The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 21, 1880, Image 3
The Press and Banner,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wednesday .April 21,1880.
Letter from Colonel Itntler.
Com:mkia. S. April 17, ISSO.
JC'lilnr* Pre.tr anil Jtmuu-r :
I)kau Sin? Your tiivor loth, and samples of
Asbestos and Water from Iiiumond spring iv-j
celved. Please accept my thanks for same, j
Prof.Sl??ppard says to make a full anil correct >
analysis he must, have ivl least threej to four j
gallons of the water. May I trouble you further
to met mo that quantity, put it In n clean j
Jug, seal tightly and send to me, at your earliest
convenience. Any Information you can '
give me in reference to the Asbestos and theI
Diamond Springs will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
A. P. HCTLEK,
Commissioner Agriculture. J
If some friend of the Diamond Spring,
neighborhood will help to comply with Com-j
inissioners request, he will receive our
thanks.
An Ambitions Ilorse.
Mr. Temploton's "gallant grey," became tlr-!
*d of the monotony of plowing on the Blue
Hill,and thought he would exercise himself]
with an evenings airing. He came tearing)
through the town, and, anxious to hear the)
news, he took up the railroad track to meet j
the incoming train, but having no air brakes
on, he was unable to check his speed and fell J
Into the trestle, and was removed just before i
the train passed without receiving any sr-I
rlous damage. Possibly he may have been]
like the bull that wantedjto butt the engine off*
the bridge, to which we say wc admire his I
pluck but censure hlsjudgment.
To Candidates nnd Others.
We do not propose to run the Prets and
Banna- in the interests of any particular cundi !
?diite. Ail nominations must uc paiu lor. him
Khali not In future publish nominations or I
resolutions by clubs endorsing any particular I
candidate, unless we are paid for so doinir. J
"VVe did several hundivd dollars worth of such |
work in the last campaign, and we do not j
propose to repeat the- work unless paid for It. j
Those candidates who desire theairt of Unfriends
of the Prcts and Bonner to elect them 1
will of course, let them know that they are
candidate*.
r To the Democracy of LoTnidesyille. J
There will be a meeting of tlie Democrat ie !
Club at Lovcndesvlllc on .Saturday the first
day of May at 2 o'clock, 1*. .\jfe All Democrats
of the township are earnestly requested t<? attend,
as business of inijwrtance will lie transacted,
such as tiie election of President and
the appointment ot delegates to attend the
County Convention to be held at Abbeville
Court House onSaleday nextII.
II. IlAIlPKIt.
Jaxks Hcckarfk, President.
Secretary.
Reorganization.
There will be a meeting of the Abbeville
Democratic Club in the Court House Friday
eveniug30th lust.,at half past eight o'clock,'
for the purpose of reorganizing, it will be a !
part of the business of the meeting to elect.'
delegates to the county Club called by Judge)
McGowan to meet on the first Monday In i
May proximo. By order of the president.
W. A. TKMPLETON,
.Secretary.
' ' m -?
We direct nttention tit the card of Mr. E. \
T. Viett, published In this issue of the Pvcss j
and Banner. Mr. Viett started business not |
long since In a very liumote way, out. u> h
perserverance, pluck, skill, and well directed I'
energy he now has the most imposing and j,
largest marble yard in Charleston, and is j
acknowledged as the leader in his business.
Persons from this part of the country wish-j
ing anything in his line would do well to con- j!
suit him. We guarantee honesty and faith-i,
fulness, and can vouch for square work, good j j
work, and true work.
Candidates?By reference to the advertise- j
mcnt In another column It wilt be seen Hint a i
numherof candidates for the various offices)
^ ure now in the field. We take great pleasure h
ill recommending the aspirants and hope I
that eatfn of them may be elected. As otln-r j;
candidates come to the front we shall an-!
nouncc their names. We usually elmrg" five j
dollars for announcements, but we so fairly
endorse the ticket presented this week that]
we do not charge the ordinary .fee.
Abbeville now seems on the hi eh road toi
prosperity. Our planters are actively at work. I'
Much new land lisis been opened, large areas j'
have been sown in small grain, great quanti-j1
ties of wet land have been ditched for corn and '
?in immense cotton crop is pitched. If our I1
people no all the work which they have mapped
out, they wiil prosper immensely.
When you go to Augusta stop at the Globe j (
Hotel. >?r. Arnold, the proprietor gives you [,
si hearty welcome and makes you have nt"
iiomelike feeling, a genial and whole-souled !
Irishman, he know* Iiow to "Keep u mnei. |
The.(Jlobe is centrally located, and the table]
supplied with the best delicacies from the |
Northern and city markets.
The Chester Itnllc:iit. h progressive and enter- j1
f(rising Journal of our neighboring County ;
las cnt?;re<l ui>on Its second volume. \vi:h 1
cheerful prttspccts for the future. Its outspo-11
ken and manly course has won friends at J
liotne, and the respect of his contemporaries, ,
I>>ng may she continue to prosper and to'
grow older.
Thf. attention of the ladies is called to thei
Advertisement of Messrs. It. M. Haddon it <'o.I(
f where can be found a complete stock of mil- j
littery and fitney good*. Parties in need oi'j,
tirlicies in their line can be assured of ivci-iv- j
ing what thc.v wish tastily arranged and ofi j
1' the latest styles and fashions. |,
We itave received, in pamphlet form, lite I'
1 Iteportof the Special Committee of the t'nur-,
Icston Chamber of Commerce, exhibiting the I
. varied advantages of the City of Charleston |
as a port of import and export for the general |
* tnide, foreign and domestic. Printed at .V?r.t i
'1> <zn</ Oouritr Book Presses.
? Mtt. \V. A. Tkmpi.kton* has promised to >
. Klve us an extract from his excellent essay on i
Education, which was read before the Liter- i
9* wry Club. The essays are generally very In - j
tcrestlng, and if our reader* appreciate them i
as wedo. we will givethemau opportunity to )
read more of them.
Tiie Junior Kditor has just returned from a I
visit to Newberry, Columbia, Augusta, and)
Charleston, and makes his acknowledgments
to his brethren of the press?a splen-;
did fraternity?for kindnesses shown andj
cyurtesies extended on his trip.
t Wk have received a neatly printed copy of'
the "minutes of the sixteenth session of the1
South Carolina Conference of the African |
Methodist Episcopal church." The work '
comes from the office of the Beaufort Crescent, j
and docs the office credit,
Dk. Bland who was so seriously wounded !
in Edgefield last week is still alive, with
hopes of his recovery. Since writing the!
above we learn from a private source the I
news ig discouraging, and his friends fear the i
worst.
rmrNSTKN bullies would do well 1o rend nixj;
ponder the fate of W. S. Bates at Barnwell, i
The time is coming when men cannotobe shot!
down like dogs. Some of these bullies may
yet pet their necks in a halter.
Miss ^klcher, of Greenville, returned last
Thursday, after spending several w.-eks with i
Mend* In Abbeville. Her benuty and sweet;
attractive grace, won captive souie of the best
hearts In Abbeville.
\V. C. Benkt, Ksq.. left Abbeville last Mon-!
day to attend the Circuit Court in Columbia.
He Is looking after the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad In the interest of his clients.j
Success to him.
Dr. Marshall yesterday expressed three
fox hounds to St. Joseph, Mo. The dosrs in
Missouri can't catch the red foxes. It is said
* that our hounds are the finest In the world.
Mr. T. B. Chews, senior editor of thcLonreiurille
Herald, has been nominated for the
Legislature. We congratulate hlin, and hope
that he may be elected.
A heavy wind, hail and rain storm passfd
through The Fork, in Laurens County on Monday
afternoon, blowing down trees and fenclug.
Mrs. Jons Owk.v who has been on a visit
t? relatives in Abbeville returned yesterday
evening to her home in Cartersvlllc, Georgia.
Mr. G.T. Reed has just erected a handsome
monument at the Hodge* cemetery in memo
of his childrcd. It is the first in the section.
Which element do you represent? The
Hagood or Gary division? Cast your votes
for delegates in accordance with your views.
When electing delegates to the County
Club choose such as represent your own views
?those who will support Hagood or Gary.
Nearly the whole of the Abbeville I'.nr is
either In Columbia or is represented there in
attendance upon the Supremo CouiJ.
The first step is Important. Choose your
delegates to the County club with a view to
voting for Hagood or Gary.
The ground is drying very fast, and in some
places it is too hard to plow. Partial showers
are beginning to fall.
We present this week another sermon from
* Henry Ward Beecher. It is unnecessary tc
ask you to read it.
If you want to see a Job of good blacksmith
work, examine a buggy recently ironed
by Lewis Rlchey.
Anderson is excited on the Hnilroad quos
tlon. Money has been raised to survey a new
| routo to Kasly.
{ The farmers on Hard Labor Creek are gor
lng to take their canals down to Columbia, to
1 start factories.
The young people of Monterey will have r
plc-nic dinner at Clinkscrles' Mill on Satur
day, May 1st.
ggjf The Calhoun Club, No. 1, will meat on Sat
urday, April 24. A lull attendance Is earnest
ly requested.
The Bordeaux club will meet at Libert:
church at 2^ o'clock on Saturday the firs
day of May.
- I..ivnr wl, I t.i
pnjuvi*, nuiuvh^
goods In gre at varlty Just received at Hill <!
Thomson's.
Tiik Medical Association will meet the sec
ond Tuesday In May.
Geo. K K. Wenck, Secretarj-.
Thk Abbeville Literary Club will meet n
the resldenc# of Dr. Wilson on Friday 711
May next.
The fields along the Railroad from Abbe
vllle to Hodges are nicely prepared for th
new crop.
Thk question is, shall you send Gary a
Ilagood delegates to Abbeville and Columbia
A large stock of clothing markcii down a
the lowest prices at Hill <c Thomson's.
The prospects for fine crops of wheat am
oata was never better about Hodges.
The prospect for a stood oats crop was ueve
better. The wheat crop Is good.
The Rev. W. T. Sloan planted cotton on th
10th Inst. It Is up nicely now.
Mr. John A. Bkooks has bought a first
class field grain thresher.
? . .1.- d'f i'.
sunday huh iiic umiiuuuick.i blvvu ?. ..
the shade at Abbeville.
A full lino of Yankee notion,Just receive
at Hill & Thomson'sMajor
Ernest Gary of Edgefield trr.s 1
town last Monday.
Rev. Mr. Lir.ox of Lowndesville was 1
town last Monday.
Save money?buy your dry goods froi
Hill & Thomson.
The Ant.reville Club will meet on Saturda
tho first of May. ,
Dr. DivVer, of Anderson, was In town ye
terday.
L. .
I Greenwood Notes and Comments.
j HY QUII> NUNC.
| There whs quite an enjoyable soiree nt. the;
residence of Mr. Stephen Klmore last Friday i
( evening. An, excellent string band was on :
[ band and the hours Hew by right merrily. j
; The remains of little Willie 1 lodges,
daughter of Mr. S. 1'. nnd Mrs, llattie llodges i
were brought down on last Wednesday ut 11
o'clock from Walhaila, at which place she!
! died the preceding day from diptberia. The |
burial exercises took place in the afternoon..
Willie was a pretty, blight child, and her,
death is a sad allhction upon the hearts of;
the devoted parents.
l'rof. (i. C. Hodges was visiting his mother-j
in-law on Saturday and Sunday, who is at'
this time exit cutely ill.
The Commission created by an net of the'
last session of the Legislature for the investigation
of alleged cruelties practiced upon
convicts by the tireenwood and Augusta
Itallroad, is now in session In this place.
Numbers of witnesses have been summoned
and it is quite probable that it will continue
its work until the appropriation of Slt.VJO, j
made for the purpose, is exhausted. Nothing j
? 1 1 to criminallv to In-1
?<? lar im> uvm
culpate the railroad authorities. The com- |
mission liold n secret session eaeh day. It is
believed it will culminate favorable tc, the 1
road. The personel of the Commission is the '
strongest assurance of absolute Justice to all '
concerned. John B. Wiley. II. L. I toil bow,
J H. Kiehardson, K. B. Murray, and II. A.
Shaw, constitute the boaid, two from the
Senate and three from the house. John li.
Wiley Is the Chairman. ,
Mr. Milton Blake represented Uock church
at the last session of the l'rcsbytcry in Greenville.
? Messrs. Hardin and Black have completed
the improvements on their mill, nnd are now
turning out a splendid quality of meal and i
tlou r. I
Mr. J. W. Green is making excellent j i
progress on iiis new residence. ],
Judce Tarrant disposed of an assault and i
battery caseamong the newes last week.
If the entire country had paid the suuieat- i
tentlon to the late remnant of the cotton (
crop that the vicinity of (ireenwood lias done t
thousands of dollars mi^ht have been saved I j
the farmers. More than sixty ba'es were i
sold at this place at more remunerative tic- ]
ures than were received for the better grades, i
Professor Boozer and wife are in town. |
The Professor has some tllty or sixty boys in i
his department. (
Tiie t'omniission and contingent attraction
of crowds trive the Kiley House a decided ine- |
tropolitatt air tills week. (
Senator Maxwell is the expressed favorite l<
of this part of tiie County for Chairman of|]
the Iiemocratie Executive Committee. 11
.Mrs. ]>r. J,ewis visiting Edgefield. p
Mr. .J. F. Watson is u tine salesman, and 11
has just the magnetism to draw young lady)
customers. i
If favorable terms can be made with the j
railroad, the Sunday Schools will cxcurt to i
Williamston on the first of May. The band i
will accompany them, and nig Wllliamston ^
neighbors may expcct to li?ir some fc?>od \
music. t
l'rofessor l>argun's school is In a very prO?- t{
porous condition. With the present favorfl- n
bio augurle.s tircenwood may yet recover its ;i
former honorable reputation as an education:tl
centre. It has now live livlug professors j
occupying positions of honor in colleges in \
the South?a bettor showing perhaps than t
uny small town In Carolina can make. v
Mr. \\*hitIo<-k is pushing tlie construction ,j
of Ills mill. When completed It will be a t
real bonanza. I
Mr. A. J. Kproles, with characteristic en- !t
tcrprise, has erected a press for packing rags f
and raw hides. He does a large und profita- t
ble business in each.
The cash sales have continual remarkably
good this season, and the merchants seem
cheerful. The mercantile interests are really
on a lirincr basis than for years. .
There is no more charming place in the *
State than t!reenwood in the midst of its
vernal luxuriances; its magnificent areas ~
of stately oaks, vocal with th? melody of .
birds; its shrubbery that a Shenstono miglit J'
have admired; its floral garniture as lovely '
as the rose-bioomiug vale of the Sluraz. ,
with an air of exhilarating odors. Its rctined (
society,cultured minds, pretty women, chivalrous
young men, equable temperature, J
handsome churchcs, excellent schools, exceptional
ministry, assurance of additional 11
railroad facilities, combine to render It an in
....... ..r ein.ii ii s^eklmr "
VII III u luriltluil t\/ tavu VI. w
such advantages. "I
In an altercation oit Mr. F. A. Arnold's f
place a mulatto airl eaiiienear bciui; vivisect- !'
ed, having several ugly scars indicted upon *
her anatomy. They evidently meant tostudy J
the intricate philosophy of color and laid the
Internment of her cranium wlrle open with a '
rock. Judje Tarrant did not approve of this 1
mcihod oi ciynics nor the use of such an unKcientifui
instiiiim-ui. and, with empty pock- .
ft books, they meditate in sorrow their rash- ,
lies*.
The emigrants from Iluckievel to Florida. *'
are well pleased with country, and with .
cheering reports back to their friends, Nuinhereof-others
will follow them next Full.
Miss Lelatid,rectoress Pine (irove .School, is ,
11 line teacher and lias a lull school.
ritii "nkwm'ai'kk" senium.i:k. tup. "okfi- t,
CIAL" SCKIlllSI.Klt, AND I.It. MACIIIIIIlK. j,
Ail your readers entirely airree with the
/'re.v.* vuit Jiutuwr, that the poor house otHelals e
have made a good showing, tinU very many Ihave
thanked your reporter for the eireum- v
stance ? hieh the most ot)tu*o must perceive,
to ask the impulsion of action In thiKofflchu
showing. Jt >eeuis just a I'll paradoxical that
i"oinmissioner .Mattison should deem it important
to include a newspaper man in his
visitini; board, :iflcr his graceful allusion to i
"newspaperscribblers." Such sarcastic ex- t,
i-oiiatlon. though frequently emanate from
men as high in ollicial position its the t'omniissiiti'.er.
It would not be unworthy of (lie |
?...Ar i),u?i.i ,,t. 511, ..n.-nrrhlnl commune t.
wiio despise five |nws a* enemy oi' e
tbsolulKiu. i lnut hist sight of the inn.iestos
l>o|>uii wiieti I suimli.cil on litis It is official v
toe*. 1 do not by any mean* claim the honor t,
>f a do facto newspaper attache; my reports s<
being a self imposed task o." recreation and s
improvement, hut us long as I continue to
"scribble"' I shall not slirimt from making
L'X|Misliioi:s of all such official iiegligeneo, as R
the two communications in reference thereto i
from Mr. Madison and I)r. MeBrldc, have L.
convinced the public did exist in the poor j,
house. I showed tlx*article to my informant |fcefoie
transmitting it to the Press and IJaimrv
and usUcd him if the case was over-slated add
he promptly replied in the negative, adding
other facts which for prudential reasons 1 <l:d
not state. He is a gentleman of truth and r
his identity can he furnished In an hour. No
assertions were made under a fictitious name
as alleged by the Commissioner. A moie
dangerous idea to the true spirit of institu- ^
tional government does not permeate the <
official atmosphere than that the creature of r
power is independent of the power that, made *
him: a rehabilitation of the old monarchial 3
maxim, "The ICing can do no harm." Asil
long as the air Is free from Maine to the Gulf 1
so long will the press be free and the most .1
miserable "scribbler" that "scribbles'* for 1
the most insigniilcaut sheet should not fail 1
to scribble about officials In a spirit of truth I
nnd fairness, if it is an encomium, or commendation.
officials do not regard newspaper
scribblers with precisely the same contempt,
even if the official does not try his own
hand at. "scribbling" for n newspaper.
The official "scribbler" in this instance, as is
the general public, is no doubt pleased with
the statenientof the 2Vm and Banner, that
chimneys have been put to the l'oor Jlouse,
that the w indows have been tilled with glass. (
and that the building has been whitewashed ;
and otherwise made comfortable. I should ]
not have again referred to thift matter, but I '
ir.nm ii vliimlc iiisiicc to tiivselfaiid Inform- ,
nut that the readers of the 7Vm and Unnntr I
regard the two communications as the most
complete confirmation of what was stated,
notwithstanding l)r. McBrlde's pUusible attempt
t?> divert public attention from the
question of ventilation. There was evidently
no ventilation, as there was no building
to ventilate, for a frame without glass, without
chimneys, smoked, with leaky stove
pipes, can't be called a house any more than
j a handle can be properly called an axe.
Ninety-Six Portfolio,
i
BY QVJD NUNC.
There was a delightful pound party at the
| residence of Mr. I,. M..Moore last Friday evenI
ing. ten poundsof sugar converted into snowy
i coils of candy manipulated by pretty hands
' was an exquisite leature.
! Several young men with diircrent instru!
ments spent several hours in serenading
j around town the other night. Heveial case|
ments were slyly drawn, no shower baths,
! but plenty of button hole posies and smiles
i anil roses from visions of beauty.
The quarterly meeting of the M. E. f'hurch
! was well attended and the services of Interesting
character.
The charade party will fioon finish their
training and will present the public with a
most Interestingand entertaining programme j
They contemplate visiting other villages.
.Mrs. Mel.'rack en the aged lady who a few |
days ago broke her leg by falling f"om a door, j
i died on Friday evening, .she was a paralytic
II previous to this accident, ami her physician,
l)r. Hozcmaii, entertained no hopes of her rct!
covery after the occurrence, deeming It imI
j possible for hersysiem to nill>? under the severe
shock. The funeral obsequies took place
I .Sunday afternoon.
, Mrs. Juster, seventy-six years of aire, fel!
from a fence on Thursday last and broke her
I thigh.
| Mr. ('. A.<\ Waller and Cnpt. J. T. Parks
' from Greenwood were in town on last Saturi
day.
Kev. Mr. Powers was the guest of Mr. J, C.
' Gritlin during the quarterly meeting.
| Messrs. Moore A tjuattlcbaum sold 1340 tons
of guano this season.
M Numbers will go to the Charleton tournaj
ment this week.
j 'J here were ten revenue officers In town last
1' week. They were preparing a raid on some
'i point in the country. Much difficulty was
hail in getting transportation, all available
- stock being engaged in the farms.
- j Messrs. K. G. Kusscll and Kobert Jones paid
the okl fort h visit last week- They procured
j! h li^ht, denuded thewsclves of their clothing
^: and went at it like trained explorers. Worming
their bodies through the small aperture
I they succeeded in reaching the main excavap
; tion. The principal features of the interior
are Intact, many names, dating back to the
revolution. Inscribed upon the walls are per
fectly legible, llut few of the fortresses of '70
have associated with them more thrilling recollections
than the old Star Fort. The names
t of Greene, ltuger and Lord itawdon are prom*
>. Incut.
lion. J. If. lilce will repaint his residence
this summer.
Mr. Miller salesman with K. M. Pope has
e | been contiued to hishotuu by sickness for several
days.
r I Messrs. Russell and brother will establish a
? branch of their business in Hamburg shortly.
lji?ir. H, G. itussell will no down this week to
! arrange the preliminaries, and will at once
,! commence business. They are good business
a | men and will succeed anywhere.
Mr. G. Majoras lost a very tine mare a few
ri days ago. This is a serious loss Just at this
j stage of the season, and his neighbors arc
e | generously donating money to purchase
I other animal. - .
I Trial Justice Rogers was quite busy Qr?,V
" J urday. He makes an excellent oHi''
I gives en tire satisfaction. cium. < ?
11 ] Mr. McKantz, agent Wheeler J3 ( ?*
I from Spartanburg was in towfci'',
a! Dr. K. G. Martin of Gr..^wtl hcre
_ | m'ard to j?o^npprcclntrd.
" ! Performers inu?i itnve me u^ju w?i.
| tion of those present to throw real pathos Inn
to their art, and reaeli the ciirnax of their
: skill. Tlies? are facts which must be fully
n recocnlzet) If e<v>U music Is desired.
I Miss LalJorde had occasion recently to ask a
j student in herdepartment, '\Vhat were the
>' | provisions of tlie Missouri (onijroinise Mil ?"
I who quickly replied "Corn, lJaa* und Hour."
s-| The physicians roportt he surr)ftndi''6 cotmtry
as remarkably hc.ilth?
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e,
: I _|l
Messrs. Rogers ,t Turner have sold 140 tons
of guano tills year.
Many farmers have already exhausted their
liens. ! "j
Mr. Ohlpleyof Plioenix hasa new engine for i
threshing grain nf the self-propelling style, j
only requiring one horse to transport it from i
point to )><>itit.
The last meeting of the Heading club at Ma-j
Jor Fouche's wus one of marked Interest.
The benefits arising from this organization j
are evident in tliegeneral improvement of the
readers. Misses Stuart and Fouchc, Mr. Thus.
IHickett and lion. J. 11. It ice were the programme
readers. Each one did excellently. C
andthemuslcbyMrs.il. 11. Jones was well J a
executed and well received. The humorous ; U
by Captain Hale and Miss llcttic Hlake evoked
immense laughterund many compliments.' ei
Prof- Lynch principal of the school at Oak- j si
land Academy has an attendance of .15 Mu- tl
dents, lie is an efilcicnt educatwrand has tne ] rc
general favor of his patrons. vi
Mrs. King had a severe congestive chill last i Jf
week. j d
I>r. Hill received several heavy orders for 11
Ills Hepatic Panacea last week. Tills great tl
remedy will yet take its place tirst among the j Pi
famous liver medicines of tills ape. I It
It Is often said that a wink is as Rood as a | w
nod to a blind horse, hut to a sick man a ! it
Wenek is much better than a nod.
A hole large enough to receive asm nil string,' ti
Conductor Isaacs says Just punchesout fifteen ! K
cents worth of the precious metal from a sil- oi
ver half. ^
COL. J. S, COTHRAX. J
T
The Hero of '76?He is Nominated by
"Democrat" as County Chairman.
Edilora ZVe.w and Banner:
The time lor the reorganization of the County
Democratic Club Ik near at hand and the
Important business of the meeting will be
the electing of a President to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of Judge Ale- h
jowhii, h
Tlic loss of so efficient and worthy represent-] *,
\tlve of democracy in the county Is a source
if deepest regret, and It behooves us to elect , #
i successor worthy of the responsible position i {''
mil one who possesses those<iuaIIlies of head I
ind heart so essential for the success of a po-1 'V
liticaI leader. The radical camp is already ij,
marshaling Its forces for the fray, and the':,
ures-nt campaign promises to be one of tin- H
isuui Interest, anil which will probaby find ! ^
i counterpart only In the memorable days of
'"U" hence the necessity for a thorough organ- ,J
zation. The question then recurs, whom I
(hull we choose as our standard bearer? Sev- j ,
nil names have been suggested as suitable .
persons for the position, but on reflection,'!.'
.vlillc they are men of acknowledged ability, |
re find them wanting pi some of the wsen-j
,lals of successful leadership. *
The position In the tirst place demands n ,
nan who has the implicit confidence of the ...
icoplc, one whoso character is above reproach I
md who has no selfish purpose to subserve,!."
.... iiw, ,,r tii* uiiiilie heart. In their.
lecoml piuec tt needs one of superior ability, It"
vlth the aid of past experience to direct, j
hough not too old to infuse life and enthusl- ' ,
tsm Into the party, nor too young to be rash | {"'
ind Indiscreet, one vigilant in council us well ;
is valiant in the field. ,'i
Can such un one he found In the county,' ,
osswwIhk all of the above qualifications ? j
V'e answer emphatically yes. One who has
>een weighed In the balance and not found
ranting. w? refer to the hero of "70"?Colonel ,
as. S. Cothran. Elect htm our standard ,
icarer and e're the ides of November shall jjj;
iave passed, renublicanlsm will have sought
, more congetiial clime and "Honesty and ! J"
Iome Itule," will become the permanent her- j H"
(age of the Banner County. J:.1
? DEMOCRAT. 5 Jj?
Sleepy Hollow Waking Up. en
lessra. Editor* Pre.ts and Maimer : i an
I see you have letters from many sections I
f thecountv, but never a line from what I i co
t ill denominate as .Sleepy Hollow. I nnist S()
Bave you, Messrs. Editors, to locato thi.sjj^,
ilace, and If your efforts should be crowned f0l
rith success, nlease do not divulge the dls-lj^i
overy. I will state for your Information and r|?
hat of the public, that it is not a hundred |
iillefronj the site of a once famous academy, I ]y
ior fin tlier from the former residence of one i Sal
| Carolina's greatest statesman. | Jn|
Wo are a people who attend dlllgontly to i 'j
iiirown business. We feel that nothing out-! ca
ide of our own neighborhood Is worth wor-jun
ying about. We are in a kind of political nn
utliargy. if you takeout the fence law.noth- un
ngciin stir us up. We, do not think that the
adlc.tls getting into power isof much Imporunce
as the tr<nible, once a month, of having i
o attend a club meeting, each of us is happy 'j
it allowing eveulK lo luRe their own course, i
iith never an effort to guide or direct them.' ,
We are to try and have a democratic meet- ;
ngon the afternoon of the twenty-fourth.! i)n
Cow Messrs. Kditors eun you not Heml us j tit
own one of your big guns who might en-In,,
iiuse us, say some one of those many as]>i- ;
ants lor Legislative honors. | (;<*
Sleepy Hollow may be waking up after all
here is a whisper that some of lis have, so far; jj
oused upas to desire,* club right here among ' j
is, and a go< d move It would be, if a sutlic-i/,,
ient number .desire it. We have a voting j ,
ireeinet and wish a eluti near it. i xii
I (Ind I must close though I have only sUirt-1 i
d my subject. If you are appreciative Messrs. /.jj
editors, you may soon hear again from one '(
iho prides himself upon being one, and of
sbkkpy Hollow.
Jlillway Items.
By order of Dr. Jan. L. l'ressl.v. President, j th
he Mlliway Democratic flub will meet at i pa
he usual place on Saturday ncxtut lo o'clock ' IT
.. in. ) ili
The Winter Seat bridge Is again in a ehron- ea
estate of decline, and is sadly in nerd of the) of
isual Spring vir>it of the County Commission- j xu
rs. . ; ol
Mr. .!. II. Wldeman who luis lost several j sh
aluable sheep lately, has declared hostility po
i> dogs generally ami is now on the war path lie
lined witli a double barrel gun and No. 2 ; be
hot. 1 j '
Cotton planting half flnMied. tal
The folly and dauger of building upon a ! st:
andy foundation were forcibly yres*nt?d by ' an
lev. T. A. Held at lloreb lio.t Sunday, 11}.' '
arnest zeal and faithful dlscharue of duty in-1 (*<;
siloing a Rood work ami limning ihn* mmu
riends. Ho In the right mail in the right j lit
ilace, | co
| Wl
Hotel Arrivals.
JurcE's Hotki., for the week ending Tucsday,
April :Oih. U?
LowIr Clinkfcales. H L Williams, Benjamin !'.!
Villiams, A W Sullivan, .1 It Hampton, J B ' .
>1111, An-treville. I, I) Wa'.ktns W T Cun- .
lincham, Lowndcsvillf. John H Rohertsand ...
rife. Hev. KG ltobcrts and wife, Oxford, Ala. .'
stores Litton, Gairhcy. John MeNiel, Win ?
Mwell, County, Cicero Hushes, I, II Moore. 1,7,
I T Wardlnw, City. II M Johnson, Din-West. i...
f F Adsimson, J i' Jury, Mlllway. l>avld Oil- j
mm. Lebanon. W It Powell, Calhoun's Mills, i ,.r
1 F Bourehcllon, J W l'eak, Bordeaux. I
' J?d
MAKRM llEPOltTS. |>?
I P<
COUUECTED WEEKLY 1JY 1 I <
I tr
B. "W. Barnwell, n,
Dealer in General Merchandise. !>"
3ood Middling II>4 Ordinary ......W/, (;
Middling U Tinged, 10V* w
[,<>\v Middling lOji Stains 8 to in] d<
Very little of any kind offered on tlicinarkat, I in
u'otton lb. 10 @ \'2\i ci
I'.ueon Hams ..II). 12^j| tl
liacon Sides lb. 8 |w
Hacon Shoulders lb. 7 |S
Lard lb. 11
Corn bu. 8.5 I c<
Peas bu. 85 if
riuts bu. 75 I'
Flour cwt. 3 50 4.50 d
Fodder cwt. 70 1 00 d
Sweet Potatoes bu. 00 75 K
Irish Potatoes bu. 150 ?
lb. 10 u
Hutter lb. 15 2(J ti
Kbits doz. 12H ci
Turkeys pr. 150
Cierse - pr. 75 a
Chickens pr. 15 iJn^
Beeswax lb. 15 201
Heel lb. 5 (ij
Pork lb. 7 8-r
Tallow lb. (5 711
Hale Hope, Manilla lb. 20 25 1
Candles, Sperni lb. 25 30 ?
' II,. 15 20. '
V/Hiiuio, au??ui?.i.v...w
Cheese lb. 201
Coffee, Itio lb. IS 251
<'oflee, Java lb. 35 40 j
Hay cwt. 100
Hides, Dry lb. 10 12
Hides, Green lh- ,r> 6|
Molasses, Curia ... teal. 40 451
Molasses, New Orleans?. pal. 45 75]
NalK... lb. 7 8.
(HI, Kerosene gal< 20,
Oil. Machinery gal. 75
Shot bag 2 50
Salt sack 110 1 ii
Soap lb- 5 io
Sugar, ( rushed lb, \2\-i
Sugar, Powdered lb. 12V.
Sugar, C White lb. 11 12
sugar, Brown lb. 9 10
Starch lb. (I 8
Tea, Green lb. 75 100
Tea, Black lb. (iO 75 '
Tobacco, chewing lb. 40 75 1
Tobacco, smoking lb. (>5 75
Vinegar, cider gal. 40 00
Plow Points lb. 10
I Straw Cutters each. SIKI (
CANDIDATES.
For Sheriff. J
. Mr. ,
AJr. .
Mr. ?.
For Clerk. j
Mr, ,
Mr. . j
I'or Probnte Judge.
Mr. .
For the LcRislnture,
Hon. ,
, Esq,
j ? < y !
j Riding Saw Machines.
i rPH K subscriber, ntjont few the sale of W. \V..,
i 1 Hostwick A Co's iilDING SAW MAI
CHINKS In Abbeville minty, will exhibit |
j the siime in operation furnish circulars:!
Ac.,i)n application u> nim at Abbeville Court!,
' House.
J W. Lesly, !
April '-I, 1W>. 11
E. T. VIETT,
MONUMENTAL
! MADmp ?vn flDAVimi? li
| ITUUlDlsIi AL\U U11A111XJU |i
WORKS, |
| Office 49, Workshops 57 Broad Street; <
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
April 21,18S0,
I
THE GREENVILLE RAILROAD. ?
'lie Road Sold After nn Exciting '
Auction of Nearly Six Honrs, for $2,003,400
to Hon. W. A. Conrtcnay, ,
of Charleston?$20,000 Cash Hepos- '
ited to Secure the Hid. |
(Columbia llcgixtcr.) 't
The announcement that the Greenville A r
olumbia 1 la 11 road was to be sold yesterdrew I
large crowd lo the block in from of the v
ourt Jlouse at the appointed hour.
At 12oelock Mr. Heard, auctioneer, mount- C
j a table and read the advertisement of the t
lie, which has heretofore been published in C
le Ilrt/Mcr. Mr. Iinrnwell, the Master, then t
;nd the decree of Judge Muckey, dated No- t
ember 1ft), 18711, under which the sale was
lade. He also announced, as to claims and r
I'inaiids or any kind against the 111ue Ilidgc J c
a11 road Company, thai, among the assets of t
le Greenville and Columbia Itaiiroad Comuny,
were S!77,<HK) of bonds of the liluc Hldge d
ailroad Company and that those bonds
on Id pass under ihls sale, but that proceed- n
ig had been commenced lu these cases by u
le Carolina National liauk in relaon
to them; that on April i:i, lS-so, Judge b
!ershaw made an order reserving the rights
r persons who have made these claims. 8
Mr. JSurnwell then read the following or- a
sr: c
iik Statu of South Carolina, Kicih-anii
County.?In tin: C"urt of Otmmoii Pints. -1
lie State er relation* the Altoney General, r
plaintiff1, against the Greenville and Col- 8
unibiu itui I road Company and others, de- i n
tiMidants.?Complaint for relief, foreclosure, b
Ac. h
^II.K/,1, mill nlhnru nlnl nM flk-acrid list. I j(
the Greenville ami Columbia Railroad in
Company ami others, defendents.?Com-1 v
plaint for reliel, <fcc. n
in those causes u petition has been filed by fi
if Carolina National llunk of Columbia,lb
>uth Carolina, and Robert K. Scott, forjt
leinselves and all others in like condition, n
ho may elect to come in and contribute to I b
ie expenses of the proceeding, for the pur-1 s
>se of setting aside certain con tracts entered [ b
ito between such parties and the Greenville 11
id Columbia Railroad Company, whereby n
icsald company acquired from these pares
a large number of first mortage bonds of 11
ie lllue Ridge Company, and gave In ex- r
lange therefor bonds of the said Greenville b
id Columbfti Railroad Company, ssyied e
rst-murtgage bonds, dated 1st July, lS7fi. To b
ils petition the Receiver has, by orderol' this t<
>urt, tiled his answer. | h
The cause came on to be heard before me j 'j
April term, lsSO. of the Court for the said i a
junty, and, after hearing s. W.Mellon for! ^
ie petition and A. G. Magrath for the Re- n
iver, the decision thereon has been re-jn
rved. j o
I'he bonds delivered by the said parties, i"
id others in the like condition, are now in i "I
e possession of the Receiver, subject to the | n
ntrol of tills Court; and, by the order of
idge Macltey, the Master has been directed K
sell all the riulit., title and interest therein I
ild by the Greenville and Columbia Railad
Company, together with all the other Moperty,
rights and franchises of tlic said D
mpany, lor lorejosure, on xnursuay, me iJJ
Lh day of April,,iii?>tant. . m
i'othecnd that the rights of the parties to
Is proceeding may be reserved, pending the C
ntroversy, on motion of Messrs. Melton & P
ark, for the petitioners, It Is C
Ordered, Timt tbe decree of Judge Mackey, et
ted 28th November, 1879, above referred to, si
amended so that the sale therein directed Is
bw made, of ''all the right, title and intent
of the Greenvlll and Columbia Railroad
impany in the Rlue Hidge 1 tail road Coin- ni
ny, togctiier with all all claims and deunits
of any kind against the Uluo Ridge
ulroad Company."' shall be made and ....
eoted subjet to the rights and equities of "r
e petitioner, the Carolina National Hank, ?
<1 such oilier persons as may becomo par- fi
is to the said proceeding, who are in like ^
ndition holders of tlrst martgago bonds,
called, of the Greenville and Columbia
ill road Company as aforesaid, in ej;change
the said tirst mortgage bonds of the Hlue
dgc Railroad Company, and so that all such I
;hts and equities, as the hainc are in eoniversy
under tiie said petition, may be ful-l _
and wholly reserved, undirected by such I
Ie, until the Issues arising therein be deter-] |
ined or the said petition bo dismissed. i *
I'ltis order Is mudu merely from abundant
ution and to declare tor the intormatlon of j ~
who may bo interested the true meaning i J
d intent of the order of sule, and to decide ,
y ijucstiou hereafter in regard thereto.
J. R. Keiwhaw,
1'residlng Judge. T
\pril 1.1, 1SS0. !
iv.... I c;i
D. B. Miller, C. C. I'.
Vprll H, 1X80.
Mr. liarnwell then fin 1(1: Judge Kershaw ?
s since tiled another decree dismissing
rse claims entirely and they depe.ulon the
liter being taken to the Court of Appeals. t
Mr. Barnwell then reud the concluding por-l |
>n of the following order, which we print ?
lire
IK STATK OK Sot'Tlt C'AKOMNP, COUNTY OK _
ltlCUJ.ANJ>.?In the Oum/mm J'lcttx.
re.. Jaincs s. (jihbes etal.vn. The Green.
ille and Columnia Railroad Company. r
ic State of South Carolina rs. The (ircen-jV
/llle and Columbia Railroad Company cl at. *
: jxtvlr The Carolina National Hank, of K,
Columbia, fS. C.f and It. K. Scott, ! ?<
I'll is cause was hoard t>y t lie Court upon the j
titlon. the answeer, the testimony taken* _
fore the Master and the arguments of eoun-1
I, on Saturday, Apr'l the in, isxo. Under!
rmer orders of the Court the property oi i
e Greenville and Columbia Railroad C-om,ny
Is directed to be sold by the Master on
inrsdav, April 15, ls.su. Notwithstanding
? valine of the interests involved in the
use, the force ami ability of the arguments
counsel ami the mass ot authority cited in
pport of them mid the Impossibility ofi
examining and considering them'in thei
ort period of time allowed for that pur- |
M- before tlio sale, it appears tome to tie;
ce.vary and proper that Judgment should i
announced before the sale.
I'lie facts stated In the answer are fully sus-1
Ined by the testimony; so a'so are the facts
ited in Hie petition und not denied by the
swer.
^Vhether the bonds of the (Jreenville anil
ilumbiu Uailroud Company which consti-!
ted the consideration lor the transfer of the ]
uc Ridge Itailroutl bonds, sought to be revered
by the petitioners in this proceeding
i-re ultra vii'cx or not, or whether said bonds!
(. liable to the objection. That the Green-j|J
lie and Columbia Railroad Company held
I lie time of their Issue such a position In
e Court as that, the order of the Court was |
rcessnry to give them validity or not. All1
e tacts ami circumstances affecting their j
ilidity were fully known to both the colliding
parties. Said bonds hud thenaccrIn
speculative value. There was no fraud, |
jsrepresentation or mistake founded on > T
Durance of facts then existing. The par- '
* contracted with reference to the then
eculatlve value ot the said securities. The
ntrnct was fully executed by the exchange
the respective bonds, und transaction acliesced
in and acted upon by both parties
r years, and until the said bonds appear to i
ive but the value which they were sup-j
>scd to -< and for purposes of specula-1
>u and^^e., did possess ul the time of the !
unsfcr.
Under these circumstances the Court Willi
it Interfere to relieve the petitioners. They j .
ust take the consequences ot their own d
ir^iun.
The Issue of the bonds in question by the I
rcenville and Columbia Kal'road Coin puny ] T
us not olio of those nets positively forbid-1
n by the charter, and hence was not a void,!
jt. at most, a valuable act. Under such cir-1
linsiances iv contract made in rofcrtjnee to
lein as a consideration, when executed,
ould be sustaind.?Kit Id on Corporations,
ections a>ii, L7 i, and eases there eited.
Kquity will not relieve against an executed
m tract, except, In case of fraud, accident or
iistake. There are no such ingredients in
lis transaction. There are no such accieut
or mistake. There are no cuch ilngreieiits
In this transaction. The petitioners /
ut the thing they bargained lor. If there j I
as any mistake, it was as to the io^al effect
nd value of the security lor ;vhicli tiiey cotiracted.
Kqulty.will not rrlievo in such u
use.?story's Eq. Jur., S. lli
There Is no implied warranty in tiie sale of
bond.?Walker rs, Scott 2 >.'. <fc .McC., p.
i>S.
Nor Is the sale of mllroid scrip or shares,
lays Mr. Addison : "In tlu ease of the sale of
ailroad scrip, it Is notorous that the whole!
raiisaction is a specula ton tin the value of
r\f lui rn/?f. which i? 1
lie ttUUJVUb ,
ubjeet ton variety of coitingcncies; * * *
t is apprehended that insales and purchases
if letters of allotment and scrip, there Is no
mplied warranty on the part of tin* vendor
hat the scheme shall g# on uml th.- capital
le raised, or that the piblle announcements
cspectlng it shall be fhltllled.,' Austin he r
ays: "The discountlnf of a bill of exchange
ir'promlssory note wlich afterwards turns
?ut to be a forgery prwents no analogy to the
ale of scrip in the ina'ket. Then the parties .
lo not, In general, lneud to speculate upon
he value of the bill, lut the value is assumed
is a known (inutility subject to the hazard
sxcept the iNsolvenc; of the patties, Ac." |
These authorities, in well as many others ,
itedbythc counsel or the receiver, appear .
o me to fully answtr the positions taken by
lie counsel for petltoners.
It Is therefore oricred and adjudged that
lie petition be disuissed and that, the petiion
be dismissed and that the petitioners
my the costs and disbursements of the resident,
to be udhsted by the Clerk.
J. li. Kku.sii.wv,
Presiding .Judge.
April II. 1KS0.
Mr. W. S. Montdth then handed the Master
the following lotiec, wlilcii tliu Master
read:
JfOTtCE.
T). T. f'orbin aid William Stone, attorneys
nt law, hereby g.vr notice that they hold a
ludgmcnt and dv?Tce for the sum of st.SiM),
ilated June 21, 1S7(, which, with the Interest
thereon to date, ^institutes 11 lien upon the
property ami secirltlcs of the "Hlue ltldgc
I tail road ConipatK In South Carolina,'" now
ntvned and held by the Greenville and Col
umbla Halt road Company or the receiver ?i
the property of theUreenvllle nml Columbia
Itailroad Company, mid that they, said Cobin '
mid Stone, will pMceed hereafter to assert '
mid Inforce the lL'ii of said judgment und '
decree against said property.
T>. T. Con it IN.
JiulEc Bacon rend the following protest: i
The undersigned protests against the sale of
fHjO.W) of the first mortgage bonds and con- I
pons Issued by IhwiUue ltidire Kali road Com- :
putty, and the accrued interest thereon to i
liecetnber, 187.1,behif; the same bonds, coupons
and Interests proved before ltejrlster
I'arpenter In the mailer of the Blue Ridge I
Italiroad Conitiuny, bankrupt, on or about
December, 1.S7H and also about STO.OtKI of the
first mortgage Vonds and coupons of the said
company, anil ilie aecured Interest thereon
December, lKT-'i, proved before the snin? Keg
- 1? ii.? u..lwrl K
istcr about ll)C f*lllU IIIUU uy riu/1
Scott, and wliWh bonds, conuons nnil the accrued
interest wf.ro delivered lo the fireenvllle
and Colt/tnhla llallroud Company by tlie
undersigned and Hon. Kobert K. Soott, respectively,
/hleli exchanges liave been reset
nded and cancelled for fraud and deceit
and for w.int of power to malrc Much exchanges,
and consequently, thi purchaser
tain not. acquire any tltlo to the aforesaid
bonds aod coupons Issued by the said itlue
Kldge Railroad Company,and the Interests
thereon.
Dated New York, April o, lftSfl.
A.VSON BANRK,
For himself and nssitoutes.
Judge Bacon also protested against the sale
m the name of Mrs. Kllzabeto J. Lnyne, administratrix,
against the (jreenvllle and
Columbia Halltond Company, Judgment, recovered,
upon ll 10 gronDd that the order itself
Jiscrlminates between CcTtain classes of
creditors and lavoro some persons and not
others, and In Itself has the ell'oet to chill this
sale.
The bidding theo began. The first bid wax
J2.(HM),(Xmj from some one in the crowd.
lly this ttmo two hundred persons or more
had assembled, including many of the business
men of tho town, and a good many other
men and boys who came merely to look
. ? 1IV.. '
in. The upper portico of tho court house
kvns filled with spectators.
The second bid was by Captain J. fc. Wiley,
tor $2,0*),000.
The third bid was by Major Cummlngs, of
Mlnnta, who raised It ten thousand dollars.
The bidding then went on between Hon. W.
v. Courtenay, of Charleston, and Major Cutnnings,
of Atlanta, each overbidding the otli:r
several hundred dollars ouch bid for a time,
antSI atlciiKth Mr. Courtenay regularly raised
dr. Cuminings's bid $100, but Mr. Cutninings
:ontinucd to bid variable amounts, generally
nised the bid (fJUO, till one o'clock, when his
>ld was $2,351,UK), to winch Mr. Courtenay
idded $100.
The bidding went on rapidly between Mr.
'ourtenuy anil Major CummiiiKS till .Mr.
/Uinmlngs raised llnl bid i".!,H!M,fiOO. Mr.
'ourteiiay raised the bid slot), but the aucloneer
did not hear.hini, and knocked down
he property to Mr. Courtenay.
Mr. Cuuunlngs demanded that his bid be
eeclvcd and that tlie bidding ?o on, and Ills
laiin that he had made the bid in proper
line was corroborated by the bystanders.
The Master decided logo on with the bid?
ling.
Mr. Courtenay offered to put up a deposit,
nd objected to the bidding being resumed
in less il ilenosit wiik innde bv thn other kIiIp
The Master wild, "I will have to resume the
lidding without a deposit/' and did so.
At two o'clock .Mr. Cummlnss's bid whs
2,-l(>9,10<>, which Mr. Courtenay raised S100,
,ud those two gentlemen continued to raise
acli other's bids generally by SliR).
When the bids were running up from $2,53,00.)
to WjJ.j-l.iKIO, Major Cummtngs came
ound to where Mr. Courtenay was sitting and
hook hands with him, maklngapleasaut remark
about the persistency of the latter In
hiding. Previous to this Major Cuminings
nd kept the crowd in good humor by his
dcoso manner of making his bids and reiiarklhg
upon the bids of the other side,
chile Mr. Courtenay remained very quiet,
sorely announcing his bids, and doing tnls
rojuently by nodding his head or freqently
>y nodding his head or raising his hand. As
he boms wore on, however, Major Cuinilngs
took a scat on one side and made his
ibs more laconically and steadily, and it
niiined to many of those around ttint each
idder was determined to have the road, and
uat onch had unlimited means at Ills comland.
Three o'clociock struck, then four and then
Ive, and the bidding was still going on.no
eeess having been taken for dinner. A little
efore six o'clock, however, when Mr. Courtnay's
hid was $2,1)03,40(1, there was a pause,
tit the crowd by tills time had rather come
) tiie conclusion that there was to be several
our# more of It, and had settled themselves
i> lough it out. So when Major Cummlngs
dvanced and called the attention of the
luster, they supposed he was only going to
lise It a thousand or so, but ho said: "Allow
ic to compliment the Mayor of Charleston
n tile manner in which he has loUght tills
lof lor fliromrh f will Ihlvm t.? tliwuw nn tho
ponge to him. I have no. further bid U>
inkv."
The property was then knocked down to
Ion. \\\ A.Courtenay at &!,!)(#,-too.
During tlie bidding Mr. Courtenay occupied
>ats with Mr. \V. P. Clyde, of .New York,
ol. Hulord, President of the Richland ana
'unville Itnllroud. Col. J. II. Rlon, Mr. \V. II.
rnwley, (icn. T. M. Logan, of Richmond, Va.,
lid several other gentlemen.
It is understood that Mr. Clyde, of the
lyde line of steamers, has an Interest in the
urchase. One of the gentlemen of Mr.
uurtenay's party took SJO.'OMJ out of his pocU,
nnd paid it to the Master as a deposslt to
(cure the bid till the cost portion of the bid
paid.
The handsome new depot nt Ilodges is
early completed.
Duess goods havo declined at Hill A Thom>ii'ft.
i Valuable Work, for the
Afflicted.
TIIE Peoplo's Common Sense Medical Adviser,"
by K. V. I'rlnce, M. D.
EDW1X PARKER.
April 21. 1RS0.
CROQUET SETS, at Sl.T.i each.
J EDWIN PARKER,
April 21, 1P8X
[olme's Linimment or Mother's
Relief.
70U expediting confinement, nlso, Brndtlelds
Keinule Restorative Phllotoken,
larlcs female pills, Ac.
EDWIN PARKER.
April 21, lX'O.
s. s. s.
^Oll the cure of diseases, of men nnd wnm1
en, also Injection Hrou Rose. Emulsion,
c. EDWIN PARKER.
April 21, !8-'0.
Be Wise.
1 ECUIIE nt once one of the Blood Purifiers
I nnil Summer Tonics, to euro the various
l>proiichin(r dlseiiscN, nnd then you will not
iirvc?o ninny of the nntrels of the earth,
Hie M. TV*." EDWIN PARKER."
Aprll 21, 1?A).
TRY HOME FIRST.
CONGAEEE
H MS,
Columbia. S. C.
in iLium,
PROPRIETOR.
REDUCED PRICES:
fERTICAL CANE . MILLS,
List of Prices2
Hollers, 10 inches diameter, 835 00
2 " 12 " " <.") 00
2 " 14 " " 55 00
3 " 10 " " 60 00
:\ " 12 " " 70 00
3 " 11 " " 80 00
bovcpricescompletowlthFrame Wlthou
Frame, S10 lesson each Mill
I0RIZ0NTAL?3 Roller Mill
for Steam or Water Power,
$150.
Send Yaur Orflers fir
]ane Mills
AND
Syrup Kettles
TO
D. B. SMITH, Agsnt.
Special Notice,
rllK Ladies will flml many new shapes In
Hats, by calllngat oncoon
It. M. HADDON & CO.
April 21, 1HS0.
Special Notice.
OUR Stock of Millinery and fancy goods Is
still very full,'besides wc nro receiving
lew goods almost dally. The ladles will find
jur stuck complete in every department.
R. M. I1ADDGX & CO.
April 21, 1880.
"preserve
Your Books,
Periodicals, Newspapers and Music
State, County and Railroad Officers
aDd business men generally, supplied
with blank books made to
any pattern.
i LI, fum I lies have OLD BOOKS rERIOIV
A ICAI.S, NKWSPAPKllS, MUSIC', iVc.
ivliich they dcslro to transmit to their poste Ity,
should
HAVE THEM REBOUM).
Which will presorvc them and will >ako
Ilium look almost as well as new.
Old Hooks,(Vc., should not only be reiound,
hut the current literature of the present day
should be put in a durable form for ppcservatlon
as well.
This can be done in the shortest possible
lline, with the be?t material, In he most
liinids<>?"? and durable style, and ?t a price
ivliicli cannot be duplicated any w>ere, by
E. R. STOKES,
HTATIONF.lt, HOOK i>IM)RIt A Mi ULAN
Book Manvkactim'KK,
No. IV) Ma s stiieet,
COLUMBIA, s. C.
For the Ladies.
A VARIETY of India Rubber Dressing
Combs.
Hoapfi.
Grand Sonpe.
Monumenu.l Bonis.
Cashmere Hon pa.
Low's Itrown wln</;or Soap;
Carbolic Toilet Soaj;
Strong Carbolic Soap.
ClnSRlquc Lily Whltf.
lapanvKC Lily White,
Repose Tablets,
l'earlntltie.
Blushing Lily Red, Wblto and Pcncif.
I<a.vttcld,s'Voolli l'owder, 23:!
Infants' 1'itf Powder, lOo
Hozodout. ?
Iloyt'B Colnpio. . 2fic.
New Floral Cologno, 25c.
Alonutnci.tn'fs> >r.
Cot?>prestiC"l'-Mn>':i >?nsl:, Hie.
Tellows' C?>1 >>;?>< ,. ?? ;//, 10c-.
Hair and To'.li !>1 u.-iiea,
March 17EDWIN PARKER.
White!
NOW <
A MAGNIFI
?
mm md i
Complete i
March 24, 1880.
Cunningham
HAVE on hand a lar
Family Groceries
rrmw ivi
UUX1X1) AJUT
BACOM,
LARD,
FLOUR
March 10, 1E80.
WM. H. PAIIKER W. C. McGCAVAN*.
PAUSES & McGOWAK
ATTOENETS AND SOLICITORS,
ABBEVILLE, C. II., S. C.
\\J ILL prncllco also In the Circuit Courts o
V? the United StatCH for South Carolina.
Jan 7.1880. tf
\
MARBLE YARD.
CAN All all orders for Marble Work fron
the plain Head Stone to the most eluba
rate Monument, at short notice. Prices a
low us any city prices.
J. D. Chalmers.
March 10, 1RS0, tf
VALENTINES
SOMETHING new and pretty. The linn<J
sonicst over hud in Abbevillo for sale a
J. D. Chalmers.
Feb 11, 1&S0, tf
GOOD MEAL.
IF You wnntjiood meal send your corn t
Chlpley's mill at l'ha-nlx. Corn "chop
ped" for stock, at the twentieth. The mil
grinds on Tuesdaysund Fridays.
March 3. 1880. 3m.
CLOVER SEEDS.
Reti clover seep, lucern clove!
Seed, Orchard Grass Seeds.
Edwin Parker.
February 11, 18S0.
Stockholders Meeting
:Aipsta, Knville & Greenwoo
!Rnilroad.
ON Thursday, Kill April noxt, will he h?l
at Greenwood, nt 11 o'clock a.m. A mec
ing of all Stockholders in the abovo name
lhillroad company (on this side of Savanna
Hlvr-r) to ratify the terms of con.iolidatio
with the Augusta and Knoxvllle ltailsoad.
T. 11. UKADLKY,
A. M. Aiken, rresident.
Hecrelnrv.
March 10, 1880, 5t.
SEEDS.
DM. FEUKY & CO'S., Celebrated Garde
und Flower Mord.
Edwin Parker.
February 11, 1880.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
AT
Edwin Parker's.
February 11, 1880.
SWEET MASH
Corn Whiskej
L. E. RUSSELL
i
OFFERS to the public supoiiofSweetMai
CORN WHISKEY. which ho guarante
I to be the best and purest whiskey that h
evei been offered In this market. A most <1
si ratio article for Invalids and others. Cu
and mrnple It.
Match 24th 1SS0, 8m.
"public"
SCHOOL FUND
Apportionment for 1880.
rpiIE following shows the amount of mon<
1. at the disposal of the boards of Truste
for the respective School Districts In Abb
ville County. The County Fund Is ma le i
of the proceeds of the Two-Mill Tax and tl
Poll-Tax. Each School District Fund repi
sents its total Poll Tax and Its share oft!
Two-Mill Tax Fund which is greater or le
according to its number of childron ol sch
InMic age In actual attendance ut the Publ
Schools. A deduction Is then made of sixp
centum forexpenscs of .School (.'iiiii rolssione
olllce, and for nulla bona reluniH of Poll Tu
The respcctivo net District Funds are an ft
lows:
1. Ninety-Six 9 874
2. (i rem wood, 950
3. Cokesbury 729
4. Iionnuldsvllle, tilM
5. Duo West 1012
0. Long Cane, 7S7
7. Smllhvllle, 729
8. Whitehall 473
9. Indian Ilill 007
10. Cedar Springs,.. 031
11. Abbeville,. 1311
12. I>iainond III 11, 858
13. Lowntlesvllle, K74
14. Magnolia, 845
15. Calhoun's Mills tMM
10. Bordeaux, 770
DAVID CRAWFORD,
School Commissioner.
Abbeville, 23d March
Make vbur home lovely an
attractive.
(HAVE the lurgest collections of brnntlf
pictures l??. tho whole country; splfrnd
pictures with 2yt Inch (till, and walnut fr.'iiu
and picturen for 50 cents and upwards. Fn
||ic of mouldings for frames, also, lari;e lot
<Vftl Frames, all size*.
J. P. CHALMERS,
. March 10, TSSO. tf
Buy the
Eig'hmie Shirl
IT IS ENTIRELY XEW ANH A OREA
Improvement unon the old style. T1
Nllllt'i solicit a trial.
"Try mc onvr,
| You will tiae no other,
I w ill do an I agree; ,
I will fttnud by you likp a brother,
Mot a wrinkle you will see."
It I*a pooil thing, call and examine It.
W. Joel Siiiitii & Son.
March 10,18S0. tf
Notice.
Willi. bfe Iftl to the lowest bidder on Thur
day tin* l.Hli of Slay, next, the buildir
of ?
RHIW.'K ON MTTI.K HIVKK
at Roblnson's'Kord. l'lan and spool ilea tlol
will be given cm tho il-iy of letting.
G. M. Mattison,
County Commissioner.
April It, ISfiO. tt.
Presbyterian Hymn Booki
AT Comniltipo's I 1st Prlres, at
CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S.
i
"? ?
irothep
CENT STOCI'
I
j
DF V'\ j
< 7
i
fflHHUM
, pi
v ' ;i41
! f '.i I I
n All likes.
1.
v .
il! j) i *.! ! mm . .L?1
& Templetos
ge and choice stock
I ; ..}
PEAL, t ':M
GRIST, w
MOLASSES,
' n-ni n
' SPECIALNOTICE,
Now in Store, Anil to Arm
a '
The Largest Stock,
The Largest Sto
OF
i- Dress Goods!
,t
Dress Goods!!
Dress Trimmings!
0 Dress Trimming
" Millinery! Milliner;
Rufflings!
it Rufflings!!
Laces! *
Laces!!
Gloves!
' Gloves!!
J Hosiery!
Hosiery !!
?M Ladies Shoe
? Ladies Sho
n Ever offered by us to the
LADIES OF ABBEVIL
OUR STOCK IS NQW COMPLETE,
t.ike this opportunity of thn
our friends und the put>tlc generally f<
liberal patronage bestowed upon ux 1
a pwst, and will *pare jio pains to merit i
tlniiann*nf l,hp fcimo
R. M, Haddon &
March 17, ISO.
NOTICE
. TO SCHOOL TEACHE
rT WILL be In my offlcc for thr purpi
1 Registering SCHOOL CLAIMS on t
lowing days, viz:
Saturday 27th March.
Saturday 3rd April, Monday 5th Aprl
urday 24th April.
'h Saturday 1st May, Monday 3rd May,
duy atth Mpy.
[c- Saturday 5th June, Monday 7th Jun
ill urday 27tli June.
Saturday 3rd July and Monday 5th Ju
DAVID CRAWFORD
March 2^th 18S0, tf
" Tobacco
Q UBSTITUTE, 10 Cents,
,y March i7. -w2 EDWIN PARK
CM ? *
,p A rill I OTnni/
: A TULL ^luliiV
10
?s OF
S All Kinds of Gbo<
' Now in Stoi
For Ladies?
For Gentlemen,
For Girls*
For Bojr^
Mcilwaine corn:
QUARLES & Cl
Mnrcli 10, 1880.
d BARBEEING.
TITE undersigned rcspcctAilly InforH
public thai.he has recently remove
Id TonxorJal fixtures to "Knox's Hall," I
es east corner public square where ho w
ill ploased to meet and be of jtervleo to
of search Of tho aid and assistance of a (Irs
Tonnorl.il Artist to render their outwai
pearartcc about tho bend and face more
able to'look upon.- Sr.tlsfactlon In erer
- tleular and prices to suit tho stringency
times. Very respectfully,
ri _ 1 .1 ? AX
xucnara uanu,
tKKOX'P JIAI
jTwiisi C3r]
T ABBEVILLE, S. C,
)C TTEKPS on Imnd ft full Rsror(r.-<ent Ol
iV FINS?front (ho cheapest to thu
Hearse will attend funerals, when d<
He "will also Contract for
Erection of Buildings
Hp Is nirent for the sale of Sash,,
minds, Mouldings, Ptnir-rnlllnc*, Flo*
and everything pertaining to house bui
vApril 7lh 18(j0, tf
- BALTIMORE MiLLINE
HAVING secured as our Jliliiner th
son Mils. ItiJTTEK, a lady of
taste and ability, from one of the first
llshinenis in Haiti more, and oftrptoek
moro extensive than ever, we can eer
promise our I.ady Friends ever^ffi'n
i- and stylish, and us to prices and (jftali
IS we ask for isa look to convince, (.'aft
tee satisfaction attho very lowest cash r:
Respectfully,
15 A T? I- A i.
uaa. a; xjowic, Agen?,
Emp. of Fashior
March 24,1SS0, tf
SEED POTATOES
- r^OOHKICH, KAHIA' KO.SK, Anil V
'? \JT IjKSjS, at
CunniDgbam & Templetoi
MftrCU lO.JSSO.
^
f .....
Eoad Lairs.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
Sand House of .Representatives of the State
ol'South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and \)y the authority
of the same, That tlio Act approvuu
March iUth, 1874, entitled "An Act to
auiend Chapter XLV of Title XI, Part I,
of the General Statutes." be, and the
same is hereby, amended as follows:
Strike out Section 2 of said Act, and insert
in lieu thereof the following: "That
each township in the several Counties ol
this State shall constitute a highway district,
and it shall bo the duty of the .Hoard
of County Commissioners of each County
annually, during the early portion ol
J each year, to appoint some suitable and
L proper person Superintendent of Hirhways
for each highway district;
ho shall be a person resiuent in the
highway district for which he is appointed,
and of those liable to road duty there
in, ana by reason or nis ornce exempt
lroin Maid duty. Each Superintendent ol
Highways shall hold his oilico and be required
to discharge thodutiesof the same
ior'twelvo months from the date of his
appointment, lie may be removed by
| tno County Commissioners and another
| ' appointed to till out his term, if for any
I m cause they shall deem his removal ncces111
sary or proper; ho shall have general
11J supervision of the highways and roads in
his district under the direction of the
County Commissioners. He shall once
in every three months report (,o the County
Commissioners in writing the condition
of the roads and bridges in his district."
Sue. 2 Strike out Section 3rd of said
Act and iusert in lieu thereof the following
: The SuperiNtendent of Highway
Districts shall divide the highway in hfs
district into suitable sections or districts
of not less than two or more than live
j ll> miles each, and ho shall appoint an overseer
of roads for each of said sections or
districts. He shall also divide the peri
sons liable to road duty in his highway
* district into convenient and suitable
squads or companies, and assign a squad
or company to each overseer of a section
"A or district. He shall, as lar as practicable,
assign the ruad hands to tho nearest
roads. He shall require the overseer
of roads in his highway district to
to call out the hands assigned to their
respective sections or districts and work
the roads and repair and build bridges ol
same, whenever lie may deem it necessary,
after twelve hours' notico, and shall
require every road hand to bring with
him for use a hoe, axe, mattock, spade or
r other tool for work 011 the road or bridges.
He shall determine the number of days
for each working and the tools to be
brought by such road hand: Provided,
That not more than twelve days' work
are required of any one hand in a year.
? When the County Commissioners or any
of thoin give orders to the SuperintendOA
ent ol Highway Districts to have any
VSI work done in his district, and be nog
/lljj lects to do tho same, ne snail do aeornec
(J Jj? guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof in a Trial Justice's Court,
he shall bo lined in a sum not less than
ton nor more than lifty dollars, and the
overseers of districts for neglecting tc
call out thoir hands and work the roach
' when required by the Superintendent ol
Highway Districts shall bo deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and, upon con vierp
tion thereof in the Court above named,
lUj be lined in a sum of not less than live
nor more than twenty dollars, Whenever
a highway runs along tho lino oJ
two highway districts the Superintendent
of the same shall jointly divide the
iplf hlhgway into suitable sections aud appoint
an overseer for each of said sections
and they shall assign to each ovoraeei
from their respective districts or from
cither district such laborers and road
hands as may be necessary to itfirk the
same. Each Superintendent of Highway
Districts shall cause his overseers
when working sections in which there
are bridges to have such repairs or work
done 011 such bridges to preserve them
and keep them in order as can conveys
!! niently bo done bv the road hands. And
in case tho needed repairs to bridges art
p. f f of such a character that tbev shall in the
J opinion of tho Superintendent bo given
out under contract by tho County Commissioners
lie should report the same tc
said Commissioners without delay.
Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Act.'
inconsistent with this Act be, aud the
same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 4. Any person liable to road duty
who shall hayo been duly warned twclv<
hours bet'oro the day fixed in his notict
for such working staling tho hour auc
placo of working,,shall be subject to tin
direction of the overseer in charge. 1
any person of tho legal age refuse U
work upon highways and ronds (haviiif
no justifiable excuse) according to thi
direction of the overseer, he shall b?
a f deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
" upon conviction thereof in a Trial Jus
?3 H tice's Court, shall be lined in a sum no
*' less than five dollars, nor more than ter
dollars, or be imprisoned in the Counti
jail for a period of not less than live no
T p nor more than twonty days.
JjJji Sck. 5. That on any extraordinary oc
WE casion when any highway shall be snd
nkln? denly obstructed by storm or otherwise
ir tho so as to require immediate labor to re
n the m0ve suoh obstruction, it shall be tin
con" duty of tho overseer in whoso distric
~ such obstruction occurs to proceed forth
Hq with to have such obstruction reinovec
' and for this purpose shall summon to hi:
aid a sufficient number of workmen t<
open and repair such highway. If am
person shall. in such case perform mori
days' labor than is required by law fo
inn the year, ho shall bo paid for any sucl
lilO. overplus at the rate of onedollar per day
by tho County Commissioners, upoi
the certificate of tho overseer sliowinj
that such overplus ofdabor was perform
oso of et** ** 011 uny sneh extraordinary oc
he fol- cassion tho overseer shall, for the spaci
of a day after application made to him fo
such purpose by any citizen residing ii
his district, neglect to call out a sufiicen
I, Sat-. number of persons to speedily open ant
repair such highway, he sliali forfeit an<
Satur | pay to uiu ^uuny uiuuiiiuiuuo.iui Ui
County, to be expended in the repair o
e Sat- highway, when ami where necessary ii
' his district, the sum of fifteen (15) "dol
. lars unless the overseer*shall show sultt
3" Ment reason for such neglect the said fit
j ?een dollars to he collected by an actiot
I. for debt, in the name of such Count;
Commissioners, as plaintiffs, before an^
Trial Justice in said County. If on auj
such extraordinary occasion any persoi
liable to work on highways, after beinj
summoned for the purpose of removinj
mcli obstruction by the overseer, shal
:ER neglect to turn out and assist in openinj
and repairing such highway, he shall bi
duemed guilty of a misdemeanor, an<
upon conviction thereof in any Tria
Tustice's Court, shall be fined three dol
lars per day, said fine to be collected am
expended as heretofore provided in tin
matter of forfeitures of overseers,
i 8e;. 7. The County Commissioner:
IS shall authorize the overseer of any dis
trict to allow a man working one day
and also furnishing a horse, plow or cart
ii two days' labor and one working him
^) self for one day and furnishing a wajroi
and two horses, mules or oxonj thre<
days' labor.
Sue. 8. All able-bodied male person:
between tho ages of seventeen and fiftv
i years shall be liable annually to wort
on the public highway and roads not less
than three nor moro than twelvo days
under the direction of the overseer of th<
district in which they may reside. Ii
warning men to work upon the publii
PP roads, tho overseer shall malco out a lis
for tho warner, requiring him to give no
tico to cacn person mo kiiiu ui iooi jm
9 shall use iti working upon the highway:
. and roads. And it nhnll be the duty o
any employer to furnish the overseer :
list containing the names of all person;
in his employment liable to road dutj
whenever the same shall be required o
him by said overseer, upon the failure o
is the any employer to comply with such de
Mi his mand ho shall be deemed guilty of a mis
' demeanor and upon conviction thcreo
all in' before any Trial Justice, shall pay a tin
tcla*H I of ten dollars or ten days imprisonmeu
J n?- for every such ofTence.
di-fllr- Skc. 10. The ovorseers in their res pec
of'tto *'v0 districts shall have full puwbr to cu
down and mako use of any timber, wood
earth or stone in or near the road, bridge
> or causeway, for the purpose of repairiiij
^L. the same, as to them shall seem neceswi
_ ~ ry, making just compensation therefoi
should the same bo demanded; overseer
* shall not authorizo the cutting down c
any timber trees reserved by the ovno
pCOF- in clearing his land or planted for th
i bo.?t. purpose of shade or ornament, cither i
wired. j the fields, around the springs or abou
. ffipjtlio dwelling houses or appurtenance?
"""jnor the cutting down of any real timbo
when other timber may be produced n
or near the place, or take stono or cart
D6ors, from within the grounds of any perso
>rlriK?. enclosed Ibr cultivation, without the con
Idlug. scift of the owner of the same. If an
person or persorfs shall by an;
i_ means hinder forbid or oppose tlie sai'
Overseers, or either of them, from cut
Is scn_ j ting down ami making usa of any tim
finest her, wood, stono or enirth in any or nea
e?tnb- said roads or causeways, for slight re
! !,a'rs bridges for tl?o purpose of mak
p'new Iln- ?>r repairing the same, or shall in an
iy, all' manner obstruct the passage of said road
tiinm- j causeways or bridges, bv gates, fence.*
[ ditches or any other obstructions, excel'
wnere suunorizeo dj law, or snan 11m
dor, forbid or threaten any traveler fmn
traveling any politic roads, and ever
IS. person for such offence shall he doeme<
guilty of a misdemeanor, ami upon con
viction thereof in a Trial Justice's Court
| I chilli lie lined in a sum not less than tiv
' | nor more than ten dollars. Kach Super
'EEU-: iTitendent of-Highways will he h'jhi ro
sponsible for his division of road.
IS.
Money Is getting tisht In thee "dlg?lii^?.
? 1 I
THE STATE DEMOCRACY.
' ??
Constitution of the Democratic Party
of South Carolina.
i The Constitution of the Democratic par-?
i ty of South Carolina, which watt adapted
1 by the State Convention, and went into
! force in the campaign of I&78, is as folr
lows: *
Articlk I. There sliajl bo on? or more
Democratic Clubs organized in esich election
precinct, each ol which Clubs fjfiall
have a distinct titlo, "The Democratic
CI 11b," and shall electa President,
one or more Vice-Presidents, a Record* ,
ing and a Corresponding Secretary, arid .
a Treasurer, and shall have the following .
1 working committees, of not less than .
three members each, viz i A .Conatnltteo
on Registration, an Executive committee .
and such other committees as to each .
Club may seem expedient.
Art. IT. The meetings of (tlio Ctribs
shall be frequent after the opening of the
canvas, and acme member of the Cltio^oi; .
invited speaker deliver an address at eitch .
meeting if practicable.
Art. HI. The President shall hafro
power to call an extra meetiiig of the "
Club, and members of tlifc cl,ub sHiU^.
constitute a quorum for the transaction .
: of business.
1 Art. IV. The Clubs in eacn county ]
shall be held togother and operate under
the control of a County Executive Coin? .
inittee, which sliall consist of one nietiiber
from each Club, to be nominated by
the respective clubs and elected oy tap
County Convention, and such other members
as the Convention may add.
The Executive Committee, when ap
pointed, shall appoint its own onicers ana
lill all vacancies which may ari.se when
the Convention is not in session. Thq
tenure of officoof the Executive Committee
shall ho until the next general cam- ,
paign, unless sooner removed or suspended
by tho County Convention. ,
The present County Executive Com- %
mittees shall continue in office until tbq
first meeting of the County Convention
under this organization.
Art. V. County Democratic Conven-.
tions siiall be composed of delegates elected
by tho several Local Clubs?one delegate
for every club, and an additional
delegate for every .twenty-five [25] enrolled
mem bers? with the right to each Coun-?
ty Convention to enlarge or diminish the
' representation according to circumstances.
This Convention shall bo called toI
gether by tho Chairman of tho Executive
II Coinmitteo, under such rules as each
i county may adopt, and when assembled
shall be called to order by the Chairman
of the Executive Committee, and shall
proceed to elect from among its members
a President, one or more Vice-Phesidents
a Secretary and Treasurer. Tho Conven!
tion shall proceed to business, and when
! tho same is transacted it shall adjourn
sine die. >
< Art. VI. The mode and manner of
1 nominating candidates for county office^
' i or for delegates to the State. Judicial and -
' Congressional Conventions shall be regulated
in each county by the respectlvo
1 County Conventions.
Art. YII. The State Convention shalt
' be composed of delegates from each coun
ty in the numerical proportion to which
! thac county is entitled in both branches
" of the General Assembly,
Art. VIII. 'J'he officers shall be a
President, one Vice-President from each
1 Congressional District, two Secretaries
and a Treasurer. , '
1 Art. IX. The State Executive Com"
mittee shull be composed of thrc^ from
each Congressional District. The dele-.
I gates from the Counties comprising thd
II Congressional District to nomiuate the
I candidates from that district, and the
11 Convention shall then proceed to an elec11
tion.
;| Art. X. The Executive Committee
! shall elect its own Chairman and other
officers, and shall meet at the call of tho
' I Chairman or any live members, at aucll
' times and places as ho or they may ap>
| point.
1 Art. XL Tho Executive Committee
I shall have power, by a vote of a majority
Mof the whole Committeq, to call u Con|
vention of the Democratic Party of tho
? State at such time and place as it may
' designato; and is charged with the execution
and direction of the policy of tho
> State, subject only to the Constitution,
5 tho principles declare'd by the platform*
; and such instructions, by resolution or
I! otherwise, as the State Convention may
Irotn Ullie to nine nuupi j hiiu buuu wuljtinuo
in office for two years from tho
> time of election, or until tho assembling
51 of the next State Convention for the
1, nomination of a State ticket, unless sn3!
perseded by tho action of the Stato Coni
j vention. And if any vacancy be occa"
j sioned by death, removal, or other cause:
fc | tho Committee shall have power to fill
1' the vacancy.
M Art. XII. "When the State Demo-'
1 critic Convention assembles, it nhall be
I called to order by the Chairman of thfll
'I State Executive Committee, shall elect a
" temporary President, and shall proceed
? immediately to tho election of perma"
nent officers and the transaction of busi0
ness.
1 The Convention, when it has Conclud~
j ed its business, shall adjourn sine die.
i I And when a Convention is called by the
s j Executive Committee, such Convention
3. shall be composed of newly elccted deler
j hates.
e; Art. XIII. Representation in Judir!
oial and Congressional Conventions shall
11 bo on the same basis as in the State Con
j volitions. A majority of delegates shall
I j be present at a Convention to constitute
5: a quorum for nominutiug a candidate for
i either Congress or Solicitor. The delega"!
tion of each county in a Congressional or
?! Judicial Convention shall have power to
r 1 till any vacancy in the delegation.
II In every Convention to nominate a
t candidate for Congress or for the office of
] i Solicitor a majority of the votes shall be
J j necessary to a choice, and tho vote shall
sj be taken viva voce and recorded, unlesg
f'l there is but one candidate, in which event
1 the vote may be taken by acclamation.
" As soon as a Congressional or Judical
~ j Convention has nominated the party can"
j didato lor Congress or Solicitor, it 9hall
1; adjourn nine die, and whenever'a candif
j date to till an unexpired term of either
t! otlice has to bo nominated, it shall be!
nd<yio by a new Convention of delegates
1 i fresh from the people. The Executive
si Committee of each Congressional jm-.
?! trict or Judicial Circuit shall consist of
' the several County Chairmen of the respective
counties" composing such Dis?
trict or Circuit, which Committee shall
j: elect its own Chairman, Secretary and
' I Treasurer, who shall continue in office for
" j two years iu a District and for four years
11 in a Circuit, respectively, or until their
3 successors shall have been elected. It
shall require tiie consent of a majoritv
* of the whole Executive Committee in
" any District or Circuit to call a Is'omiua>
| ting Convention.
* I The Executive Committee oT each Dis"
trict or Circuit shall he specially charged
1 in its discretion, except as herein provid2
cd, and subject to the State platform, ae
well as under the supervision of the.
1 State Exeeutivfe Committee, with the
' conduct of every election for Congression:
al Representatives or Solicitors in such
* District or Circuit, and said Committee
> shall meet at the call of the Chaiirnan or
2 of any three membetantsuch times and
1 places as ho or thfey may appoint. t
Each C'ongressiohal Convention shall
1 meet within its Congressional District,
" and each Judicial Convention shall meet
3 within its Cirrnit.
h Akt. IV: Tliis Constitution shall not
f no into forcc until the State campaign
1 of 1$7*, 4
| ~ THE GEISER
; GRAIN SEPARATOR,
e ,
t Stands Pre-eminently above
all others in Merit.
'!' i.MM'ili IRK
?|sSI's ? . \JO^jy-e
PCKSON'S (}c?lrfi)K to buy the Best OKAIX
SKl'AKATOlt in the world or She best
V j improved I'OIITAHLK STKA.M KNGINKrf
I, | should call on 1110 before purchasing.
i JOHN SKOX, Agent.
~ April 14, I8S1I. 1
,'! Straw Hats!
STRAW IIATS' A spun.Hil Hssortmont, at
W. .lOl'l. SMITH J: SUN'S.
^ I April 11. _
- Shoes! Shoes!
i ITLL I.l.VK or Ladies' Kirie Shoes and.
1 J\ <iciilli-iiion's Ilnml-sewid (Jailers. Our
' stool; is unusual I v !aw. Call and l>v Milted.
'W. JOKL SMITH & tO.N.
' April H.