The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, October 29, 1879, Image 2

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The Press and Banner. Wednesday, Oct. 29,1879. The "Register's" Last Blast. Last Friday and Saturday our friend j the Register gave elaborate replies to our article on the Railroad tux. Tho manner) in which that paper conducts a controversy is in such striking contrast with the manner in which editors usually express dissenting opinions from their j brethren, that the reader cannot but be| impressod with its dignity, and ability i even in maintaining the wrong side of a question. That paper is the only 0110 which has protended to look into the merits oi the question, and its courtesy in presenting its views is such as to make one regrot to be compelled to differ l'rom j it. We havo no malice against the Comptroller to gratify and are as ready to play j "quits" with him, as we are to play whist! with the editor of the Rcgista\ But the I game of "quits" cannot be played until j the Railroad tax is paid or until .some effort is made to collcctit. We know thatj our friend the Register is potential with j the authorities in Columbia. Let him! euggest to the Comptroller to speak to | tho fteroiver on the subject of taxes, and I we have no doubt that General Conner j will at once instruct the company's| Treasurer to pay it. In case tho Receiver refuses to pay, let the Comptroller direct the tax collector of this County to make the mone3', and we shall Unsatisfied to play "quits." All we want is the money or the evidence of an effort to got it. Tho Register will understand tho importance of early attention to this matter when wo state that tho County Commissioners in a short while will make their annual report to the Legislature, and if the matter is not sottlcd before that time they aro in duty bound to ask the Legislature to levy a tax on our citizens- sufficient to make up the Railroad's deficiency. Every dollar of the Railroad tax is due to the creditors of the County who did work for the County Commissioners under promise of cash payment. They have been kept out of their money for a year, and many were compelled to sell their claims at a sacrifice. Tho Commissioners must raise the money by taxation to pay those debts if tho Railroad cannot Vvj* \ r\ A 11 r>r>A tr\ I\Q XT ifa Wfl KAHAVP. *** 7 1UUUWVI W |/WJ tVV MMkl w wwaav - ? if the facts bad been stated to General Conner that be would have paid it long ago. Wo cannot believe that a man like him would think of evading the payment of the Railroad tax if bis attention had been directed to the importance of attending to tho matter. We presume that he has paid his >o\vn individual tax long ago, and we have no doubt that he in as ready to order tho Railroad tax paid as ho was to pay his own. Wo know that neither the Register, the Receiver, nor tho Comptroller would have our citizens to make good tho deficiencies of the Railroad. Certainly nothing is more reasonable than to expect and demand of our officers at least an effort to get tho money from those owing it, bcl'oro taxing our people * to make good the deficiency caused by the Railroad. We are willing to overlook the negligence in tho past, if the Comptroller will get the money now, or direct the Treasurer to make it in time to save us the possibility of an additional tax. The dobts of the County must be paid, whether the Railroad pays or not. The beautiful logic of tho Register almost makes us forget the fact that no effort has yet boen made to collect the Railroad tax. That paper has such an artful way of diverting one's attontion from the main point, that we are about ready to feel in our pockets for our share of the delinquent tax. The Register misses the mark altogether in defending tho Comptroller in the Newberry matter. We didn't assail him on that point at all, and said, in words, that we referred to it with a view ol showing that tho Newberry cjise was instituted before the passage of the "Act to facilitate the collection of taxes," was approved. Tho fact that the case was in the bands of the Attornev-General was one of tb$ statements in that connection. We shall not attempt to answer our frend's articles, but will ask him to do the people of Abbeville Countv the favor to use his influence with the Comptroller to get him to attend to this matter at once and wo will play "quits" with the Comptroller on the tax business, and will be delighted to engage our friend the Register in a game of whist either under the "Big Oak Tree," or on the banks of the Con gar ee. Which Is (he Majority' As'soon as we find out which is the majority?the Columbia Yocman or the Marion Merchant and Fanner we'may be able to give our readers some valuable information. The Yeoman expresses his opinion on a political question. The Merchant and Farmer holds a different opinion, and it seems to us attempts to read the Yocman out of the Democratic party for differing from that paper, or the "majority," and makes inuendocs against that young brother who is now struggling in an honest effort for a foothold in the field of journalism. We are disposed to believe that any man is right who expresses ?an lionest conviction, and that any man may be wrong whose opinions are controlled by others. We like independence in discussing men and measures before the nomination, and a unity of purpose when the time for action arrives. We believe the Yoeinan to be as patriotic as any paper in the State, and that its independence before the nomination will only be surpassed by its effort* to elect the chosen can didates of the party. A subserviency to rvAiAtuI r\A\itnr n f 'i /"I iuriMcif inn tn fnllnw V^IVIOI | > V ?? v 4 , WMinf/vniviVil wr ?vuv.? the majority is not, in our opinion, the highest standord of patriotism. Our own rule is, to do what we believe to be right, whether it is popular or not. We notice that the Greenville Advertiser says that Greenville will not support General Gary's nominafion. It will now be in order ior the Gary papers to pull the hair off the head of the Advc.rliecr. 4> A Word to Bad Spellers. Wo have long expected tjic fool-killer to invade this country to engage in the persuit of biR legitimate) business in connection with that class of writers who make ita point to misspell every word in their communications to the country newspapers. For our own part, all such go immediately into the waste basket, but as many such eflfnsions are published j by others, we would ofTora suggestion to those who have a mania for aft'ecting ignorance. We contend that such writers have no right to spell such words as "your" y-o-r-o; "is" i-z; "to" tu; J "come" c-u-ra; "tell" t-o-1; "my" nii.j Ac., <fec. Every English-speaking man i pronounces these words alike, and it is a' failure, so far as wit is concerned, to misspell them. If an illiterate porson uses words of his own manufacture or words that are not recognized among educated persons, then of course comes in the bad ; spelling, but not otherwise. To read i many of the articles which wo have seen published, with every word misspelt,j would send the average reader to the lu- j natie asylum. Tb? Winnsboro News and Herald. This able and dignified paper will ac-1 cept our thanks for what appears at first | reading to be a fair and impartial state-j ment of the controversv between our- J selves and tho Register. Being impress-; ed with the correctness of our own posi- j tion, only ?vc aro to blame if we have i failed to convince our friends. Our first j statement that Abbeville would not sup- j port General Hagood in the nominating1 convention has been so altered by some! of our brethren that their version' is not| at all what we said. In the main the j Register has been fair, and always res- j peetful. That paper has never boon re-j duccd to the necessity of saying ill-man- j , ncred things under any circumstance, or j of misrepresenting us about Abbeville's' \ ' ' ! position as to General ITngood, except hy (f j proxy. We will not attach sufficient im-1 Iportnnce to those misrepresentations to j j correct them. The peoplo of Abbeville j [county understand us, and endorse ua| | too. j B i The hullabilloo about the statement'* I the Auditor had required our tax-payers; t i in former years to make his return of "real! t estate as well as his personalty under j u oath has been explained by us so often I that the statement now would be nearly ! as stale as that old joke about the Regis-1 c tcr's "twocolumn paragraphs." o " *.p The Peabody Fuud and the Educations of Teachers. ! e In the Columbia Register of 'JGth inst. I? we tind tho following information under I * the very appropriate head of "Important j to Public Schools: "Dr. Sears, the general agent of thole Peabody fund, has informed thoSuperin-j tendent of Education that the trustees! have resolved to apply the income of the j t fund to the education of teachers, hoping 11 thus to elevate tho character of the I j' schools. From many portions of tho M1 State applications from schools for aid | \ from this fund havo already been receiv- j )< , ed, and it is well for those who are depend- j e ing upon such assistance to know tiiat in i j alt probability it will not be granted. It j 0 j seems to bo the policy of tho trustees to | aid exclusively in the education of teach- j e ! ers-" ! n This is very cheering information to ali j j who havo the educational interests of; ^ South Carolina at heart, but very dis- j e 1?.. ?? uThniiB desire is to save i ? | couru^iu.-, tw uwov ,Q their pockcts whilo having tho children j a educated. Tho groat and pressing neod I ^ in our Stato is not money to maintain our r schools but good teachers to take chargo J c of them, and tho Poabody Trustees arejb wisely walking on the right road when ! i, they apply their boneticent fund to the i v education of teachers. We have long be-1 h licved and earnestly urged that the true ? and only way to help public education is 11 not to tempt the parents to spare their j,' pockets but to provide good teachers. Liberal Stato aid, too liberal, indeed, sup- [ pie men ted by Peabodv benefactions has h produced a generation of educational j, paupers iu South Carolina, unworthy of 0 this State and of her educational tradi- t tions. Our people now act as if they % were glad to shilt the responsibility of o their children's education from their own {j shoulders to those of tho State and of any h persons like tho Poabody Trustees whose ^ generous help they turn into an encour- b agement of educational mendicancy. <j In our Suite Superintendent's Report j for '7S wo find that the Poabody Educa- n - - .. In tional Fund contributed 53,600 to tne cause of public education in South Caro- n lina during last year,?$2,000 having been ? received by the whites and SI,600 by the negroos. Wilh the exception of the a money spent on the Teachers' Institutes ^ of Chester and Winnsboro and tho State v Agency, the money was spent 011 schools here and there whoso managers had been Ifi diligent enough to secure it. No doubt ^ it helped the pockets of the communities o that obtained it, but as a true help to edu- j cation?it might as well have been sprink- " ied on the sands of the Sahara. y We do not know in what way the Pea- jj body Trustees propose to expend this t< fund for tho education of teachers? jj whetln? by helping to establish Normal tl Schools i? this State, or by awarding to ^ deserving men and women scholarships a to Normal Schools in other States. Either J, mode would be praiseworthy. At pres- ? ent South Carolina barzars hold valuable v Peabody scholarships at tho Nashville jj Normal College?of whom two are from u Abbeville County. Tho time certainly 5 has como?it came years ago?when i< South Carolina should have Normal Col- ? leges for training good teachcrs. And t while we think tho State Public School u Fund sufficiently large for the support ol' * Stato Normal Schools, we would rather v see the Peabody aid given to a Normal ? School than to the suppoit of public A schools. $3,000 would greatly help a j| Normal School; as a help to public n schools it is simply a squandering of the {j moncv which the Peabody Trustees have b sensibly stopped. *"*" a Letter from Senator Hampton. ? Colonel Cothran last night sent to the & Press and Banner tho following com municatlon and letter, which will afford k e\ gratifying intelligence: cl Tuesday, Oct. 2S, 1S79. Editors Press and Banner . ,1 As some doubt has been expressed up- ? on the matter of Gov. Hampton's attend- c ing our Fair, which begins to-morrow, s: please publish the accompanying letter, ? received this afternoon, which will quiet all doubts: t: Com'Mbia. Oct. 27th 1879. ? My Ijeak Coi.onkt. : My Chester t< friends will not let me off and they prom- 1; ise to send me on Wednesday night to the " A. L. R, R. so that I can take the train j:J from Green ville on Thursday morning, h If you will arrange for me to get from ? Hodges that morning, I am be with you }> by 10 or 11 A. M. This will give me two days with you, and you will all be tired at the end of that time. Now I am hero re- J fleeting how indiscrect I was to make w any promises about Fairs. "None bnt the brave," Ac. With my sincere regards, I am w Verv trulv, vours, y WADE HAMPTON. a Col. CoTItRAN. 11 ? _ _ St ? - ? ti Our Controversy With the Abbeville 11 Press and Banner. Ic (Columbia Register.) From oar desire not to push an unonualfight " on our Abbeville contemporary?for it is hard f for even our able contemporary to doctor a jl sick duck?we concluded that so far as the H public interest was concerned, which we pro- [ posed to serve, and nothing more, that we had I! said enough in defense of the recent Hoard of f. Equalization and touching the arraignment of a faithful, hard-working, scrupulous' State A officer who liad done his duty before the peo- . pie, friend and foe alike, without fear and . without favor, and who had stood by the S' Treasury of the Suite, the fiduciary Cerberus, ? across whose guard no claim passed unchal- Ij lenged and silted to the bottom; yes. one who J?' watched the last cent of the people's ta\3s? to J* honest, lawful and strict account At no time in the history of the State before the war did the Comptroller's office of south Carolina fL. present such complete organization and v searching efficiency. One of the chief com- " Rlaints against this important State officer J* as been, and is, that he lets nothing escape { nis official drag net, from "a pin to an elc- rl phant." And one of the chief complaints is that he will stickle at a cent, and wheti hois 11 reminded that It is "only a fn?." he answers, j J "pass a pin and you pass the elephant." i J. "l'lils office is the Suite's business office, and I ' it means business all the time and knows j neither friend nor toe." Indeed, has this ? scrupulous officer made his known ft lends I' fieht their way to their claims, which was ({J1 llkii fj:irniii{r t heir nuinov nKWimfl timp Hnu'i"1 hard, how unjust, how ungenerous is it, then, \ ~ that he should be held up before the people of; J the Suite as ar. unjust, partial, unfair public " official.netting up one and putting down an-j11 other, when even his closest friends say of la him, with a smile nut unmixed with admlra-!11 Hon: "He stands up so straight that he leans : sl back a little." Is not thin the kind of man 1 that South Carolina at this lime most needs |11 to protect her liuances, to shield her credit " and put her again where she once stood, with ! ? her obligations better than gold ? Wc, 100,1s' well apprehend what tiie average South Car- j v oilman thinks in this regard. I b I Under these hoflestconvk-tions, not idlv ert-1 r( tertained, we iiad concludcd to uraw off from ! d the contcst, especially as we saw our content- j ri pornry was reduccd to u scattering fire, in | ^ whieii the Columbia Canal, the Attorney Gen-1 oral's Department, the phosphate dej>oslis, I n the honor and reputation of Abbeville tax-.'1 payers, and this and that and the other point!c of "attack was tried with a feeling desire to hit' something anyhow. We know enough ofl!' controversies to know that this scattering o fire means conscious wcakness.and hence In I sympathy for our contemporary we conclu-js ded to draw off from the tight, fully aware'i1 that when we hit the Press and Banner we hit j b ourselves, hit our best friends, and a great M1 Democratic State journal of such established ISl repute that wc had nothing to gain in the e end by wounding one of our own family, j ft And this is the feeling we have for the Caro- v Una press in general. We want no advantage, if wo could get it, over our own brothers? \nd again and again have we stricken from I ri coinmunications addressed to us flings atone j or another Carolina journal, and this we doiJ| upon the principle that we are of one family,! f and if there urisesa complaintagainstagiven | * journal the correspondent should address himself frankly and squarely to that journal, i J and if his cause or complaint be meritorious | v i *o ic rfontml h hearing, then our columns | h lire open to him, anil hlK ~ftght becomes our n tl^ht In behalf of what is right and an honest h and well ordered public sentiment. Yet we r are entitled to our discretion in this matter, t and to refuse to receive a communication b which would appear to be entertained in hos- i e tllity to a brother journalist. We leel our 1t< contemporary will fully apprehend us, then, jo . i. ?. ~' nni*<irtpiitlnn lniH horn ' n wnen WC Ni.v hiuk, un ? called to certain points maintained by it last i week, wlilcb may lead to tbe confusion of the) public mind touching this grave question of ! taxation and kindred matters, with every J1! disposition to play quite, we feel we must a make a kindly explanation whics will show n ourcontemporary, no less than others, that it e is fatally mistaken In the positions it has as- fi sume'l, and that there is no help for it- hut lo c con(>'fs its error, as we had occasion to do n once at the subtest ion of the Press uncf Han- o vcr, which we frankly did without taking anv i ji diaoic io ourselves lor so iloius. * .1 7 he Tress and Banner's Lair and m] Facts. ^ J Columbia Register. In order that the reader may deal lntelll- 1 entiy with ttie Issues raised by our Abbe- J iliecontemporary, and they aro important t nes, we quote from our contemporary, so 1 li.it its own words shall speak for it. (Hero / heRegister copies our urticle, which it Is un- ' iccessary to rcproduco here.?Ed's P. & B.] Now, let the public watch how plain a tale por fill utterly route our friends' tacts and our j,'or rlends' law. It will literally amount to cru- for Ity, but let our friends admit it is of their yor iwn seeking and not ours: por ''Tlic railroad whs returned as personal roperty, and In case it refused to pay, its en- For ines and cars might have been levied on,"Ac. j.'or Why do not our friends own tacts, they {.-or lathered from the Newberry records show for hat the.curs, itc., were levied on T The Press (.'or :nd Banner in this connection tells us in the | cry article in which w<J find this most extrardinary complaint: lies "The treasurer of Newberry levied on the jj,.s niflnes and cars of the Greenville and coumbia Railroad in that town on the^ith day fies f November to satisfy tax executions." ]^(.s Does not our friends' own statement show hut. this same corporation, the property of jje's liileh so levied on fn Newberry was neni oy (Bes lie court beyond levy ami sale, and for which j He's lie Newberry oltteer was attached and whose j Bcs letltlon .setting forth the case was ordered for Bcs earing ut Columbia and transferred by the Bes rder of the court to t!?c Attorney General ? Bes V'hat, then, the sense or propriety to order a Hcs *vy and sale on Ibis same corporation thc j jjes ourt by its solemn act hud taken out of the j pe(j umtnary tax process ? [Under the new law, J3CS lie Treasurer of Abbeville could have levied Bes u other property, and not the money.] But, says our contemporary, the "act to fa- Bes i'.itate the collection of taxes" was passed Bes urposely to prevent the railroad and other Bes art.ies from repeatingtheNewberry troubles. t may not be a "stretch of the prerogative of Bes is otlico" to disregard the plain English of n important law like this, but we have nevrjsecn an oflicer set a law at defiance with Bcs uch a degree of complacency; this taw. too, Bes ring intended for the protection of the weak j Bes gainst the strong, or, 111 other words, to make i Bcs ich corporations pay theirtaxes as promptly as j Ben ie poorest citizen, without any exception in fa- I Bet w of railroads in the hands of a rcccit'cr." I Bcs rery true friends, but listen ! Job exclaim- Bes d: "Oh, that mine enemy would write ajBes ook." Our Abbeville friends have spared j Bes ur enemies this trouble lor they h.ive writ-- Bes L.-n the book out of which and by which we Bes rill be judged. If our friends hud been familiar with the *> , ilstory and practical operation of the Act liey warmly and wisely eomincnd, they perhance would have hesitated before seeking, Sr: n this particular Act, for grounds on which 0 condemn the eminent state official they :ow hold up to public censure. ij" What are;the facts? We are iudebted to lie frcas and Banner for calling attention to 73^ he important question of tendering these Sr. ai>k bills, which lias been too little discuss-1 d. it is not our purpose to consider now the ustice and propriety of reducing the claims Sr: f ante bellum creditors?the Barings for InUmco? to 50cents on the dollar, and permit ing speculators in these nunk quis, who nuoriously bought them lor a song?ten centsor oon thedollar?to pay them over for taxes at ne hundred cents in.tlie dollar, whilst 6im- Bet ile, honest property holders paid money Be* forth a hundred cents in thedollar. And Bee iere, if it were not Improper and impertinent | Be.' re would ask our contemporary whether they | Be> r cither of them tendered any of these bills; Ben ut as this is no part of the legitimate argu- Bes iient, we let it pass. [We did not. Eds. P. : B.j L Well, these bills and their tender for taxes | ?0,i lad been the "bcfc noir" of the State govern- Bes (lent. They rendered it impossible to form , j)e,< ny uccuratc estimate of the revenue which kes fas necessary for the conduct of the govern- {>es iient and threatened to swamp it at any mo- Bcs aent with worth less paper, leaving the whole nachincry of our government without a jjps lollar in the treasury and absolutely at a ead lock. Attorney General Conner framed jw n Act intended to prevent this disaster, but' nC}j ho lawyers and courts in a great measure do-1 iiated its wise and patriotic purpose, and it| j, . as only by the ceaseless, unsparing tight jw eptup by the Law Department lu defense of I lie State Treasury thai the state was saved nCK :om a tinancial disaster which would have recipitated upon the party in charge of the talc government the bitter reproaches of Bes utside creditors as wel I as those amongst our Bes wn people who arc honest creditors in sore Bes istress. But. notwithstanding the praisor'orthy and noble efforts of the Law Depurt- _ aentin this regard, at the end of the liscal 5CS ear of 1877-78 this cloud over the Treasury ad grown more angry axd threatening than ver. Look at the lacts. I11 187H-TT there was!},0? mdered for taxes in these bank bills $29,511; "cs lie patriotic sentiment accompanying the oliUeal revolution by which the people of] rcs lie suite recovered its control from carpet-i Bes ug thieves shaming buck, perchance, the Bcs ender of these worthless bills by money Bcs depts, whilst the plain, honest people of the uefi ountry paid good money out- of their narrow Hes leans and hard earnings. But (he next lis- Beh ul year these holders or purchasers of state lank bills Hooked to the Treasurer with their worthless contributions to the support of the Bcs overnment that had saved their all, and we Bes nd tendered 31)0,000! of these bills for State Bes nd county taxes. It will be seen from these Bes gures tiiat at. the end of tho year 187(1-78 the Bes nanclal atiairsof the State weretendlng rai>- Bcs ily to a linanciui collapse. Such was the Be* erilou* and deplorable condition of things Bcs t the opening of the session of 1878. Who Bet ame to our relief? Who. turned bnck the Bet Ide ? Who saved us from sore financial dis- Bes . iter? Johnson llagood! The Press and Ben tanner will be surprised to know that the Bes A*t to facilitate the collection of taxes," Bes . blch it so justly extols, is familiarly known Bes niongst the speculators In bills of tho Bank Bes f the State as "Hngood's Act!" "Uagood's Bes id" was passed, which set a most cOcctual Bes uicttts on the tender of bank bills, the Bes mount so tendered during the current year otexceeding $188. [We accord the Comp- Bes roller great credit for this Act. We knew Bes e was the author of it. We should Bes e glad if he strictly observed it. Eds, I'. <?. Bes J.J Bes This magical Act, which required every Bes lan to do his duty by the State, we know, Bes nd here suite on our individual authority, Bes as not only framed under Ute direction of Comptroller General Hagood and brought by him Bes i the attention of the legislature, but 11 was onl through his watchfulness and personal excr~ j, on that it was saved in its passage from being >?' illed off by the parliamentary devices of its en- j.c r/tict, and was Anally enrolled during tiie losing houfti of the lust night of the session. L is this Act. this very Act t lie Press and Ban- Bes er commends to the study and attention of j Bes ic Comptroller General and the liegislcr, and I lies liich it accuses the high Slate oliicial who Bes onceived it and urged and pressed its pas-1 Bet age, of ignoring and setting aside with "coin- Bes lacency." [Exactly so?reason why. Eds. I Bes &M-\ ? | Bes mil our couicmpuriirj' mr-u u?:w> mv roller and the Jiegistcr as lo the construction Bes f this Act, which it claims precludes the is- Ben uing by the courts of a writ of mandamus Bes ) the tax officers, and also sets fonth the on- Bes / remedy left open to the tax-payer. This Bes iay'be true, ana we are far from contesting Bes lis view, and the Comptroller, doubtless, is Bes irther still from It. Yet our contempurory as spoken before It knew the facts of the ise. No sooner than this Act passed which ad, as it was intended to have, a retrospect- Bes io as well as a prospective etTcct than it was jte ercely and bitterly attacked from many Bes uarters. Whilst its prospective ctfect was Bes isputed as unconstitutional, anl, hence Bes ithout force. Bes In Charleston, in Columbia and elsewhere Bes lose who had tendered the bills upon the Bes isy terms previously of force, and who Bes ere required, under the Hagood Act, (mind Bes ou) to substitute good money for these bills. Bes nd bring themselves an action at law for re- Be>i ress led on by speculators in the bills, who Bes iw their speculations thus defeaj^d, lost no Bes me in resorting to the courts in which they ad previously been successful. The very Bes uestion raised was the Act law and whether iie' gislation could apply the requirement set p by the Act and restrain the controlling or- o ' ers of the courts previously had before the ; .{os ?ssage of the Act as to bills tendered and | vjca I ready received at the County Treasurer's tbles under a previous Act, as construed by ledecisiou of the courts, and as such amount- Bes ig to a violation of the state, as well as the Bes enteral Constitution. Thus, the Attorney [ Bes eneral was put to immediate defense of the | Bes ct and its constitutionality. j Bes Four times the questions made against this Bes .ct have been elaborately nrgueu neiore me i ?es ourts. Judge Hudson. sittlngln Charleston, Bes eeided against the Act, JudgePressley, If we I Ben listake not, in Columbia decided in its Hex ivor. Two of the cases havo been before the Res uprenie Court of the State, and in both the Bes tate has succeeded. These are now upon Bes riLsof error before the supreme Court of the Bes nited States, but in that court the eonstitu- Bes onality of the Actis sustained by (? recent Bes eeislon in the case of Sneed vs. State of Ten* Bes essee. With these facts before our content- Bes orary. with what show of Justice to the Atirney General does it say that this matter as been "pigeon-holed ?"' I? it not remarkble diligence lo have carried through a large Res uestion like this before the expiration of a ear to a final decision in our own Supreme ourt? And at the very time our contenipotry made its thrust of "pigeon-holing," the H ttorney-Ueneral was in attendance on the u?? uprenie Court at Washington for the pur- .,e' use of having these cases advanced 011 the fjes ocket. [We make the tiinend for this error. R' Eds. I'. <fc B.| Is it not plain that if the omptroller had moved,despite Ibis question elng before tho courts, he would have been let by an Injunction of both courts. State *>es nd Federal;and had he refused toobcy would ?>es ave been held in contempt of court? We -I'65 mil not answer so plain a question. A word or so more and we are do.ic withH>cs lis matter. When our contemporary says. Bes It Just amounts lo this?either the "axpayers j }>ef> f Abbeville, in making tiieir retui >is 011 oatii | ivore falsely, or (,?en. Johnson Hagood Ik to rong," our contemporary exposes its entire I morauee of the Tax Act. 'J'he Act docs not 8 ?quire tax-payers to make any returns un-| ?es *;r oath or otherwise of the value of their 1 J"? eal estate. [We suited facts, however.?Eds. "cs ; & B.J When our contemporary speaks ef our bold-1 Res ess In sustaining the Comptroller and the ' Bes onrd of Equalization against iis ruthless! Bes harges, we reply that the public by this time i Bes ave discovered who is the "bold man." j Bes ['here is no misunderstanding in Abbevillo1 Bes n this point.?Eds, 1\ jt B.] lies Again, our contemporary says "the present 1 Bes tate Board of Equalization did not hesitate ' Bes n rancrinir themselves with the neonle of Ab- Bes eville."' This is little better than ft deceit, | Bes nsomucli as it lowered .the standard of as- > Bes L'ssinent in other counties,Ihtis Involving Rn j Bps nhanced rate of levy, so that It will go up! Bps rotn (i.U millsjiossibly to8 in Ills, alnl It Ahbr-1 Res ille reaches a reduction in taxes amounting Bes sMO for the County, we shall be mistakeui Bos V'e shall look iutotlie figures withmofeaccu- Bes uey hegeaftcr; but in what position does this I save the Press and /?an;ier, turning the world I Bes psidedown to save Abbeville "District" ?40? Ben l'hls is too good a joke to be spoiled.?Eds.! Bcs A B.] When our contemporary charges us with oPf; mputing to the people of Abbeville a desire BeK o shirk their taxes, it misrepresents us. We ; r0I4 ave no such Idea, and we believe all t his tire ! ? in the /Yc.w and Banner's pipe, which we jje'R iope by this time hasflnallvgoneout, and we pe8 ,rrsr*r\co trt <.hnL-j> liniids Anrf Ipt. thfi <lf>nd hurv I i>? he dead. But we positively don't mean any- Refi ody to bury our contemporary, and no wick- oes d Abbevlllian need attempt this, for we hope r> play many a good old game of whist with ur friend who dwells up-stairs on the corner | lies icarthe "Big Oak." [All right, but don't i Bes nake Hagood trumps.?Eds. P. a B.] I lies .<?. ! Bes The twitting insinuations that arc going ! Bes Imping and snickering iv piece of the way j Bes round, about Dargnn and Karln vdl fighting; Bes duel. Is low and contemptiiile be.vohil any I Bes xploit of "Ransey Snille." "When men turn ! rom the path of murder to the way of rccon-! Ore iliatlon and peace it is hoped they have the j lagnanlmlty to pass unheeded any prat nit-, us llings at the triumph of reason and hu-i. lanltv over "offence"' and folly.?CtvUtUm \cighbor. I G*e lie Abbeville Fai jmium List of the Eleventh Anil' ?air of the Abbeville Agricnltu Society, to be Held at the Grotu )ctober 29, 30 and 31,1879. Field. Crope. thelbest Bushel White Corn, the best Bushel Yellow Corn, the best Bushel White Wheat,. the best Bushel Red Wheat 1 the beet Bushel White, Red and Black Oats, eacii the best Bushel barley 1 the best Bushel Rye the best Bushel Field Peas, the best Bushel Sweet Potatoes 1 the best Bushel Irish Potatoes, ight of Bushel struck measure to bo "given and considered by committee. t Bushel Ground Peas t Bushel Turnips it Bushel Ruta Bngu Turnips t Sack of Flour, t Sack of Corn Meal, t Dozen Carrots, t Dozen Beets, I Dozen Parsnlos, t Dozen Mangel Wurtzel, t Peck Onions, t V? Dozen Cabbage uoaus t Dozen Tomatoes, t U Dozen Pumpkins, t UBushel Buckwheat, t U Dozen Cotton Stalks, t % Bushel Sorghuui Seed, t. Bale of Cotton, 400 lbs tand largest collection of Vegetables not less than 20 varieties t Bale Native Hay, t Bale Clover Hay, ?.. t Bale Cured Pea Vines, The above to bo grown by exhibitors. t Sample of Wool, 50 lbs Horses. t Stallion open to tflo World t SUillion -iyears old, county raised, t Stallion 3 years old. county raised. t Gelding 3 years old, county raised,.... t Filly 3 years old, county raised t Horse Colt 2 > ears old, county raised t Mare Colt 2 years old, county raised,, t Hor?e Colt 1 year old, county raised,, t Mare Colt 1 year old, county raised,.. t Mare 4 years old, county raised it Marc and Colt, both county raised,.... it Mare and Colt, colt folded in county, Saddle and Harness Horses. it pair of Carriage Horses, open to th< World it pair of Carriage Horsics, county raised ,t i'air Light Draught Horses, county... ,t pair of Mare's, open to tho World, it pair of Mare's, county raised it Fancy Team ^ ..... it Single Buggy Horsef. ... it Single Buggy iiorse, county nusuu,.. ;t Single Buggy Mare, world it Single Buggy Mare, county raised ,t Saddle Horse, open to the World it Saddle Horse, county raised, it Saddle and Harness Horse it Pony not over 14 hands high, to bt ridden by a boy, Jacks and Mules. it .Tack, standing in ttwc county, it Mule, county raised. it Mule 3 years old. county raised it Mule 2 years old, county raised it Mule 1 year old, county raised it Mule Colt, county raised, it Pair Carriage Mules county raised,. Calt.tr. it Bull, improved breed 3 years and ovei it Bull 2years and over, it Bull 1 year and over ,t Cow improved breed 3years and ovei t Heifer, Improved breed 2 to 3 years,.., t Heifer, improved breed 1 to 2 years,.., Grades open to South Carolina. . t Grade Bull 3 years aDd over, tGrade Bull under 2 years, it Grade Cow 3 years and over ,t Grade Heifer 2 years and over, t Grade Heifer 1 yea: and over, > this class are included Common Stoc t Milch Cow, to be milked on grounds, t Yoke Oxen, t Fatted Beef, Sheep open to South Carolina. it Buck, t. Ewe and Lamb, it Pair Cashmere Goats Divine open to 8outh, Carolina. t Boar, t Sow, t Pair Pigs,. t Sow and Pigs, not less than six t Fatted Hog, Poultry. tPair Turkeys tPair Ducks, I Pair Geese t Pair Fowls, domestic....... t Pair Fowls, Game, >t Pair Fowls, Fancy, it Coop of Fowls, not less than 10, Manufactures in Wood, Tin, and Iron. tPair Split Bottom Chairs, county madt t u'?n unoirnt ironed. county make.... t Tub, Pail or biggin,county make 11< dozen Brooms, corn, county maki it Family Vehicle, S. C. make, t Buggy, with Top, 8.C. make, t Buggy without Top, S. C. make, it Two Horse Wagon, S. C. make tone Ilorse Wagon, S. C. muke it One Horse Cart, S. C. make,. tOx Yoke, S. C. make t Wheelbarrow, S. C. make it Cottou Drill, open to World,. it Guuno Distributor, open to World,... it 1 Horse Turning Plow, open to world it 2 Horse Turning Plow, open to world t Subsoil Plow, open to world, t collection Plow Moulds, county mak< t Single Horso Plow Stock, count) make........ it Club Axe, county make,. t Hatchet, county make, it Broad Axe. county make... it Grain Cradle, county make, t Two Hampers, county make it two Bow Baskets, county make, it ]A Dozen Axe Handles, county mak< it % Dozen Horse Shoes aud Nails county moke it Cotton Planter Manufactures iii Stone Ware. it collection Pot Ware, S. C. make t specimen Drain tllc,S. C. make, it specimen Bricks, 10U, S. C. make Leather 8. C. Manufacture. it Dozen Sides Sole Leather, it U Dozen Sides Upper Leather, it U Dozen Sides Ouf Skins,... t U Dozen Sides Sheep Skins, t Ja Dozen Sides GoatSklns t Ret Double Harness, t Set Single Harness t Gentleman's Saddle, it Biding Bridle I Sint. Wiu>nn Harness ; it l4 Dozen Blind Jirldles, it > Dozen Brogans, .. 1Pair Dress Boot#, I Pair Drew Shoes, t Pair Leather Collars, it and largest collection Leather, coun ty make, Domestic Manufactures & C. make. t pair Woolen Blankets ..... 110 yards Kerseys t tt yards of Woolen Jeans 17 yards Homespun. t V. Dozen Shuck Collars, t Woolen Coverlid, it Cotton Counterpane t dozen Pairs ot Wool Hocks, t % dozen Pairs of Cotton,Socks, t U dozen Plow Lines, t Feather Fan^.. t Feather Kly Brush t Dozen Skeins Sewing Silk, t ',-3 lb. Cotton Thread, Tailoring H. C. make. t Gentleman's Coat, t Gentleman's Overcoat, t Gentlemuu's Pants, t Gentleman's Vest, t Pair Drawers, I Shirt Patch, yccdtc and Crochet Work. t Patch Work Quilt in Silk, t Patch Work Quilt in CottoD, t Imitation Marseilles Quilt t Laid Work Quilt, t Silk Comfort, t Worsted Comfort t Cotton Comfort,...; J t Piano Cover t Ottoman Cover, t Worked Handkerchief, t Embroidering in Cotton, t Infant's Dress. t Specimen Embroidering in Worsted t Crochet Shawl, tMats in Cotton,....; t Specimen in Tutting Work, t Specimen Bead Work t Pair Mats, Worsted, Wax, Hair ami Shell Work. t. collection Wax Work, t collection Hair Work, t collection Shell Work JPaintlng, t Oil Paintlnsr, by Exhibitor, t Painting, Water Color, by Exhibitor tGrecian Painting, by Exhibitor, t Crayon Drawing, by Exhibitor t Specimen Penciling by Exhibitor...... tSpecimen Graining by Exhibitor, Household Department. (/I.) t Jar Lard, 51b or more, t Butter, 21b or more ..... t Carolina made Cheese, t two sides Bacon, lVom county raised ho?s i, two Hams, from County raised hogs,.. t cooked Ham with skin on, t specimen Corned Beef, t specimen Dried beef, .v. t specimen Domestic soap.61b or more, t specimen Toilet Soap, 31b or more, t Cuke Tallow, 51b or more, t Quarter Fresh Beef, t Quarter Fresh Mutton, dressed tPig dressed,, IB) t Jar Peach Preserves t Jar Quince Preserves, t Jar Pear Preserves t Jar Preserves any other variety, .. t Jar Apple Jelly t Jar Plum Jelly t Jar Blackberry Jelly * n^Hin fntiiun t Uottle Walnut Cat/sup t Bot t le Pepper Catsup t Gallon Homemade Vinegar, t y. Bushel Dried Apples t % Bushel Peaches t U Bushel Dried Damsons t Jar Cucumber Pickle, t. Jar Mixed Pickle, t Jar Sweet Pickle .. .... t Display of Hermetically sealed lrult, hot less than ten, 1 Gallon Chinese Syrup, t Sample Chinese Sugar, t Brandy Peaches, (0 t loaf Wheat Bread t loaf Corn Bread, t loaf Rusk Bread, t Pound Cako, t Sponge Cako, t Jellied Cake t Fruit Cake .. t Molasscn Candy 21b, t Honey, Sib or more Native Wines and Apples, ie. t Bottle Grape Wine,, t Bottle Blackberry Wine,... t Bottle Muscadine Wine, t Doxen Tablo apples, t lj Dozen Pear*, t Grape* dozen hunches t Kcuppornonps, t Drum of native figs, Special Premiums. atost Commendable variety of products grown and exhibited by any one planter including stock and field crops, exclusive of garden vegetables alcst \ariety ol Articles mud?j and t:* hibitcd by any one Lady in tbe 1* Household Department, 3 Greatest variety or articles of domestic _ fabric maao nnd exhibited by any A Qftl one Lady 3 i Trotting matches for two or more entries, rai ?Entrance fee $5! Society to contrl1(jg 85.?Purse to be given to WinAlio .Riding Rings for young men aud boys, if mude up I 8 } THE ABBEVILLE FUR. pj, i The Committees on Premiums. j Field Crops. m 1 J P Young, Cldss Superintendent. J 1 Hon W K Bradley, J N Cochran, PJ 1 Chairman. R W Haddon, tin 1 JasSBrltt, GP O'Neill, ed i J Calvin McClanc, A J Ferguson, slg R R Hemphill. In Horses. 1 Capt. James Pratt.Superlntendent. an< 2 GT Jackson, John T Pace, 1 Chairman. F F Gary, 1 Wm H Fruzlor, J E Brownleo, g \ J i A T Latiinor, * J T Ellis, din 1 E 8 Hale. ha Saddle and Harness Horses. M,] 1 G Marshall Jordan, Capt RH Armstrong, pa, i Chairman. J ESwearingen, frc 1 RE Hill, J T Lyon, ful 1 Jas N Iiendy, JWniPower. of J Mules and Jacks. ?[l 5 JohnTParkH, J H Oldham. 0f Chairman. J A Duvlln, ih( j S W Cochran, W H. Brooks. lja 3 ATWideman, A J Clinkscales. m( 3 Cattle, Sheep and Swine. m< Wm Wilson, Class Superintendent. ,Robt Pratt, K W Lltc?, Chairman. ECownn, " S 8 Baker, F W R Nance, c* S 10 J E Bradley, HTTusten, tin . 5 FA Wilson. tu? ; 5 Poultry. cu ' s A E Lcsly, Class Superintendent. tie ;j CACWaller, Miller McCaslnn, mi 3 Chairman. A B C Lindsay, pr . 3 G M Hodgos, J A Reld, trt 3 Manufactures in Wood, Tin and Iron ou fi TA s J H Wideman, Class Superintendent. 5 WECothran, J Y Sltton, j Chairman. JasS Wilson, nri W H Patton, M B McGheo, ?5 5 Ed Watson, W D'Mara, .3 5 J W Rowland, John Sign, 1 Leather. acJ Tohn Knox, Class Superintendent. eri ' id Rev J N Young, J B Moselcy, pr " r Chairman. J L Covin, an = Thos Young, TCSeal, he " ? Jas Muglll, J H Morrah, 5 John Hodges. 1 5 Domestic Manufactures and Tailor- Pr ' J inC. m ' 5 RA.Griffin,Claas Superintendent. ] I ColMOTolman, Samuel Hester, be ? Chairman. Jas S Glbert, rv R P Quarles, W A Lanier, WZMcGhce, DrJTBaakin, f0I ' S - - - > i ? I? IVa.Ii am " J l'aicn, tJrocnei nuu rccum ?v.?. ; 5 A B Wtirdlaw, Class Superintendent. , 3 Mrs FF Gary, Mrs John Cochran, . a Chairman. MissBalllo I,attmer, , 3 Mrs John Caldwoll, Miss M L Smith, # . 5 Mrs Mcintosh. Miss Jennie Chiles, tb John Bonner, Sccrctary. ^ 5 - Wax, Hair and Shell Work. 8 Mrs Nannie Jordan, Miss MamleStuart, lu< 2 Chairman. Miss Jennie Harper, te: 5 Mrs Wm Frazlcr. Miss Lula White, an S Mrs W P Kennedy, Miss Bailie Glbort, fai 2 Mrs J O Lindsay, Miss Nuna Pcrrln, ar< Miss Eula Young. 0 pri a , Albert Glbert, Secretary, A1 i8 3 Painting. S Mrs J P Kennedy, Mrs E G Graydon, 2 Chairman. Miss LG North, ? , 2 Mrs Eliza Brooks, Miss Bottle Baker, _ k-, Mrs LT Hill, Miss Ida Fentherstone, " - f Mrs RN Pratt, Miss Kllza Aiken, , ' 5 Mrs EB Calhoun, Miss Hattie Allen, Mrs W E Cothran. Miss LAI Stevens, Oscar Co waif. Secretary. if 8 3 Household Department "A." pB ' 2 A M Aiken, Class Superintendent. wc ' Mrs J WW Marshall, Miss Scawright. It Mrs J W Grlifin, Mrs W A Black, lis .5 3 Mrs J 1) Chalmers, Miss Mnttie Brltt, sai , 3 Miss Jessy McGheo, Miss Ellen Dukes, bli . 3 Mrs W R Buchanan, Miss Sue McCaslun, . o Mrs Jan L Latimer, Miss Lalla Zeigler, , 3 Miss Mattle Bask In, Miss Leila Norwood, In T Henry Hill, Secretary. In ,$ 2 "B," Prescives, die. J Mrs ML Lyon, Mrs J Marlon Latimer, in } Chairman. Mrs G Noble, In J Mrs J C Maxwell, Miss Fannie Calhoun, J Mrs Will Bradley, Miss Hattie Young, \ Mrs Thos Thomson Miss Georgia Miller, 1 - Mrs J T Ellis, ' Miss Vlsanska, LI Miss JanleSmith. ihj ,j j George Bradley, Secretary. pr . 1 "B" 2, Pickles, &c. ; } Jumes McC'aslan, Class Superintendent. an 0 Mrs JasSCothnin, Miss Kittle Black, c> ' 5 Chairman. Miss Ellen Bruce, XI i Mrs LW White, Miss Clara Barmore, cd i Mrs John Sign, Miss Kiia Agnew, ui ' f, Mrs J W Thomas, Miss Fannie Merrlman c(j n Mrs WD Mars, Miss Fouche, , " T Miss Ellen Miller, Miss Mollle Lltes, pa { Miss Ellen Scott. Miss Ada Lowry. be ? H T Wardlaw, Secretary. In n ?C." or 1 til [ l MrsHTTusten, Mrs J C Hemphill, . W| 1 2 Chairman. Miss H F Bright, A Mrs J A Bowie, Mityt Ella Harmon, J Mrs FA Arnold, Miss Mattlson, ' . Mrs J H Rice, Miss Sarah Livingston. { MrsAsbury Latlincr, Miss Ivy Pcrrln, f Mrs HE Bonner, Miss Mamie Franks, f Mrs IIT Sloan, Miss LcRoy, j Charles T. Prcssley, Secretary. 1 Wines, Apples and Fruits. } Dr W L Anderson. WCBcnet, A 3 1 Chairman. L W White, jft , , J H Rice, W A Moore, I' J Hon D W Aiken, H H Harper, -8 B W Barnwell. .5 lv PROGRAMME. j Wednesday, October 29th. I Gates open at 10 o'clock A.M. Exhibition 2 of Horses and Livestock from 12 to 3 P. M. 2 Thursday, Octobcr 30th. 2 Gates open at 9 o'clock A M. Exhibition of .Saddle and Harness Horses from 10 o'clock to r 2 3 P.M. Ribbons awarded. J; 2 Friday, October 31st. 2 Grand exhibition of all Stock entered. Trot- , 2 ting or Riding Rings if made up. Walking _ 2 match. Awarding of Premiums. 0 Distinguished Guests. 2 Senators Wade Hampton and M. C. Butler, 1 have promised to be in attendance and will 2 address visitors at the Fair, probably on Thursday and Friday. ? Railroad Accommodations. The Greenville and Columbia Railroad wJ 11 8 J run extra trains from Ninety-Six to Abbeville J on the 2Hth, 30th and 31st. Leave Ninety-Six J at 5:5*1 A. M. Arrive at Abbeville 7:55 A. M. * Leave AbbevJlle5:30 P. M. Arrive at NinetyJ Six 7:25 A.M. Passengers on down train will | arriveaL Abbeville on regular train at 10:30 | A. M. | Excursion Rates. 1 Partlos desiring cars for transportation of 1 stock must give notice in time. j Reduced Rates i'or Admission. j Tickets for the three days 451.00 Tickets for the two days 75 Tickers for one day. 60 I 2 Children under 8 years free. P 2 Children from 8 to 14 half price. |j J Music by Abbeville Band. i Articles on exhibition in the Fair Building 1 i must notbc handled. J Members of Committees are not authorized to distribute or Ct.itsume articles in the Household. ; 1 and Wine Depart.lieuts. Chairmen and Secre- T. 1 taries of Committees will apply for tho re- IX 1 spective lists of entries on Thursday at 9 l o clock A. M. and Committees are requested 1 to examine and pass on the articles in their f 1 several department* on that day. L I 1 J. F. C. DuPRE, Secretary. ? | j REGULATIONS. ! 1 Ticket*, 50 cents; children under 14 yearn, 1 half price. Vehicles,50 cenus each?each in, l mate, including driver, 50 cent?< Man and j horse, 81. , l No money will bo received by the gate-fceop, ) ers. , 1 No return checks are to be given at the . 1 gate. I By resolution adopted at last annual meeting all stock-holders will be required to pay ' 1 the admission fee. 1 Every person mustprocure tickets before at > 1 tempting to enter. Nostock will be permitted to enter the en0 , closure, except under bridle, halter, or perfect ? i control if the groom. ; No premiums shall be awarded to any ani* ' , mnl or article without competition unless tho { Judges shall regard It worthy. } No spirituous liquors shall be sold on the grounds. . No intoxicated person shall be permitted to \ S 1 exhibit an animal, contend for premiums, or ** 1 remain on the premises. 1 Every animal or article Introduced on tho ~ 1 grouuds shall bo under control of tho offl- | } ccrs. B J No animal or article shall be excluded for % 1 having taken the premium at a previous fair, 1 and entries may be made in different classes, J 1 when suitable. tB. 1 v- ~ 1' "??o a 1 \f rolQ 1 oH fn thrt I 1 UHC nimu ntv cm m >-V V? v 3 person competing for a premium, and no ex1 nlbltor, except In the ca?e of machinery, will 2 be allowed, by presence or by personal xtate* 2 ment.tolnttuencetliedcciBionof thecommlt2 teeti In fnaklnp: awards. No animal shall be entered In any other __ S 1 namo than that of Its true owner. j No charges for entries of articles or anlmalf 1 for exhibition, but a fee of one dollar for each 1 groom admitted on the grounds, must bo ] paid. 1 No article or animal entered for a premium 1 can be removed or taken away before the i?, I close of the exhibition?a violation of thla 1 rule will forfeit a premium awarded. 1 Exhibitors will be furnished by tho Entry l! Clerk with duplicate cardH, one of which j ! must We Boourcly uttaciieu to me articles en11 tered for eXhlbitlou ; the other will be retain- 1/ 1 cd by the exhibitor and surrendered to tlifc 1 Class Huperintendent when delivery Is clalm1 cd at the close of tho exhibition. Exhibitor! j must not remove Articles on exhibition with- ?n out applying to the Class Superintendent. tlo 1 Officers of Agricultural Societies, and edit- no ] ors and correspondents of newspapers, visit- thi I lng the Fair, will obtain complimentary tick- ch 1 ets upon applying to the Secretary of Citizens from tne town desiring to exhibit ttti ?, arc "required." to moke their entries on Tuea- ef( dnr* * _ .* { The Secretary will attend nt the* Fair ? : grounds on Tuesyay, October 28, 18?0, to te~ i celve entries, and all entries must be fnads by , 10 o'clock Wednesday, October 29. Articles A for exhibition sent oy railroud, it sent by f Tuesday's trains, will be delivered at tht 1 A sufficient police force will bo in attend- 4 ance to preserve order. 5 1 Forage will be furnished on the groundi for 1 tboso wanting it, at customary prlcci. 1 ] A Good LiTer J1 I Is always known hy his appearance. 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ALBURN WAGON The Best in the Markel ?test Draft M Best Fii J. W. ROBERTSON, TAS Just received a car load of these brated wagons, winch he is ofterln u> nrippx Alt sizes?from t>ne to four h< o also hns bngsic* nnd hum ess. October 15, 1879, Sm. NMPRSE^fiRm NTo. 5, Washington Stree : Where You fill Find Cbfi LOUR, MEAI GRITS, RICE COFFEE, SUGAR* TOBACCO,' CI6ASS SOAP, SALT, BACON, LARD. CRACKERS and CANST . Well Selected Stock i :annedgood V.LL of which will he sold low for CASH i-Top of Market paid for country prodi Respectfully, I. R NORMS. ?" I ? aivmia wi Theo. Markwalter, MARBLE WORKS, toao Street, near Lower-Mask Acgusta, Ga. "EEPS on hand und furnishes to order L Monuments, Tombstones d Marble Work In general. A largo Hel n ready for lettering and delivery at sh tlcc. Several hundred* of new designs 5 most modern styles Monument furnlsl caper than ever before In this market r the best workmanship, sltnllor to that j Confederate Soldiers' Monnmentrecen o.ted by me In this city. larch 26,1870. SILVER SOAP. ?AT? Edwin Parker's Lur. 27, 1870, o VERIALA'S ARCANUM. OR Beautifying the Complexion, Remo Freckles, Plinples, Sunburn, Tan, o dcd the Marks of small Pox, at Edwin Parker. ept. 24, 1879, t( larshall P. DeBrul Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. uunuiur 3E ?AND? <; _ 'TEHFLEMJ z l.ch c tin the "ce RE OPENING THEIR irt, A FALL AND WINTER STOCK-1 *?f MR, TEMPLETON has just returned from A the NORTHERN MARK El's whero he hun ru" purchased a nice 1 STOCK OF MERCHANDISE, a evQal corapri8ing all llucs. pa |g|< CVl | Lais' tm Mi 1! U tals." Call early find get something choice in g S CLOAKS & ALPACAS, iitiri DOLMAN'S At $7. >at- . T . S f!T,OAKK AS LOW AS *2. ,ch Sept. 17, 1879, tf ' j ; TRY HOME FIRST. ( the S COIN^AREE. 1 llROl WflRKS,i ?ve Columbia, 8. C. PJ IJUIUUH,1 erl- 1 PT?n-ppTTT,TnT? I 12? REDUCED PRICES: the ??t VERTICAL CANE MILLS, ^ e * List of Prices- ? lun b( roy 2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter,......535 00 ifl 2 * 12 " 45 00 5 >us, 2 " M " " 55 00 g( re- 3 " 10 ? 41 60 00 h ;10- 3 " 12 ' " 70 00 i 3 " 14 " 80 00 ci a ftvo AboveprlcescompletewlthFramo Wltbou w 800 Frame, 510 less on each Mill -A ?nti w 5 HORIZONTAL?3 Roller Mill ? 00- f iUd for Steam or Water Pow6 oo $150. b Oc It Send Your Orders for 2 Cane Mills i i: AND p |lu? Syrup Kettles B r; to 1 uur- L cioj D. B. SMITH, Agent. J I Mi -i jTKurz, I ling 7 ? AOKN'T FOR ABBKVILLE COUNTY. J1 *\ r|',HE celebrated SINCLAIR CUTTER, No (] p 1 SIX and EIGHT. J These Machine* are universality acknowl* J edged to be the best manufactured, for cutting Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, Sugar Cane, etc., and for Strenffth and Durability . have no equal. 350 FIRST PREMIUMS. | \ GOLD MEDALS at the World's Fair of Par-1 * u Is, London and Moscow, besides thousands of \\ testimonials from large stock raisers, livery j$ stables and farmers. X . Samples to be seen at Kura A Bruce's Boot, ?? Shoe and Harness Establishment, Abbeville, ?l Court House, So. Ca. Dec 26.1878. f ' PAINTS IN OIL I White Lead, In 1 & 2 lb cans, Chrome Green 1 lb cans, Chrome Yellow 1 lb cans, . Venetian Ked 1 lb cans. ' Turkey Umber 1 ft cans, i Raw Umber 1 lb cans. YDrop Black 1 ft cans, I Prussian Blue 1 <t ft cans, . Vandyke Brown 1 1b cans, !vi Venetian Red, dry, Spanish Brown.dry, , Chrome Green, dry, at I1CC Edwin Parker's Sept., 10, 1879. V VALUABLE L D | , Fox* Sal6. f v! 'T'lIAT valuable rrant of land on Turkey a 1 Crrek belonging to the estate of William Rlchey deceased, containing ct . TJHKKi-J JUUrH-UKAJJ AiNlJ OlAi lTivr, " ACRES. [J Some 35 or 30 a^res of bottom land, 100 acres of well timbered forest land, and n pood farm in cultivation will be sold near Don naldsvllle on the .'ilst of this Instant. The land will be divided If desirable. The terms will bo made Favorubla. G, M, Mattison, Executor, IJl Ooj. 15, 3t. S Lethe School. ^ ^ L THEannual election forSuperlntendentand * Teacher for ensuing year will be held on FIRST FRIDAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT. Salary of Superintendent, with board for family not exceeding flver S250. Fcfr Teacher, for scholastic year, with board 8150. Applications mnst be handed to Wni, D. TI. ? Mars, Chairman, or the Secretary. . Several scholars can obtain admission on application. W. H. Parker. Secretary. ? ET, Oct. 15, 2t. csl Don't Forget I l JO look for ?e Blacl Casbieres Hi Alpaess F ml ?AT ? 3 WHITE BROTHERS. Oct. 15, 1870. " a" ELSIE'S BAKIKG~P0WDER S ?AT? tei Edwin Parker. ?? | Oct. 1, 1870, tf . J,Rhc _ Red Clover Seed. I ?- imvry v awn nnfll A nil r:? A ?9 r 1 j for safe by ' ? vcn Dr. E. Parker. ind Oct 7.1S79. PAPIER PAPER ANITEN VELOPES. . T 11 TN FANCY BOXES, fron 10c to60o per box, IT; i and VISITING CARDS. Edwin Parker, Oct, 1, 1679, tr ( Jj?- . . -J : 11' Wis i*.1 HE Ladles of the county will find a ?plett* Qc did assortment of Cloaks at __ White Bro's. I lSY person In need of an article In this aici e, would do well to call and examine their ck. icr. 15,1879. 0< ROSENBERG SC RETURNED, ? Thf cen pan ND NOW HAS as Rood* a STOCK of all l klndu of goods asevercaroe to Abbeville n. s stock now being complete in all of lte de- wa"? rtments, be takes the liberty of asking mn ery one to come and inspect his GOODS my d be convinced where f\ hut. mml C AIST BE HAJD. B The largest and best selected stock of yy jtieady-jVT&de roi' CLOTHING, | 'HIS SIDE CHARLESTON. 2 prices that can't be beaten In tbe State. If Boots & Shoes :; 'it y THE THOUSANDS and at LOW. LOW RICES. Entire satisfaction guaranteed, h ROSENBERG, Sept. 10,1879, tf SOUTHERN RAISED || Grarden Seed.' CO JT7HO will help me sell them? I will pay ry the freight and send to any reliable [irty an assortment of my Garden and Field "1/ eedH, and clvc 30 per cent, commission for ifj 'llln?, and take back any purt that may not Sll b sold at the end of tbe season. Je< Five cents per pticket is too little, but as La ir^e Northern houses put them down from an leas of monopoly, no doubt, I shall trecly ill accordingly, and take my chanccs. I ftve, however, two grand advantages: First, ? sell to a population having (decided prefer- K nces for Southern enterprise and Southern JU, ten; and secondly^there is not a dear old ( oman in inenotun wuuaoeti hul muh >? > _ uncovibr Cabbage Seed arc the best hi the orld. Female* mnJte/Int-rale agents , ?i, I don't keep such a variety a* to makea belldcrlngllsL but the best of the usual Gar* tn and Field varieties, and try to keep them eah and sound, and sell lb em cheap. tj Send your orders early. IJj Respectfully, Ul J. W. VANDIVEE, . Garden and Field Seed Producer, Weaverville, N. C? wt Oct, 151879, Ot or LI State of South Carolina. ? County of Abbeville. jobato Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. Y J. Fullkb Lyoi*, Esq., Pbobate Judge. [TTHEREAS, George Rlchey has |L VV Diade unit to ine, to grant him |j ?etterw of Administration of the Estate ud effects of John Barnett late of Abeville County, deceased. rr These are therefore to cite and admon- 1 ih all and singular the kindred and ored.- be ors of the said John Barnett de- A, Based, that they be and appear, before le, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Lbbeville C. 11., on Wednesday 29 day of 'ctober, 1379 after publication hereof, at 1 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause ( ' any they have, why the said Adnilnis-ation should not bo granted. ? Given under my hand and seal, this 14th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand ?>ight hondred and seventy-nine and in the V one hundred and fourth year 01 American Independence. I Published on the 15cli d?y of October J| 879, in the Pre** and Banner and on the 'ourt House door for the time required y law. I J. FULLER LYON, 0! Probate Judge. i<> October 15, 1879. fo lit packers all Healing Tar Soap, jjj [70R HALE BY ai P , w Edwin Pai'ker. bl Che Latest Variety of Note _ Paper with Envelopei. PINAFOREpApcrand envelop*?*. Color*? Sea Foum Pink, and Peach Bloom, for ale by _ E. PARKER. 1 Oct. 15, 1879. I MRS. HOPSON PIMM'S ' 3oai diag and Day School, FOR YOUN(r LADIES, CHARLESTON, S. C, [If ILL OPEN OCTOBER BTH. For terms 4 VV apply to the Principal. Sept. 17,1879,1m ^ FLNE MILL, uuniii 1 AS -JUST HAD HIS MILL ON CAL- ?< 1 houn'sCreek, eight miles we?tof Abbellle Court Hoiine, put In lino repair by one ' the toewt millwright'*In thecoontry. With 99 new bolting cloth, a line new water wheel id Improved machinery of every kind, he j}t it) not lull to please all who may favor him j 1th their patronage. All he asks Is a fair up lal; when he wtliRuamntee satisfaction in jth quantity and quullty of yield. an July 2. 1X79, tf "n TOOTH PREPERATION. & Bo \i BIGHT'S Checkerbery Paste. Hfji Wright's Charcoal Faste. ln< Franglpanno Tooth Powder. Bf West India Tooth Wash. ALSO, . Ta Touclne Soap, Sand Soap. l> Hand Kopollo Soap. eV( Jumper Tar and Glycerine Soap.' I JiiQWin rariter. Sept, 17,1879, tf . ter State of South Carolina Edgefield County, g IN COMMON PLEAS. . . lomas E. Byrd, Administrator, Plaintiff, ujainstMary A, Byrd, Charles L. Byrd, f Wm. M. Byrd, George E. Dorn und others, th< Defendants. Complaint to Sell Land to pay Debts. ?_ ;X virtue of an order from Hon. T. J. Mackey. Circuit Judge to me directed In this ? use, I will sell on Monday the 10th day of jyember next at 12 o'clock M. at the plantain recently owned by the late Wm.M. Byrd, . (1 George E. Dorh on Hard Labor Creek In >bevllle County. The interest being one.If of said tract of land, which the said Wm. Byrd, decenscd, owned at the time of bis ath, In said land, containing Ar our Hundred and Ninety- Ar Three Acres. Ar ore or less, adjoining lands of Daniel omns, R. W. Seymoure, Thomas Watson, d others. A ['ermsof sale: The costs of suit and one If of the purchase money to be paid in ca*b s balunce on a credit of one year, with in- i. est from day of sale; on credit portion to be :ured by bond and a mortgage of the prem- ?n 8. Papers extra to be paid for by tbe purser. J. F, C. DuPRE, An 8. A. C. )ct. IS, 1879, tf Ar> 3V otic?. 1 an< ' C 'HE Notes and Acconntn.of MoseJey, Le- P?j Roy i Co. and J. B. Moseley &C0. are In T f hands for collection and must do settled the 13th of November, next. Parties in- Pol bted look to your interest. , . J. B, MOSEtElr. Jot 15,187P, tf * .. *<. .s Notice to Tresspassers. UNTING, Ashing and positing through our lands In gniithvllle Township mrm iby forbidden. The law will bo enloreed nit those dinreganjlng thU notice. H. Q. KLUGH, J. A. KELLAR, G. W. COLLINS, tobei#l8TO B' M* MABT1W* lljfHYE WOUSTED LL0OLOR8, Card Board, Mottoes, Splint* jbrWall Pockets, Ac., In large assort* itand very Aeap at the EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS, )t 8,1879, tt ALES! SCALES! SCALES!! PANIU PRICES. -i; VOULD say to my forming Mends that I M have accepted the agency for the CHICASCALK COMPANY and will. be pleased [11 Ihefr orders tor any thing in this line. s Company makes a first-class Scale ? per U lower than any other first-class Cow^Evejr^il^vnMTanted to give satishave erected one of these Scales in rear at Parker's Drug Store, and am prepared t* gbany klndofOthn product, and will sider It a flavor loreceive the patronage of brother ftirmers. have a flrat-class "NEW 8CALE," and a* 111 give my personal attention, I hope t* uebotn Bayer and Seller. JAMES S. WILSON. et 8,1879, tf Irs. Sassard , rHOSE One teste and ability a* a Milliner la well known to the Ladle* of Abb?- / e and sarroandlna country la still to b* nd at the EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. 1 belnir better prepared this aeasoo tbaa r to offer extra Inducements to her nnmeri friends and costoraersln search of stylish 1 cheap Hats and Bonnets, woojd respect* ly solicit a look before purchasing elseere, gcamnteelnK perfect satisfaction. Emporium of Fashions. -OURt FALL AND me mv i I Jill J. JUA* *s M. w r.l4. { .1 -V < MPRISING ALL THE LATEST NOVELties in riLLINERY, DRESS GOODS, LADIES' * L Clonks, Dress Trimming, Trimming , ks, Ruffllnrs.Scarft Corsets, Zephyr Shaw I* tvelry. Klduioves and everything for the die*' Is now oomplote in e?ory department d prlccs guaranteed, at lowest cud figure*, .r'l. -iATTHB-A ' r> MPORIDM OF FASHIONS. )ct 8, 1879. tf if^TTICE ~ to Mm J? 1 Hairy, M LL persons indebted to the Estate of Dr. L JAMES F. MABRY, deceased, either note or account are requested to come forird and pay theenme at sn early day to the iderslgnedor tomy agent Dr. J. W. KEL?R. Those neglecting to beed this notice ill find their notes and aeooonts la the nds of an Attorney for. collection, as JUrer Indulgence will not be given. MRS. 3C. J. MABRY. Adinlnlstratrlx. )cL 1,1879. ti .ANNUAL. MEETING OF BOARD. 'he annual meeting of th? County Commissioners for Abbeville County will held on Trosdny the 4th of November next. 1 persons Boldlnc claims aKMlnst t)ie Coun will file theoi in tblsoffioe on orbeforathat J. P. LIVINGSTON, County Commissioner, . Dct. 1,1879,4t 'HoliTPHS j \T 8. ALEXANDER with an experience . of flye yean In Photographing, haa . >cned a GALLERY on Xfit Alston House 1 t, whore he lina completed his arrangem nta; 4 r making Photographs, In all the varlon* j'lca. Copying; ana.enlarging la one of n jr cclaltle*. Life size portraits made If dered. 1 take pleasure in showing my sro icns, and rcspccifbtly Invite the public to II and see them. All who wish work done III do well to call early aal will remain here it a sb?rt time. W. s. ALEXANDER; Bept. 17,1879, tf FUKNITURE ' At A n^prsnn. fl. C. IF. TOLLY, )-;r . . ' J . <?V- : .1 . t -i ' ? V/ , i NNOUNCES TO THE ABBEVILLE. L Public that bo keeps constantly on band ANDERSON, 8. C. Tbo largest 8TOCK r FURNITURE kept in the op-oountryr 4!ch he is prepared to sell cheaper than FtEENVILLE, AUGUSTA, or CHARLES)N. Asa proof of this, I mention a few Ice* below, which are not intended as rttch-pennies" but are my Regular Priccs. her articles will be found to be proportion- ^ sly low. Good Hard Wood and Cottaj?? dsteads, with Slats and Castors complete, 25 and upwards; Fine jtolld Walnnt Bed?ds. Head Board 6 feet 5 inches high, at 75; Dress Bureaus, Imitation Walnut with pe Glass 97.50 and upwards-Solid Walnut treaus^ Marble Top, Drop Handles, 913.00. kitchen safes two Doors and Drawer, wards; Large heavy Cane Back and Seat m Rocklnr Chairs, $2,5ft Nurse Cane Bock d Seat, 81,85, Cane seat Chairs par balf dos85.00 and upwards, Wasbstand* with drawand Towel end 91.25 and upwards. Imltain Walnut suits consisting of Solid Head ardFrench Bedsteads, Drew Bureau, Wnshmd, Table, 4 cane seat Chairs and one Rookr Choi rat 919,50, HOLID WALNUT CHAM:r SUITS, consisting of French Bedstead ? 15 Inches high. Dress Bareao, Washstand, bis, Four Cane seat Chairs and Brace Arm ne Scat and Back Rocking Chair $32,50,and srythlng else in pfodortlon. nrlor Furniture of all styles ebeaper than 1 y where else, call and set me. as I am demined not to be Undersold by Any House. 6. F, TOLLY, DEPOT STREET. Anderson, S. C, opt. 17, 1879. Janta & Charlotte Air-Line Railroad. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. in and after June 28th trains will run on s road as follows: Day Pauenaer Train. (EASTWARD.) rive At Seneca. 9 12 a. m.-Leave... 9 IS a. m. (WESTWARD.) rlvo at Seneca.. 6 15p.m.-Leave... 6 16 p.m. Sight Pauenger Train. (EASTWARD.) rive atSeiieca.. 9 01 p.m.-Leave... 9 02p.m. (WE8TWARD.) rive at Seneca. 6 34a.m.-Leave... 6 35 a. m. Local Freight Train. (EASTWARD.) rive at Seneca.. 5 OS p. m.-Leave... 5 28 p.m. (WESTWARD.) rive at Seneca. 7 Ooa, m.-Leave.. 7 12 a. m. Through Freight Train. (WESTWARD.) rlvcat8encca_ 1 55 a. m.-Leave... 1 65 a.m. Day Passexgek Tbain. (EASTWARD.) rive at Green vi lie 10 45 a. m.-Leave 10 47 a. m. (WESTWARD.) riveat Greenville 830p.m.-Leave 342p. m. Night Pahhenoeu Train. (EASTWARD.) rivcalGrecnvlllel043p. iu.-Leave 1046 p.m. (WESTWARD.) rive at Greenville 4 89 a. nu-Lcave 442a. m. Local Fkiioht Train. (EASTWARD.) live at Greenville 7 38 a. m.-Lcave 8 30 a. m. (WESTWARD.) rive at Greenvlllo 3 Si p. m.-Leave 4 20p.m. THMovgh Freight Thai*. (WESTWARD.; rivcai <j;uuii vine iu.ii p. m.-i^esve iu ?op. m. onneeMig at Atlanta for all DOlnta West iSoflthwest. onnectlng tit Charlotto tor all Eastern utx. h rough Ticket* on sale at Gainesville, 8eni City. (ireenvllle anil Spartanburg to all nt? East and West. O. J. FOREACHE, Gcrkrnl Mannger. J. Houston, General rasseilgerandTIck*! gBDi. I *4 ,.!