,uw j0 ^ miiny who even now aro treadlni great- gerously near the precipice. Those c not so acquaintances which American girls i it the accustomed to make on thecnrs.ut excu In stores and elsewhore, without any gi ,n"nf the Htjindinc or respectability < >ense- men introduced, should be avoided. A what all cases the Judgment of a discreet mot some woman of discernment and obiter n por- should be sought respecting Jthc propri it one- encouraging such acquaintances; but " all. under no circumstances should a pr i l ! however solemnly made or likely of !d that xnent. suffice to persuade a maiden to s a finer der herself, with all such surrender Ir; years untl" 'he law has prouounced her u > p ' No circumstances whatever can Justifj ' 1' action, and In ninety-nine cases out of hundred it is followed by a life-time of , remorse, if not by immediate suflerln aver- disgrace. is cut i other Pnblic High Schools. 7b the Editor of The yews and Courier ; f corn, Tho notes or an address on State Educ ,ODS published in your Supplement of the i p April, Is the ablest paper I have ever p ' * the subject. It is rich with reflectio wisdom throughout. Why, then, hav carelessly done so much to destroy the ence for good this paper might otnerwl . ert upon our Legislature, by pronounc one- "the unpopular view of the subject." can Legislatures are peculiar bodies, ex ly reluctant to take any move, or inuu -ouon, any measure, no mntter hovr expedlcn large right, so long as they believe it to be "i j. P. ulary." It will kill the wisest law that be framed before any Legislature in An should its advocates begin bv aoknowh it to be unpopular. Hence I protest n or ma the whole question being begged by co inn'Jwi lnS 10 have Mr- Benct'8 vlew dubbed "t iw.wv popular view of the subject." Surel have made a great mistake. The ma! gestion of Mr.Benet's paper, "to use the ... ?? fund not as a nay all. but as a stimulus from uwlUnn." Is too expedient and too win* i o ln the 'cost unpopular. On the contr " " partial application of this suggestion i very moment would command the ap] of the majority of ourcltlzens, because i eminently suited to our clrcumstanc 10,000 would be well for those politicians \vh< LOO 000 bc on really popular side to notlc ' In proof. I call attention to the fiict tl spite of their being no law authorizing tiling, notwithstanding, ln several < it. No county towns, as Aiken, Wlnnsboro' 3. P. Chester and elsewhere, have, unaided b islatlon, already voluntarily adoptet practically and successfully acted on a plied Mr. Benet's valuable suggestion, people have already pointed outto polil in oats the direction ln which the wind is thirds blowing, and haveshown them how t< as last their sails. The people have already o 3. P. the correct tune lor politicians now to p the trumpet of public spirit and phlla py upon which they delight so much 4 000 form- We need, above all things, as G "in'iwi or Hammond saw and asserted years i " JjVV good school of a high order ln evei . 1,000 trlct (county) of South Carolina. Th 500 do more good than anv educational mi quan- whatsoever." And the way to efTe rnn in much needed object Is to apply fifty the r dollars of the school fund, according 1 iourtn Benot's suggestion, "not as a pay-all, b stimulus to education," ln establishing P. high schools. Kespecuuny yours, Benj. R. Stuj ? ^ Our Public School System. .20 000 (Orangeburg Times.) . ! An address delivered at AbbevJllo b W. C. Benet od the above subject ho? e ' . " considerable comment on account of it >ms an jnullty independence and power. - snort Up reviews very frankly the defects a V'erago a? the advantages of the system. He espouses tne unpopular side of tb< t p tlon with a boldness and Independence " x * ly witnessed in these days cf cringing l ular opinion. It seems to as that one of the most f< al)le obstacles to the perfection of our .35,000 School system is the difficulty of ralsl .20,000 adequate sum to carry out the scheme, . 1 000 the plan of Mr. Benet is adopted of ap I'nnn thc public money only to those whoar bio to pay. Irom Additional taxation would meet with rcom opposition, and the application of the 1 fully the poor alone Is open to objections, njured ,H ? matter for our legislators to cor . " p nnd we hope thoy will continue to trl /. -T. 1 lint II II chnll uh our midst with a clear and steady light The Piedmont Factory. ILEST [Klberton Gazette.] i Through the courtesy of the accomj ' secretary and book-keeper of the Ple< Manufacturing Company, Mr. Willie G iS and ry, we had the opportunity of lnspectlr great Southern factory, situated In Gre< county, S. C., and without fear of con f tlon we can pronounce Itsuperlor to an; icoifec of the jjjnd wo have ever Been. It Is s in ac- perfect In every detail. Its arrang , . from the time you enter the gronndu in De- you Inspect Its most remote appnrten and Its productions partake fully of thi . perfection, competing successfully witli >oewltc iar classes of goods produced in the a liy- and South, at a reduced rate of product nir un- This factory has rully demonstrated tl lie on vestments of this kind can he made 1 " " handsome dividends, Huporior even to corn - gtock, and we hope that the efforts to bi 1 with our numerous water powers will be the ighthe of bringing our capitalists to unite wit! f nub- n ke our country alive with the whirr week- "P'ndlo and tbe c'0Dg vf the loom. wishes ~~~ ~~ " n(?r in Mr. Bcnctfi Sneech. 1 ? ? es. [Barnwell People.] Wo thank tho New and Courier for such publicity to Mr. Benet's speech young the Abbeville Teachers' Association. I ilngton not. be too thoroughly Impressed up< >hen of people that the idea that the schools a il ready '-has ncte'J like dry rotagalnst our ttm J, hav- ored ac.demles and hlgb schools and d< cratlve ed ner.rly all of them." Freesehoolstn w two Carolina mean poorly paid and thereft Klmon- fp-,or tuition?aud concomitant lgnc will be ^ney have taught our onco Independon 'Mbyte- liberal minded people to avail themse pauper's privilege, and to Indulge the I , h I "mt taxpayers, because he pays a n hie pittance towards educational purp< rt entitled to have his children educated ' wio .mbllc expense and to delegate his pa ?a vii- ? 'Prslght of his children's training to ue > ig- rj 1(j commissioner and a half-starved tc > Thoughts for the Month. In the upper portion* of thecotton belt,Sep tember 1b the month for bowing barley, rye iio of oftt?, clovcr, lucerne and tho winter jrrassei large proper. In the southern portlonsof said belt io an- tho?o operations may be deferred for a moutl lr fr>r or more lttter In the ?eason. The colder th< . / locality, the longer the time must be nlvet isiao- the comparatively shallow rooted plants, t< iteady tlx themselves flrmly in the soil, and to th< t nnd deeoer rooted, as clover and lucerne, an on portunlty to strike their roots deep In th< j subsoil, whilst ttie latter Is comparatively sof n uu" from the abundant winter rains. Should fal next sowings fall from any cause It will bo knowr id for- In time to seed down In spring, and thus twc chauccs are secured, and possibly one year li 'rtiso- time gained. * ? Asattentlon Is increasingly turnlngto erasi japer, culture at the South, we desire to discuss it t pllCtt- little. That grass Is needed and can be mos itnber profitably utilized, for raising and supportliu s the the st?ck of every description used on oui farms, no one will dispute. Every one appre elates the value of good pastures. Theques .. uvii HUB UCUII IIUW LU Hfuure Ult'Ill. ill til* enter, cotton regions proper of the South, no verj valuable perennial grass has ever been dls iroon- covered. The "wild rye" gnus* (Elymus) li ; ,1 ? perhaps the best, but It Is far Inferior to huc! .ruse- well known varieties, or blue, orchard, tlmo clerk thy, Ac., <ic. Perennial grosses such ai ies as "broomsedge"?abound, but they are of verj an in poor quality and furnish Utile or no wlntei grazing. What the cause In, whether cllmat* or soil, Is not fully known?probably boll every lmve their influence. The perennial cultlva :s are ted grasses make their principal growth lr lgs of autumn and early spring, and it Is probabN irious that a cool climate suit* them best. Agalr blue grass will be found growing quite flour ... lshlngly in the shadcattheSoutnonordlnar: witu soils, but not when fully exposed to the sun the and Just here comes aslgnlflcantfact: that lr i will deep rich garden soils, blue grass will grou ooncr ?ind tLat quite luxuriantly, even when fullj ,.1. exposed to the sun. In other words, whlls A ,our climate may not be best suited to the cul y im- tivated grasses, its defects may be countcr lmer- acted by depth and richness of soil?and thl< untor brings ustoapolnt which we desire partlcu larly to lnipresHupon the reader, viz: that al t efforts to grow the cultivated perennial grass want es at the South on poor or even ordinary solli ligent such as corn and cotton are grown upon, wll lor a lnevitaoiy tan. .Most failures in prnHH prow nd in 1?(? have originated lust here?our system l>a nlov- been diffusive not Intensive?and we havi 1 r, thought we wen* doing Well, when wo gav< \ can- tlie grosses the same chances as cotton anc ?n ar- corn. But that will not answer. Unless wi icbers are prepared to give the grnxses a thoroughly ils to prepared soil and an abundance of food, w< might as well abandon thelrculturc. If will . <1 lug to put land In the condition of prize aero tvorK- wt> c;in safely how grass and will llnd it profit irilty able. Land may be made so rich that cottoi ifnlly muy mako too much weed, corn too mncl ?who H'alk and small grain may fall down, but I cun Ilot be mu<le 100 r'ch for grass, and tin utess- ricjier it is the greater will be the profits. 03 of There are other conditions under wblcl latter grass may be grown In the Cotton States. W( oiling alluded above to the fact that blue gras 1Anot u would grow In the shade, when upon sunn y . soli it would die If exposed to the sun?and 1 iny oi is true, that grass may bo successfully growi a. arc In wooded lots, where the soil is neither a rich nor as thoroughly prepared as that nec ,vas a essary wherq thesun has free access. If thi r ronl 8?" *s naturally strong and stiff, and tin trees aro thinned out bo that a little sunshlm now. may reach the surface, tlie unaergrowm gruu slork- bed up and removed, the soil well scarified und a plenty of grass seed (blue, orchard nni white clover) sown und tramped In by stocl or draped In and then rolled, a fair growtl of grass may be secured. It will bo consider ably Improved by top-dresslngs In early fal Their of any good manure. This will be carrle< down Into the soil by the winter rains am appropriated by the grass before the trees be gin active work In spring. The other case where grass may be success >m the fully grown. Is red-top or herds crass, upoi are of damp soils, such o? are too wet for corn, bu :annot not covered with stagnant water. In the dry them, est part orsummer grub the land?dls up bul ntlons rushes and tussocks of grass?In other words S and clean off thoroughly aud scarify the surfao laces." with very shallow running ploughs, harrows m girl <tc? and In September or early spring, see< 10 cm- liberally and drug In. Much land can thu n her be utilized and made to pay handsomely is she which Is unfit for anything else. One olhe ons of point before leaving the subject: seed hcavii; slons. ?one and a half to twice the quantity usual t a fe- ly recommended In the booksand catalogue* trusts It is only by this means thut Intruders can b tie hit- kept out. rgTOd CLOVER. I that In the northern part of the cotton belt am thy ?f where stiff soils are. present, clover can b wn re- successfully and very profitably grown. W i pass have never seen a crop which gave to land si marry much "heart"as this. In our efforts to lm hough prove land a good catch of clover alway their mnkes us master of the situation. We hav their not tried it, but feel satisfied from reports c es and ll? effects upon pea crops on poor soils, tha honor the South Carolina ash element would brlni good crops of clover on very ordinary lam untar- and recommended Its trial oil a small scale s who We believe It costs only $10.00 a ton in CharlcJ free- ton and 300 pounds per acre is the quantlt; atten- usually appuea. wncro ciovrr uumut u eurlng grown, the pea must Uiko Its place us a rone tliclr vator, but an this is not a winter crop wc pas lntild- It by for tho present. rough 31A III.EY AND ItYE. , For winter pasture towards the Gulf, am nurltv early spring grazing or soiling farther Nortli f ' these two old and well known plant* slam unrl vailed for hardiness and for the certain!; nnt in anil quantity of their yield. Make the lam , p n very rich, put it In pood tilth, and sow 3 or p wit bushels barley per acre, and you arc pcrfectl; nip if certain of rich, unsurpassed food for vou trout! horses and cows in parly spring. The lam T rtn.1 need not be made finite as rich for rye, (bti hiinre M,c richer It Ik the better It will be,) and tw nr ' so bushels of seed per acre will suffice. Procur rvir?n? seed raised as near as possible to your own 1c mran callty?Western seed (Jr>cs not do well. Arte r ,1 " saylncr this much, we urge upon our render ml In 'of,ow largely of these grains?at least oik lipr or half acre to each horse, mule and in Ilk cow vntioii You will not regret It next spring when you v. barns begin to look empty, and your cows ar above Plnch?l for food. omlse, oats. fulfill- Jt |s hardly necessar> forus to urge the seed urren- |ng down of a large area In oats, as the gren n piles, value of this crop is now so generally apprc , wife. c|ntcd. Almost every farmer wc meet nowr ' K"ch days, Is convinced thntoatg arc both cheape every and better food for horses than corn. Rim bitter proof oats on good land and manured, liav g and supplanted western seed on poor land, an the result Is, certain crops and largo cropi against. small crops and failures a few year ago. We prefer to make two sowings?one I September, and one In January?both seldoi fall. wtlon. WHEAT. 1st of Let every farmer arrange to sow enough fin ead on home consumption. Select high, dry, rollln u and land?manure heavily with cotton seed an ? fl?n phosphate and sow in drills running nort innu- and south. Sow an early variety of southeri se ex- wheat, and sow as early in fall as danger c ing it the "fly" is over?the earlier the crop mature Linen- Jess the danger from rust, which is th treme- grcat thing to be dreaded. guratc t and "coufd ?ur Phosphates?An Important Inter lerica, est Temporarily Paralyzed. gains! a"d Oouria-.) nsent- It will not be pleasant news to the State n he un- large to learn that, while prospects are brlglv y you enlng for most of the other branches of ou "n sug- trade and Industry, the mining of Phosphate school which had grown to bo so Important and val to ed- liable an interest in South Carolina, has sui > to be denly and almost completely ceased. All th ary, a PhosphaU companies in the neighborhood r it this Beaufort and Port Royal, with a single excep proval tlon, have suspended operationsand dischart it is so ed their employees. Of the live cofripanle es. It engaged In mining phosphates In Charlestoi > wish County, threehave likewise suspended worb e this, a fourth, It Is said, Is on the point of doing st tiat In while the fifth Is kapt at work completing a such a unexpired contract, but will also suspend n 3f our soon as existing engagements shall have bee York, fulfilled. We arc told that more than tw y leg- thousand laborers, here and In Beanfoi r Cnuntv. are thus thrown out of emnloymen ndnp- The cause of this serious industrial calamlt; , The i" ? cessation of tbo foreign demand for phof Llclans phato rock. Most or the companies not really nave large quuntltles of rock on hand fo j trim which thero In no inquiry. The consequon rdered tumble In prices has been such as to compe lay on the companies to suspend work in order t nthro- avoid further loss. The stagnation of trade i; toper- Great Britain, and more especially the blu overn- prospect for the agricultural Interest, lsc ago, a course the root of the trouble. A large phof y dls- phate dealer In Bristol, England, writes to Is will prominent house in this city: "The seasoi easure "has been an exceptionally bad one for th ct the "manure trade on this side. Not only hav msand "manufactures curtailed their purchases c to Mr. "raw material, but they are left with larg utasa "stocks of their manufactured manures un public "sold." There is as little demand at home u abroad for the crude rock. The manufacturer uit. of fertilizers here huve a sufficient stock o hand, and the Northern manufacturers hav already contracted for all they care to buj The miners find that they cannot make mon ey on phospnntes ai per ion, ana even uui price cannot now be realized. Some of th >y Mr. dealers express the opinion thnt the large ey xclted porta of wheat from this country to Europ a orig- han had something to do with the cessation c the demand for phosphate rock on the othe a well nlde of the water. Tney say that If America wheat can be sold cheaper than the natl vo ai 3que?. tlcle, the latter will not be grown there, an * rare- consequently fertilizers will not be needei opop- The shipments of the rock from Charlesto: last year amounted to but 55.000 tons, and a >rmld- this time one company alone Is known t Public have 7\000 tons on liand, Altogether theoul ng an look for our phosphate interest at this time 1 unless anything but cheering. plying .?? o unamuch Nominations. Und to Beaufort CresccrU. lfiider The Abbeville Press and Banner thinks tha m the nominations for elections on tlic Stato tlcke ine In for 1880 are ratlior premature. It saya "wouli It not be wise to leave something for thocon vcntlon to do ? Is it wise to break the peac which our people are now enjoying and s? the political pools astir oy casting in peooiu of nomination." We think it Is emfnentl: tiiahtti proper during thls"otT year" or "fair ycur" h imont the Register calls it, for the people to discus , p the merits and qualifications of thoso who ar ,' thi? to govern them. For the very reason thn n villa durlng the campaign year will be found man; trndilv fishermen laying toelr nets in the river am ethlne encompassing tne whole stream from on ilmnlv side to the other and bestirring the water t cmont mu><0 tlie fish strike into their nets would w , untii have the fish warned of the nets they are t ances be set before the water Is made muddy. Th 3 same PC0PIe have always been lulled In the sam slml- way to be passive and to rely upon the wis North dorn an(* patriotism of caucus made u; through fraud and controlled through vio hat in- leuce- When the time arrives to cboose be X) rav tween party and men, such as daro to diffe hank frora bis party in opinion is at once ostracise! llld un nnc' rL>u't out. and tne ends and alms of th means campaign brought to their level, while th ti us to hraln ani1 character of the country stain of the UIOUl UIIU icilll! UW uuiuuiuiut IU >ub of dishonest shysters. MThe Baptist Courier says: "Elder II. C Smart 1st a diocesan Bishop, being pastor n . , Greenwood, Ninety-Six, Slloam, Kellowshl] hprnro BDt* r,ne Grove churches, in Abbeville couri t Van ly* He works very hard, preaching twice i an our montb Place." re free F,re places j^re to be put In the Jail, by rec e-hon- ommendatlon of Judge Kershaw.?iiamwel wtrov- Sentinel. South The Seventh Annual Meeting of theSoutl >re In* Carolina Peace Society will be held In Coluni irance. bla. Tuesday, October 7, at 7:30 p. m. Dace t and w,l' be provided for members from abroa< Ives of who may give notloe of purpose to attend. J rallacy reduced Railway rates can be obtained fo persons who may wish to attend?which 1 wes In hoped for?due notlco will be given,?C'hristtai at the Neiphbor. irental The farmers ure all wishing for a Into an< a sala- dry M they g?t it their prospccta are no achcr B0 bad after all, . 45 Years Before the Public. ; THE GENUINE i OR. C. McLANE S I rX > CELEBRATED I LIVER PILLS, 1 1 FOR THE CURE OF > 1 Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint, 5 i ovsrsrsiA and sick headache. I 5 * - Symptoms of a Diseased Liver. '> DAIN in the right side, under the i r edge of the ribs, increases on pres> sure; sometimes the pain is in the left side;-the patient is rarely able to lie [ on the left side; sometimes the pain is 3 felt under the shoulder blade, and it \ frequently extends to the top of the shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken i for rheumatism in the arm. The stomach is affected with loss of appe, tite and sickness; the bowels in gen) eral are costive, sometimes alternative r with lax; the head is troubled with [ pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy sensation in the back part There is ! generally a considerable loss of mem l_ ory, accompanied with a painful seni sation of having left undone some[ thing which ought to have been done, j A slight, dry cough is sometimes an i attendant. The patient complains of J weariness and debility; he is easily r startled, his feet are cold or burning, \ and he complains of a prickly sensa tion of the skin; his spirits are low; 'x an<f although he is satisfied that exer| cise would be beneficial to him, yel a he can scarcely summon up fortitude j enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts s every remedy. Several of the above b symptoms attend the disease, but cases t have occurred where few of them exs isted, yet examination of the body, " after death, has shown the liver to e have been extensively deranged. AGUE AND FEVER. c Dr. C. McLane's Liver Pills, in 1 cases of Ague and Fever, when i taken with Quinine, are productive of ] the most happy results. No better - cathartic can be used, preparatory to, or after taking Quinine. We would i advise all who are afflicted with this l. disease to give them a fair trial. 1 For all bilious derangements, and as b a simple purgative, they are unequaled. i BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. i , The genuine are never sugar coated. ? Every box has a red wax seal on the lid, . with the impression Dr. McLank's Live* i. pli.ls. e The genuine McLank's Liver Pills bear the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming Bros, on the wrappers. e Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. e McLane's Liver Pills, prepared by Flem0 inn Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being g full of imitations of the name McLanei e welled diffciintly but same pronunciation, THE DUB WEST 1 FEMALE COLLEGE. e - 0 H 1'HR twenty-flrnt year will open Octobei Oth. ,j The President unci his family will remain In , the College. Bates have been rcduccd. Tuition anri .. Board, Including washing and fuel, for the j year, one hundred mid tiziy-lwo dollars. < For further particular Hpply U) the Presl y dent, J J. I. BONNEK, o Dae West, S. C. ? Aug. 20, 1870. 1m o 5 COKESBURY FEMALE SEMINARY, I- T<HE FALL SESSION WILL OPEN MON? Lti I TlAV HKPTF.MHKR 1st. 1X70. ?* For particulars apply to MRS. J. S. GLASS, Principal. ,t August 13, 1870, tf i fifpii 'I *N election for Intendantiind fourWnrdem j i\ for the town of Abbeville, will be held Ir h the Court House on tho srwond Monday Ir ' .September next, 8th. I'ollMto he opened at i V o'clock, A. M. and remain opened until I ? o'clock P. M. * By order of Town Council. T. P. QUARIES, Secretary. August 13.1870, If GREAT BARGAINS il TX PRESS GOODS, MILLINERY nrnl al J. kinds of FANCY (jOOPS are still belnj ^ offered previous to fall purchases,at tho Emporium of Fashions. e Aug. 13, 1070. tf o \m nun ; WALBALLA, S. G, o ' t milE NEXT SESSION BEGINS SEPTEM 1 ber 11th. BOARD and TUITION lowei y than any other first-class Institution. In '* structlon thorough; dlsclpllno parental: milv ltary drill dally. The cllmatc 1s mild In win r ter and bracing In summer. ,, FACULTY. o REV. JOHN R. RILEY. Chairman, ti and Professor of Mental and Moral Science, e B. SLOAN. if Professor of Mathematics, i- W. W. LEGARE. a Professor of Natural Science, n REV. H. STRONG. e Professor of Languages, American ant e Modern. >f S. P. BOOZER. e Professor of Preparatory Department. - August tf, 1870, tf liiliM e II * J THIS INSTITUTION d 5 Will Open on the = FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER ITS FACULTY la .complete. The course o: instruction, thorough. It Is now the besi t endowed Institution In the State, and otferi d exceptional advantacod in the way ot delight - ful climate, healthy location, moral commue nity and moderate expenses.^ The last are 0,1 It rouowa: TOUU expenses lur iuo ycui, mviw s ding Board in families, Tuition, Lights. Fuel V Books, Ac., 8119.50; Board in mess, 8l:W.50. s bend for catalogue or address the President i W. M. GRIER. y August 27, 1879, lm i ? Shoes and Crockery. o e 0 l BEAUTIFUL lino of these goods have A. Just been received by [ Cunningham & Templeton. r August 27, 1879, tf 1 expected: J^ED CLOVER SEED. Edwin Parker. ' Aug. 27, 1879. o : Dr. H. D. WILSON, a 7 3 DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. t ?ruiuce: upnuiins ovt:r tuu x'usi> uuiuu. ul* r June 25,1879. tf. o_ " Whooping Cough Mixture. i A long wanted cure at t A EDWIN PARKER'S Juno 25, 1S79* ???1 ENTERPRISE GROCERY. No. 5, Washington Street, 1 Is ?to Yob fill FM Choice1 FLOUR, MEAL,1 GRITS, RICE, ~ ? ? , ? ^ 1 bUrrtt, i>UUAH, ; TOBACCO, CIGARS, ; SODA, SALT, BACON, LARD, CRACKERS and CANDY. A Well Selected Stock Of CANNED GOODS ALL of which will be sold low for CASH. O-Top of Market paid for country produce. Respectfully. i J. R. NORRIS, i Jul y 6m o Robertson, Taylor & Co. j ?SUCCESSORS TOGEO. W, WILLIAMS &C0. i Cotton Factors, Wholesale Oroccrs, > -AND? GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS ' 1 and 3 Hayne Street, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Will give ull business tlielr most careftil attention. I Consignments of Cotton Solicited. July 23, 1871), 6m J. KLurz, Agent for Abbeville County. 'PHE celebrated SINCLAIR CUTTER, No. , 1 SIX and EIGHT. , These Mnchlnesare unlversallly acknowledged to be the bent manufactured, for cutting Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, Sugar Cane, etc., and for Strength and Durability have no equal. iW) FIRST PREMIUMS. GOLD MEDALS at the World's Fair of Paris, London and Moscow, besides thousands of testimonials from iurge stock raisers, livery stables and farmers. Samples to be seen at Kurz & Brnce's Root, Shoe and Harness Establishment, Abbeville, Court House. So. Ca. Deo 25.1X78. W.T1HIB -AGENT.No. 2, Granite Range. I Buy and Sell For Cash. STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, ' CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES. ALSO, A GOOD LINE OF CONFECTIONARY. CIGARS, A SPECIALTY!! ?My motto Is "Live and let Live."? GIVE HE A CALL. MANTUA-MAKING executed with neatness and dispatch and upon Reasonable terms, by *ir? vjtr T\ ? iurs. in. 13, iuui/uuctiu. i March, 12,1879. Carpentry. THE undersigned hereby gives notice that lie Is prepared to do all kind* of !, CARPENTER'S WORK AND BUILDING. He also repairs COTTON GINS, THRASHERS, AND FANS. | A full supply of GIN MATERIAL always on hand. Farmers are requested to bring their Gins up curly In the season to allow time to have them properly prepured. Also agent for the Tavlor Cotton Gin, p " The Brooks Cotton Press, ! Anil nil kinds of RUBBER and LEATHER BELTING. D. B, SMITH, ABBEVILLE, C. II., S. C. LANORETH'S turnip SEED. We have Just received a full supply of Landreth's Turnip Seed. BLOOMSPALE, SWEDE, RUTABAGA, STRAP LEAVED, GARDEN RUTABAGA, WHITE-FLESHED , PURPLE TOP RUTABAGA, HANOVER, LONG FRENCH. SWEET GERMAN. CHON NAVET.POMERANION, WHITE GLOBE YELLOW ABERDEEN, AMBER GLOEE, YELLOW STONE, WHITE EGG, COW HORN, SEVEN TOP, NORFOLK, &c., Ac., H. W. LAWSON & July 23,1870 tf r Notice. I rpHE rebuilding of the bridge across Wll 1 Hon'M Creek, on the Watt's Kerry Rood, will bo let to the lowest bidder on wednes day the 17th of September next at 11.o'clock, A. M. i Plans and specifications will be given on day of letting. G. M. MATSISON, Chairman, County Commissioner. August 12th 187!), 4t Atlanta Medical College. THE Twenty-Second Annual Course of Lectures will commence October 15,1879, and ! close March 4th. 1880. Faculty.?j. g. Westmoreland, w. F. Westmoreland, W. A. I/ivc, V. A. Taliaferro, Jno. Thad. .Johnson. A. W. Calhoun. J. H. Logan, J.T. Banks; Pcmonstrator, J. W. Williams. This well-cslnblislicd College affords opportunity for thorough medical education. It Is an alllllatIon with, and Its tickets and diplomas, recognized by, every leading medical college In the country. Requirements for graduation as heretofore, fiend for Announcement, giving full Information. JNO. THAD. JOHNSON, M. P., Pean, Aug. 13,1879, tf Atlanta, Ga. JL^I ^ t?^C7. THE rebuilding of tho bridge over Long Cnnc, n.t Cromer's, will be let to t he lowest bidder on Saturday tho lath of September next nt 11 o'clock, A. M. J. F. LIVINGSTON, County Commissioner. Augnst 13th 1870, if w. cTbenet,^ Attorney at Law t? *v.Kn,Miir.f ir s r | JLkiw naugVf auwuTii*?' "v# v? j ? # APPLETOZSTS' American Cyclopedia. NEW REVISED EDITION. ENTIRELY REWRITTEN BY Tfll a rar nom nrnTmnoo HkT UtTPDV iVDJjCjOi wrUlJCifVO WiX Oirniri SUBJECT. Printed from New Type and Ulnstrated with Several Shousand Engravings and Haps. I^HE work originally published under the title of the NEW AMERICAN CVCLO '.EDIA was commenced in 1858, since which hue the wide circulation which it ban attain id in all parts of the United States, and th< ;lgnal developments which have taken placc n every branch of science, literature and art mvc Induced the editors and publishers U lubmltlt to an exnet and thorough revision tud to Issue a new edition, entitled THE AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA. 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Willi ilUillllllflilVI ' ' (/>( I PROPRIETOR. v 4 ' REDUCED PRICES: ' ; V?KTiUAii t'AAIi mil<.L0, List of [Pricesi f.. 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter, f35 00 i 2 " 12 ...... 46 00 i 2 " 14 " 56 00 3 " 10 MOO 8 " 12 " " 70 00 3 " 14 " ? ...... 80 00 Above prlcescomplete with Frame Wlthon Frame,Slo lesson each Mill " HORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Mill i j for Steam or Water Pow! ' er, $150. j. M Yoar Orders for * ; Cane Mills i AND \ Syrup Kettles -< : TO * D. B. SMITE, Agent. ! Theo. Markwalter, MARBLE WORKS, y Broad Street, near Lower Market, e Augusta, Ga. e O r' |^EEP3 on hand and furnishes to order ' Monuments, Tombstones and Marble Work In general. A large selec* E tlon ready for lettering and delivery at short .,f notice. Several hundred" of new designs In v , the most modern styles Monument fUrnUhcd ao ) ,1 cheaper than aver before in tbis market and f. of the best workmanship, similar to that of the Confederate Soldiers' Monumentrecentljr ereciea uy me iu wmciu. 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General 1'aasenger and UcKci Agent. 10 BRIDGE NOTICE. id , \\J ILL be let to the lowwt blddor on 8ntwr'f VV day tho tftb ofHeptemb* next Th? rl" building of a Truss bridge on thcSouth pronjr of Huluaa River at Erwln's Mill. Plan and specifications will be given on the day. Bridge win De lei at 11 o ciock a. m. By order of -the Boards of Laurens and Abvlllc counties. J. T. MEDLOCK, G. M. MATTISON, County Commissioners. July 30, ,70 ' TURNIPSEEb. RED TOP TURNIP. WHITE FLAT JDUTCH. POMERANIAN WHITE GLOBE, Y YELLOW RUTA BAGA, ve WHITE NORFOLK, h- SEVEN TOP. All In ten and five oents packages, EDWIN PABKER. ,Q. July 23. 187b. tf o ' 3 Cunningham J &Templeton Have opened their Spring a- Stock consisting in Ir part of CALICOS, CHECK HOMESPUN, NAINSOOK, C CAMBRICS, ** PIQUES, LAWNS, BLEACHED AND e BROWN HOMESPUN, HAMBURG EDGING, CLOTHING, SHOES, AC, Cnll and examine. 19,1K79. 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