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I I he Press and Banner IIjr Huffh Wlhon and II. T. Wardlair Wednesday, August -3* 1881 The South fafolinft Other RaiJ r?i<K The SrVfctTi Carolina Railroad was soli in ChAriesron last Friday for 81,275,000, t< J. S. Parties, Samuel Sloan, J. J. Hig prrscto, P. A. Stuart and W. A. Bra w ley *r<frstres for the creditors of the road. A k Hew organization will beeffectfd wlthofl fc delay, and we may expect ttciv life am L hew energy in this old roath It is under L wu.od that Mr. Fisher will continue t< ^control the road as President. As soon ai thy sale of the road is confirmed and th< hew organization get fairly in possession ' \ve may expect to see some of the pro posed ox tensions pushed forward to ar early completion* An extension frotr Sumter to Charlotte is probable, and oui friends on tlie Savannah side confidently expect moral and material aid in theii Work on the Savannah Valley Railroad 1 f these ex tensions are completed Charles ton will not bo as nearly surrounded bj the Clyde Company as was once sup posed. The Clyde Company it is thought, wil help us to build the Atlantic and Freud Broad Railroad. As soon as we can ge the line graded that company will doubt less lav the iron and take charge of tlx trains. It will be seen as we progresi with the grading and the road looks mor< 3ike a fixed fact, that this combinatior with the Clyde's will be effected. Whet the grading from Trickem to Due \Ves! is completed the line of the road will bt toward Donnaldsville. when the cars wif take the track already in use from Donnaldsville to Williamston, saving nearh twenty-four miles of road. At William^ ?ton tho trains will switch off on the new line towards Fickens, and thence across tho mountains. By this combination *lone nearly one hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be saved. The prospect for the Atlantic and French Broad Vallej Railroad is good indeed. - The work on tho Greenwood and Augusta Railroad progresses. The bridge across the river was finished one day lasl week, and we presume the cars will run /Inv Trt thr*QA L'nrtW. ?>1-11/39 ill Oil r?! u?j. *v ?MV>W ing nothing of the work about the rivei it may appear that the work progressct slowly, but when it is understood thai there is much difficult grading, tilling, and trestling to be done it will be seen that it would be impossible to do more, The work for the first six miles from the river towards Greenwood is very difficult and expensive, and it is said that there is as much work to do in that distance at there is in the remainder of the way tc Greenwood. General Bradley, it is understood, will soon commence at Greenwood with a large force to prepare the track for the ties. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, as well as the J Virginia Midland, are anxious to getcon... trol of this road. The tax of ?75,000 in Laurens county, and a like amount in Spartanburg, insures the grading of the road from Spartanburg to the Saluda, ^ within six miles of Greenwood. + There never has boen such activity in railroad circles, and there is no telling the great results the future may develop for us ai no uisuuu aay. The Saluda Argus. Tho Saluda Argus took us to task last ? week in a good tempered article lor our remarks on the Greenville Incendiaries. k That paper, however, seems to have been " mistaken as to our expressions and as to our meaning. We do not see how the juries that tried the case could have done "yO other than convict. It was the extraordinary energy with which they were pur ?ued and the neglect to make any attempt to punish July Metts* murderers that we Vv remarked upon. We made no reflection In any way on the Governor. Wo know that ho cannot enforce the law except by tho support and aid of the citizens. In Greenville negroes burned tho Opera si# House. Ono of the guilty partio> t _ were brought back from a distant another was pardoned out of the penitentiary while undergoing sentence for hts participations in the incendiary act; and, to make his testimony good Against his fellows, an extraordinary pardon was obtained for him which removed his disabilities for two previous crimes * and for each of which he had already suffered the full penalty of law. And then throe of the ablest lawyers in tho State prosecuted them with all their ability. All this was right. Incendiaries should be punished, and no reasonable effort should be spared, but we cannot help a feeling of humanity. In Laurens the offenders are whites, i' and the sufferer was a negro woman. It would no doubt ba an easy matter to bring her murderers into court. Hut we take it for granted that they are not In the 1&. slightest danger of arrest. A gentleman from Laurens county reccutly said to us that he thought various negroes knew who hanged Judy Metts, but they were afraid to inform against them. . - It was the state of society that tolera j ted one crime and punished another^&a severely that we remarked on. A# for the effect on Northem^entiment>we are not responsive." \ newspaper isvnot for ^ Tilg-fTtffpoae of concealinc facts. If we vould appear right in the eyes of the world we must bo right in fact. - ^ There Ire Two Sides. The New South makes serious complaints against the citizens of Central, becauso they failed to arrest McDow after the killing of Brayt^n. The complaint, even if the facts are as alleged, if un u t# The revenue officers who were armed, and who wont to Central for that purpose ran off, after one of their number had been shot, and now the New South would have citizens voluntarily rush upon the desperado and do what they themselves were afraid to do. There has been entirely too touch shooting, and too much * going around in the night time by the revenuo officers. It strikes us that they, as honorable men, should have gono to the still house in the light of day?openly and above board, and not slip up to a man's house in tho darkness, pistol in hand, and demand a surrender, which may mean death to tbecaptive. The people of that section remember tho fate ot Ladd who was shot while standing in the door of his house holding an infant in his arms, and how could McDow knowthat when theso men began to draw their v pistols that he was not to be shot? The revenue officers, like the stillers are entirely too free to use their pistols. The revenuo officers know they aro backed by the United States Government, and that they are never punished for even the the greatest crime against their victims. These facts go to make the stillers more violent than they othorwise would be, and it may turn out on tho trial that the "revenues" after all were not so lamblike in their treatment of McDow as il now appears. Tlie Lien Law. The Hen law and the bad crops wcr( the chief topics of conversation last Sale I>av. There is a very strong feeling against the lien law, while it also has it! advocates and supporters. Whether we are able to get along without some law of tho kind is a debatable question, bul that there is a wantof prosperity is Dot to bo denied. Noarly every man wants to run a farm on his own account, and in no otber way can a majority of them gel crodit. To repeal tho law will compel the laborer to hire for wages, which in out opirrfo.n, would be well for the country. The law-makers might make a compromise .and allow the planter to give a lier only on his cotton. No planter who givej ' a lien on his crop and has to haul it from eight to fifteen miles, after paying the credit prices for the necessary articles can make money, and those who do so uiav expect the Sheriff sooner or later. s" Tbb President is doing finely, and liis physicians now express the hop? ol liis JtoiU recovery. !&' > ' f.V ' -* ' < /' - . ' ; , ..." - ' : ' Mr. BenetN Reviewers. * This week wo present the remarks - I)r. Lindsay, Rev. Mr. Bonner, anil editorial froui the Associate /?e/ort Presbyterian by Prof. Paltoti. Those our readers who heard the address , have since read it in the A-eaa and /?< . ncr will see how great an injustice learned I)r. Lindsay did Mr. Benet his review of the speech. One not? f?ct is, that the Doctor condemns Mr. \ net* defence of slavery?a su bject wliicl j our reR<Swn mw, was neither cxpres: . tioT Implied in Mr. Benet's address. / t while the word "sectionalism" was u L by Mrs Beiiet, he ufted it simply to sh l whon applied to a Southerner's 1< { of th<? Sottth it-Is a misapplication. 1 _ we nc6d'not discuss the matter as Pi , Patton vindicates and makes clear I * Benet's position. Prof. Patton's revi 3 does credit to his hean und his bcarthis leurnigand bis pen. i Railroad Transportation* t We present our readers this morn' r [ with the address delivered by Col. \V. r Trenholm of Charleston bei'ord the St r i Agricultural Society at the Greenvi .! meeting last week, the subject of wh .; is "Railroad Transportation." It is W ; worthy of careful reading and reflecti . and it stamps its author as a man of cl thinking, and accurate observatl 1 while he treats a diffiult and dry to i with elegance and eloquence. If he I tjnot successfully solved the problf - Col. Trenholm has comprehendod J difficulties, and his address will do mil ; I towards leading the ininds of the peo 5 of the State to a calm and cool consido i tion of the subject and its difficulties. t A Need. 3 At this time there seems to be cons ' erable demand for the Trial Justices. ' is said that persons are here almost da with business but Mr. DeBruhl and J ' Calhoun are both away?Mr. Calhoun White Sulpher Springs, West Virgin 1 and Mr. DeBruhl, in the mountains 1 Georgia. If some of the Trial Justices " the county would come here on Frid : and Saturday of each week until the turn of our officers they would no dot find it proGtable. An Important Subject. ( This week wo present our readcrt most oxcellcnt and well-timed arti . from the peu of Mr. R. E. Hill on I , suoject of assessment and taxation . property, to which we invito the att< tion of our readers. His longexperier | in the Auditor's office, and his perfect miliaritv with the workings of that off , onable him to spoak with confidence a certainty of the matters discussed. 1 1 article should be read by every citizen , Take a Greenville Paper* Wc ask your attention to the adverti . ment of Mr. John C. Bailey, who woi i like to send you his paper if you se I him two dollars. Mr. Bailey publisl * an excellent paper, containing the gre est quantities of new Rand niiscellanec matter. The Mountaineer is the old paper in the State, hut he has begun i conceal its age, and now puts the figui low. That paper has all the vigor and tality of youth, while it has the wisd< of age and experience. A good paper the Enterprise and Mountaineer. 1881. Editors Press and Banner: The year of grace 1881, now more th half gone, has been a marked year many respects. Including a portion the year 1880, it has been the coldest record. The month of Jul}' just end has been about the hottest ever know one day being generally known as "r hot Friday." It has been marked so far as an era profound poace amongst the nations the world?for six months no two pow< upon the earth have been at war. T temple of Janus has been steadfast closed. The active lorces of the woi have been exercised in peaceful pursui Men's minds have been turned with u abated energy to industrial, inventi and speculative subjects. But for t droughts which have afflicted many pa; of this country the labors of thehusban man would have been extraordinarily! warded?much of this deficiency may 3 bo made up by sowing liberally turni] peas, barley patches and last and great< of all superabundantly of red oats. Lot lilm sow now, who never sowed before. AnU he who sowed before, now sow the nio Comets have appeared and disappear and others are to come. Night has be turned into day by the invention of etc trie light. Gold is at a discount?the n tional currency being more desired ai government bonds sought as an inve: ment bearing ooly about 3 per cent, i terest per annum. The ruler of the mc despotic of the civilizcd nations las oe assassinated and the life of the ruler the freest and most Democratic basely i tempted. All these and many otli strange things have happened within t current year, and the end is not y Speculation has bee i rife. Rare railro combinations, syndicates and booms ha marked its progress. The stock of a ra road inaiHNljoining State has gone up ovcrf200 per share of ?100. For thesto <>\ a projected road (Augusta and Kno ville) through this county* with a d<>7. miles or so on the Georgia side finisht j par has been offered and refused. N< lines are projected and old ones ha been sold out, amongst the latter t South Carolina Railroad,at the time of completion nearly a half century ago, t longest line of railway in the world pai ed under the hammer of the auctionc on Thursday last and was purchased b} syndicate of Northern capitalists, and 1 the way if we could reach the ear of C Fisher, the efficient and accomplish Receiver of that venerable corporate ; whose skillful management of it for t! | past two years or so has scraped off inai of the barnacles from its keel, by ru ning it down to the waters edgo and ot erwise greatly improving its manaj ment, wo would say to him that there i road projected from Aiken a point on t South Carolina Kailroad to Asnevilie, IC., passing through Edgefield Coi House, Abbeville Court House, And* son county, Pickens Court House, a through the Estatoe Gap,-which is wort of his consideration, if an independc and unfettered outlet to the grain a coal fields of the West, mounting t Blue Iiidgo by a grade of 65 feet (ma: ; mum) per mile, according to tho estim; i of the engineers is a thing to bo desire I This route has been surveyed and wo when it is being uctlvely pushed forwa j in this and in Anderson county, and wi II our shoulders to the wheel, we trust tl . j among tho other notable events of tl , year of grace may be numbered the i sured success of tho Atlantic and Fren 1 Broad Valley Railroad. Upon the wh< , we conclude that the outlook aud the i look for tbo year are favorable for o , people and that the year upon the wh< may deserve to be marked with a wh , stone. C, A ITord to the Farmers* EdUor? Prtst and Banner: We are a poor poverty (stricken set, all Jt about played out. And why Is It so? 1 cause we do not try to make it living at lion | We do not trj to grow corn, wheat, oats, pe j fleans.and many other articles too tedious 5! mention that we could make at home. V ! the farmers, or a majority of us, It looks II 5: grow money or try to grow cotton to ma , J money out of, and we get poorer every ye ' 11 B| e?k from experience. I hnve been tryl lilt for twelve years. There is no money . j raining cotton to buy coi n, flour, bacon a ' everything eli-e to live on. If we.lhefarme j do not turn over a new leaf and raise nu ,! grain, plant more corn, bow niorewheata 'j oats, and try to make a living at home. , j won't be maoy more years until we cam start toe plow at all; we will all be bankrt ' and our dear old Abbeville farms will belo ,! to somebody elite. There Is only two wn I about it. We have got to chance oiirp < i gramme or It will change for us soon. t FARMER Sunday School Contention. Editorn Prest and Banner: Agreeable to the call made for the purp< 1' ol organizing the Sabbalh School work of tl county, In convention with the State Sabbu 1 School Convention, met at Abbeville July .11881. The following are the officers: President?Wm. Hood. ) First Vice-President?H. C. Smart. Second Vice-President?W. H. Parker. Tblrd Vice-Pret-ident?J. P. Piilchani. Corresponding Secretary?L. W. Periln. Secretary and Tiensurer?C. V. Hammond Executive Committee? Rev. H. T. mUn Rev. R. N. Pratt, J. W. Green, 3. T. Parks, [ o. Mctaslan. Alter an Interesting discussion of the 81 fauih School work, the meeting adjourred i meet In Coauty Convention on Krluuy He 9,1811, C. V. Hammond ed his name, date of his birth and denth, nnd the offices which he lilled in this Society with the tlnio of Rervice. Rev. \V. M. Grler, D. D.. offered tho following memorial lo the memory of J. H. Baskiu, ; deceased, with resolutions which were order; ed to be recorded In the minute*. I MEHOJIIAI, TO TUE LATE JAMES IT. BASKIU. ! For the past two or three years a part of the proceedings of the annual meetings of this Society consists of memorial leportsand obituary records. Those who helped to make the early history of this Society are rapidly passing away. In the desitli of James II. Bask In we have lost the last of ItsorlRinnl members, and one of its first Vice-Presidents. In 18:3 this Society watt organized and the name of James H. lias THE BIBLE SOCIETY. of thej Meeting or Ihe Board ot Directors. rtei? The tneetlujt of the Board of Dlrectois met r at the ofllce of Armlstead Burt. Esq. Pros1 01 ent. R II. Ward law, Arm Is tea J Burt. Rev. R. or N. Pratt, Rev. H. T. Sloan, J. T. Parks, P. H, Bradley. Dr. J. I? Pressly, L. \V. Wlilte, Co/ft ft'- responding Secretary, J F. C. DuPre, Treasu^ ?i,p rer and Librarian and Wm. II. Parker, Secretary. in The Board was called lo order by A Burt, \.i? Esq., Vice-President, and the meeting opened lo,e with prayer by the Rev. II. T. Sloan, i.. \V. Be- White, Corresponding Secretary, submitted Rome reports irom Auxiliary Societies and a 1 as letter from which were oraed dered to be submitted lo the Society. , J. K. C. DuPre submitted report* as I.lbraincl rinn and Treasurer wblch were also ordered sed to be presented to the Society. The meeting was then closed with prayer by Ke*. Ja*. K 10W Glbert and the members adjourned to the ,vp Presbyterian church toullend the service* before tiie Society. *ut iMcetiiii; of the Bible Society, rof. -piie Flftv-Elghth Anniversary of the AbheMr. vllle District Bible Society was held In the Presbyterian church. Theserinoti was preached by Rev. R. N. Pratt on the text, "Ye shall _l0 know them by their fruits,"st. Matt. vll? I6v, and tbe address delivered by L. W. Perrin, Esq. The Business of the Society. The Society was then called to order for the transaction of business by Armisteail Burt, ing Esq., Vice-President, and opened with prayer 1 by Rev. A. J. Stafford. The Vice-President referred to the death of Me Jud^e Thomas Thomson, the President, nnd i)i- paid a feeling and appropriate tribute to his 1 memory. ieh The names of delezates from Auxiliary So,, cleties was called for and the following re'el1 ported: Due West, Rev. W. L, Pressly, Dr. on, Edwards, Rev. Dr. Boyce, J. 1>. Bonner and Rev. l)r. Young: LongCatieand CcdarSprings ear P. II. Bradley, J. J. Devlin. J. L. Drennan, W. ,-vrt I P. Wideman, J. C. Brad ley and E. W. Watson, ' | Lebanon, F. A. Wilson, A. J. Woodhurst. pic Thos. P. Cothran was proposed und enrolled ns a utw Bimiiren ttfcftARIAN'S REPORT. m' J. F. C. Dufre. Mbrnrinn. In account with its Abbeville District Bible Society. irt}> 1881. 4 . , DR. ' July 27. To value of books oh hnnd, pie July 2S. 18^1 8107 75 To bookshnu^ht lrt lSSl.net bill 51 59 ra* To books bought In 1881,see bill 14 35 8176 69 CR. By books furnished Greenwood Society ........3 8 73 id- By books furnished Directors 1> 50 ? By books furnished Colored Bible It Societies H <0 ;i? By books donated 29 60 Bv books on hnnd IB 65 ;Ir. By books sold for cash 51 89?176 CD Books on hand 46 62 iia Cash on hnnd 51 89 , J. F. C. DcPHE, Librarian, of Abbeville C. H., S. C.. July 27,1881. I of BOOKS ON HAND. lav 1 Testament 52 00 82 00 " uo Testaments 60 12 00 re" 15 Testaments 45 5 86 iKt 5Testaments 30 1 .50 9 Testnmerts 25 2 25 1 Bible 2 50 2 50 2 Bibles. 65 1 30 14 Bibles 50 7 00 2 Bibles Si 1 10 2 setts Bibles 2 50 5 00 ? 4 Gospels 20 M0 , 1 Psalms 80 80 cle i Bible. 75 80 5 Bible 40 2 00 3 Bibles 60 1 80 of ? >n_ 83 volumes 816 85 TREASURERS REPORT. ' J. F. C. DuPre, Treasurer, In account with fa- Abbeville District Bible Society. ;pn 1881. DR. 1C0 July 27, To cash on hnnd, July, 1.V0 S 10 93 nd To cash rec'd from old members 15 00 'ho To cash rec'd from new member 100 ne To cash from Lebanon Society 7 00 To cash from Long Cane and Cedar Springs Society 11 45 To cash Green wood 16 00 To cash Greenville <5 00 To cash Due West 13 fl"> se- To cash Mt. SInal 4 00 To cash Librarian on sale of books 51 89 ntl ies CR. at- By pnid freight 8 3 00 By paid freight 96 us By paid American Bible Society.. 74 00 <>at By pnld American Bible Society.. 15 00 By paid Hemphill b Hemphill 1 50 to By paid Press and Banner. 1 50 rey Incidental expenses 1 00? 90 90 vi- Balance cash on hand S42 23 To cash on hand $12 28 ,ro Bal. due Amerlcnti Bible Soclecy.. 29 68 js J. F. C. DuPRE, Tiensurcr. These reports, on motion by Mr. R H. Wardlaw were referred to a committee to audit and examine. The Chair appointed Messrs. It. H. Wnrdtaw and Rev. Dr. Sloan, who after examination reported favorable upon the same. L. \V. White, Corresponding Secretary, submitted and read a letter from Rev. C. H. Wlan lc>">* ' ? Superintendent of the American Bible Society, as follows: 10 LErrKR OK REV. C. H. WILEY, P. D. of Winston. X. C., July 21,1881. on L. U'. White, Esq., Corresponding Secrctury, Ab. beville, & C., District liwle Hocicty. oH t,...,. fuvnr <.r tl,o Iflth Inst Ik n at hund and considered. I fully appreciate i the reluctance on the part of the friends of: ed your Society to a change in the time of the anniversary meeting, and I could ask only fur i k postponement ol the coming occasion, and of i not for a new and permanent arrangement In fj this matter. The reasons for your action in 011 th8 premises are no doubt good, and It is pro|>>rs er lor me 10 say that I made my request with ' hesitation, and was impelled to it only by my "? high regard for your Society, and my extreme >]y desire to participate in its anniversary exer' clses. It has mado for Itself a good record, "Id and It is well to stand In the old paths; and I am ?s ever slow to propose any chances In an instl" tutlon so old and so successfully managed in- hitherto. Ilence I have been much embarrassed by the request made to me last August j e to submit a plan tor the revlsal of your syshe tem or Branch Societies, and have finally con. eluded, utter much reflection, to offer no sugrC9 gestlons In writing, at least not until I could kJ. have another free conference with the officers of your Society, and also, witness In person, re- the working under tlie present plan, flranch Depositories, Judiciously located are an Important aid in the distribution of the Holy 33, Scriptures over your field, and if possible, ?t should be retained; but these involve care and effort, and a close and constant supervision, and ttiere Is danger of complications and troubles in accounts and settlements. To I avoid these difficulties the system of branch re. es should be very simple, snouiu ue uiuiurm, i j and subject lo the supervision of the District ea Society. I will not now venture to offer any I en specific recommendation, contenting myself! with a general statement warranted by my c" wide experience?my hope Ik that I will be a- able, the Lord willing, to attend your coming i meeting,and to sec with my own eyes the i id working of your system?and I am .ueniTnf j my ettorts In that direction, ^?\it n thee.xigenclcs of my heavy and.jexacting work keen n- me away, I niay^rCTtainly be expected, if t spared, to/jj4Hr37>ur place this coining Fall. The corporation work now involves much reen sponsiWfity, and from the second lo the last ofv?Ke month reports from this department ^re coining In with remittances,and questions requiring immediate attention. Witn 14 men in the field all of whose books are er charged to me. with whom settlements are be made monthly, and the varied stMistlcs of ! whose work have to be copied lntojry monthBt. hy reports, my office labors, towr Jos tb.e ?nd ari ' ot the month, are very heavy, air' I a'm >ver anxious that the settling up o^T<^ie \vo:tof vo i the passing month may no!#*;Ahrowti into s? I the coining one If I shouldAjf be present at j your coming meeting joiitvUI please do me to the kindness to read this letter in It, and to , j present my fraternal greetings to the metnc* i bers of theSoclety. and my prayful wishes lor x-1 the continued success of your venerable mix-1 illary. My consolation, if absent, will be that i en your Socicty needs inr less than many others, ^ the frequent presence of the District Supcrin* tendent. I send to you two copies of a blank nv for the annual reports of auxiliaries, ai.d would say that the Parent Socicty Is very anxe lous to have reports made on this schedule, ho The copy for the American Bible Society .. should, by all means, be sent to mc, as 1 have lls to record Its Items in a book furnished for the he purpose, before It goes to the I'areutSociety. Very truly yours. H. WILEY, (er District Superintendent for A. B. S , Also report of Cedar Springs aad Long Cane ' * Socicty, as follows: rbi'okt of ck.par springs and long cane oj, bible society. iy] M i i.i/wa y. July 19th, 1881. Oapt. L. TF. While, Secretary Abbeville District an Bible Society. h Dear Sir.?The Cedar Springs and Long ne Cane Bible Society held itsannual meeting at ny Cedar Springs on Saturday the Kith Inst. After the usual formalities the sum of nineteen n" (19) dollars was raised, and by resolution was lj_ ordered to be paid over to tlie Abbeville District Bible Society, at its approaching ineet;e ing on the last Wednesday In this month. sa The following persons were appointed to attend the meeting as delegates, viz: Messrs. P. he H. Bradley, J. J. Devlin, J. L. Drennan, W. P. v Wideman.G. C. Bradley and E. \V. Watson. * TJ<wr,?wtfull v HiihrnlIfpri. irt P. H. BRADLEY. ?r. Also, report of Due West Bible Society, as follow*: report of tite due west bibi.e society, h}' To the A UheviUe District Bible Society. ,nt It affords us pleasure lo be iible t" nay that I the interest In the Bible cause Heenis to suiter nd j no abatement in our nlace. Our annual h meeting in June was well attended. An ln, terestlng and Instructive add*-css was deli ver<i cd by .Mr. R. R. Galloway. About forty names . were enrolled. Contributions to the amount 116 of 818.40 were received. Thl* sum, together j id. with (?0.00 reported by the Treasurer, as In ills i , hand*, amounting in all to ?18.40, was ordered | rK to be turned over to the Parent Society. The ird Librarian reports sixly-flve books, (Bibles i . and Testaments) disposed of during the year. | ith It may be matter of interest to you that these iat books were all so'd. same at reduced prices to be sure, but still sold, not donated. ills As indicating the moral condition and prosis pects of that class In our community, we are sure you will be interested in the fact that ell these books have been sold mainly to negroes. W. L. Pressly, Dr. Edwards. Dr. Boyce. J. B. 710 Bonner and Prof, Young were appointed to in- represent this Society in your annual meeting, 27th inst. ur W. L. PRESSLY, Committee. >le Also, report of Lebanon Society, as follows: ite report of the lebanon bible 80ciett. Lebanon Church, July 24.1881. Lebanon Bible Society Auxiliary to the District Society, niot and reorganized ; elected Rev. J. K. Gibert, President, Charles Evans, Vice-President, S. Link, Secretary and Treasurer. A collection was taken up amounting to i," eight dollars and thirty cents. The Society agreed to invest iu Bibles lo be distributed lu nV its own limits. \ ' The Society elected two delegates, F. A. '* Wilson and A. J? Wood hurst, to meet with the District Society at Abbevlllo Court House, r? on Wednesday 27th, 1881. S. C. LINK, Secretary and Treasurer. "g On motion by Mr. Parker, these communiln cations were received and ordered to be filed, "d Mr. Parker offered the following memorial and resolutions to the memory of Judgo >re Thomson, late President, which was adopted nd and ordered to be recorded in the minutes. ! memorial to memory of judge thomson' ipt Again has death visited our Society. Sine? ng 1877 we have been called upon to reoord pages >ys to the memories of three Vice-President#, ro- two Directors, anJ a President, and to-day we mourn the loss of another President?Judge Thomas Thomson, who died 15th May, 1881, He was elected President in 1878, having previously filled theofllceof Corresponding Sec- , reiary for many years. In ills death ttils Society has lost one of its most valued and useful members, the State a learned and an upright Judge, Hie coinmuniith an ?Kteemed und honored citizen, and the Cnnrch an earnest and devoted olliccr and " ' member. Years ago he united himself to th* Upper Long Cane Presbyterian Church and for several years past was a Ruling Elder of : the church In which this Society Is now hold- . ing its meeting. The minute's of its session < huve testimony to his virtues while living, I and to their appreciation of their lonsthrougn i ' ills death?to them and us u loss?to him eter- i nal gain. Therefore Hetolved, that this Society feels deeply the ,< b_ loss it has sustained in the death ot Judge , -Thomas Thomson and will cherish a gratelul , recollection of his memory. . licsolvccL, tliat a page be set apart In the re- i * corgsof the Society, on whkb sboll be Insert- i A m Kin appeftis ou ine iitm r??u. ixauiicut uic | most remarkable fact ft. of his connection with thlsSoclety, one, I believe, without a parallel In 1 tn history, is, thai during Ills membership of tlfty-slx years he mlsRed but one meeting of the Society. And this Is all the more remarkable when we renumber that he lived a dlttance of twenty mllen from the Court House. Yet during all these years he was found regularly In his place, with a single exception. It would tie curious to learn what Insuperable difficulty Hood lu his way on that notable day. Who can know nt what a sacrifice of personal comfort; under what Inconveniences ol loss of time, Interruption of business, wear and tear of vehicles, and. oftentimes, no doubt, real indisposition, thin undeviulltiB regularity was maintained. What a pattern of fidelity to every member of this Society. As might be expected, the deceased lelt a deep interest In tlie success of this Society. He was a wise and willing helper In all Its plans of doing good. As a citizen and a christian he was most exemplary, A man of the sternest Integrity, with intense convictions, living right and hatingill.he was a tine t\pe of that'ScotchIrish Presbyterian element which has contributed so largely to the Intellectual andiell glous cuaracter 01 aoocvuic cou.hj uiju upper south Carol Inn. James H. ISaskin was bnrn on Wilson's Creek in Abbeville county. May 2,17*7. He died October 2,1S79, in the ninety-third year of bis ate. In the year 1829 he was ordained a Ruling Elder in Providence (l.owndesville) I'resbyterl?n church.a branch of Rocky River church. In this office he purchased a good degree, ruling well the flock of which he, with many others, was the spiritual overseer. Near the spot where he was born, amid sccnes familiar to his very Infancy, he passed a long and useful life. Without.a stain upon his reputation, he has left to us all his christian example and a memory fragrant with good works, and to his family and descendents he lias left tile priceless Inheritance of a good name. The nameof James II. Baskln is inseparably associated with the origin, history and work of the Abbeville liiblc Society. Therefore, Resohcd. 1. This Society express its deep sense of loss in the death of a. member and officer, so zealous and faithf\iI. ilexolvcd 2. That his abiding Interest in the work of the Society, manifested in his singular punctuality attd regularity in attending its meetings, is worthy of ail invitation. JRcaoivcdX. That a blank pace in the minute book of this Society, be insi rlbed to his memory. W. M. GIUER, j. f. c. m ruii, RASKIN, Committee. Rev. II. Tv Sloan, T\ R? moved that acointnlttce be appointed to prefrttrcti suitable memorial and resolutions to the memory of Rev. J. I. Honner, D. D., deceased, a Pirectorof the ! o?? ?....... I IU ll'UUIt IU III*; IICAl IllCVUIIh. "V., H. T. Sloan, Rev. \V. M. Grler, D. D., attd A. B. Ward law, wore appointed t.he committee. Rev, I'rank Hallam was circled prcacher and Rev. W. M> Oi ler, D. D.. alternate, for the next anniversary, and M. P. DeBruhl, Esq., Annual Orator and Tlios. P. Cothran, Esq., alternate. The following ofllcera were then elected for the ensuing year: President? Arniistcad Burt. Vice-Presidents?R. *IL Wardlaw, Rev. W. M. Grler, Rev. R. N. Pratt. Rev. J. L. Martin, and Judge J. S. Cotliran vice A. Burt dieted President. Directors?Rev. Messrs. J. F. Glbert,.T. O. Lindsay, J.McLees. H.T.Sloan,Dr. Boyee. W. F. Pearson, and Messrs. W. Z. McGher, J. J. Cunningham. J. L. Pressly, (i. McD. Miller, J. T. 1'arks, P. IT. Bradley, Wm. Ho<id. W. K. Brad lev. \V. K. Blakeand Pri>f. J. P. Kennedy vice Rev. Dr. Bonner, deceased. Corresponding Secretary?L. W. While. Librarian and Treasurer?J. F. C. DuPre. Recording Secretary?Wm H. Farker. Members were called upon to pay unnual dlics, after which Treasurer DuPre read the following report of collections : cash keceived. New member ? 1 CO Ohl members 2K 00 Long Cane and Cedar Springs Society Ill 00 Due West Society 38 (V> Mt. Sinai and Cedar Grove, (colored 3 00 8MI 05 On motion by Mr. DuPre it was ordered that the Librarian, by and with the advice of the Directors In the town.be authorized to lay out amount of cash on hands in books as needed. Afier benedlcti ?n by Rev. \\*. M. Grler, D. D., the Society adjourned. Wm. il. PARKER, Secretary. Rain and Crop Dots. A splendid rain fell last Friday at Martins Depot and Clin tun.?Xewbvrry A'cte.t. Our town and vicinity was blessed i>n Tuesday and Wednesday with the best rains we i have had for several weeks, and the "pii ils of everybody have been much revival. We heard yesterday that there was no rain at Spring Hill, but in every other part of the county, from which we have heurd, there were I good rains; but lighter In the upper portion! of the county than below this place. The; crops will be sliort.?Sumter Watchman. Mr. Michael Whltmlre informs us that the crops In the neighborhoods of ICecler's Mlilsj in this County and of Dueusvlllein Pickens, j have suffered very much from a want i f rain, none having fallen of much consequence In! those localities during the greater part, of the summer. Bottom corn is looking linely.?I Greenville Enterprise and Mowitaneir. We don't think we ever heard less com-! plaint about weather?everybody seems toj Have accepted the situation, and are taking things cool. Barnwell up to this writing, isas dry as a powder house?no signs of rainplanters ruined, and one .living about two miles from the village alllrnis that he can carry every grain of corn that wlM be made In ; this section, in his wagon to Blackvllle al one; load.?Rarnwcll fk-ntinrl Very dry In the conner section. Even the! wells are drying up. and the slock has to he j watered when there Is any water to spare. Peas planted can't germinate, for want of moisture. The corn is falling down in the field, and cotton is needing rain. Rice Is very : poor. Many oi tue tarmeis on santec mid in Lower St.. Matthews are hauling thelriorn which is falling down in the field*, to their barns as forage.?Orangeburg Democrat. The movt flattering crop reportscomo from Brownsville, the next from Ued BlufT then Hebron. One gentleman from Brownsville | slates that if lie docs not net too much rain to ; make his cotton shed lie will make fli'ly hales oniVOacres. In those neighborhoods wheis Micy have had any season at all the crops are very good. The only ugly spot that seems to darken the horizon of our prosperity Is the chances for corn and bacou.?Jicnnctsvillc Farn'xr'a Friend. \Ve had a fine rain in this vicinity last Tuesday evening, and the clouds "hovered over us" until the middle of the next day. so that what fell soaked into the ground and did nil theuood it could. It did not reach nsuchover 5 miles North and 7 or 8 miles South of u?. We are told that in the neighborhood of Kelly's Mill and 11. T. Gailman's It was very heavy. Farmers throughout the county look more cheerful this week.? Union Times. The weather is hot, gardens dry. and the cotton and corn burning lip.?Florcncc Times. No one Who has cultivated liis cotlon crop properly will make le^-s than three-fourths of a clop In this county because of drought. Few will make less than an average crop on lands properly fertilized and worked. Failures will he more the cause of improper culture than of droUuth. The sooner our people realize lids fact the better. ( otton can be made with very j little rain when the land is well prepared and j properly cultivated.?Marion Merchant and j Farmer. The weather hasbecn hotnnd dry for weeks. While we may have had every summer a lew days of hot weather similar to this, still no one will hardly say they can remember consecutive weeks of hot nights and days, which uirnueiit'u iu ucmh^ it11 >hjii. in hu-i dition we have had in eight <ir ten weeks but1 one rain, a heavy washing shower two weeks ; ago. Everything now indicates rain anil cooler wvather. If It comes it can hardly benelli j those about Walhalla as lo crops. Upland i corn can make nothing scarcely and on lowlands hardly a half yield Is probable. Cotton, too. Is dwarfed. If frequent rains sets it to growing it may shed the little fruit It will near. It may take on yet large weed, but it will be too late to mature the fruit. It Is useless to talk about, vegetables. Gardens are destroyed. The Ii i-h potatoes which gr?w In the early spring are almost cooked in the ground, \\ e are glad to see that In the larger part of the county crops have su lie rod but III tie and the prospect is belter than usnal for a good yield. Generally they have had! good rains and this kept them growing even umid the hot weather.?Iteowce Qourwr. Prohibit Ion in Currolton, Ga. The following parauaphs are extracted from a letter Iroin the Kev. J. W. Lee, of the North Georgia Conference, to Attlcus O. Ilaygood.D. I)., 1'resident of Kniorv College : "After many years of strong opposition and abuse the temperance men succeeded In carrying prohibition, and now see the result: "The trade ot the town has more than doubled. Before the liquor traffic was abolished the trade of the place was about $>uu,000 a year: now It is ^K),(XX) a year. There are thirty stores in town, and I do not know a single merchant among them who would not vote against the liquor traffic on purely business grounds. Mr. John W. Stewart, v, ho has made a fortune here, says, ns a business man. that he would not have liquor back for any consldciation. Some of our: leading merchants were opposed to prohibition at lirst because they feared that It would Injure their ttade. They are unanimously In favor of It now. The ?!0,<K)0 that Was spent here for whiskey prior to 1S75 Is now spent In building houses, Improving stock, draining lands und paying tuxes. The farmers aro 1 nearly nil out of debt. Many of the men ; who were spending all their moucv for whis kev have quit drinking and are uianlng a: support for their families. "The argument that men would drink any-l how holds good with but very few. Perhaps! there are J n every town some few men who! have drank so long that they arc slaves to the j habit. Such men would send ott and get j whiskey and drink anyhow. Rut we have learned that, with nearly all the people, whiskey is like watermelons, the supply > creating the demand. Do nwny with the supply and there will be no demand, as a generul thing. "In a moral point of view, the results of this movement in our own town have b? cn perfectly remarkable. The Solictor of this Judicial Circuit says that there is less crime in this county than In any other In this circuit. Most of the people have Joined the church. Profanity is almost unknown. On the train that comes dnlly into Carrol tun not an officer or train hand on it ever a/rears an j oath. "The soberness and quiet which prevail here, even on election days and court weeks, strike visitors as being wonderful. Atabarbeenc here last year, though there were together about four thousand people. Col. Thou. Hardeman, who spoke on the occasion, said that he neversaw adrurikon man. He regarded it as something almost new under the sun. The county has been electing, for the past twelve years, Dr. D. B. Juhan, Ordinary, who will not grant license to sell liquor any where In the county, for love, or threats, or money. He has done a grand work for the county. "The prohibition movement in this county is a grand success. Three-lourths of the white people ill Carrolton are opposed to the sale of whiskey, and nearly the same proportion in the county.' " Mr. Wilson's Essay. [ wherry JVeu'S.] At the last meeting of the Abbeville I.l'.ernry Clnb, Mr. Hugh Wilson, of the Prcs* rind Banner, read an admirable essay on the Provable Future of America. Mr. Wilson can write moro good essays, speeches, editorials and locals, and read more newspapers and do & greater amount of other work in addition to this, at short notlco, than any editor of our acquaintance. The climatic Influences of Cokesbury have n One effect upon the young men visiting tbat , glorious region.?Ncubcrry If tut, An Interesting Subject. \ i OUR SYSTEM OF TAXATION DIS-;! CUSSED BY ONE FAMILIAR ! WITH ITS DETAILS. | The Present Mode Sustained in tlie j Main, Though Some Imporlaut j Changes are Recommended?The Existing Plan Contrasted with that Proposed by "No Tax Dodger." j Editor* Pre-i.t and Jtanncr ; Ih the Drcsuut mode of useesslncr and collect- , Ing the tuxes in Ihlb State tlic best that cut) ( bedeviled? I This Is a question which Is nttrnctlng con*l i slderable attention throughout the State at the present time, ami one that will likely en- | gage a large portion of the time of the Lei is- i laiute at its next, session, as the matter wa- i submitted by that laxly, lust before its las! ailjo ji nment, by a (special act. to a select coin- | mitt ?e, whose duty it whs made to la'ie the matter under consideration, during the vaca- i tlon and report, at l.he next regular session, a i simpler und a less expenslveBystem If, In the , Judgment of the committee, such a thinu j should be found to lie pr^clcuhie. Helm; then a live question, and one in which every i one is more or less Interested. I have thought ] tiiutany ideas or opinions upon the subject, however crude coulfl not fa'l to t>e interest Inn to the public whether thesaine were approved , or not; tills, therefore. Is .my apology for tas the custom is) asking space in the Mlumns < ' , your valuable paper for what 1 shall have to , say. i That tiie present system Is the most equitable. If honest ly carried out, that can be devised, I suppose no one will deny.as the same rule, in the matter of valuelm; the property j of the several lax-p-iyers, Is Intended to apply ( to all alike, and as the tax Is such a per cent i upon the aggregate valueof the property ol each, or an <id vnlorem lax, of course each should pay In proportion to the value ot their | property. But thai there is manifest inequn.l- , lty In the matter of the valuation of personal i property, In some instances, I will admit (I mention personal property as I do llot believe the same applies to real property.) but this Is due not so much to any defect In the system as it Ls to the fact that all men are not governed by the snme sense of rlgli and wrong, or that all men are not alike honest, so tlmt where one Is Impelled by his convictions of , right to return his property at its true value another has no hesitation In swearing that Ills property Is worth only so much?an amount which lie well knows Is not more than one-half or two-third* t#r Ms actual value. But Instance* ol' such cross perversity. I hm glad to tilliik. are not very numerous and , 1 believe, us n general thine, our people give In their property at about what tlie.v believe It Is aetually worth, however faulty Ihelr Judgment may sometimes apucar. liut the , question Is not. Is the present system objectionable? but It Is, can there be devlst d a better system or one I hat there would not be as much or more objections to? For one I do . not beliove there cin. I do not think i here ' can be a system adopted, radically different | from the one now in use. which would behalf , so equitable, Just and satisfactory as the present. CREDITS SII0UT.D SOT HE TAXED. There are, however, certain modifications which, to my mind shouln be mnde. und which I think common sense would d ctate-one of ; which Is in the matter of the taxation of j mortgages, and In fact credits of any kind, j heldacainst tax-payevs of the State, anil the other has refeicncc to the duties enjoined up- ' on the County Auditor, to which I shall allude further on. It Is the common Impression that mortgages ' should be exempt from taxation, lor the common sense reason that the identical property j Upon which those mortgages rest pays taxes upon the full value of the same, but I go fi r- 1 tner than this and say, that. I do not think ' that credits In any shape should be laxed, un- 1 less the same are held against corporations or Individuals outside of toe Slate 1 know that J this Idea will meet with strenuous opposition on the part of.some, but 1 doubt, exceedingly I If a good and valid reason can be given why I such should not be the case. 1 The opponents of such an Idea will perhaps rnntnn Kfinipivlmi In this manner. TIlOV will ' suppose an Individual to be worth SMMHkl? In the shape of good notes niui mortgages? claims tnat are worth one hundred cents on the do'.lnr, who. If such nn Idea prevailed, would pay no (axes. Would It he just and equitable to exempt tills man's property from taxation when his neighbor, who may not be worth the one-hundredth port as much or 1 whose all may consist of a cow or two and an old mule, is required to pay taxes on the same? I will admit that at first blush there Is the appcarun cof some force in such reasoning, but let us examine the matter a little. Upon what does these credits rest or how are 11 tliey (secured? Most assuredly upon and by the properly of the several debtors, all of < which Is required to be returned for taxation j i ?consequently to value and tax all credits!) and the property which Is bound to make n good thope credits would he exacting a double i tax, and would also have the ellc t of crea- li ting a lie; I Hons value of the wealth of the h Stale. This they would he bound to admit, i but Ihey would probably say that instead ofj' the owner of lliesc crtdlls being re'ieved of:, the taxes upon his credits, It should be the poor debtor who should have a credit upon]] tils properly to the extent of the Incumbrance, i thereon, and the holder of Much lien or mortgage cliargcd with the taxes upon the value of his lien or mortgage. This, like the other, at first sight, appears somewhat reasonable but let us examine this a little also. Laws must be general In their application and 6hould bear equally upon all and if you allow a party a credit upon his taxable properly to the extent of all debts due by liliu. wnlch are secured by mortgage up.in that property, upon the same principle you should allow all a credit, to the extent of their liabilities, even though they may buve given no mortj;a e to secure the payment ol th?same, otherwbe,In many Instances, very groat injiisll??o would [ he done. For Instance, it would not be ?|UU1 Initio and Just to allow U a credit of one tliou- i sand dollars on the valueot'his plantation, upon which there was a mortgage lor that amount, and refuse who owed a like amount, a similar credit, for the simple reason that he had not tlven a mortgage. to secure the payment of that dehl but who, ncveitheiess. being amply good for It. would as certainly have It to pay as would R his tnnrigage. Then sis it would he Impossible to discriminate between those who would pay or who could he mode to oay, their liabilities, which were not secured by mortgage, and those who Woitid not or who could not he made to pay such Indebtedness, the Incvi'able result would be, Ihnt you would have either to allow all a credit for debts due hut which were not recured by mortgage. or refuse it to nil. If the latter rule were adopted, but a credit to ibe extent of all mortgages allowed, then would come in the lnju>tlce In the case of those occupying the position of (', as supposed above; ami on the other hand If all were aitov*cd a credit to (he extent of their Indebtedness, whether the same was In the shape of mortgages or not. a i;real many of our present lax-pavers would pay no taxes as they owe fur more than their entire property Is worth?debts, however, that many of them 1 never expect to pay. AVOIDING A FICTITIOUS VALUATION. The only equitable plan then Is to exempt ? 11 U'llll'h Ilfu HIIMIllV C'L lllPMPt'M r?f debt hikI ica'ly not property, and I litis nvoid creating a fictitious valuation of the wealth of the country and at the same titnc forever silence the complaint of those who charge that a gre.it deal of properly is virtually made to pay a double tax. All credits held against individuals or corporations beyond the.State, , which nre considered good. should be taxed , but those held against our own citizens , should be exempt. 15y doing this and repialing that most absurd law by which the . rate of iiilvrest is limited to seven per cent, or if not by repealing li, bv amending It so as to make the limit say ten or twelve per cent, those having a .surolus ol' money might be induceil to keep it within the state and perhaps j loan It to our farmers whostand In such great need of it, Instead of Investing In railroad , and factory stock in Georgia and elsewhere. If ten percent, net interest could be realizes on money loaned and the same made secured . those having it would prefer usini It in hat way to investing in land- or In any other ' way, even though t hey made less by so doing ! for the simple reason that It is less trouble-;' some and they can reckon with greater eer-!. in1111 v unon their income in tlieonu instance i thnnin the other. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD BE POSTERED. But to limit the rate of Interest to seven per cent. an<i then take from one to one and a half percent. of that for taxes, will have thei cll'ect of forever forcing those who have tnon-1 ey, to seek some more profitable way of using j It than by loaning it to citizens ??f South ( ai-j ollna. unless they arc disposed to evade thei law, which, In view of its provisions, and in j these times, is a very risky business. As our! welfare as a people dot.ends upon I he prosperity of the agricultural Interests of the conn-! try everything should be done which can tie j done, without. Injuiy to other Interests, to fos-1 ter that branch ol industry and 1 know of, nothing which cotitd haven greater tendency ' in that way than the enactment of such laws as would render it possible lor our farmers to , get beyond the necessity of having to buy their supplies fiom year to year on u credit. 1 I believe if the chaises of which I have I spoken were made numbers of our farmers could borrow all the money they needed who have now to buy their supplies on a credit, and pay from 25 to73 per cent, in advance of the cash prices lor that privilege. The tanner who can pay credit i rices for his supplies and noi conic <>iu in ucoi ai me enu in me year, i can nay ten per cent. Ibr the money with I? which to buy those mpplies and make more clear money by farming than lie can at any other bu>lness In which lie can engage. THE OLD AND THE NEW TAX SYSTEM COMr A It EI). , But to return lo my subject from which I find I have sllnhtly digressed. One of the principle objections to our present system of | taxation. or at least the one most generally ! ( entertained is the fact that it takes two officers to do the work which, under the (iiitfbcl-\ linn regime, was done by one. This objection Is the result ol a want, of consideration or ' t hought 011 the pari of those who advance il? as 1 am satisfied it is only necessary io call 1 attention to the fact of the changed condition of affairs, to wit: the increase in the number 81 of tax-payers, the Increases in tin; number of ' taxable articles, the- Increase in the matter of 1 governmental expenditures and asaconse- s <iuence, the increase in the amount of taxes A to be collected, to remove all sucl; objections c froTii t'le mind of any reasonable person. He- J fore the war there wore but two items of prop- ' erty taxed, viz: negroes and land; conse- 4 quently, as none but. those owning such prop- c erly were tax-payers, the number who enjoyed the then honorable privilege ol paying taxes, was comparatively few. Besides, under that system the lands were divided into 1st, ilnd and :Jnl grades and all hinds in a certain belt of country were classed In a certain grade and taxid so much per acre without any reference to value and the negroes were j <] taxed so much per capita?so that, with the j assistance of a vatic mvctnn which he always |c bad, consisting of a large sheet of paper upon f] which all the calculations were made that c were needed in estimating the tuxes upon a tract of land ranging from one to ten thousand acres, It was a very easy mailer lor the lax collector to do the work. Hut itshould be remembered that there are now at least four limes ns many tax-payers as there were tl en, and. In order to get anything to tax and to make each one bear his proportionate share of the bunions of governmentevery old mule, cow, sheep, hog and goat, has to be taken Into the estimate?besides, everything else,even to the pile of filthy duds upon wnich Sambo sleeps the happy hours away. Ilefore the war | It was considered, in South Carolina, a high J privilege to pay taxes ami men were often vain ot the amount they paid. I have heard It said of certain Individuals who were possessed of more money than brains and who were ambitious lo b; considered rich, that It was no unusual tiling for them to pay taxes t on several head of noaroes more than they f| actually uv, ned. But times and men ha-re d changed since then and now every one Isanx- r lous to get oft with as little of it as possible. It and accordingly they Insist that every other t one shall pay liis part. Tho consequence Is t that the number of tax-payers In this county II is very nearlyorqtiite eight thousand,?many of whom do not pay more than twenty-five 7 cents. With this number of tax-payers It o would be utterly ^ OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ONE MAN TO ASSESS AND COLLECT THE TAXES OF AHBEVI LI.K COUNTY, as was formally done?certainly riot, unless ho had four or five competent assistants, all of whom would have to be paid, consequently in an economical point of view there would be nothing gained by such a 1 change, nnd, besides, one of the primary ob- J Jects had In vlow lu tlio origin of tho present system,and which Is one of the b?it features r-; : . 'ru/v ! * . in It, viz: that the ons office should serve as a | a :heck upon Mite othttr fcould be entirely nub- j fl verted without any compensating ad vantage * resulting from tlie chanae. I would H?y,however, lhnt whilst I believe It would be lmprac- 1 Licuble to eonsolldiite the offices of Auditor iitid Tiuisurer and require tine officer to do 11 the work of both, I am sutistled that by dispensing with certain work In the Auditors office, which lu my Judgment might very well be done without lu the least lmparlng the system or rendering It any the less efficient 1 for the purposes of collecting the laxes,nnd provided the Incumbent does not have to hire Loo much clerical assistance, a reduction of two or three hundred dollars might be made I n the salary of that officer. The superfluous work to which I have reference consists in the present form of the Audi- P tor's duplicate. This Is a very large uuwluhi- lj ly book in which Is required to l?o entered In closely ruled columns, opposite the name of each lax-payer, every Item of personal property with ihe value of the same, as returned by him, the number of acres ol arable, meaddw and pasture, and wood and uncultivated .ands with their several values; also the number of buildings together with the number ol willies, ?!tc. All of the columns have to be f.'oted lip and made to prove to a fraction, which Is no Himill or easy Job you can Imagui*. The work of making up this book might ij ; reduced from one half to two-thirds wltlin.jt In the least Impairing Its worth its an adjunct In the mailer of collecting the taxes. There W no more use for using anything but I'ie aggregate of real and personal property,as r. turned by I tin tax-payer, in making up the Auditor's duplicate than there Is In making up the Treasurer's duplicate, and as It Is not ilone In the one, It need not he In the other, l'he very fact that they are designated duplicates would Imply that the oneshould be the exact copy of the other. The. Inutility ol such a requirement Is the more apparent when It Is known that the law re liilres that the original return In the case, of every taxpayer shall be tiled away in alphabetical order by townships. So that It Is Just about as easy to llntl the original if occasion Is had lo refer to It. as it Is the transcript upon the Auditor's duplicate. It miy be said by some that It furnishes a i ffreat de:il of valuable statistical information, fl itiid for lhal reason should be continued. Of 1 such I would ask, of what practical benefit Is it to thcfltizens of Abbeville county to have such statistical Iuformation, or Is It worth lo them two or ttiree hundred dollars per annum In view of tlie fact that Ihey get the Identical information nt Intervals of every five years, by means of the Federal and state csnsus. It ml^ht he well enough to make up a book nf this kind every five years, say, for Instance the year In which the real estate Is valued, hut itffnnar Ihun thlo T fair* it (a llhnolla/l for -unless It can lie demonstrated that the tax's cannot be as promptly and efficiently collected without it?which I urn satisfied can not bo done. The salary of (he Auditor of this county Is now Sl,2iH)?$70i) of which Is paid by Ihe.state and S-VJO by the county. Ry curtail-Inif the work as suggested, which would rnako It possible fur the Auditor. If he be a Rood account int. to do the ureater part of the work himself, the salary might be reduced toSI.000? but without It there is no "bis: bonanza" for that oillcer even at a salary of S?I,'2U0. There Is another change which I think it would l>e advantageous to make,and It Is In reference to Ihe time of taking the tax returns. The time net apart for that work is the most lnopporruna that could have been selected, for vailous reasons. THE BEST TIME TO MAKE RETURN'S. Everyone knows thnt the months of June and July are the busiest of the year with the farmers, and besides, there Is no period during the whole year when they feel poorer than j lliey do at that time I am satisfied that the mules anil horses of the county would be returned at an average advance of from ten to twelve dollars per head over what they now ire If the assessments were made in January ( Instead of June, because In January they are generally In good condition, In brlRk de- nhand, and the tax-payer,as a general tiling, has then a tnnch more corroct Idea of what Mich property Is worth, as he Isawltne-s of ales and purchases every day. than he has In Tune and July?a period when business in : I that line Is comparatively dull, and especially [ when his stock has become a little thin, with i1 perhaps their backs and shoulders somewhat! galled and when, as Is apt to be the case i about that time, his crop prospects are not very flattering, and things look blue uenerilly. The fiscal year should bechanced so as to be made to conform to the calendar year, ind the tax returns taken during ine moniu _ if January. Then have Hie Legislature toM meet In May, which, for every consideration i ' would be much better thali the piesent nr- t rangement and collect the tuxes during tlielf. months of November and December, as was ontfinplated when the present tax system 1' (vus adopted. "NO TAX DODGER'' DISSECTED. In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, permit! me to say that I know of no more ap-i nropriute way of closing this article, which Is' written in advocacy of the main features ofi uur present tax system, than hy comparing! Lhe workings of It with the one proposed, as a *ui?titute for it hy "No Tax Dodger," which I' <hall now proceed to do?andjust here I would ; say that the example* which I shall take are, no Imaginary ones hut are the sworn returns of hnnn fiile tax-payers of tnis county and which are now on tile in the Auditor's office, j J'he flrtjl Is that of a white man and the other fi colored man. both of whom I think "No Tax ' Dodger" himself will admit, are fair specimens of the average tax-payer, Judging from 1 their returns. Return No. 1, Is as follows; J 2 horses valued at S ISO 00 7 cattle 'V) 00 1 mule 75 00 IS sheep IS 00 12 hogs 25 00 1 silver watch 1000 1 wagon .to Of) 2 dogs 10 (rt All other property 150 00 Total personal property S SIS 00 176 acres of land 880 00 Total taxable prop?rty 81,385 00 Tax upon fl.305.0O, under the present system md at present rates of taxation is $14.0-1. Under the proposed system of "No Tax tnniftu'Aiilil ho uc fnllnvrfc* ; II Tax on 2 h?*nd horses S 4 00 , " Tax <>n 7 cattle 1 75 c Tax on 1 mule 2 00 ,i Tiix ?n l"i .sheep 1 iO Tux nh 12 Ix>K* 1 20 t Tax on I sllvi-r watch 1 00 Tax on I wncron 1 <?0 Tax on 2dnus 2 00 Tax on 17Uacres land 7 01 To'ftl tax 521 49 Total tax as per present tystem.... 14 CI Difference In favor precentsystem* G H6 Now let us take return No. 2, and see how it will work, It Is as follows: I 1 mule valued at ?.V) 00 J 2 cattle 20 00 1 wauon 10 00 All other property 10 00 0 Total taxable property S90 DO " Tar upoh which, mwler the present system, c *nil at present rates of taxation Is U5c. Under "No Tax Dodger's" system It would ^ be as follows: Tax on 1 inulc 82 00 Tax on :*rattle fiO Tux on 1 wagon 1 00 Total tax : S3 W To tux tax as per present system ... 1*5 -j rifTerence in favor prescntsystein^l! ?3 ., There are hundreds of Instances of both g irhiteand colored tax-payers in whose cases j ii Ihe contrast in favor of tin* present system a would he much greater than In Ihe above, for fxatiM'le, in the ease of every well-to-do far- p mer who has no land of Itisown hut works rented land and bus, say two or three head of liorses or mules, tlve or six bend of cattle, right or ten head of hogs, eight or ten head of sheep, a nilver watch, a wairoii, a carriage or imgg.v, a dog, on I tlfiy orslxty dollars worth >r household iii.i.ltiire. This property under the pre-cnt system, and I am supposing it to tie valued at limins. If anything, above the I iverage, would pay from four to live dollars f( lax, but under tlie oilier would pa.v from twelve to fourteen dollars. Then lake the case i?f a negro who returns an old mule nt ?20.a jo? * it $ ">. a wagon at > ">, a dog at S">, and all his _ uther piopeity at So, which conies really very near the average return of that class of taxpayers, and by the one system he would pay Ouiyt -1.1 cents, wherea? by the other lie would " pay JM.25. The difference in the two systems is not so striking in the case where the taxiviyer is the owner of atract of land, for the re-ison that I cents per acre, the tax proposed >y "No Tax Dodder."' Is very near the average ax unon land under the nresent svstem. but H?e trrejit dilterriice in ilic two systems is In the mailer of the tax upon personal properly -eonscquonlly Hie poorer u man is, the ureat- f ;r would bethe opun-ssion. I think It was a ft ureal misfortune for ''No Tax Dodger" that | iii< last nrtlele had heeorne so lengthy before lie thought of applvln^ his system to tiie aver- y i>:c tax-payer of Abbeville county, lo s?e how it would work, for I think if lie had made the ippliciitiou he would have been so impressed ivilh I lie impractleabiity of It that he never _ would have consented to have publlBhed it. II. E. HILL. Slate of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. COUIIT OF COMMON PLEAS. Margaret McFerrln, by G. P. McFcrrln, her gunrdian ad litem, Plaintiff, J nnnlnKf. "O IV. 'VV. Hunter, W. A. Hunter and John E. Hunter, Defendants. ?opy Summons. For Relief. Complaint served. To the Defendants W. \V. Hunter, W. A. hunter and John E. Hunter. I w rOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND it required to answer the complaint in this t ictlon. of which a copy is tiled in the Clerk's * >(llcc of tlie said county, and to serve a copy ,, >f your answer to the said cemnlalnt on the ubscsibers at the oftice of either of them vithln twenty days alter the service hereof. , ixelusive of theday of such service: and If , "ou fail to answer the complaint within the J1, line aforesaid, the plaintiff' in this action 1 vll I apply to I lie Court for the relief demandid in I lie complaint. Dated July IS), A. D. 1881. M. P. DeRRUHL and w S. V. CASON, Plaintiff's Attorney. M. G. Zeigler, C. C. P. 'O ,T. E. HUNTER, ABSENT DEFENDANT, You are hereby notified that a copy of the omplalnt In 1 his action has this day been lied In the ofllce of the Clerk of the said ounty. M. P. DkBRUHL and S. C. CASON. rialntifl's Attorneys. P July 20,1881, tf 7o Rent, ' JEff HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE, a ct rl| I^IIE inderslgned lias Just completed his new hotel on the North-East corner of R] he Public Sqtiarc In Abbeville, containing inirteen large airy bed rooms, a commodious lining-roam.n largo ofllce,and a good cook ooin. This Is very desirable properly in the l' uslness portion of the town, makes Its locaion well suited for a hotel. Its convenience J1' o the business portion of the town will make t, especially attractive to business men. ,h The most reasonable terms will be offered. ' 'oan enterprising hotel-keepar this Is a rare T. ft'er anil only which should not be neglectid. ipply early to JOHN KNOX. July 20,18SI, tf j THE TWIN SPRIN& I" have the improved twin Spring price L ?3.oo. y J. B. CHALMERS. lUHiom,: CONGrAHEiE II WORKS,! i f!n n mViifl.. ft. O i :.?T ATTENTION! FARMERS il,TEarc now prepared to furnish FAIt?V MERS wlthuilklnd.s of farming 2 lentsi ' PLOWS AHD PLOW STOCKS, 1race Chains & Back Bands* AXES AND HOES. -ALSO ALWAYS OS HANDlorn and Bacon, Floor awl Meal, SUGAR, COFFEE, &C. QTTARLES & CO. Feb. 9, 18S1. If A. M. HILL ] & SONS, : 7 I t Dealers in ! H Groceries and ii c Farmers' e c H Supplies of : A V every j Description, i Abbeville, S. C. Dcc. 15, 1S80, tf. iNroTicm n mi phis 1 pIIE County Auilltor lirrchy gives notice 1 tlmt returns of r?yil nnd personal proper- I y, subject to taxation, will be received nt tlie | allowing places, on tlie days designated beowivlz: j SALUDA SIDE, Ninety Six, 1st, 2nd nnd 3rd of June. Donnaldsvllle,7th and 8th of June. Due West, 9th and 10th of June. Hodges Depot, 11th and 15th of June. Greenwood, 10th. 17th and 18th of June. Evans' Mill, 2i)th and 21st of June. White Hall, 23d uud 2It h of June. Chiles' Cross Rruds, 28th aid 29th of June. SAVANNAH SIDE. ; Abbeville Court House, 1st, 2nd and 3rd of une. J WleklifTs, Cth nnd 7th of June. s Mountain View, 8th of June. ( Lowniie.wtlle,9th of June. j Smith's Cross Itoads, loth o( June. 1 Calhoun's Mills, 20th and Jist of June. MeKottrlek's Mills, 22ndol June. I Dorn's Mine, 23d of June. f Cedar Springs, 21th of June. Hester's Store, 27tli of June; Arch K. Watson's, 2Stli ol June. E. WesttleiU's,39th of June. Capt. James I'ratt's, 1st of July, In addition to the appointments above nade for Abbeville Court House, I would nentloh that the ofllce will be open for replying rcturnson Monday, Tuesday, Wednesay and Thursday of Court Week, and from he 1st to the 2Uth of July. J. T, PARKS, AUDITOR. Mny 4,1881, tf ' A. B. C. lindsay7 DENTIST, ?ractical and Operative, [TAVING attended the Lectures of the [ 1 Pennsylvania College of Den till Surgery Hers his professional service* to tlie public s a Dentist ami Oral surgeon. Calls through he country attended to. All work warrant- ' d and chargc.s reasonable. . Kesldfiiee 5 miles east of Calhoun Mills, outh Carolina. * 1 June IK, IKso. j Barber Shop. ; 1-IIE undersigned respectfully Informs the public that hi has recently removed his 'onsorlal Emporium to the hall above Norrood Brother's store, where he Is prepared to ecomrnodate his customers and the public enerally In hair cutting, shampooing, sliavru. dyeing, In tlie best style, and at reason- ( lile prices. i IVrms per month for hair-cutting, sham r ooing and shaving, only $1.00, t Respectfully, Richard Gantt. I 1 U.JLJ.X WCX fJAKTIES having Hard Lumber, A?he. L Hickory, and While-oak, can |ilnd sale jr the same at SEAL & McIIAVA INK'S. Carriage Shops, Abbeville, S. C. March 10.1SS1 tr J. Knox & Co. * -AGENTS FORMR. TOM YOUNG'S < >URE CORN WHISKEY rllE best and purest CORN WHIS- ( KEY brought to this market. Juno 22, 1881, tf Whether you stand or r Whether you sit, The F.HJlUllK SiHKT Is bure to <U. ?SMITH & SON. June 8.1SS1, tf T^l T~? TTtrnT1 "I > TTT7I JT V Jtli YOUR BOOKS, 'eriotals, Newspapers aid Music f State, County and Railroad Officers i and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. t LL families have OLD HOOKS PERIOD\ ICAI-S, NEWSPAl'ERs, MUSH', ..o? | hicli they desire to transmit to their postery, should IAVE THEM REBOUND. r'hich will preserve them and will make lem look almost as well as new. Old Hooks,Ac., should not only be rebound, ut the current literature of the present day lould be put in a durable form for prescrvaoii as well. This can be done In the shortest possiblo me, with the best material. In the most I imdsome and durable style, and at a price G hicli cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. R. STOKES, Stationeii, Book Binder and Blank Book Mani'kactvkf.ii, * Xo. 15.5 Main Street, COLUMBIA. S. C J. L. CLARK, j OR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT T HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY in Whole attention to my Shop. I shall give m GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wish- st to havo his j it WATCHES REPAIRED ring them In. I have all the tools and marlals to do It up In the best of style and at j e lowest rates possible. If you want yom | nek retialred bring It In and It will be done ? ght. If yoti want your , ? JEWELRY MENDED J ring Hon. If you want your j SEWING MACHINE MENDED lists the place to get It done In thebest of! der. You can have any piece made new, or f e old one repaired. If youwantyourgun or( V stol reiiaired this is the place to have it > >ne. All these artjcles will be repaired in C e best of order at the Lowest Prices. Ltive me a trial and satisfy yourselves?1? EIIM8 CASH. JOHN L. CLARK, j4 (AVID H. MAGILL, .Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. 1 ^ [/ILL practice In all the Courts of the.Ci V Slate. Jan Cl,1880,tf | Agent for CHAPMAN'S 5ERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. i IMIESE WORKS WERE ESTAnLISHEI* I In 1*47 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and .Jnines Anderson and purchased by me In the year X-Vt, anil from that time till now carried on, imcessfitlly by myself. My friends andean-' tuners will bear witness of the Inrne anil stu-1 lendous jobs executed by me. It was at my | vorks where tlio largest and almost only job if Its eliiBseviT executed in this city wasdone, lz.: the makihs of the pipes for the City, Vater Works In the year PvW. In the branch if liELL FOUNDING, I can say that I have nade the lamest hells ever cast In the State, ueh as the boll for the City Hall In Cwltimblst. My stock of p:i(teihs for AltCHITECTUIAL WORK. COLUMNS for Store front*. is nnreiind various, and in RAILINGS for Bulimies, Gardens and Cemeteries I hive the arue-a variety and most modern patterns; nany of these are patented and I have purliased the njrht for this state. In the machine line I cah furnish my nnrons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS tf any size and description. My CIRCULAR >A W MILLS have carried off the prize at eviry State Fair held In this city, and in their (Ml>u uniuil 1 Nil \ U l-HK *11 pillllft Ul COII1U1 lit; | Impllelty with tne most useful Modern im rovements, nnd may tiatler myself that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find fnvor with eVry sawyer who understands his business. The many orders 1 aip steadily receiving for (UGAR CANE MILIjS prove that the public ipprccinte the mills of my make, and so It Is rit.li my <5 EARING for HORSE POWERS, >IN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS aud other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing rljiht of many WTENTS, such as castings fur ROClv (,'UTrON* AND HAY PRESS and three or lour llfTercnt FEED CUTTERS aiid other implelicnts. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any ipplicant, together with price list or estimate, kly prices are modemte, and I assure the pubic that they are 1-iwer even than those of 'foi thern manufacturers, ami that my work vill compare favorably with that of any othir maker. Address John Alexander, Prtvn * T>T.f Tr>rvxT IVauvo Pnl.ituKU CJ n JUffETW VLliil SIB -IN"GREENWOOD! MRS. J. P. STEPHENS BEflS leave to Inform the citizens of Greenwood and surrounding country that she ias this week opened a full line of MILLINERY, -ANDFANCY GOODS, it her residence, next door to S. B. Hodsrea A Jo. Her stock comprises LADIES' HATs ^ND HONNETS in all the latest styles and loveltlcs. trimmed to order. TOILET ARTICLES AND FANCY NOTIONS, of every ityle end Variety. LACES AND LACE : iOODS, SWISS AND HAMBURG FRINGES V.MIUUE, <'.A 11WI..I It JS .AIS 1) jACKS. ''H iLDlCKN LACE CUPS ANP UBS. ,LIN EN CUFFS, COLLARS, At. In iict. every thlnz kept 111 it first-class establish* nent. Goods all fresh and stylish. Prices to ' i?it the limes. Be sure to give her a call beore purchasing elsewhere. Greenwood, S. C'.. March .30,1S81. New fBllil Sill: 1 Lawson & Wardlaw' < ABBEVILLE, S. C. [J AVE opened a new stock of FURNITURF 11 over the store of A. M. IIill- & son, and vlll be pleased to receive a call from tt cir iiends. Tin-lrstock consists of every vsirlotj if FURNITURE usually kept In a first-class tore. All of whlcu Is offered at prices to suit he times. Feb. 23.1881. tf RAILROAD NOTICE. ' SUBSCRIBERS to the capital stock of the * Atlantic and French Broad Valley Ralioad arc hereby notified that the llrst Instulnent Is now cilloil lor. j-rompi payment is required, hn me wore ic o be begun at once and will be pushed vigor >u>ly. By order of \V. K. Brudlcy, President A.and ' \ B. V. II. It. T. \V. PERRIN, Treasurer. Treasurer's Ofllcp, Abbeville. May 10.1881. CIGARS. PHE following popular brands of 5-CENT L SEGA1W, iolon Shingle, Our Firm, Live Oak, Eureka, AND TIIE CELEBRATED "alhoun Chewing Tobacco, and j Little Jcker Smoking Tobacco, i -AT3unningham & Templeton's. April 20,18S0. tf i r. L. CALHOUN. M. D. Surgeon and Physician, ABBEVILLE, S.C. J Office?In rear of O. T. Calhoun's law office. March 21,1S81, 12m The Best Engine in the World! 1ECLN! W. R. WALTON, agent |j AUGUSTA, 6A. ALSO AGENT FOR THE '] Geiser Grain Separator, law Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. R?fer? to Dr. J, A. Glbert, R. C* Wall, and lien Moragne, of Abbeville. i May I J, 1841.6m I MARBLE WORKS. IONUMF.NTS nnd works of new nnd special design. Ju?t received direct from aly Vx dozen beautiful monuments cut in osses, wreaths and drapery: nil beautiful, ivelvc new designs of the monuments and lonumentai headstones of the best Vermont larblo. The above monuments nnd head t ones make up the stock of marble work In * ic up country, and prices as low as any in V ic State. Can duplicate any order, and pares can save freights from any point. J. D. CHALMERS. June 1,1881, tf JNDERTAKING 0 \N HAND A LARGE AND EXCELLENT L ) stock of Tj OFFI.NS AND BURIAL MATERIAL j I new and of good mako and finish. Parties served at short notice. Call at J.W. \V. W. Rowland's, Donnnldsvlllc. 3. E. TOBD & CO. July 13, 1881, 4t Bargains! Bargains!! 17 E have Just recelveda new line of Spring: f I? and Summer Worsted at reduced prices. P ill early and secure a " hnrvaln." , I R. IU. Iladdon & Co. Junt 1, 1?81,tf Colombia and Greeovillo Railroad. FASSENOEB DEPART*EXT." Columbia, 8. C., June ,30, 1881. On and after Thursdup, June 3oth. inSl, Put' jengi-r Trains will run aa herewith indicated upon tills Iloudund Its branched. DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAYS. NO. 4i UP PASSENGEK3. Leave Columbia A- 11 00 a ni Leave Alaton 13 12 08 p m Leave Newberry 1 05 p nl LeavefHodgc* 3 43 p n? [/cave Helton 4 57 p ni Arrive ut (jreeiiville 6 18 p ul NOi 43. DOWJi PAUE.VQKB. Leave Greenville at........ 10 83 a ni Leave lie I tou. ^....11 47 a m Leave liodgca _ 1 12 pm L.CHVK iiewueiT}' o u p m Leave Alston 1-j. m pm Arrive at Columbia K :..... 8 60 p ni IPAHTANPUItO, UNION AND COLUMBIA RAII^ ROAD. SO. 42. t'P PASSESG ER. Leave Alston 12 10 p nl jcave JStrotlielr - 12 51 p ui >avcSylcn Ford. 1 08 p irt .t ave Sliciton... 1 19 p m ,cave Klsli I)um 1 40 p nl >aveSantUC...:::.i; 2 01 p m jdiiva Union 2 33 p 111 ..wive Jonesvlllb 3 00 p m .cave Paeolet - ;.;n; 3 Idp m ,eave Spartan bttrgS,W;<fcC.depbt R 3 60 p nl Vrrlve.Spartanburg K. &. I), depot R 4 13 p m NO. 43. DOWN PASSENGER. iCaveSpartanhurg It. & D. dejdt H'2 46 a ni je-aveS; artanburxS.WiAC.dDjjOlO 1 1# P M .leave Pa.-olct: 1 48 p rri jcave JoninYlllc 2 01 p ni .eave Union 2 35 p nl .<eave ttantuc 3 02 p nl X'ave Fish 1 am: ;.; 3 19 p nl, joavu Shelton ...-. - 3 37 p nl .?ave A.yle.s Ford. 3 46 p m >'avo Sirothcr....: ...... 4 in p m Arrive at Alston.. 4 36 p nl LAURENS RAILROAD. iOflvcNewberry.^. 3 55 p m Arrive at Laurens C. H 6 4-5 p ni jcave I<aurens ('. 31 ...... 8 30 a ra Arrive at New berry.. J1 30 p m ABBEVILLE BRANCH) ,eaY<J Hodcefi; ;.... ;;; 3 47 p m Arrive at Abbeville 4 37 p ni ..rave Abbevllle.?... _...12 15 a ni Arrive at Hodge 1 05 p m JLUK RIDGE JtAlLltOAD AND ANDERSON BRANCH. jCave nelton. 5 00 p nl .^ave Anderson 6 34 p m ,eave Pendleton tf 15 pnl ^eavc Seneca O-' 7 20 p ra Arrive at Walhalla .. ... 7 45 p ni ,eave Walhalln {23am .eaveSeneca D ? 9 51 r ni jcave Pendleton...;;.:. .. 10 30 a m jcave Anderson......... ?..ll 12 a ra Vrrlveat Helton.;; 11 46 pin On and after the above, through cars will be un hctwC' n Columbia and Hcndergonviiltf vithout change. CONNECTIONS. A. with South Carolina Railroad from Charleston; With Wilmington,Columh'aand. minis North thereof. With charlotte, CoU iiiibin and iUiUKin Railroad from Cbarlotttf in-i ull polnu North thereof. B. With Ashcxilleand Sparln'nbnrK Rciloal for points In Western NorihjOaroUna. C. With Atlanta and Charlotte Alr-Llne' hallway for Atlanta and all points South and iVest. D. With Atlnuta and Charlotte Alr-Llne' itailway from Atlanta and beyond. K. With Richmond and Danville Rail* oad. K.. With South Carolina Railroad tof ;hrtrloston. With Wilmington,Colnmbiaand Xuuusia Kailroud for Wtiinlneton and the North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Auf ' justa Railroad for Charlotte and the North. G. Willi ABhevllie and Spartanburg IlalN oiid from Hender8nhvUie. H. With Richmond and Danville Raik oad from Charlotte and beyond Standard time used Is Washington, D. C? ivhlcli is fifteen minutes faster than Colum-' 3la. { J. W. FRY, Superintendent. A. PorE, General Passenger Agent. mmm Have in store and to arrive, a Large and Varied Stock OF . DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, v GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AND many Other articles. Mil of which wilf be sold as close for CASH, and upon o? tOOD TERMS as any house in Abbeville* Olvc us a look and wft -will give you a barsain. wire. Wo urlll ol,ln i-nn. I I* ^ ** ""T ;vwi WttASU VI VU/ Ik. ?X? Chrumos. A LARGE lot nf new Chroroos 22 x 2ft ?n<l 24 x :)0.) on exhibition and for sale, tfr fl.15 each at lawson & wardlaw's. agrll 20;j8sk ; Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut? Chamber Sulte^ut bottom prices, at LAWSON & WARDLAW'S, April 20, 18S1. ' v? . J.W^SIGN' ABBEVILLE, S< C, * KEEFS on hand a full assortment of COF-f FINS?from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildingstie is asrent for the pale of Sash, Door# * Minds. Mouldings. Stfllr-rnlllners. Floorings nil everything pertululng to bouse building Vprll 7l,U H*J. tf COLOGNES. WOMAN'S NICKLE COLOGNE 25 cents pur bottle. Taylor's Premium Cologne ?>ccnt*< Monumental Cologne 25 cent* and ?o cents. Fellow's Extract25cents. Fellow'* Superior Extract 50 cents. Toilet Soaps 1Q :cnts to 2j cents. EDWIN PARKER. Feb. 23.1881. tf W. C. RKXKT, J. H. RICK, Abbeville, S. C. 5 lnety-Slx.8. C. benet"& rice, Attorneys at LawWE have formed a partnership for theprac tice of law. And will practlcc In all thrf ,'ourts of the .SUito. BENET &-3ICE. Feb. 23,1881, tf ^ WM. H. PARKER W. C. McGOWAtf. ' 4 FAH1US4 & mcuo W AJ* ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AliBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. \|' ILL practice also in the Circuit Court* oi M the United States for South Carolina* Jan 7,l&iO. tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. If omce; Upstairs over the Po?t Offlct.^e# Notice. Estate Thomas Tbonison, teased A LL persons having demand* against thcr estate Thomas 'j homson. deceased, will nesont them duly probrtted. andnll those Inlebted to the same will make immediate pay* nent to either of the undersigned* M. M. THOMSON, Administratrix. 8. G< THOMSON, Administrator. T. P. QUARLES, Administrator. Abbeville ,S. C., June 21,1S81,3nl SELLING OFF -AT^ew York Cost PI IF. GREATEST BARGAINS TO BE IIA0 L IN Grents' and Boy's CLOTHING, CENTS' AND BOY'S JTRAW HATS. ?AND ALL OTHERSUMMER GOODS, FOR THE CASH. Call soon and get yourself supplted. -ATROSENBERG & CO., March 30,1881, tf * *