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The Press and Banner.sb . . . . . j i Wednesday, Nov. 19,1879, jh? j rai t (?f)| Local Taxation?Beware, Legislators.: c:i> In the calendar of our House of Repre- i wj, sentatives, we lind among tlio unfinished jav Itusinoss continued from session of ISTS.^y to session of the following: j |n. "No. 16. A r.ill [report favorahlo, wun , j.,,. "amendments,] to provide for the estab-10f "lishment of new school districts in tIn* 'tjj. "several cities, towns and incorporated i mj "villages of the State, and to authorize ou "the levy and collection of special taxes j?e) "therein. [For second reading, Mr. wo " Bacon.v) jOV( We think it right to call tlie attention of. )?j t!ie publicand of our legislators to thisLvj Hill, and to put thoai on their guard jav airainst it. It is nothing more nor less aU( tiian a Kill to revive the odious and iniq- p.u uitous local taxation power. W'caresnr- t() prised that it was reported on favorably and stands now for second reading. - i........ iwvmin have not forirotten OlUrJIJ \>|?4 that the power to levy a local tax l'or the j ^ support of public schools was conferred I on School Districts by Statute (Gen. Stat.,!nai Chap. XXXIX, Sect" 15, 4th.) i 1>''< Surely our people have not forgotten j v'h the abuses to which the local taxation ter power let!,?the heavy burdens which in sh< its exercise were laid on the shoulders of j ?'d our people. 111 Surely our representatives have not Pai forgotten that one of the first things done " by our legislature in the extra session of i j' 1S77 was to pass "An Act to amend Soctiou 15 of Chapter XXXIX of the Gener- nig al Statutes, relating to the power School Districts to levy and collcct spe-1 cas cial taxes for school purposes," by which an Act the said Section was "amended by'coi striking out all of subdivision 4,"?in c " ' 111!] other words, that the power to levy a lo- ^ cal school tax was revoked. 0 And yet hero is a Bill for second,read-! ing, reported on favorably, which pro- ^ - - !? '~Q wns reneal- I pOSCS I" HJ-iiwwfcv it* fv .. u..v _~t ^ efl in 77. Do we live in circumstances so different and so improved as to warrant -,| this? 1 True, the promoters of this Rill may say that it will not be exactly the same 1 as the one repealed ; that whereas under noi the old law all voters could vote at a Ha School District meeting, by the provis- of ions of this new Act none but property-1 zVc holders will be empowered to vote. Say- ani ing nothing about the unjust and undem- siu ocratic discrimination against a certain drc class of voters which this involves, we JVc would beg our representatives to consid- paf er wiselj* and well beforo they vote for mil tho rcsurroctiou of this old enemy with is t a new facc, even if that face is white. tin* Is it the purpose of tho supporters of Ju< this local tax Hill to provide for the en- sur tire supportof publiceducation by taxes? ors "* tiio oost. Thev Sur XI SO 1UI Ilium ill ill, wu... - . do things cheaper in the North than we am ever can in tho South and in the cconom- mei ieal Northern States tho annual cost to late the tax payers of each child at the public thy schools is not less than ?!>. In many Soi places it is ?12, $15, SIC or even more. Roe: Our present School Fund, made up of torj two-mill tax and poll-tax contributes SI.G5 a year for each school child. I)o we propose to burden ourselves with addi- Ii lional taxation so as to raise tho other Col $7..'5o? Are wo willing tosubmit to a nine ami or ten mill levy ? our Another thing worth considering is woi this:?by our Constitution, it is made the Ab duty of the general assembly to provide the for the compulso ry attcndancc at school of J Spc all children of six-to-six teen years, just J wh as soon as facilities havobeenalforded for! res] free education. Now, local taxation 7>^w| u State school fund means absolutely free /education. But free education means . , hitc compulsory attendance for a period not wh less than "twenty-four months" in all. the Are our people ready to submit to this and*end all the boys and girls, white j auid black in tho country to school for at >i0 least "six months" in each year? ber htst our representatives consider this jea also?Ahat while local taxation suits large js]a cities where property is valuable and ei[j p?pn.lati<?ii dense, it is utterly unadnpted to agricultural State like this. It suits Clt&rleueoH very well ; it does not suit ?,ti small town* and villages. The rule in I local taxation is almost a paradox, hut|(.S|)( facts* how it to bo that where .the tax on ! A,)J una the do&lKr is lightest the amount furnish- o< ed perccbooi-child is greatest: where the rate per doliar is lowest the rate per child I con 4 is highest iioston's local school tax is}" {{. only one uiill on the dollar ; this yields nils $16 a year for each school child. In the {^i rural districts-of Massachusetts, on the j Kei contrary, whore the local tax is nearly I par, three mills it yields only?*; per school)1^1 child. The cost of public education in rnei Charleston is -about $i) per school child. ^ .Small towns could not get it any cheaper, mot and to raise per school child small j * towns would bare to be taxed at least ural three limes as much as Charleston. Is it not worth our while to think ol Oco: all these tilings, and to ask our repre- ^ch* sentatives to think of thoin also, and js01 hou lcok before they leap? In One naare question?Have not tho tax- j0co' I popi payers of South Carolina, in already con- Al tributing about $350,000 a year for public j "['J?1 education, dono tbeir duty to the public I hall schools ? ? ? ? \V best How to Pay our State Debt. ,cnt v over rutting our State debt in the rough at i lowc $7,000,000, alltold, to meet tlie interest on | nj?d this at 6 percent, we must pay no less I than ?420,000 per annum. This is the j same as giving up 10,000 bales of cotton j of ? per annum or some 700,000 bushels ofjeott* corn at 60 cents per bushel. Should we'jf'Pe continue to pay this interest tor twenty I <5,! years we sliall have paid ?8,400,000 or I projj 200,000 bales of cotton or 14,000,000 bush-! sons els of corn in interest on the debt. It j seems to us that, if possible, every peo- j ?lc ' pie should be tho owners of their own'crop State paper. It tends to build up the j who credit of tho State, to make its paper good; peo{ before the world, aud it thus makes such j P1(tl jiaper the best of collaterals on which to I get business accommodations. And, Lnon above all, it cultivates a high valuation i wen of the State's obligations. France has set | won the world an example in this respect. I ^C<J She puts her paper up in tho market for! f{!?J her own people and thus recovers faster ! \\'h< from financial disaster and revolutionary j you, throes than any other part of the habita"blo globe. South Carolina when she makes 450,000 baloa of cotton at $4.">on the < bale, puts $&),000,000 of commodities on the world as good as gold. Now in twenty years this reaches ?400,000,000. It To" seems tons plain that our people can af- Sl lord to owu their own paper and stop thcr this $8,000,000 interest inouey at home. "Th Urc< Ws toko the above from the Columbia j ?n< Register. The policy suggested is the' ? onJy wise one for the welfare of our peo- j In pie. Hut the groat trouble is, that so far: as we are aware, none of these bonds are Ito'j safe from despoliation at the hands of the Ko ltcpudiators. There are citizens in every j "ctei county who would bo glad to invest injther State bonds and keep the interest at home j but as long as there is such a spirit of noui Repudiation, capitalists are afraid to w?f! touch them. As for ourselves we do not ainu know which of the bonds are good, and fj'?" which are not. We hope that the Regis- ? '?>' tcr may write the promised articles on the 11 subject. \v * * ' art' first The Homestead. the! "We hope that some member of the next Legislature will prepare an amend- and ment to the Constitution, to bo present- J^}' ed to the voters at tho next election, and which will secure the homestead exemp- j tion in personal property, to those whojintc own no land. We believe it Is true that! the Supreme Court has not yot decided lejrn the question, but there seems to be little! jj doubt in the minds of tho lawyers that c<>m when the question is presented, that tho; lj court will decideadversely to the inter-! ti ests of those who own no laud. I ?. '1t & 3 * I ^ . I : A * all Insurance Companies be Required to Perform their Contracts 1 [n some of the .Southern States laws ve been enacted which require insuicc companies to comply with their ltractsin compelling them to pay in ?e of loss by tire, the full amount upon licit they receive premiums. Such a v is greatly needed in South Carolina, c are unable to see the justice in allow; companies to roceivo premiums 011 go insurances against loss, and in cas9 loss, pay a sum much smaller than it upon which they have received a preum. A law of this kind would save r citizens front loss, in that they would i whatever they had expected, or it uld have the cH'eet of preventing an ^ -insurance and thus taking wrongly from the insured a premium which 11 never be paid. The demand for a v for protection in this source is Jgreat, 1 any member who would secure the *s:ige of such a law would be entitled the thanks of the State. + She Greenville Daily. >ur old friend the Greenville Daily ius came out ou Sunday with a new mo as well aa with a new editor and >priotor. It is now called the Grcaifc Daily. We welcome its re-issue afits brief suspension, although we >uld have preferred to see it bear its I name. The editor, Mr. Rsilly, makes nodest but hopeful "announcement," t of which we quote: 'With this issue of the Daily wo anunce our re-appearance in the held of irnalism, which we have ever loved, cideut, and the misfortune of war, (bo; maimed in both hands,) caused our ireinent; and although wo will not ;e our place as of yoro before a "full e," we hope to make out our case to indulgent public, by directing the irse of our littlo bark and avoiding i shoals and quick-sands in which my of the craft have been wrecked." Ye wish the Daily a long and prosper i voyage, and Lope its editor will ho e to steer a safe course between tho ,-lla of debt and the Cliarybdis of tvspaper quarrels." e Xcits and Courier?Literary and Journalistic Enterprise. 'he Charleston News a4d Courier alienees a new romance, "An Arm for a ud, or Love's Sacrifice," by the author Ashurat," to begin in the Weeklyj ws. December 3. It also offers ?100 1 $25 for two more stories, the latter n being offered for a story for chilli, to bo published in tho Weekly ws. Nor is this all. In yesterday's >er it informs the public of its deterrntion to issue a Sunday 1News which 0 be "wholly independent of and dis:t from tho News and Courier." ;lging from the prospectus and the unpassed ability and energy of the editand proprietors we have no doubt the iday News will be worthy of the News 1 Courier office?and no higher compli lit is needed man tnai. we congraiui our contemporary on its praisewoadesire to encourage the growth of tth Carolina literature, and on its faring and wcll-dirccted journalistic en>rise. "Gen. McGowan's Fate." n the Yorkville correspondence of the umbia Register we find the following using reference to tho closing scene at last Court when Judge Pressley with iderful modesty refused to allow the bevillo Bar to compliment him by ir spokesman, Gen. McGowan. laking of the close of Court in York, pre Judge Wallace presided, the corpondcnt says: At the close of tho term one of tho in hers of the bar pleasantly remark i?. \'f?n 11 lill, >Y1WH<JU UJ VJUI1. lUUIW?ail Sj !, tlio lips of this bar wore sealed," ich caused a merry laugh from both buuchaud bar." ho General Assembly meets next nday? the fourth Monday' in Novem. Now that the Bond Question is a d issue we do not know how our legtors will be able to make the session ler long or lively. Wallialla, Oeonce County. tor* J'resn and Iianner : srehvnee a word from the "High Lands" 'arollna will not be out of order and more eciallyas Oconee County Is backing up M'vllle, and Abbeville backlngup Oconee , its Adger College. jonee wants General McGowan both as rernor and Congressman, rather an awkd predicament, but after all things arc sldered. we think Oconee will be satisfied li General McGowan as Governor uiid Col. en as Congressman. We will compro?: 011 this arrangement for the present, but ,t be remembered, that after two years e passed, we Intend making Col. W. C. th Governor. How do you like that? ;onee has big notions, also has the neces; money, brains and brave hearts to carry in out. This County has furnished Geor uoxas ana Carolina witn some great 1 in previous years, and feels as if slie uld do it again. She can truly boast of mighty mountains, finest water falls, it safubrlobs climate, noble manhood, and it excellent institutions of learning. No nty in the State can boast of so many nat[ advantages, and certainly none can outpit in educational privileges, and more ;cially when we consider how very young uec is. Resides Adgcr College a noble and ving College, we have many of the finest jols all over the County, and among them ic at Fair Play, presided over by Mr. Culn, an Abbeville man. very few years? Yes. very few indeed, nee will expand and burst Into the most hIoum County in South Carolina. ready people are finding homes In every k ami corner in the county. We advise >crsons wanting property either in Wala or the county at large, to come at once invest beforo prices advance beyond the I h of men of limited means. alhalla is tilling up daily with the very men of the State, and very soon every inent house in the city will bo tilled to; flowing. Planters arc coming from the > :r counties, who will convert these hills dales into Immense cotton fields iiistaad rofltless corn patches. Our soil has a ? share of lime entering'lnto its const it* ,s, which with theumphllheatrlc position ie mountains make the cultivation of >n a success. In fact we think the fibre is rior and more tenuous than we find in -taple lower down. ape culture is uestinea to oecome a raosi liable business up hero, anil many per; already have accumulated handsomely i It. lied oats grow to perfection, whrat ds abundantly, and corn Immeasurably wurse. Should this county lmvo good s fur two inore years we Imagine a most lesome condition of aflalrR. Already the >le arc discussing the feasibility of coming the Blue Ridge llailroad which Is a | t necessity to the State and the South. j ould Oconec complete the road across the intalns and add untold millions to the 1th of South Carolina, will not every man urn and child lovelier ? We think with !owan as Governor we can bore through mountain, and during Keith's ndmlnlsion can put the iron horse on the track, in anything else occurs we may -write , Ilow and where is "Ould 2suuc ?" B. ]ard from Col. T. J. Lipscomb. Columbia, s. c., Nov. 15th, 1879. Sc Editor of the 1*tcm ami Banner, Abbeville, ft ('.: it?In your Issue of ilie 12th instant, e appears a communication headed: i b Kallroad Convicts.?The Defence of thej jnwood and Augusta Kallroad Directors j nv the Convicts have been Cared For? True Inwardness of the Penitentiary InIgalion," dated October 21, 1S7H. this communication It Is very vague as bo Is charged with enmity, conspiracy, isltion. to the Greenwood and Augusta road, and false charges and accusations list Its Directors. fur as I i?n concerned. I assert. that l| :i solely as an officer of tlie State, in the liarge of iny duty, and that alone. 11 efore say, that If anything was intended 1 iscrt or imply that! made false charges, j Hed from improper motives, I hereby de-1 nee that much of it as utterly untrue and Iclously unjust. tj. \V. K. Uradley, whose name appears ng the signatures, asserts that he old not It, nor did he authorize any one else to i 0 for him. Whether other gentlemen j have been misrepresented in the same I nuve no means of knowing. T. J. LIPSCOMB. I anted.?Five hundred new subscribers i wanted for the A. 11. Presbyterian by the of January. There are about ore thou1 families in our Synod that do not take r church paper. Is It any wonder that :hurch finances are in a bad condition? ice the people to read the Presty/terimi they will kuow what Is wanted and they be readv to help?to h(Jp the pastor, to i Home Missions and Foreign Missions every other church interest.?A. R. Presrian. >xt week Mrs. R. W. Brice, widow of the Rev. R. W. Urice of Chester, is expected me West with iter family. She will occu- j lie Bonner I must* In front of the Male Col-J . She comes to Duo Went to edueHtc her J njccr children?five are already graduates j urCnlleKes. She will meet a cordial welic, and we hope will Ilnd Jier stny in I>uel pleasant, whether it be long or short.?j '{. Prv&bytcrian. le man who tried to run a newspaper to> everybody UiuU iu tlic po^r house many! ib ago. Letter from South Carolina. [ Greenville (Alabama) Advocate.] Ahueville c. II., South Carolina, September 25th, 1879. Friend Stanley:?After a non-residence ! at this place of years and 24 years since my | last visit, I flnd myself on the scenes of my boyhood days: but oh! how changed. Of the j men I knew 15 years iigo, only three survive, and instead of the ngile step, us 1 recall their remembrance, gray hairs and feeble steps are all tliatreinaln of them. Only one of these would I have known had I met them elsewhere. A new set of faces meet me, although many I knew as boys are now gray-headed men. As 1 walk along the lines of houses, most of them additions and new and bcautl| fill, strange faces, streets leveled and paved? i i all lor the better?1 feci, not so much like Me-1 i (iregor when he stood upon his native heath, j ; Ah? One who treads alone Some banquet hall deserted: Whose lights have fled, M ikihu ?iiriiuin.->.">in:u, And all but me departed. , 1 nut saddest of nil are t lie answers to inquiries | l of my former comrades?dead, killed, dead, j ! Killed, and so on. It appears to me that not! so much as one in live of a few years my sc-1 nlors and Juniors now survive. Rut few j | names have disappeared. South Carolina I . chivalry lias often been taunted even in AlaIbaina; but there Is evidence here that it |canie from lips that either knew notor cared not what they uttered. On one short street nrc the widows of four colonels who fell in the late conflict, and the long list of subalterns utid privates, and armless and legless survivors, tell its own tale of sorrow nnd loss. Standing,orrathersittlng,on thissamespot ( forty years ago, I was then In the land of Cal- ( houn. J am now In the land of Hampton. : Probably no man ever sat deeper lu the alfec- 1 Mods of a people than Hampton does in these. He is their beau ideal of manhood, and their political savior. His breath would sweep down any opposer, and whoever contributed most to his elevation are noxt to him In nubile estimation. Hampton could not decline, but desired not to run for Governor In 1876: but Geus. Kutler and Gary, both of Edgefield county, planned the political battle ol 11*76 { and, as members of the nominating coil ven- , tlon, proposed his name carried it over a heavy opposition, not to Hampton, but , against the policy of a strnlghtout Democrat. , butler lias since been made U.S. Senator, and u big place Issomewhcre ahead for Gary. It Is due, however, to sny that both rank In the j first elass of ability In the State; both rose front Captains to Major-Generals in the late ' war, on their merits?Gary, afac timile and J answering to our Clanlon. Butler lost a leg, < and Gary is whole, as far aR vlslblo, but from I accounts it is a miracle that any part of him J came back. I find the utmost good feeling ex- < istlng between the races, and after the defeat ' of the carpet-bagger and after birth of the Freedman's I3ureau In 1K70, things have work- , ed lovely?there is no strife between the races j Thousands or negroes voted ror nampiou, and thoso that didn't swear that, they did. j There 1h nobody to "rally" thorn, and the negro, over his fright and dlsgnsted with liumbuggery, can't be rallied here. A single air- < net-bugger only remains, and he Is now a Democrat. No State 1k surer for the Democratlc nominee than this, and though Blaine, I Conkling, el id., whose harp of a thousand J strings Is "Intimidation J" win shout It, there J won't be a word of truth In It. I have never seen a happier people than ] these. They have the uUima thulc of earlhly j blessings?Home Rule; and with God on Uiclr side, as they are suro lie Is, they Intend to keep it. To be told from their own lips what tliey suffered In the first, middle, and last . stages or carpetrbag rule, is enough to make the blood of every gentleman and wliito man j run cold. There Is everywhere more or less of State pride, but nowhere, eveu in Virginia, so much as here : besides there Is county pride, and this county excels all others. A most superior population were Its original settlers,composed of the French Huguenots, and Irish Presbyterians, and the best classes from Maryland; law. order, religion and civilization moved with them. They have always had the best and most numerous institutions of learning, a^arly a century ago old Wellington Academy was established, where 75 years ago Calhoun, McDutfle, Petlgru, Longstreet, Gov. Collier, of otir State, and many others were taught by Dr. Waddell; then 60 years ago Cokesbury Academy wa# presided over by the Rev., afterward Bishop, Stephen Olln; the Court House Academy was GO years ago and later in charge of Alplieus Baker. Sr., (the father of the eagle orator of \lubama.) who had no superior: then the old and still vigorous Ersklnc College: besides first class academies at Greenwood, Clear Spring and Lowndesvllle?all in one county. John C. Calhoun was born nine miles from here and began practice at this place. Abbeville has always had first class ability to contribute to the councils of State,and atone time both U. S. Senators, (counting Calhoun as a temporary non-resident,) the Governor, the President olthe Senate and the Speaker of the House, were all from Abbeville county, (with the explanation that Noble, President of the Senate, was elected Governor during a session. The Abbeville people have all the SUitc pride or others and more than the average county pride. They agreed long ago , among themselves that their county is the j Attica of South Carolina, but which point Is , the Athens Is a matter of dispute which has ( never been settled. It lsno common thlngto | And men who are not, and who have no rea- ( son to bo proud of themselves, proud of the ( State and county. The crops in fourcountleslhavebeen In are "light," as they call It, but will fall, of corn and cotton, below an average; but they need less money than we, because they produce morg for home consumption. They have more money than we and either use It for ' themselves or loan to others. They have ' more con lid once In each other than nmoiiR us, ' and their exemptions are much less. They ' have an abundance to eat and wear and of i the best: have Home Rule und are happy. 1 Yours truly, A. F, P. i ANOTHER SURVIVOR'S STORY. i i Mr. Mitchell's Narrative of the Loss 1 of the Champion. ! Among the passengers reported as missing, 1 lifter the steamer Champion was run Into and 1 sunk by the bark I>aily Octavla ulsea on Krl- j day morning, was Mr. Joseph Mitchell. To 1 the surprise of his many friends In this city, Mr. Mitchell arrived here last evening. Tor 1 reporter for the Star he said: "At the time of J the accident I was In my berth. I went to 1 bed early, about 9 o'clock, but I did not take 1 off any of my clothes except my coat. I \ pluccd my shoes within reach, for something warned me that an accident would happen. I ' could not sleep, for I was restless and nervous 1 About 3 o'clock in the morning I heard a sud- 1 den thud, but I paid no attention to It, as It 1 was In a distant part of the vessel. I was In the after cabin, while the Lady Octavla struek 1 the steamer forward. In a moment I heard loud voices on deck, nnd men running about. j Then I hoard voices outside of my stateroom. 1 Jumped up and opened the door of my room 1 and saw the stewardess knocking at the state- ; room doors and crying out, 'Oh, my God, the steamer Is sinking.' 1 slipped on my shoes ] and threw my coat over my arm, atiu rushed 1 on deek, leaving my valise and other traps In ' my stateroom.,r ! "Was there much confusion on deck?" asked the reporter. ' Everything was In confusion," was the re- ' ply, "and there seemed to be no one to direct , operations. Men were running to aud fro, looking for life-preservers." "Were there no boats?" "Ves; there was a large bont on either side of the deck, lashed down. We tried to get thein loose, but they resisted our efforts, we then hunted for an axe, but could And none. Not less than live minutes were consumed In , this way?tlve precious moments, au the steamer was rapidly sinking.", "Then the boats were not used ?" ( nicy nut-iiicu iv mu vm uo iuvic jwi ui- i , nnmont tlmn for tine, yeelng wc could do nothlug with the boats, wc begun looking around for other means of wifely. By this j J time the steamer's bow wasdovvn beneath tho j surface of the water and the deck was at an angle of almost forty-five decree*. By catch- ' lug our hands in various portions of the deck we managed to reach tUe stern. During all ! this time the stcaii>er's whistle was blowing and It continued blowing until she went down. When I reatued the stern I found ' everybody hanging 011 by their hands. I had J Just reached there and secured u hold 011 the rail when the vessel gave a sudden lurch forward and went down. As she lurched we were all thrown into a heap and went rolling down thedeck and into the water." "Did you strike out and swim V" f "No; Just as soon as I struck tho watcs I felt myself sucked down by the steamer, and I J went down, down, down, until I thought I f would never stop. My God! It was a fearful t moment, and I will remember It to my dying i day." t "Of course you soon came to the surface?" t "Yes; I felt myself ascending, and, being an t excellent swimmer, I felt that I had a chance 1 for life. Just as I came to the surface I felt a body passing me, going down, and the next moment a hand grasped my arm and pulled ? me under. Whether it was a man or woman I 1 did not know, and never will, but I hadtojt struggle forllfe. I knew that unless I could j f release myself I whs a dead man, so I used 1? every means In my power to disengage myj self. Finally, Just as I gave myself up fori' lost, I succeeded In shaking off the dead-like ! f grip of that terrible haud, and 1 was quickly ? on the surface mraln. I began to swim, and strove to get as far as possible away from the I place, for tho waters were tossing about in a very rough manner. One large wave caught t me and carried me up with such force that I seemed to fly away up in the air. The next ? Instant I was thrown 011 a window sash wnicn ; * was floating on the water. The conclusion 1' was very severe, and my Ices and arms wero f1' badly cut by the broken glass. In the course j8 ol half ail hour I saw a man floating on a n chair approaching me as I clung to the win- j dow sash, and I recognized a fellow passenger c named E. G. Gamier, of No. 10 West Twelfth r street, New York. Gamier, Immediately on ii seelni! ine,swam for the sash and Recurcd a a position beside mo. In a few moments an-jt other cabin passenger, named Martin Brown, came In sight, floating,and held up by anlfi empty butter tub. Keelnc the sash he stvam t toward it. I cried out, 'My God! don't come j li here; this sash will not hold threo men.' Butty he saw It was his only chance, so he swam I close up and grasped the sash. For over nn d hour all three of us shouted as loud as we could and called for help. We saw a boat u Irom the Lndy Octavlacome toward us twice and then return. I gave up all hope, feeling that I must soon sink. I became unconscious. I < The uext thins I knew I found myself lying ! on the dcck of the Lady Octavla. and a sailor* was pouring hot. cotree down my throat."?! 1Vew Turk Star November 1U. Brnr.iN, November 15.?Diphtheria isgnln-iv ln? more and more ground in llussln. The 1 disease nils una men sucn irignuui nropor- j tions in some regions that tho mortality ex- f ceeds the births. . h ' h cixcinnati, November 15.?A special from i , Memphis states in regard to the reports of the ! n fever having again broken out there that on- r ly two new cases have occurred In the city in the last ten <lays, and that no alarm is felt. Of these two cases one caught the fever while c visiting an old case and the other from a house i,, not disinfected. St. Loi'ift, November ]f>.?A special from x Sherman. Texas, says W. P. Greenlaw, one of t tho wealthiest and most prominent citizens of that place, committed suichle last night by c taking morphine. The cause Is said to bo ajs criminal Intimacy between his wife aud Kev. | < Conrad Haney, a noted and eloquent minister. c AVim.tamston, S. r., Nov. 12.?MnJ. O. "\V. > B Anderson's store was consumed by fire thlsi^ morning at :t o'clock. Nothing was saved ex-' cept about one hundred dollars' worth of J cloth. A young man was asleep upstairs and !' narrowly escaped being burned. No insu-jJ rancu, loss, 512,oOU. |1 ZACH. CHANDLER. A Large Patch of the Bloody Shii Disappears. Washington, Nov. 2.?Donn Piatt, Zac Chandler's old enemy, and the man Chain lcr onco tried to shoot, thus pays'hls respect to-day, to the memory of the Michigan sem tor: "It Is universal lawof legend and history 1 cloak the dead with charity, and, therefor the deceased exemplar ol sectional hatrt will not Incur a verdict of strict Justice In h epitaph. In come respects he might haT been ajollvn good fellow, but ulI who love t! spirit of union and reconciliation whlc should characterize the conquest achieved 1: the great civil war over the sectional Instlti tlon ofsluvery, and appreciate the acceptjmi of the result, will only regret, in the sau communion of charity, that sudden deal and not repentance, has bound lilni over keep the pence. Zachariah Chandler was man of intense extremes. He wasextreme i a friend and extreme as an enemy. While 1 possessed some fine traits, he was ilivestc with a multitude of evil passions. That 1 was utilnipcuchably honest In cenerally b llevcd ; that he was bluntly brave is undoub ed ; but when strong attributes, such as 1 possessed, all tend untowardly?when the g srantic god of self is worshipped to the deti mentof all the purer deities known In tin mvtholorv. as it Is now come to bo, of nobli existence and human welfare?the worsmpe whoever he rnaj* be, or however eminent I life, when life ends, leaves a nntno behind ba ren of respect. Chandler dead la of more se vice to humanity than Chandler living, an the only genuine regret that will hearso h funeral, barring the family alHlction that ever sacred, will be the hypocritical tea dropping of the ultra Radical party, who fe< his Josh because by It a large patch of tl bloody-shirt disappears. What South Carolina Must Do to Catc up Trltli its 1860 Production. [Columbia Iie(/Utcr.) What was Sout h Carolina worth In lWW, nn what Is she worth to-day? What was si: Jolng in 1SU.J and what Is she doing to-day ? TRUE VALUE OF KKAI. AND PEHSONAI, PRO; erty. 1850 8288.257.0! LSOO W8,l:W,7i We thus findSouth Carolina had lncrea.sc from 1830 to JSW) lu property values 8250,881,00 Putting her.SJI3.000 slaves In 1850 at 8400 p< liead, we find $1.57,000,000 to be credited I slave values, leaving other property at Sill )00,000. So, putting 410,000 held In i860 at Stt [>er head, we have 3228,000,000 to bo credited t hat class of property, which deducted l'roi >518.000.000 total values leaves 8201,000,000. \V ,hcn, have as follows : PROPERTY OTHER THAN SLAVES. [n 1860 S291,000,0< [1118.50 131,000,0( Increase 5160,000,0< In other words, in a single decade wo moi ,han doubled our property other than sluve What Is the true valuation of property i south Carolina to-day ? Tho ccnsus of IS juts it at $208,000,000. Our nssessed valuatlo iow is some 5130,000,000, nnd the true valui Ion Uwl?y can hardly excecd 8190,000,00 L'hut is,South Carolina lias sunk [n slave values $257,000,(X in other property 100,000,0( 3337,000,( Let us Bee now what wo were producln jhlefly in 1800 and what woare to-duy. In cotton we were making in 1800 not lei linn 853,412 (400 pound) bales. Wc are no1 jroduclng not less than 400,000 (400 poun< jales. In 1860 we produced 15,000,000 bushelK ( :orn. Wc are now producing not over 11,000 100, and in 1809 we did not produce 8,000.000. In 1800 wc produced 1,300.000 bushels of when n 1870 we mude 800,000. Our production U lay cannot be far Hliort of two aud one-quur ,er millions or bushels. In 1800 we were producing 800,000 bushels < mts; in 1870 we made 000,000. We ure no' loubling this amount if not more. Iu 1800 we were producing 119,000.000 pound >f rice; in 1870 wc were producing 32,000,01 sounds. We ure Inclined to think 40,000,01 rounds will cover our rice production to-daj md it must reach that in view of lurgely it ireased area of high lund rice. In 1800 we were making 4.115,000 bushels < iweet potntoesand 210,000 bushels of Irish p< atoes; in 1S70 wo were making but 1,300,tH >ushels of sweet potatoes and 83,(X)0 of Iris! We fear we have not to-day more than ha ecowred our potato crop of 1800. if so mucl In 1800 we were making 1,700,000 bushels < leld peus; in 1870 we were rnnklng but 40,),0( aushels.and we believe if we reach 700,0* sushels in our production to-day ills all w lo. In 1800 our slaughtered nnlmnls amount? X)80,000.000 ; in 1870 lo 82,000,000, expressed i ;old. We believe that wc have recovered u| >n this production by some 21,000,000; that I we possibly hare sunk some 83,000.000 on tli production, which isequal to sinking thepn luctlon ol 80,0o0 bules of cotton. We tlnd the products of South Carol In manufactories In 1850 stated at 87,045,000; 1 I8U0 at 88,600,000. and In 1800 at 59.800,000; an educing the laltor amount to gold at 80 cen >n the dollar, wc show somo S7,800,000. Th industry has been much enhanced latterly,f that we may be said to have fully rrnovert jur production of 1800, If nouc overgone 11. The TVrcck of tho Champion. [iVrto York <S'un,] At this time of the yenr thousands of Su reudersure getting ready to seek refuge I Florida from the icy blasts of our Norther winter. Naturally the news that a stenn ihipwell known to ninny of them in prevloi yours has been suddenly sent to the bottom the Atlantic comes home to them in an u: pleasant way. It is elenr, us we snld yesterday, that U such coherent nnd rational explanation the disaster as is now possible the publ must chiefly look to the otticersof the survl Ing ship, tho Lady Octaviu. The first ofllci Df the Champion, who was in charge at 11 time of the crash, is dend. The Captain hi jone to his room some live minutes befor nnd his first glance, when the cry of "iSa ahead I" brought him running out on deel showed him that the collision whs lnevltubl nnd heutoncc gave all his thoughts and t forts to saving the lives or his passengers. There should have been throe men on tl ieck of the Champion beside* tiie llrst offle whether they were where they should ha> been or not remains to be ascertained. TJ name < f one of them, the man at the whee appears In the list of the saved. At this tin) we have not obtAlned his story. He may 1 ible to throw light on the disaster and tl responsibility for it. If the lookout was n< at his post, or if this man at the wheel hii run forward at a sudden summons to assist I handling the suil, the fuct is an lmportai one. Tho Captain of the Lady Octavia says thei could not have been any lookout on tl L'hamplon, and that the Champion altert her course, or sheered. Just before the crasl His testimony on the latter polntis confirm* by his llrst mate and boatswain, who were c Jeck at the time and eye-witnesses of whi happened. Another eye-witness, tho lookoi Df tne Lady Octavia, professes to be able 1 ileiir up the mystery and fix the blame whei It belongs. The chances are that his test ...111 Uuo Hunt \sn f.n ;les It. When ft Bulling vessel and a steamer ru Into one another, the .natural presumption Hint the latter is at fault. By sea law, tt tailing vessel, being less easily handled, hi >ho right of the road, and it Is the stcami :hat Is bound to turn out. TheCaptAln of tl iJhumplou expresses the opinion that tl Lady Octavla could easily havd kept clea This opinion should bo taken for what it (vorth. On tho other hand, It appears thi Lhc officers of the Lady Octavla had no pr vision of what was going to happen "until ll Champion sheered?a minute beforo the tv> vessels camo together. Had tho Champion been a water-tight con sartment vessel, as the Lady Octavla Is, ar ?s we aro Informed the newer steamers of tl Charleston line are, she might have survive ho shock. As It is, the gross carelessness of s ome pe ion or persons yet to be ascertained has co hlrty-threo human lives. riie Greatest Question Before the Ainei lean People. [New York &tun.] The General who wilfully blinds himself I ,hc strength of the enemy Is to bo account* imong the most foolish of men. In politics, as in war, the true policy Is 1 ustly estimate tho contending forccs and 1 >ce things as they actually exist. The elc Ions which have Just taken place In seven iUites show conclusively such an augment)' Ion of Republican strength as to render a ogether probable that the Kepubllcahs wt )0 able to clect their candidate .for Preslder >ext year. The greatest question?the onejgrcat questlo -now before the country becomes, who that cand late shall be. It Ik not, by any moanH, ft mere considers ion of personal preferences or personal ai I pat hies. One new and threatening elemei s brought Into the choice. Mr. Conkllng, we suppose, Is out of th luestion. At tne latest accounts lie was su ering severely from a chill, and tho peopl ixperlcncc a chronic chill toward him. Either Mr. Sherman or Mr. Blaine coul >robably be elected. But some Republicans insist on runnln J run t. Klcfitlne n President a third time would b in Innovation on the customs of tho countrj istubllshed by the Revolutionary fathers?a nnovation of the most alarming charncte .ml menacing tho overthrow of our free li titutions and the establishment of a raon irehy. Grant has already enjoyed all tho civil hon irs and more than the military honors confei ed upon George Washington, the Father ( lis Country. Hut Washington was niodef lid retiring, while Grant Is pushing, ambl lous, selllsh, grasping. Should Grant he nominated, the patriotl collng against a third term inlghtyet enabl he Democracy, If guided by wise and concl ntory counsels, and thus ama'.gamatln iltli themselves the best elements of til tepubllcun party, to clect their own candl lute. Anybody, everybody against Grant Is th nottoof true and enlightened patriotism. L Steamship Bnmping Into au Ice bergr. York /Sun.] But for the modern Improvements In oeeai teainship building, last Friday evonln fould have witnessed a tragedy far exceed n horror tho wreck of the Champion. On that evening, off the Hanks of New oundland tho swiftest of the European par engcr steamero leaving this port plungci iead first Into an Iceberg. Luckily no one c he 800 men and women on board was killed .nd tho Arizona is now safe in port awaillni epairs. Had there been a fog at the time, the affal u/Milri Ho loco unrnrluinir hut frnm tlin nr ountsnow at hand it. appears that. Jtho nigh nut clear, and the Captain Is fiuoted as a*klm lis inen where tlielr eyes lmd been. Thn rn> n natnrnl and riertlnent ouestlon unde he circumstances. It has been asserted that there was no looft nit. on the bow of the Champion at the tlm he ran Into the Lady Octftvln, or the Lad; )otnvlaran into her. Our correspondent a it. John's telegraphs that there was no watci >n the bows of the Arizona at the time sh truck the Iceberg. That Is a point to be In restigated. When a first-class ocean passenger steam hip, on a clear night, humps Into an Ice wrg, both tlie owners aiul the public liavi tn obvious intercut In yetting at tho botton rcus. FATAL EXPLOSION. Po 4 Til The Boiler of a Locomotive Bursts, ?0 h Killing: Three Men, and Terribly Ju i- Scalding Two Others. Po H. A I a- Columbia Rcgtitcr. ?y About 7 o'clock yesterday morning, engine M 21 attuclicil to a material train on the Greene; ville and Columbia IUillroad exploded 'near W , Donalds station, killing theenglneer, William \j J" Mllllgan. the colored flroman. William John- ~ 'e eton, and a young white man named Greer, J.e who lived at ilonea Path and ran a station- Cc ary engine at Donalds. Orecr happened to be near the engine when the exploslox occurred. A colored man, nnmed Henry Talleson, 20 was fatally scalded. Section master Farmer '? was also very seriously burned, and it was feared that he could not recover. The train _ 10 had baon moving along the track In ptirsu- Iv a anceofits business, hud stopped awhile to Co pick up some material, and had moved olT At '? agnln. u The explosion took place Just as the enelne Wi c hull ..in in mnllnn Tho A?^n T-\: ?" over tlie fire-box was bursted. This threw ttie ' ? engine up, turning It completely around, and _ |? throwing It about twenty or thirty yards lr y l'rom the spot. The tender was left standing. Tr '* The track was torn up, crosstles moved from m. " their places, and the Iron, whlcn was heavy, /, broken In two. Mr. Mllllgan's body was v-fl L* thrown about forty yards off. Mr. Greer's Be " was found near where tho engine fell. John- pt son's was thrown back on one of the flats. ?, Mr. Mllllgnn left a wife andanadopted daugh- "C ter. Jo'hnson left a wife and severul small Cc J? children. Greer was unmarried. The bodies ju '8 of the three mon were sent to their respective D "7 homes?MillIgan's to Helena, Johnson's to "C e' Bolton and Greer's to Honea Path. Al 10 The boiler nnd Its mate, which killed Engl? p. neor John Lane three years ago, were made n. by the Norrlses of Now Jersey. 1? ANNUAL, REPORT c< d OF THE " COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Al ^ -OP5,J Abbeville County, ? For the Fiscal Year Commencing No- Ai ? vember 1st, 1878, and Ending October to 31st, 1879. :o _ 11 Pf e DR. Tn am mint, rfwplvwl from J. W. Al M Perriti, Treasurer, on Three X) Mill Levy $12.980 67 - To amount received from Fines and Forfeitures 187.50 e n Total, $13,168.17 j!' n /in 1- CK* to u- By amount paid for is x? Roads and Bridges. ? an - Boney Williams $ 30 00 Tl w Elbert Frazler.... 5 25 Ie k T \V Mortou 15 00 1 ? J M Fell ~ 12 00 ?r Boney Williams 5 5i> Tl Hardin ABltck 3160 jf W N Ransom 15 00 JA&CL Corley 2 50 . . B F Smith 16 80 te< i Hardin & Black 144 90 - John Fell 40 00 ,r J H Nichols 135 00 'v J W Kennedy 10 0?? Hardin & Black 10 00 ^ 1)R Williams 2 10 Jo W G Johnson 5 00 r, C Corley 4 00 ^ ' HE Gibert 247 03 Ue jf W H PerUerson 37 55 > M Richardson 18 45 10 BZ Herudon 15 00 S lrHR Gibert 60 70 i. J DShockley 10 35 * J M P.uitt 29 00 Jo J Stone .. 5175 , e J L Minor .. 10 00 ^ . WO Cromer 74 19 n Jacob Miller & Sou 39 95 \y Dickson & Likens 19 25 S. CI VV Pntlinu !I 25 _ ? HR31912 1 T G Baker 810 12 it JJ W A Marion 3 00 e< ij ElbertFruzier 1 00 ts Charles Evans, stone pillars 589 14 _ '? F A Hoke 820 58 {J Burney O'Connor 6 50 u A Perrin 1 50 c] Miller & Adams 10 00 A J Clinkscales 3 00 J H Nichols 4 00 n C H Linticum 2 (Ml ? Joshua Bauks 2 00 ! " J B Bnrriss 2-5 50 0 ,? 8 C Riley 10 00 0 f)1 J R Martiu 2 00 x n* T G Baker 20 00 oi ir H R Gibert 109 00 J'J of R H Devlin 1 00 |j! {? John Minor 1 00 tn er A Z Bowman 29 00 ? >0 R M Pratt 5 00 * lp J A Brooks 10 00 ll John Harris 1 50 k. T B and F McCor J 5 50 ? R M Gal laugher 5 00 T M Jay 5 00 / >e M H M urtt*. .. 11 72 * " G W Collins 2 00 ie H R Gibert 40 00 ti i. H R Gibert 20 00 J 1" W F McCord 2 00 ,o J C Tittle 1 00 I ? J A Gilliam 200 00 } J, S C Riley 40 00 l it Alex Kennedy .. 3 00 I J A Tharp 20 00 A J W Lipscomb 3 00 d W O Cromer 25 24 f S W Cochrau 2 00 i E V Hiuton 5 00 Iit JA Corley 7 00 : at T G Baker 7 00 ? J E Evans 3 52 r l- Jobu Evans 0 00 > i- T C Seal ; 6 15 I in W A Lomax 13 50 * !o Total $3,889.21 IK I. jg Public Building*. [ 10 A.J. Woodhurst, repairs on jail.$ 4 00 L [s L. P. Richey, repairs on jail 10 00 it E. Cater, repairs on jail 50 e* E. Henderson, repairs on jail.... 5 00 J. A. Reid, lumber for jailyard.. 1200 j J. D. Chalmers, bedstead for jail 9 00 L VVm. Hamilton 3 00 f 'p Calhoun Butler 3 00 A td G. C. Cobb, glazing jail 130 Li. J. wiison, worn oo jau aw L. J. Wilson, work on jail 2 80 a Yarb Madden, cleaDiug well 15 60 'J G. A. Bhillito, painting and[re- 8i pairing roof of court house.. 37 80 ti Wra, Hamilton 3 00 |{ Barney O'Connor, plastering C. ? H 500 a ;2 Calhoun Buller 2 60 { ' J. D. Chalmers, chairs 6 00 4 G. A. Bhillito, painting roof of ? jail 15 00 U J. I). Chalmers, chairs 3 86 [* L.J.Wilson 3 00 = ij J. D. Chalmers, chairs g 10 it J. W. Robertson, pump at jail... 6 00 W. W. Sprouse, lumber for jail. 18 55 " H. W. Lawson & Co., covering cells of Jail with sheet iron 48 90 T. 8. Gordon, lumber for jail.... 43 65 W. C. Moore, glazing jail 1 05 J. R. Crawford, work on jail yard 21 75 " D. B. bmith, work on public offices 26 75 d Christian & Wilson, chairs 4 00 _ J. R. Crawford, work on jail yard .. 6 00 0 J. F. C. DuFre, work on jail 1 j; yard * If) 60 1 r, John J. Tower, handcuffs 22 25 . - M. G. Zi?igler 2 00 (3 " J. W. Bignironiug jail windows 140 00 w R. Crawford work on jail yard... 5 00 \ r" Dr. E. Parker, medical attention ti >f prisoners 11 05 i_t White Bros 24 74 W. J. Smith & Sou 28 95 c Cunningham &Templeton 3 25 .* Wardlaw & Edwards 28 04 p J.F.Lyon, recording in Proc bate office 75 00 e Total $ 674.38 J Court Expenses. ir Grand Jurors, Feb'ry Term 137 04 Petit Jurors " 461 70 fl State "Witnesses " 15156 I. Constables " 120 65 (f Constables, April Term 13 50 be I- Grand jurors, June Term 100 35 ci Petit jurors " 245 60 K Constables " 65 50 TJ a Witnesses " 57 60 |f Graud jurors, Sept. Term 76 80 ~ Petit jurors " 494 45 Constables M 118 90 r Witnesses " 43 90 t Clerk of Court 252 00 ?r Sheriff 252 15 " ' Dieting prisoners and medical Atfpnf inn AOS 85 Transporting prisoners 226 40 * Trial justices 375 13 t Trial justice jury 9 75 i Constables 059 HO e Books for Sheriff. 57 00 " Books for Clerk of Court f!6 12 - Books for Probate Jiuige 34 87 A ; Books for School Commissioner 6 00 J Express on books. 2 25 art Stationery 59 69 J ? ?? iblic buildings .. 674 38 _ . st mortems 62 50 I I macies 226 00 I fl roner 34 50 I I fl ry Commissioner 45 00 or House aDd Poor 1802 30 iditor . 500 00 jmphili & Hemphill, Public Printing 184 05 'HJ ilson & Benet, Printing 193 02 B McHweeney, Printing 47 30 \ iunty Commissioners & Clerk 913 45 1 mtingent 21 60 AS $3,742.78 .'Recapitulation. 0cl >ads and Bridges $ 3,889 21 iurt expenses 2,096 55 erk of Court 252 00 leriff 252 15 X\ etiug prisoners and medical \) attention 893 85 |\ ansporting prisoners 225 40 JLll iai justices 375 13 iai justices' jury 9 75 mstables 959 90 K)ks and stationery 237 14 A > iblio buildings 674 5 st Mortems aud Lunacies.... 28S 50 piirti ironer 34 50 ever; iry Commissioner 45 00 and >or House and Poor 1,802 36 Jditor 500 00 fl 1 inting 425 87 III >unty Commissioners and ||8 Clerk 913 45 UI mtimrent 21 60 r Grand total, $13,896 74 mount of claims Th unpaid $ 728 57 lecka drawn on Treasurer 13,168 17 $13,896 74 li mount charged on 3 mill v levy $13,400 00 Deficiency, <ai ... $ 496 74 TE ist indebtedness registered due $1,630 48 at p mount collected on half mill levy 2,199 09 U Surplus of i mill levy, ... $ 568 61 This amount is the face value of the ' d Past Indebtedness. A few are connding for interest which. If allowed, suid swell the old Past Indebtedness \J the sum of $10 682.50. If no interest a 1 allowed the entire Past Indebtedness sej the county would be extinguished id we have a surplus of $568.61. ie Line Fence cost $4,853 29 iterest for eight months ?26 45 pA Total, $5,079 74 ie } mill levy will raise 3,304 92 Oc Leaving a deflciencyl of ... 1,764 92 All of which is respectfully submit- A1 G. M. MATTISON, o. j. njwian, .... J. F. LIVINGSTON, W County Commissioners. I certify the above is a true ana cor- , ct statement of the financed of the JH >uniy for the fiscal year ending Octo- ' r 31 at, 1879. T J. F. Livingston, a Nov. 17,1879. Clerk of Board. J, L. CLAHIv. I Ool For The Good of Tie Craft ? HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY | whole attention to my Shop. I shall pi ve ^ GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wlshi to have his . rpo Watches Repaired B ring them In. I have all the tools and ma- Jj :rlaTs to do it up In the bent of style and at le lowest rate* possible. If you want your ock repaired bring It In and It will be done glit. If you want your 1 JEWELRY MENDED J Bring it on. If you Want your ? SWING MACHINE MENDED Li his Is the place to get it done In the best of rder. You can have any piece made new, or Oc ic old one repaired. If you wantyourgun or stol repaired this is the place to have It _ _ jne. All these article* will be repaired in Ek/B le best of order at the Lowcxt Prices. Ilfl Give me a trial and satisfy yourselves? 111 EKMS CASH. JOHN L. CLARK. * January 22, 1S7U. tf. _ , - - LIS "1REENVILLE & COLUMBIA RAILROAD jr WINTER SCHEDULE. ( On nnd utter Monday. November 3rd, 1870, lie Passenger Trains will run an follows, IT ally, Sundays excepted. 11 .... low L1, He h ,eave Columbia at ?12 00 m Oc ,eavc Alston 1 SI p m .cavo Newberry 2 34 p m .eavu Hods?eM > 10 p m .eave Mellon 0 33 p in trrlve ut Greenville 7 42 p m DOVS, ,eave Greenville at 8. OS am ><:ave Helton 0 13 a in < .eaves Hodges ... 10 38 a m f .wave Newberry 1 II p m // ,eave Alston 2 27 p ni ir Lrrive at Columbia 3 46 t? m iC ABBEVILLE BRANCH TRAINS. (S ,eavc Abbeville at ..... 9 20 am IK LrrlvcHt Hodges 10 15 u ni Mj leave Hodgps 5 15 p in u Lrrlve at Abbeville 6 10 p m ^ lNDEIWON BRANCH AND B. R. R. R. UP TrtAlN. ,enve Belton\ ? 0 40 p m ,oavo Anderson 7 2! p m ,enve Pendleton 8 12 p m ?uve Perryvllle 8 47 p in ,cave Seneca City 8 .54 p m .rrlvc at Wulhallu 9 27 p in 17 jU down train. # ?*' ?nvo Walhnlla - 0 00 a m -+ .eaveScncca City 6 a m .W I ,eave Perryvllle 6 40 am teave Pendleton .. 7 20 am rf-avc Anderson 8 10am . .rrlve at Belton 8 17 am In LAURENS BRANCH. lu Laurens Branch Trains leave Laurens C. H. 17.00 a. m. and Newberry at 4.00 p. m., dai- ^ ' / except Sundays. M The up and down Trains on the motn ? icnn make close connection at Columbia with le up and down Day Piuwenger Trains on jm 10 South Carolina Railroad and with the I, l rough Freight Trains, with Poasonger Car ttached, on the Wilmington, Columbia and .ugutita Railroad, and at Alston with tho alns of the Spartanburg, Union and Columla Railroad lor Union, Spartanburg, Henersonvllle, Asbevllle, <&c., &c. R. H. TEMPLE,' General Superintendent. m J. P. Meredith, Master Transportation. X TAbF.z Norton, Jr.. Oencml Ticket Agent. rMimnnm UUUMlVIMim AND c T1PLET0I, c AL 1AVE OPENED SOME OF THEIR *S-T largo and attractive stock of ? fENERAL MERCHANDISE. ND are receiving fresh Additions cvory day. hey are anxious to show their goods and ?? ill not be undersold, they have a complote f| iHorUnent of J GENT'S FURNISHING, Bro consisting of cans, Cassimeres ait Worsteds. the ladles will call they can sec a splendid ^ lection of JM ILOAKS & DOLMANS fore they are picked over. All "WOOL th' itOCHET HHAW1.S as low as gl.oO. Good uf. ID GLOVES all shades at75c. erect lalmorals and Wool Skirts Mnl in abundance and low In price. Americam ueLaims, mmenclngftt Icents per yard, nnd aellg rapidly. Auf 3ept. 24, 1879. tf. ? V Dr. H. D. WILSON, m ^ Hides DENTISTRY, .flcp: Jbbeville$3. H., S. C. Ma i~ Ofllce; Upstairs over the I'ost OlUce. "Ka funo25,187V. If. o. J V HI! ( E Ladles of the rounty will find a splenId assortment of Cloaks at White Bro's. r rY porson In need of an article In this would uo wen 10 can aiiu exiiuuuu uivir \ 15, 1879. ROSENBERG A ETURNED,! pi .TD NOW HAS as cood a STOCK of nil S kinds of goods as ever came to Abbeville ** itock now being complete in all of It* dements, he takes the liberty of asking v one to come and Inspect bis GOODS be convinced where T II HI, CAN BE HAD. e largest and best selected slock of Jtieady-Made ^ LOTHING, US SIDE CHARLESTON. riccs that can't be beaten in the State. loots & Shoes rHE THOUSANDS and nt LOW LOW UES. Entire satisfaction guaranteed. . ROSENBERG, | pt. 10,1879, tf A NEW SUPPLY OF PER AND ENVELOPES, at reduced prices. Edwin Parker. U 1,1879, tf 7"hite Bro's./ 3ULD respectfully ask the attention of Buyers to their SPLENDID STOCK OF lata, and A leady-Made ClothiDg, _ ALSO. leady-Made Shirts, mini ail HIM Lnhnr 1. 187D )on't Forget c look for M Cashmeres anil Alpacas -ATWHITE BROTHERS. b. lo, 1379. Red Clover Seed. CERN SEED, ORCHARD GltASS SEED or sale by Dr. E. Parker. r1 L 7. 1879. J ILBURN WAGONS, 'be Best in the Market! ;ltest Draft ni Ml MI l W. ROBERTSON, ASJiist received n enr lond of these celc brnted wagon*, which he In ottering ni prices. All sizes?from one to four horse. ilso hns bnccles and harness. tober 15, 1K7U, 3:n. TERPRISE GROCERY. o. 5, "Washington Street, TTTl TT__ TTT.'n TL'-J um IDU win JWIU uuuidb LOUR, MEAL,. rRITS, RICE, COFFEE, SUGAR, OBACCO, CIGARS, SOAP, SALT,BACON, LARD, ? RACKEES and CANDY. 2, C? Well Selected Stock Of jj ANNED GOODS .Lof which will be sold low for CASH. op of Mnrkct paid for country produce. Respectfully, J. R. N0RR1S, _ ?heo. Markwalter, MARBLE WORKS, ad Street, near Lower Market, Augusta, Ga. t] ErS on hand and furnishes to order [onuments, Tombstones j. Illiruie v? urn I ll liClltl in, mi mm - ' C(| reudy for lettering and delivery at short i y e. Several hundreds of new designs In tli lost modern styles Monument furnished nr !>er than ever before In tills market and \ e best workmanship, similar to that of on federate Soldiers' Monumentrecently ed by me In this city. tl( rcli 26,1870. SILVER SOAP. * -ATEdwin Parker's 27, 1879. o an ERIALA'S ARCANUM. !E tei t Beautifying tho Complexion, Removes "e< 'reckles, Plinplen, Knnburn, Tan, and i the Marks of Small Pox, nt cli Edwin Parker. t. 21,1S79, tf ( trshall P. DeBruhl e Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. C ?AND? ^ H || ^RE OPENING THEIR ALL AND WINTER STOCKR, TEMPLETON has Just returned from le NORTHERN* MARKETS where ho hu? jrchascd a nice TOCK OF MERCHANDISE, comprising all Hues. Mies' Dress Ms, 121-2 Celts. Call early and set something choice In JLOAKS&ALPACAS, DOLMAN'S AT $7. jloaks as low as ?2. Rept. 17, 1879. tf TRY HOME FIRST. CONGABEE IM WORKS, Columbia. S. C. PROPRIETOR. REDUCED PRICES: rERTICAL CANE MILLS, List of Prices2 Rollers, 10 inches diameter, $35 00 2 " 12 " " ...... 45 00 2 " 14 " 65 00 3 " 10 ' i ' 60 00 3 " 12 " 70 00 3 " 14 " " 80 00 boveprlceseompletewlthFrame "Wlthou Frame,910 lesson each Mill [ORIZONTAL?3 Boiler Mill for Steam or Water Power, $150. Sent Tour Orders for Jane Mills AND Syrup Kettles TO D. B. SMITH, Agent. "aTKLiarz!, Aokxt for Abukville County. PHE celebrntwl SINCLAIR CUTTER, Xo L SIX und EIGHT. /TV These Machine* are unlvcn?allly acknowldiretl to be the best manufactured, for cutn* Hay, Straw, Fodder, Corn Stalks, Swror anc, etc., and for Strength and Durability hvo no equal. 3o0 FIRST PREMIUMS. OLD MEDALS at the World's Fair of Tar, London and Moscow, besides thousands of' !stimonials from large stock raisers, livery :ahlcR and farmers. Samples to be seen at Kurz & Bruce's Boot, hoe and Harness Establishment, Abbeville, . i r....? u? rn?? 'K. I07U uni t iiuunu, o</< vat */w. ?v, "paints in oil "White Lead, in 1 & 2 lb cunt:, Chrome Green 1 lb cans, Chrome Yellow 1 lb cans, Venetian Red 1 lb cans. Turkey Umber 1 lb cans, Haw Umber 1 5? cans. Drop Black 1 lb cans, Prussian Blue 1 a ^ lb cans, Vandyke Brown 1 lb can*, Venetian Ited, dry, Spanish Brown, dry. Chrome Green, dry, tit Edwin Parker's Sept., 10, 1870. FINE MILL. inn mnm i Minni e IllUm A.DIMIUM J AS JUST HAD HIS MILL ON CAL1 houn'sCreek, eight miles west of Abbellle Court House, put In Hue repair by one r the best millwright's In the country. With new bolting cloth, a line new water wheel ad improved machinery of every kind, he moot-fall to please all who may favor him ith their patronage. All he asks is a fair lal; when he wlllguarantee satisfaction in ath quantity and quality of yield. July2, 1K70. tf^ TOOTH PREPERATION. VV1 RIGHT'S Checkerbery Taste. Wright's Charcoal Paste. Frangipanno Tooth Powder. West India Tooth Wash. , ALSO, Poucine Soap, Sand Soap. Hand Sonollo Soap. Jumper Tur and Glycerine Sodp. Edwin Parker. Sept, 17,1S79, tf State of South Carolina Edgefield County, IN COMMON PLEAS. homas E. Byrd, Administrator, Plaintiff, against Mary A. Hyrd, Charles L. Byrd, Wm. M. Byrd, George E. Dorn and others, Delendauts. Complaint to Sell I-and to pay Debts. {Y virtue of an order from Hon. T.J. Mack' ey. Circuit Judge, to me directed In this .use, 1 Will Ken 1)11 .IHIIIUHV llltj null IIHJ | ovcniber next at 12 o'clock M. nt the planta-! in recently owned by the lute Wm.M. Byrd, id (ieorge K. Dorn on Hard Labor Oreefc In bbeville County. The interest being oneilf of said tract of land, which the said Win. . Byrd, decrosed, owned at the time of his (ath, in said land, containing our Hundred and NinetyThree Acres. iore or less, adjoining lands of Daniel lomaa, It. \V. Keymoure, Thoman Watson, d other*. I'ermsof sale: The costs of suit and one- ' If of the purchase money to be paid in cash e balance on a credit of one year, with in-1 > est from day of sale; on credit portion to be j' :nred by bond and a mortgage of the prem- < s. Papers extra to be paid for by the pur-1 (user. J. F. C. DlTRE, , S. A. C. let. 15, IRT0, tf LSIE'S BAKING POWDER -AT- i Edwin Parker. )ct. 1,1879, tf I Notice to Tresspassers. HUNTING, fishing and passing through our lunds in BmUhvillb Township aro hereby forbidden. The law will be enforced igainst those disregarding this notice. H. G. KLUGH, J. A. KELLAR, O. W. COLLINS, ii. M. MARTIN. October 7, 1879. ZEPHYR WORSTED ALL COLORS, Curd Board, Mottoes,Splints for Wall Pockets, <*<:., iu large assort* men t and very cheap at th? EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Oct 8,1879, tf SCALES! SCALES!SCALES!! J PANIC PRICES. ^ I "WOULD aay to my terming friend* that I have accepted the agency for the CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY and vlll bo pleased to All their order* for anything In this line. This Company makes a tinrt-cfae* Scale GO per cent, lower than any other flrst-clux* Company. Every Scale warranted to glvo satisfaction or money refunded. I nave erected one of those Scales in rear of Dr. Parker's Drag Store, and atn prepared to weigh any klnaof Arm product, and will conslderit a favor to receive the patronage of my brother farmers. I have a first-claw "NEW SCALE," and as I will give my personal attention, I hope to please doth Buyer and Seller. JAMES S. WILSON. Oct 6,1879, tf Mrs. Sassard 11/HOSE fine taste and ability as a Milliner IV is well known to the Ladles of Abbeville and surrounding country Is still to be fonnd. at the EMPORIUM OF FASHIONS, and being better prepared this season than ever to offer extra Inducements to her numerous friends and customers in search of stylish and cheap Hats and Bonnets, would respectfully solicit a look before purchasing else* where, guaranteeing pcrfcct satisfaction. Oct 8,19T9, tf Emporium *4 of Fashions. -OUR- ' ' | PALL AND nil STOCK! ;3'i comprising all the latest novel- . ties in Millinery, dress goods, ladies' Clonks, Dress Trimmings, Trimming: silks, Ruffling*. Scarf* Corsets, Zephyr Shawls Jewelry. Kid Gloves and everything for the Ladles' Is now complete in every department and prices guaranteed at lo-.rest ca*n figure*, ?at theEMPORIUM OF FASHIONS. Oct 6,1870, tf NOTICE Delta James F. Mairy, Dec! * ALL persons indebted to the Estate of Dr. JAMES F. 11ABRY, deceased, either by note or account arc requested to come forward and pay the some at on early day to the undersigned or to my agent Dr. J. W. KELLER. Those neglecting to heed this notlco will And their notes and accounts in tho hands of nn Attorney for collection, as further indulgence will not be given. MRS. M. J. MABRY, Administratrix. , Oct. 1,1879. M it PHOTOGRAPHS ! ir S. ALEXANDER with an experience ?v offljre years in Photographing, has opened a GALLERY on the Alston House lot, where he has completed his arrangement* for making Photographs, in all the various styles. Copying and enlarging is one of my specialties. Life size portraits made if dou I mjI 1 fn Ir n nl/witfnpa In ul i At* in* twv kvi<n<l. nuvu? x utrvt m ??iivn iii^ iiij rj/vi.?mens, and nwpvctfully Invite the public to cull andsee them. AH who wish work dono wirt do well to trail early as I will remain hero but a short time. < W. S. ALEXANDER. 3 Sept. 17,1879, tf I FURNITURE J A.t .Anderson^ S. C, G. F. TOLLY, I ! . 1 Announces to the Abbeville | Public that lie keeps constantly on hand at ANDERSON, S. c. The largest STOCK OK FURNITURE kept In the np-eountry, wh'.ch he Is prepared to *ell cheaper than GREENVILLE, AUGUSTA, or .CHARLESTON. As a proof of this, I mention a few prices below, which are not Intended as "catch-pennlea" but are my Regular Prices. Otner arucies will De round 10 oeproportion- . .a lately low. Good Hard Wood and Cottajje M Bedsteads, with Slau and Cantors complete, 52.25 and upwards; Ftne Solid Walnut Bed- i steads, Head Board 6 feet 5 Inches high, at . 36,73; Dress Bureaus, Imitation Walnut with large Gloss 57.50 and upward*; Solid Walnut a I Bureaus % Marble Top, Drop Handles, 513.00. Kitchen safes two Doors and Drawer, $4/0 upwards; Large heavy Cane Back and Seat arm Rocking Chairs, >2,50. Nurse Cane Back and Seat, 31,65, Cane seat Chain per half dozen 85.00 and upwards, Washslands with drawer and Towel end $1.23 and upwards. Imitation Walnut suits consisting of Solid Head Board French Bedsteads, Dress Bureau, Washstand, Table, 4 cane seat Chairs and one Rooking Chair at $19,50, SOLID WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS, consisting of French Bedstead 9 feet 5 inches high, Dress Bureau, Washstand, Table, Four Cane seat Chairs and Brace Arm Cane Seat and Back Rocking Chair 932,50, and everything else in prodortlon. Parlor Furniture of all styles cheaper than anywhere else, call and see me. as I am determined not to be Undersold by Any House. G, F. TOLLY, I DEPOT STREET. * Anderson, 8. C, i Bopt. 17. 1879. j Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Line Railroad \ I CHANGE OK SCHEDULE. On and aller June 28th trains will run on this roaa as follows: Day PuMmaer Train. (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneea. 9 12 a. m.-Leave.- 9 13a.m. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca.. 5 15p. in,-I.cnve... 5 16 p.m. Xighi l>c^nge? Train. (H.A3J. w aivju.; Arrive at Seneca.. 9 01 p. m.-Leave... 0 02p.m. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca. 6 34 a. m.-Leave... 6 35 a. ?. Local Freight Train. (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca. 5 U5p. m.-Leavc... 5 23p.n?. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca. 7 OS a. m.-Leave... 7 12 a. m. Through Freight Train. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Seneca.. 1 Si a. m.-Leave... 1 55 a.m. Day Pashks(;ku Train. 1 (EASTWARD.) Arrive at Green vll le 10 45 a. m .-Leave 10 47 a. m, (WESTWARD.) Arrlvcat Greenville 3 30p.m.-Leave 342p. m. NlOUT PA88BKOEK TUAIN. (EASTWARD.) 4 Arrlveat Greenville 1043 p. m.-Leave 1045 p.m. (WESTWARD.) Arrive at Greenville 4 3D a. m.-Leave 442 a. m. Local Freight Thais. * (EASTWARD.) Arrlveat Greenville 7 3$ a.m.-Leave 8 30 a. m. (WESTWARD.) Arrlveat Greenville 3 54 p. m.-Leave 4 20p.m. Throv<jh Freight Train. (WESTWARD.) Arrireat Green vl lie 1033 p. m.-Leave 10 45 p. m. Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest, Connecting at Charlotte lor all Eastern points. Through Ticket* rm sale at Gainesville, SepAA<> <*!*?' ZlfiA.tnvl1U . k fvil Vnurt.u.hi.*,. ? CUI viij? uict-imiiv ?"?M nyBiMiijwuijj IV U J points East and West. G. J. FOREAL'RE, General Moni ker. \V. J. Hocsros, General raissengerand'i lcket Agent. Notice. 1^11 E Notes and Aceonntsof MowHey, Le. Itoy & Co. and J. B. Moseley A Co. ure In my hands for collection and must be sett'ed jy the 15th of November, next. Turtles inlebted look to your Interest. J. B. MOSELEY. OcUo, 1879, it rhe Latest Variety of Note Paper with Enveiopei. ^ rjINAFORE paper and envelopes. Colors ^gJ 1 sea Foam rink, and l'each Bloom, for wile by E. PARKEE. i Oct. IS, 1S7B. 1