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The Press and Banner, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Wednesdav, August 3, 1881. Sale Day. Last Monday was ShIo Day, and quiteti ntinilter of our citizens cattic to town. There were no sales to induce buyers to come. Lint owing to the fact that this is a Joisure time with the farmers the square was wc 11 tilled. The weather and the lien law were the chief toptcs, and as evidence of the condition of the crops in this county, we reproduce reports from various farmers of the different sections: Dr. J. P. Neel reports the crops the worst they have ever had in the Millway section. Wheat Was tolerably fair, red oats were nearly a failure, tho corn crop is a failure, except on bottoms, and the bottoms are short of a, full crop, the cotton crop is about half what it was last year. Mr. A. J. Ferguson from Enterprise neighborhood says that the crops in bis section will be very fair. The up-; land will make no corn, the low lands j will make a short crop. . The oats were as poor as they could be. The wheat crop was reasonably fair. Mr. Malcom Erwin says there is no cause of complaint, except in the case of early corn, which is cut short a little, j But good seasons will make a full crop. .Mr. K. w. liiunion says mac on uuuiRiver {lie crops arc good> ami at Due West they are very fair. Mr. R. A. MeCaslan reports the crops! '"sorry" in the neighborhood of Cal-; Ileum's Mills. They haven't had a rain since the 8tl> of June. Mr. Cailett Corley, of the Range. thinks the farmers of that section will make; very little. ' l)r. J. W. Ligon lives a mile and a half from White Hall. The crops never were as bad as now?almost a failure. The average will he one hale to fifteen or twenty acres. The corn crop is a total failure, fcxaept on the bottoms. Early planted: bottom corn is short. Mr. Leroy Wilson lives near Mar'in's Mill on Little River. The crops are| about an average, though they are now t suffering greatly for rain. The cotton is J shedding the July crop. Mr. J. J. Richev lives six miles east of Donnaldsville. "lie reports the crops' short, except bottom corn. A fourth oral third of a crop is all that is expected. Mr. W. A. Lanier, of Monterey, thinks ! the farmers of lhat section cannot make j more than half a crop. They haven't] had a season since April. Dr. McBride was out in the Flatwoods. last Saturday. The crops .verc the poor- i tost he ever saw. Mr. James A. Wilson lives at Warren-' ton. The crops are dry. We had more! rain last Wednesday than we have had in j two or three months. The crops will he j very poor in our section. We have had only a few showers lung enough to lay J t ho dust since April. Mr. W. C. Sherard in Monterey neigh-[ birhooofl says the e ops are about gone. J They will be nearly a complete failure. Mr. A T. Clinkscales says this isadri-j er year than 184"). Mr. F. Henry lives near Dirrough's: TurnOut. He'doesent think more than ' half crops can be made, even with good i rains from this time. With continued! dry weather there is no telling how near J the crops would be a complete failure. | Mr. W. T. Cowan from near Due West reports the crops as not good, though ; much better than other sections. Col. J. T. Robertsons (aim is in the; neighborhood of I'arkscrcek. His pros-j pects is much better now than at this! time last year. The crops on the adjoining farms are good. Mr. w. a. Lomax lives in Smithvillo township. One fourth of his crop is rea-1 sonably lair, the remainder is very bad. j Two or three rf his neighbors nave good prons. Dr. J. W. Marsh ill lias a farm in the j neighborhood of Calhotins Mills. The j crops are the worst he ever saw in that: neighborhood. Up-land corn will make1 nothing. His corn <m "second bottoms"! will make half crop, His cotton will | be not more than half crop, if that much.! Some of his corn has been cut down as forage. Three miles North-east of his farm good rains have fallon, and the crops are coining out very much. A good rain fell at Hopewell last Wednesday. From Calhonns Mills to Lowndesville is the dryest part of the county. One farmer do.sen't expect to make a bag of cotton from ten acres. Mr. Enoch Nelson lives near Erazier ville. The farms are dry and it is impossible to make more than a third of acrbp. It is nearly two months since a good rain has fallen, they have had but one rain since the crops were planted. Mr. J. C. Carlisle lives eleven miles West of AbbovilleatSmilh's Cross Roads. He says ' you mi^ht say we have no eiops tit all. It is now nearly four months Since we have had a yood rain. I can < give the worst report that you have re-1 oeived. We can't make a fourth of a crop." Mr. A. W. Kay of Antrcville estimates the crops of that neighborhood at one Iwvttosix acres, uplands two bushels rtitua half of corn to the acre, botto^/'{Tl,)ds will make excellent crops. Mr-.Ioab Klirl 11 lives tuST* I The crops in 7hut are'aboui'as I good as last year 'They made a little! over half ^|ia^ neigbborhod last year. M. W^MeRinney of Ninety-Six lias had mvnu!, sjn,.e the 3rd of May,"and corn ' *^on?plete failure. Cotton can't make JJfTjall crop. The oat crop was almost one fourth of what is usually made. In Cow j* tJ rove the crops are very good. Up to a * few weeks hack they had plenty of rain. Mr. R. H. Devlin lives at Asberry Church. The crops have sult'ered greatly I for rain. The crops in that section. will average low. The cotton will be hall I n crop?the corn will not be more than a fourth of a crop. Mr. T. 8. Gordon lives in San tuck. The crops in his neighborhood ar? the worst that they have had since 18tV?. Uuland rorn will be almosta failure. Cotton cannot possibly exceed half a crop. While this is true, other sections are still worse off than Sautuck. Mr. J. C. D uiglass lives east of Abbeville, and will make half crops of corn ftnd cotton. This will hold good as far as his neighbors are concerned. * ? Ireland Honors America. Wl,?n Mr Willimn MeMnrtrv. of county Antrim, Ireland; was in Abbeville four years ago, ho promised Uncle Robert Ward law a walking stick from the Irish black thorn, as soon as he had an opportunity of sending by a safe hand. Not having an opportunity to send it earlier he brought it with him last Friday, and presented it in person on Monday. Two noble old men, worthy representatives of noble nationalities. May they live long and always enjoy that friendship which only the true in heart can know. Sudden Death -of Judge Haskell's Mother. Mrs. C. T. Haskell was taken suddenly ill last Saturday innrning. Messengers were dispatched immediately for physicians, but l>efore their arrival life was extinct. Drs. Mabry and McBride were called. Mrs. Haskell was the mother of Judge Haskell and Hon. J. C. llask?ll. She diet! at an advanced age, much respected by all those who knew her. She was of the excellent of earth, ller re-j main* were uarrieu in hip ivpiscopai rem-: eterv at Abbeville, where her husband was buried a lew years ago. ?> Davidson College. This old institution has a record as noble as the noblest, and a standard as high ' lis the highest. Read the advertisement! of the College to be found in another part of this weeks paper, and hositate no longer about educating that worthy son I of yours. There is no inheritance to compare with a good education. Willlainston Female ("liege. We take great pleasnie inc lling attention to the claims of this excellent institution under control of the Rev. Mr.1 Lander, who is so well knotfn to many j of our citizens, as one of the best teachers to be found anywhere. Write to him for] particulars, and send your daughters j for the benefits of this Institution. True and Sound. A friend from a neighboring State in Writing says: "I am ?erv much pleased to receive the Pre*.t and Banner regularly. Thousands of success to anything as truo and as sound as it is." Last Monday the keeping of the pniupers of Abbeville county were let to Mr. J. Allen Ramey at So.75 per head per i month. Mr. Ramey assumes all the expense unusually incurred Jor the keeping of paupers. The Foor Farm, consisting of some wood-land and from 80 to 100 acres of cultivated land, was rented to Mr. Ramey at $152 a year. The contract: for the poo'r and the lease of the farm expire in two years. This is a considerable saving in the keeping of the poor. Heretofore the commissioners paid ?7.00 a month, and gave the use of the farm. In a number of the old fogy counties they are still disposed to talk of the slock law, and many of the citizens seem to eonsult Coffee as to whether he shall 4 graze bis old law on his neighbors crops.If they want to set the matter forever at rest, left tbem arrange an excursion for all the opponents of the stock law, so: that they can visit the more progressive counties which enjoy the benefits of the stock law.- Tbey will be converted. -The press of the State will no doubt! thank the Winnsboro News and. Herald for the dignified and gentlemanly response which that paper made to the Register last week* We would like to see the whole press of the State aim at1 the highest standards, atid we hope the Rcgixtcr may yet learn semething of the courtesy which one editor owes to anotb- , * or. * Away np here it seems to be about time1 to bold up on flobbs. If he has in time past made a great mistake, perhaps under the guidance of men who kn^w better than he did, why bear down him forever ?, Tbia continued'abuse will do no good. | to????b??i Don't go "fortlirtg about" but pet ready to sow red oats. You can rai>o oats cheaper than yo'rt can liaul corn from the village, even if it Wore given to you. He fore the war a man whrt bought corn was not considered a farmer, With red oats on the hillside and corn in the boti torn, you need not g'iV'e liens. The Sumter Atfi'c.rcc i.s a now and sprightly paper, the first number of which lias jlist reached tins ollice. It is I published by Messrs. Darr A Parmelee, j who make a handsome salutatory. We I gladly place them on our exchange list, aiKl inini [naiour reunions iiiuj- uo; of tiie most pleasant kind. I The nocct sesinn of the Cokesbnry Female Seminary will open Si-ptemiier 1,1 18M1. Parents'would do well to heed the j j faet. Mrs. Glass is one of the most elfi- J cient as well as the mostsueeessfnl teach-. ers in this country. Her assistant. Miss' Glass, is now at the Normal Institute At Greenville. Clear out your ereeks while the waters are low, and prepare your cotton land while the ground is dry. In the Spring is a had time to clear bottom land. Doj that work now whde waiting for your ( crops io ripen. Mr. W. II. Parker and family accompanied by Mrs. Smith and Mr. (Jussie, Smith, starts for Cashier's Valley to day. j' Mr. Parker has bought the desirable place in the Vallev recently owned bv i Mr. Hurt. * * * jl Mr. JosErn S. Britt came near being' drowned at Ward law's Mill, on Long'1 Cane last Saturday. In fording the creek j ] his horse got into quck-sand. lie needed j the assistance of friends to get released. [ I Don't lose your time. You can tind ! plenty of work to do. Split boards and i prepare .Miens lor yuur .uu< cles. If you don't need the boards, get!' them ready. They will be needed. L Mrs. Carlisle and Miss Janic Allen i returned from Spartan burs; last Thurs- 1 day. Miss Janie had been spendingsev eiill weeks in Spartanburg with her sis- | ter, Mrs, Carlisle. I The merchants have about quite fur-Jj nishing goods on li ms, and there will bo|? many a hungry nViln and woman in this'; county. Those \Yho are too lazy to work j' must starve. Jj The Colored Young Men's Christian ji Association will meet at Sumerville, All- i gust 2o, 1SS1 at eleven o'clock. Each As- ' social ion in the State will send three del- j egates. Mn. L. H. Ri'ssell is diirir?^ out the foundation preparatory to building a store on his lot next to the Court House, fie | is not going to build on the old walls. t Jki>oe Corn ran has contracted with J Mr. K. K. Heat-ham to build a shop 011 the J ( Marshall House lot, fronting Main Street, |i to Ik? occupied by Mr. John D. Baker. |? Pit. McBride and family went to Hen- j ] dersotiville about two weeks ago. The ] Hoctor returned last Tuesday week, leav- 1 ing^iis family still in the mountains. After the 3rd of August, Dr. H. D* j 1 Wilson will be absent from his office for l niv.nt rl.rop weeks. His natieiHs will J govern themselves accordingly. IJ Mr.. J. C. PoroLAss thinks llie llcnji law oirjht to l?e repealed. The tanner | who hasn't credit now after fifteen years, j doesn't deserve credit. U Set at Liberty.? Henry Williams and .' Eliga L yon were discharged from jail ! Monday, and Martha Shipper comes out j i to-day.* 11 Sorry?The tops of the shade trees lie-!i fore Messrs. Burt Gray don's office j, were cut ofi' yesterday. I Mr. William McMvrtry, of County Jf Antrim, Ireland, is on a visit to his j daughter Mrs. Maleom Ervvin of this > county. ? Rkv. R. W. Seymovr, is going to sow j, fifty acres in red oats. His head is level, j and if he sticks to that schedule, ho will j1 get rich; !l Mrs. C. H. Linticvm of White Hall,! has been quite ill. Drs. Taggart and I Ligon have been in constant attendance. IJ Miss Ida V. Fair, of Mississippi, who j \ is on a visit to relatives at Antreville. has t our thanks for files of Missouri papers. jjj Tun Baptist colored people have been j holding religions meetings in tho Court < House for several nights. J Wfe had the pleasure of meetiiTz Mr. T. B. Crews of tho Laurcnsville Herald on the cars last Thursday. Now is the time to clear your land*. j Tho stumps of trees cot in August will! not sprout next Spring. I Miss. J. K. Glass teacher at Cokes-1 bury, is now attending tlio Normal! School at Greenville. Miss Ncna Pkuhin of this village is on a visit to her sister Mrs. Lewis Thomson at Liberty Ilill. Nearly every farm has more or less bottom land on it. Clear it up and plant: corn next Spring. M ft. Lewis Thomson* was on a visit to j his sister Mrs. A. 13. Ward law, last Saturjay and Sunday. There will be a pic-nie Mill uext^{turda^-A-gOod time mav l?o ^Wrted. w" sklr. W. A. Tkmpi.kton has contracted w ith Mr. 15. K. Beacham to build an L to his dw? lling. Mr. G. A. Visanski and his family were in Laurens last week visiting relatives. M lis. C. V. Hammond and family are off ?>n a visit to her lather in Spartan bur;;. " | Puof. Iloon was in our oflicfc 0116 day last week. We regret our absence at the time. Col. C. C. Law, of Greenwood has aj fine vineyard, which is quite profitable. I Miss KndklloI' Greenville is visiting! Mrs. Gittlesou of this village. Miss Kitty Pkuiiin is on a visit to friends in Laurens County. A oold ear-ring lias been left at our ollice tor identification. M.ycvof our best farmers are bitterly opposed to the lien law. Mus. S. M. Smith returned from Liberty Hill last Saturday. A turnip patch is invaluable, and every man should have one. Mits. A. \V. Jon'ks is on a visit to relations in Greenville. Tiiky had good rains at Ninety Six , Monday afternoon. " 1 The dancing school had a soiree last ' Monday night. Miss Anna Jones is visiting relatives 1 in Given wood. Governor and Mrs Ilagood arc at Cae- < sar's Head. Mrs. \V. T. McDonald is quite sick. , Mr. John Knox is in Mississippi. Sow turnips, barly, and red oats. .?? MR. BEXET'S ADDS ESS?ITS REVIEWERS REVIEWED. Trof. ration Clearly Points out the! Errors iuto which Dr. Lindsay had fallen. Atsociate Reformed Presbyterian. The Anniversary Address was deli verd by W. Dcnet, Krf<|.. of Abbeville. Ilis subject was: Some of the obligations refine upon tbeeducated men of the South, what younr men owe to themselves, to their country. and toibetirne In which they live. lie considered th'-ir obligations to be 1. Thecustodiansof Liberal Kdueatlon. 2. To chliit ue their student life when they leave college. i 3. To ho tlie conservators of the history of | the South. 4. To aid in the cultivation of a distinctive i Souther. Liteiuturc, Tills was the thread on which he strung i many pearls of thought, timely-Jand precious. > Without a full report it would he impossible j to convey to our readers any correct idea of, thebecwil'ul metaphors, the chaste and polished language, anu sparkling wit with which theaddiess was replete. Mr. I'eiiet Is certainly a gentleman of the J i highest ciiltuie, a conspicuous example of] I he Liberal Kdticalion lor which he so elo- i quently pleaded. Weare very far, however, from sympathizing with aU the views he expressed, lllsl estimate of our Southern history was in the highest degree kindly and appreciative. We have been a peculiar and wonderful people, with much to commend and yet not w.thout! something to deplore. The fault of nations] as well as of individual, is an over estimate i of their excellencies and a very indistinct \ lew of their delects. The Southern people ( are no exception to this general rule. Let our past history res a people be carefully stud-1 led, and let us gather from It all the light and j strength it can impart; but we must not ig- [ nore the fact (hat there is a New South, with \ new iclations and new Interests and newdu-l liesand new responsibilities and to those we ; are to address ourselves and not sit down and j nope over the past. There Is much of the1 j past that ought to he speedily forgotten. Its! blighting influences are felt every where.j The sooner we can cut ourselves loose from [ them and leave tLem behind the better for us. Slavery was a deadly Incubus to the peopleofthe Sooth. It hindered all right progress, fostered|much that was evil, prevented much good,-degraded labor, and In many respects was greatly demoralizing. Or?e of the mo-t directetteets of slavery Was that it j was unfriendly and unfavorable to general | education. It Jndeed, furnished wealth and other opportunities for liberal culture to'thej families of the Inrgest slaveholders. And yet ! these opportunities were seldom| improved. The young man who spent time and money 1 at Northern Co leges came back very little j improved either Intellectually or morally, j He was not to make his bread by his brains,; and his heart was set upon his hounds and! horses. Sucn a people couldn't make a Liter- j ature and couldn't appreciate It wnen brought; to them. Onr Southern people have never been even a reading people, except to a limited extent. The whtst table and out-door spots had more charms to them than the waters of Slloam's brook. They preferred to drink of a bowl that had other contents thau j came from the Pierian Spring. We had Indeed a few men whose Influence Iwasleltin the councils ol the nation, but It must be confessed that we had very little general intelligence. We had statesmen, scholars, and divines, bnt rtiiserahly rare. compHlred i to their advantages And to the number who were graduates of colleges. As a people we were sadly wanting In' that enterprise, that progress!veness which Is snch a prominent element In our modern civilization. We are glad this shivery Is gone, and we care nothing for its history bat draw from it lessons or warning. Li tit stand On the plane or history as a clearly marked beacon to point to danger and disaster. We tear that the picture which Mr. j Benet has In his mind or the colonial gentleman of the old school Is drawn more from Action than from veritable history. It is more likely to be found on the pages of Gilmore slmirm novels than In any authentic records of what transpired on a Southern plantation. We think we could present a I ortralt of theold gentleman, not so beautiful, but more conformed to reality th*t ftDy ! * Uilng ^!tf. Benet save us In his address. H wns ah "Old Hurricane." nursing Ills koi not meekly or patiently. belching out vo limes of profanity, and swaying h tyrant sceptre over his wile and children and sis veswhohad to yield abjectly to every man fcstatlon and phase of his caprice. Kver thins; that came in contact with his will pn d .iced u storm. He hated and cursed Dissei ters and l'urltansand Whins, he worslilppe Koyalty and the Court and the Tory part: lie re iti prayers train me "ineompaiaoie ir urgy"' in one breath and damned liie, Krenc with tho next-. 1IU re<l nose told of di votion to the punch bdwl, as his great toe pr< claimed his :ove of Pompeg's head ami plun pudding. He was ia character to study; h whs Ju-t such an one as was made by the p< ciiliar circum>tances in which he "vas placet He was the legitimate product of slavery. H was just such a specimen ot humanity as W want no more or, such as the world may we consent to do without. The slave-holder, disguise Has we may. wn by his very position a tyrant. He may hav had Immunity enough to administer his rnl kindly: and in some rare instances he ma have had grace to govern according to the p; triarchai Ideal, lhit the comfort and happl ness of the slave, every thing. Indeed, siioi of life was put into the hands of the mastc Xo doubt tiioeonditiou of our slaves was f;i better than In the lioman empire, better, li deed than any slavery In any aire. But I was a bitter bondage from which all the be t<-r Instlnets of our nature would shrink wit horror. This is past. It is a blessed delive Biice. Let it tie remembered no more but 1 sorrow and shame. The Emancipation i'roi Initiation ofPrrsident Lincoln though rccch cd with such a laugh of scorn by the Sou It was really thetnost precious boon It ever ri reived from the genera' government. We sr? then to our.voting men. let them turn (hei hacks upon th.- pdst and address themselvc wit h earnestness aiid diligence to the necei sities ami dutiesof the present; let them foi jet what is behind and press on to the highc (irize that Is before. Let us be understood. We are not condemr Ingall that wassald about the history of ou -nunirv. Miinv ?ooil things were said an said well about the hardy pioneers in thei <truggicwith ilie red men ami with the elr rnents of na'ure, their appreciation of tii church and itie school. There is. Indeed, much In our early hlstor that deserved to be remembered to the lutes zeneration. Hut it is something else tine jiir connection with slavery. We are const iarned also, to say tbat we d not sympathize with Mr. lionet's comrfl'indf lion of sectionalism. If there is any on principle among our people now workin ibundant and manifest an Intense evil, an bringing forth no good fruit, it is the ver; Sectionalism which Mr. Itehet. exhorted ou voting men to cultivate. It has its scat in th worst part of our nature, Itintlnences the br s-st passions. It. Is at every point in direct an tagonism to that Liberal Education which h recommended. What can be more narrow souled, what more repressive of all that i renerousand good, what more intensely sel tish than this Sectionalism? Mr. ltenet.mad > grave ihlstake when he rocomended thi cultivation of such a principle. For thirty years before the late war, thi land resounded with the clash of two partle representing two grea tactions, the abolition Istsof the North and the slave-power of th South. This conflict reached to the most ot :cur?? nook and stirred up and kept In flam the fierciest passions of men. It pernieatei the legislation oftheseveral Stales and that ol ibe general government; it shaped the dicl lion of the Supreme Court ofHhc United Slate It entered Intoallourchurch courts; it ren isunder some ofthe largest, religious bodies It did the work of an enemy and a fiend. Th "?.? ivnr, wiiu n> miniik-^i mm ....... ers, was the direct prod net of this Sectiona' mii. And now must our young men tie to]< ocultivate and cheerlsh ami hand down t( lliose who are tocome after thein this heri latre of sectional hate, these hitter feelings his contracted devotion to selfish Interest his utter ignorlntrof the great principles o i true Republicanism ! ! We do want to see these great principle ipp'led to,and enjoyed by a'i classes of on people In all parts of this .jreat land North >0111 h. East.and West. We want life, lihert; ttiil the pursuit of happiriess secured to al rrpspective of any discrimination. We wan 0 see rtppopt unfiles and advantages of educa ion brousht to all. We want t he masses ed icated. crime punished, vice suppressed en erprise encouraged, ana all that can add t< he comfort and we-ilth of man advanced \ud we want these things form all our pro nle fr<im Maine to Texas, from Florida ti \laska. We want the general governmcn idniinistered for the welfare of the wholi icople and not for the Interests of particular ieet1orsand classes. If this is that trans pudental love of the Union which Mr Bcnei vould condemn, we confess we are chargabU ,villi It and would not exchange it for tin jetty narrow-snu'ed Sectionalism that hi vonldcoeounige. Sectionalism! why it ha: leen a Htiahtlng blasting curse in the pas md hods out no promise of any tiling bette or ttie fillure. And now. though these remarks have beer nuch more extended than we anticipated ret we want our readers to understand tiia vhat we object to in the addrbss is lnctden al and not a substantive part, ait insijjnifi suit portion compared to what we hcartilj improved. It was indeed somelhing to re oice In, to hear sentinientsso important nnc ipport line expressed in such fitting worn* istened to approvingly and aopreciativel.i >y hundreds of intelligent people. Pmr Pro: I write to express the great satis action with which I read ymir review of th( inriiversaiy address delivered recnily it )iic West, by \V. c. I'enet. Ksq. I endorsi nost heartily every word of yourartic e: ant itn rejoiced to see such sentiments<o fitly anc uniably spoken. The same writer had i hoi tvr article of a similar tone in yonredlto lal columns some time since, which I mean 0 commend, but I neulecied to do so. Thi >ne expression now will cover hoih articles md all similar ones that may follow. The truth ts, the very liberal culture fo vhieh Mr. Benet pleads, condemns the nar o\v sectionalism which he advocates. Then s a f rcit. Kepithlicof Letters; and every yea t? citizens are becoming more and inoreco-i nopolitan. In that direction are all the pres rut tendencies of liberal eilucatioh. It coti letnns the u?e of slang phrases as vulgarism I'T'1 figprfrniiirnr r" " i.wi?|i~r.. j eco'ini/es the fact that truth and Beauty ar 1 nt versa I, and find Hi test expression in term if, universal use and Significance. A loca oiorin? is scarce avoidable. Just asgrainsnm roits partake of the qualities of the soil am llmate In which they are trrown. And ye lie freer any production is of these qualities he more fully does it meet the standard ci 11 It i\ ated taste. I have no disposition to say thai Jn the pas Southerners have been sinners in these re :ards above others. I have nothing to say <1 he past. I have only to say that, whateve pay have peen their conduct in the past.thei lutv and interest In the present.and for ttn iitnre lies In thedlrec'tlon so clearly Indicate! >.v you in the article to which I refer. One of the great needs of our nation is th usion and assimilation of our composite civ ligation. TO this eiid ecclesiastical division rinsed b.r mere seciiorial anlniositlesought t te headed. Separations of Christians by sec loam I Jealousies who are otherwise agreei mi'lit to he terminated. Friends of any ui ve wilicy of government. tin whatever locilit; hey'may reside, oualit to he brought tonetl: >r. Such is tiio course demanded by enligh! >ned self-interest; such is the course unmif :akahly Indicated by Divine Providence. Hut I did not mean to write an article; I on y wanted to say that, your words have bee host heartily endorsed by one whoiivcs so fa S'ortli as to be <?nly sonic thirty miles sonti )f one of thegrfat I-akes wiilcli separate ou :ountry from Canada. Fraternally yours, P. F. Conner. Caledonia, N. Y., July 12th, 1SS1: Mr. Benct and His Rorietrers. It is con!*edod on all hands that the Ann k'crsary Address of Mr. Renet, delivered befor the students of Erskinc' College on Wednes lay the Wth of June last, was one of noord nary ability. Rut there doe* not seem to b theVimc unanimity In reference to ttie wit ioin or propriety of some things contained 1 [he Address. One of these is, the recotnmet Jul Inn of tiie author "to preserve all that wa distinctively Southern in the life of the past, which tiis reviewers denouuee as seetiona ism; and another, his conception of "the tin i>ld Southern geritlem n," a charaeter whlcl like Plato's perfectly wise and virtuous mat Ihe.v regard as purely Imaginary. Now,'we have the greatest respect for th critics of Mr. Renet. They are gentleman < liberal eolture, of large experience ar.d obsei vation. One of them is native and to th manor born; the son of a slaveholder, an< from his boyhood, perfectly acquainted wit the "Peculiar Institution h irraduute of fc>! kine College, a Doctor of Divinity, and Christian gentleman. The oilier, whose ci tl<iue will befound In this weeek's I'rexbiit ritin, resides only "thirty miles south of th great Ijtkes;" hut his patriotism is of thu expansive character which, in the language < Webster, cannot be "hemmed in by Slat lines."?He is not, like the other, a Souther gentleman, hut the name is known and hoi orcd throughout the Associate Reformed l'rei hytcian Church in Lite south; and,for augli wo know, lie descended from the same stud The spirit in which he writes Is highly con includable--courteous, digni tied, and catliolii Rut wc respectfully submit that these get tlemen are both laboring under a misnpprc hension. It was our privilege to hear the A? dress of Mr. Renet?to catch the epea pteroenft as they fell from the lips of the eio<)ucii speaker; and we hare since read them In th columns ol the /Vmm an<l Runner, withundi ininlshed pleasure; and if there Is one won or syuaoie, or leuer, wiucti ?iiv?r?ui mjuimh nllsin, we have not been utile to discover i This admission may argue a want of disrrin Ination or peipicacity, on ourpurt. Itisbar ly. possible, however, thai tlie "optics" of on friends may be so "sharp" as to see "win is not t<? be seen." Sectionalism, according to Webster, fs a American word, and lie defines It a "feeling* peculiar interest in some one section of tli country." If this were a correct deflultloi sectionalism would certainly be a liarmle' nfTair; but this is not the ordinary ticcepu lion of the term, and It is not the sense! which it is used by the critic's of Mr. Bene They must understand by it hostility to tti Union, or Government of tlie Urtited State We take It for granted that no man would tin fault with .Mr. llenet for entertaining, or gi' ing expression to, "a feeling of peculiar line est" in South Carolina. If this Is sectlonu Ism. every man, woman, and child in the gl< riotis little Palmetto State is sectional. An we should not beat allsurprised if ourNortl em correspondent were somewhat partial t "the great Lake? which divide our eountr from i 'onada." We should think less' of bin If he were not. We repeat it, if it is sectionalism, we ha\ no controversy withour friends. The Aildrej of Mr. Kenet, from first to last, is intensel sectional. He Is "peculiarly Interested" 1 South Carolina?her soldiers, statesmei scholars, and divines; her Revolutionary an other memories, not. excepting the late terr ble struggle; her eroves of murmuring pltn "Casting a dim. religious M*ht;" tier beuutifi: Savannah; her towering Table Rock and Cn sar's Head ! We say again, if this Is sectloi allsm, the more of It the better. And we at quite confident that this is Just the kind < sectionalism which Mr. Benet would have 111 Alumni of Krskine College to cull I vale. Another count in the indictment Is, tfit Mr. Benet Is entirely too enthusiastic ov< "Mie fine old Southern gentleman," as a sul Ject for fiction. We wish to say in limine tin we are no apologist for slavery. The instill tlou is deluncf, and we would not rcsuscital it, If we could.- We will go farther. Thecha acter of ' J.etiai'e," as delineated by Ilarrli Reecher Stowe, or of "Old Hurricane," > graphically described by "L," was not by an means of rare occurrence; but that it was tl Inevitable and necessury result of slavery. ? are not prepared to admit. The logical con elusion from these premises Is that all slav< holders, the father of our critic not excepts were "Old Hurricanes." Now we huppenc to be acquainted with James Lindsay, Esc and we know thnt he was the best ol hu bands, and fathers, and masters. And thl was true of thousands of slaveholders aH ov< the South. We Insist that a man may accept the r sUlts of the war, Including the abolition i slavery, ami tbp renunciation of the right i secession, (believing at the same time, thi neither the one nor the other was morall wrong,) and be perfectly loyal to the Unloi And tills is precisely the position of M^. Bei et, as we understand It. It was not his deslc to kindle into a flame the embers of stri and Content ion, not yet distinguished, but excite a spirit of generous emulation ar friendly rivalry between Soutn Carolina ar her sister Stales. The citizens of this Stateirrenot prepared stnItlfy themselves. Her Butler and Ham ton have not been Instructed 10 present ther selves at the doors of the National Caplt with a hopeful minerere, but as the represent lives of a free, sovereign, and Indep^nde Suite, w ho are perfectly devoted to the Unio but. feel a "peculiar Interest" In the Slate South'C&rollna. This Is Mr. Benet's platiori and it is broad enough for us. P, I Sj Railroads and People. i- THE TRANSPORTATION QUESTION I j IN ALL ITS BEAUINUS. f. Address of Col. TV. L. Trenholm at i|ji (jreenvillc?The Nature and Extent ^ of the Railroad Problem?Dangers j i-1 of Federal Coutrol?Col. TfeAholm^s ?! Solution. i 1. [Dehvci-cu oc/ore. tlie.ytrue Agricultural society e i at G't.rnrillt .] I The Agricultural Society of South Carolina having been requested to appoint one of its ; _ members to prepare an address upon Trans, portation. that duty has been assigned to me. Ig , Tbesubject Is otic of wide Importance and . deep interest, because it touches so very near-1 _ ; |y every unit In tlie industrial whole of each l"1 community. .1! Every man who is a worker is a producer, .. and between eai'h producer and his market I " there inevitably intervenes a process of trans-1 portation. I I J"; You will not, of course, expect me to dilate j . upon this part of the subject; not hint; can be {" said about it that is either novel or useful, ' and, therefore, I proceed atonce to that which is really tlie great question of t!ic day, name' ly, the question of railroad transportation. T_" j Fifty years ago there was a question of rail!" road transportation, but then it was a ques-i ^ tion as to whether it was fcnsiliie. At a later j period the question of railroad transporta-| [. j tion meant, How can each community secure j ,s its benefits? To-day the question of jailroud ^ transportation Is, llow can each community escape its eviis? " The answer to tlie first question Is found In the IW.tWU miles of finished railroads In the Unl. ! ted States and the 83,100,000,01)0 of capital Invcs" ted til them. j | The answer to the sccocd eaincln the form *! of the prabtictkl enterprise, energy and talent I , that ra'sed this capital and built these roads. * j The answer to the third is still lobe found tihd 1 ncvcpiru. 1i ,.l No answer is worlhy ol consideration nor r ; will liny lie conclusive which does not asSurc r i I protection to capital, freedom lo enterprise e I and impartial accommodation to nit tliecUs- f n I tomersof eacii railroad. k . I Such n result would constitute a balance t g I anions the conflicting Interests which now pi contend with each other as opposing forces In t h shaping the administration of the r.illroiids, c and on-jlit to he better for all than the occa- a sionsil brief and accidental triumphs of each c ? In turn orof either out of turn. j l The earliest projectors of railroads were j <\ J naturally mistrustful of the fresi-1 s; they were, t! p adventuring into an unexplored province of U " enterprise, and they needed not only enconr- c " agement, but some assurance of indemnity for the risks they incurred both In money s * nftd reputation. I p For this reason the public readily planted I to them charters, wit h such powers as at the J . time seemed not-only reasonable, but ab<o- j: 1 lutely requisite to the success of so proble- t matlcal an cnterprisea* it then was to build a c " raiiroad. c These charters became models for those ask- i " ed and granted subsequently, lor It was not i j until a long time after tin? success of the rail- t i r ?;ids had become assured and their prorltn-J jr I blenes* established that the public began tojs . perceive '.hat the changes wrought by tlie v ; tailroads themselves in social and econoini- n . ctl CdHciltions rendered it no longer necessary t p to oiler bribes for the huUdins of them, and t . that concessions that were not Inappropriate at an earlier period had become not only su- g ,1 perfluous; but dangerous. I Then it was that some of the States provl- a ded for We repeal or amending, at their will, ( " of all subsequent charters granted lo corpo- hi '* [ rations. I J Where such provisons has not lie-en made, a I and in the cases of chatters free from the op- i q oration of such reserved right, the question ji| _ hasarisen as to whetli<?'the Slate may regn-li late the freight charges and otlier adnilnis- v trative measures of its railroads without vio- p I luting that provision of the Federal Constltu- v , tion which forbids the Ssates to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, the q charter 01 a corporation being admittedly a ? contract. n " TheSupreme Court of the United States has n decided that the State has this right, and, e ' what is more lo the purpose, popular opinion | fi ' hiisconflrmed that decision and lias exacted b t from the Stales the performance of the dutj v ' arising out of the concession of I he right.. The p ^ right to regulate the railroads exists only no- p on grounds which make the exercise ol the s i right a duty; | Our Slate, like others, has, "then, a duty to r _ perform with respfcet to the subject of trans- t \ | portatioti, itiid the question before the people a ' j Is. what Is It Just and politic and practicable p \ I for the State to do in the discharge of that d h duly. r Hefore going Into these questions, however; Ij permit ine tosrty why. lit my Judgment, this t duly should be exacted of the Slate and not I confined to the Federal Government. c For some reasons it would appear most np^ c propriate and convenient to call upon Con- S gress to deal with the subject. it In the tirst place. Ihe Constitution Invests [ Congress witli power over i he Internal trade li of the conn try. and the right to regulate the b railroads is-generally admitted to be luclilded li ' in that grant of powers. v In the second place. Congress possesses suf- a flclent prtwer to enforce its regulations cttec- I lively, whll?-experience shows that in some I cns<'S rail nods have disregarded or circutn- v * j vented the Slate regulations. a : In the third place, the argument drawn from c ?! considerations of economy,and the advanta- v j | gea of uniformity, isslrongly in favor of the r j centralization of railroad control at Washing- I J ton; and lastly, the railroads themselves i ' would more readily accept Federal than State t I control. . n ; Notwithstanding these oitvions an plausl- t bie Inducenieijis to get rid ofh question whIt'll t litis become a dltllcuIt and troublesome one s in many States, by calling upon Congress to v take charge of the whole subjcct, the popular c " opinion se'ems lo be adverse to doing so,and 1 i; (hero is unquestionably profound sagacity c in this. nnd there isin most of the well con- i sidered aud mat ured.coiiclusions of the public 11 nijnd. I * li cannot be denied that the constitutional f . provision inventing Connrc-s with authority c p I to regulalf* .irade bid ween Uie.Stateg was nev- o || jcrintended or expected i" confer upon th* < . I Federal Government such vast and danger- c j | otis power as would accrue to It from conccn trating at Washington the administration ot , a11 the railroads of the United Stales, constituted as these railr.wds now are. A power '{ so overwhelming, so comprehensive. pene1 trailnti so irresislibly into every private In. lercst and so capable of abuse, lias never in any iue been eutru-stod to any government; ''{ besides such a power that of a standing army ? ' would seem insignificant. ^ In creating a governmental bureau of ra 111 road control at Wnslilnirton, we wouni S'.'it be | justitled in expecting it to be cither so cftec- . live or so innocuous as are simular instltu-1 tions in Europe. j , | ill me urst piacu, we n ivg nni in n.is cmin- i " try the hallied Officials, nor the rules of Civil appointment ahd promotion, nor the tradi, tlonal sense of official honor ami rcsponsibllj" ty, nor ilie social restraints upon conduct ? which go so farin those older countries to ren" der institutions which ure in form despotic f practically behettcent, [" In the second place, the railroads in France, . for example, ure simply public highways, locuted and managed systematically so as to serve the pulilic requirements fur trade and [T travel with the least waste of power and at " the least expense of administration. Oor railroads on the contrary, cross each oilier ' and compete with each other in so many ways that a systematic arrangement would be hope less. They each have distinct histories, powers and privliges; they each ha\c a distinct capital debt and body of corporators, and many have special Interests which has been built up with care and expense and to the monopoly of which they are Justly entitled, while others have usurped powers and sciz1 etl upon monopolies to which they are not e entitled; . i- To any one who follows the comparison 1- into details. It will become obvious that it ie would take years of patient Investigation to s- devise a scheme which would satisfy all the n requirements of a government control of the i- railroads of thiscountry, and that mean while s I new interests and new questions will be con" stantly arising to complicate the problem and 1- retard its solution, in Europe the bureau e lias grovyn tip with the railroads; with us it l. would be like mounting a horse in full cui, rccr. The danger would be great even if the raile roads legislation of Congrest could bu relied jf upon to result in a well-considered and comr plete organization of the raiiro ids upon the e basis only of the general good, and with their I, administration guardc>l by checks and llmih tat ions and subject to the restraining influens cos of publicity an<l official responsibility a Unfortunately, however, as we all know, 1- this is n"t to be expected. The moment Con' gress t:ilces up a sui'Jcet of this sort hundreds elof subtile brains are set to work to give the it legislature such directions and lorm as well >f sutiserve some particular interest, and the e most sincere and honest representatives of J n the people are i hose who are selected to he the I i- unconscious instruments of spcelal legislation I s- concerning the otijects and ell'ects of which j it they are skillfully misled. j c. Ilencc, the proposition to commit to Coni gross the office of regulating the lailroads j j. would be, if accepted,and urged by thepeo-i i- pie, the signal for the organization of a lobby ! >- as powerful as are the railroads thcnisclvcs.l i- and the ettocis would be either abortive leg-j i. Islation or such as will unite and fortify the'| t' corporations while dividing and enfeebling e j the public. ! I- i i uiti ? ilieu IIUW Hie pinniu ?i|i|jiu* j J, hcnsion is not the existence of mil roads as . l- instruments of transportation, but It is the | 1.1 power of the corporations which manage (tie l-! railroads. This apprehension ofdanger Is inl* tensifled when tlie power ol each of these! ir corporations is found to b?? tending towards it concentration in the hands of a few men of exceptional wealth and personal ability; it n rises still higher wiien several corporations I if are united umlerono management, undculmi-1 ie nates in presenejof tiie pool. Now a railroad | i, bureau at Washington would lie a gigantic i is p<K>l, embracing all the railroads of the linii ted states, taken a* they are, with their cliarn ters by that very act confirmed and perpetut.jatcd; their administration emancipated irom ie State supervison and control jus Las is that s. I of the national banks; their claims to local d , power and privileges accepted with insulfl-j v- cfent scrutiny and placed tinder the aegisof r-! Federal protection; their alliances with lo-l 1-' cal talent, capital andanibltion, relieved from I > i tiie restraint of local criticism, and the only i d! appeal agaiimt tlie oppression of Indi vldui'U ! i-! being to a distant Csesar throned within this i o ! penetralia of a Washington department. ! y l Dangerous as such power would be to prl-! ?, vate interest and to the reserved right of the j | Suites, It would be much more dangerous to j e the purity and stability of the Federal Gov-, <s eminent itself. Already the Government,: y I through Its treasury department, excrclsetf n ' powers that would have terrified the Btales- j i, j men thirty years ago? powers which, In allld I unci- with those doducfble under the laws reg1 ulatlng the National banks, afford the ope, portunlty for organizing an influence aspre^ it vadlng as the atmosphere and as coercive us s- debt. i- If to these powers, as yet by Imperfectly re e > alized by those to whom their e.xercUes, if* if confined and hence so far little abused, there ie I should be added the power to control from a J central standpoint, within or beside the treasit. ury department, all the railroads of the conn- j ;rjtry, a condition of things will be crea'ed ; b-1 which must some day present Itself to the it: observation of an ambitious man as an irn-! resistible invitation In the form of an easy te! opportunity .to put his foot upon tho necks r- of sixty millions of people, ottering them onft | ly ttie grim alternatives of empire or chaos. ;o Twice In Its hundred years of existence has y j the peace of the Union been disturbed and Its ie permanence endangered, and on each oeca-1 re slon the disturbing cause assumed the form , i- of an attempt on the part of one section to use j ?- the Federal Government against the indusd, trial Interests of another. Protection InlKMI id assailed the interest of the non-manrrl'actu-1 |.f ring and non-mining states; Abolition in; s- 1SW) assailed the interests of the slavehoiding | Is States, and although on each occasion the Un;r Ion has survived and the vanquished have burled the issue by voluntarily adopting e- among themselves that of which the threatof ened Imposition had provoked their resistoft ance, tho political Institutions of the counit try exhibit to-duy the modifying etlects, not ly only of those paroxysms of excitement, but ii. of the resulting reactions, so that the simple l- features of early American republicanism are ;rt hardly any longerdiscernablc under Die hard fe1 lines Of national development. If ever again j to there should unhappily come discussion I id among the Stales It can only have its rl>c In t id an effort on the part of one state or section to j use the power of the Federal Government in t6 a way which shall be regarded by other States p- or sections as detrimental to their material n- interests; for in these days men are slow top al- light lor religion or for political ideas, but a- nothing more, quickly produces national | ut strife than greed on the one side and the fear n, of spoliation on the other. | or To allow t'onuress to manage the railroads i h,. will be to multiply the opportunities and ! , thereby to offer tbe stiongest temptations for ]i precisely such attempts to necuie sectlono advantages and preferences as would nios purely lead to dissensions, distrust and dii union. We who have passed through the evil day of such strife tiiny well seek to avert from ou children a like experience. If these views are correct, It Is the more Im portant for the.Slates to dual with the subjec promptly, :?o that there shall be less excusi for the action of Congress. There has been n< little effort upon the part of some of thi Slates to devise and apply such regulation a* might satisfy the public 011 the one hanc mid comply on the other with the exigciiclei r\f iknL-fl nutni-ul 1 o ti-cj / tvaHo *U'hir?h VSl-O t? ' Invlo'ableby Suites as they arc by ln'dlvldu fvIh and rorpora'.lons. Upon these laws of trade the railroads tak< ttieir stand, and tholrpOsition httsol latebeei much strengthened by the general Improve iiient ot trade and hy the demand that ha iiriscn lor new lines tint) quicker transit. Thi public have come to understand that leilslu lion conceived In a spirit of mere hostility t< railroads Is not bnly unjust but unwise, br Sausc-Mireto prove either abortive or nior lamaging to tfie people than to the corpora Hons. Everywhere the people feel this dependenci ipon the extension and Improvement of ex sting railroads and upon the building of nev >nes tor the full development of the resource >f the country; hence both public tnteres ind moral right require that whatever cOntro s exerted hy the Slate authorities shall hi onsisient with the prosperity of themilroadi :ubjecti!d to It. It N said that no railroad le^ slation has yet proved a practical success, thu nost of It has been sutl'ered to become almo ett>, and that the ablest inch who have litu iiperlenco, either as legislators or as railroai iomttilssloncrs, nre convinced that it Is Ini jraeticable to devise any general system o u\rs whereby the cost of transportation car >e so regulated as to give satisfaction to tin lubllcand leave to the railroads proper free loin of management?freedom of manage nent within some limits being not only just >ut essential to the usefulness of the railroad or without it there can be 110 aduiiunte lit luceriient to enterprise and no responslbilltj or results. IJffled In the cfTort to regulate railroad rate) >y statute, the public mind has In some casei urneil in the direction of trying to do so lij ncitns of cointnissloneis. and in sonic Statei nl I road commissioners have been created ant ndowed with powers which, if not sufllcienl or tiie purpose, are at iea?-t unusual under oui ystcm of government and seem almost for Ign to tlie gonitis of American inslItntIon. if there is one prevailing characteristle o he political institution's of this country, Fed nil, Ktatesand municipal, which is more that ny other relied upon to preserve public librty and secure private right it is that prlnei >ie which is found in a:i of them, nniformlj llstlnguishing,separating and carefully dein lug as to each oilier lae powers classed ropectlvely as executive, legislative aiidjud! ial. These railroad commissions have been con titutcd In violation of this principle. The ersons composing these commissions have icen invested, with reference U> thesamesub rets, and in their relations to the samcsub< eels, with powers at once executive, leglsla ivc and Judicial. Owing no doubt to the hiuli character of the persons heretofore selected a? oiniiiissioncrs and to the confidence rejiosed n them, public attention seCms not to luivr iean arrcsiod by this departuro fr<im our sysem of government, butas surely as prlnei >les are more persistent than human circtinv pection. Just so surely will evil arise from n iolation of tlie prlriciblt which the Kathcn if American liberty have laid dowii as olieol he ftindamenials of our political institu ion?. Aside from this objection to Ihc method 01 overnment- by commission, which if sane ioncd In respect to railroads rnaj come r.o be pplied to ih 11 nibi pa lilies nntl event lially b> .'ongress to the State themselves, experience ias so far only thrown doubt upon thedelendence to he placed upon llie capacity o ny commission to deal with the transportsion question in Mich a way as to meet tlie retirements of public interests on the oik land and Justice to the railroad 011 the othei rilhout being vested with powers more ebm reliensive and more objectionable than those i'111 eh already seem too much so. A commission endued with powers adcuate to the task would become more dangerus than the railroad* are. besides It would atlost surely no miule the uncoiu-cious liistru lent of spoliation by one railroad upon Oth rs. So far it is said tlie only result of the ef >rt to manage railroads by commissions liar een to Increase the number of Slate officials /Ith tlie attendant evils of augmented cxiense to the public, and the increase of thai atronage which lias become so serlousan ob lacle to good government. Must wc t hen conclude that the power o: ailroad corporations cannot be regulated by lie Stale, that no security can be taker gainst the'r abusing that power, to the opii ession of communities and the injury of iiiivlduals and that the only course left to tin inblic is to take what ever ad vantage they car if Competition among the railroads and trusi o the slow operation of the natural laws o rade for adjustment of inequalities and the ..i-i-nnllnii ,\f Slll'l'lv not. U111 BSS II an be shown that there are no methods o late regulation cxcept I hose that have beer iready tried with so little succ-fcss. It may be that heretofore the slitcs lmv< ad Iheir eftorts misdirected. Itisconcelva le that a State attempts the Imposiblt; when t attempts to regulate a railroad by, as il fere, standing apart from nnd beyond am: bove II. opposing only statutory force ami he regulative influence of commissioners tr hose physical monetary and trade forc.ei rhieh the railroads command and which thej re skilled to use. Instead of preserving in ti ontest whore the Stale must be at a disad milage, il may be better to try to regulate it! ailiO'adS, by sfceurlng to the public a control! ng voice in fhfclr management, and by plac ng the persons having the management o he rates and trains under such oldlgationi int responsibilities as will Insure their tidcli y to the public interest and tlielrattentlOn t( he requirements of the communities tliej erve. To accomplish these ends It will not be ne cssary to decide in advance what the public ntere>t requires in each case, or even in al ases, but to allow the public itself to deter nine that with reference to each point as il rises. Nominally the railroad is owned bj he public, and on that ground enjoys it! lanciiises, but really the public Is only tin iwnpr of the lailroad securities. The cornor .lion In which lire vested the active and {-on roMiiitf-powcj'ts ol' ownership Is, In almost ai ases, governed by .1 few men who, bavin; nice bi'i*n elccted directors, easily perpetual* iieir influence, choose llieirjassociutesand be 0111c piaelleaily Independent ol' the stock lolders ami ol'the public. This Is thctrut ourcc of all the trouble about the railroads nd this Is the evil which needs correction. It is Inconsistent and unwise for us to Imi ate European or monarchical methoos it lealing with these subjects. The.Slate can no ;ovei n. and should not. seek to govern, clthoi is corporations or its Individual citi/.cns bj iiircaus. or to letter their business by slat I'.fs. It should apply to such cases the A mer can or Republican methods, namely, give t< he corporations constitutions framed with u ,-iew to practical self-government and holt ,heir oflleersresponsible lor result*. The cor lorations of the country are dangero'-is be ause while they are democratic 111 theory hey are renlly In practice monarchical, li >ur corporations as in [-'ranee under Napoleoi [II the plebiscite is the bulwark of the Kin >lre. Now our system of political government re julres local representation and concurren nnjorltles. and we should apply that prlnci lie to our corporations. We suould requir hem to be so organized as that every impor ,uut inteiest In the tenitory dependent upot inch may lind representation 111 its board o 11 rcctors, and such representation as will ti . igilaiit and effective. To accompllsli this i ^ i 11 be necessary onlv for the State to pass 1 aw that in every corporation chartered by i ;ach share shall be entitled to a vote for bu me director, and that tlie board shall be com tosed of a fixed number of the persons ob fining the largest support In tills way. The f fleet o'f sneh s. law will be to prcven lie making of ticket?, to givetoeac1! share :io!der his own special representative In tin jnard, to make these representatives Inde iend>-nt each of the other ami to fix upoi :ach director a sole arid separate responslbili y requiring him individually tobcvlgllan ts to the interests of that particular section 0 lie shareholders which lie has been sclectei :o represent. Suppose a railroad with 10,000 shares am twelve directors. II the 10,?H>I votes wer ;*cju:? 11y distributed each director would rep resent tlte holders of ? 'Hi shines, but t!ie proba ttiiliy Is that some directors will obtain inon nan the reiiuisite number, and then even i smailar number of sh ires tlian swi will have: representation of their own. By this simple method the State will re move tins opportunity lor a few persons ii ontrol the corporation, and will secure repre mentation fn the councils of the milronil hemselves to every Interest In llie .State sufll ilently concerned to obtain control of vote ?noui:h to secure one director In its exclus'iv tervice Whether or n6t this plan is considered thee retically advantageous it may be as well t< :ry It, and let experience decide how far i meets the requirements of the time in respee to the provision of safeguards against th ibuse of power by corporat Ions. Perhaps if the experiment were tried in (hi ivay it might lead to the adoption of whn may be called the tnouonomicul ballot In p(i liIleal elections also, which 1 am satisfied 1 lie only logical and effective safeyuari igalnst the perils ol universal sutl'raue In addition to this measure and in order ti ender it etlective, the .State should by law re juiro every corporal Inn to keep lull and laitli lul records of all proceedings of Its board c iircciors, and to puutisli the same Immediate y alter every meeting, if not in the publl Jrints, pt least by circular sent to each share loiuer, ill oruer imu uiese iu?j uc Kepi piu jerly informed Ht the time of the conduct o .heir representatives in respect to curren jue>iioiis anil transactions. Finally, lit complete litis method of govern rnent and to give to ittliat practical eflec without which it might be injurious rathe :han benelicial, provision should he made ii he criminal law of Ihe Slate lor the punish inent of corporator! otlicials who wlthhoU nformatlon, misrepresent tacts or disobey tii esolutions of the boards of directors; It appears to me that such regulation a .hese will mert all the requirements of tli sase. and will remove all possible danger <j Jetriment to the railroads on the onehnrrd tntl of injury to the public on the othei I'he only objection is likely to come Iron :hose who are really to be feared by the pub ic, and against whom alone it is necessary ti Iiike precautions, namely, the lew person nhoby combination among themselves hav iciiuired control of the corporations/ The railroads themselves are not dangcrou lny more than a locomotive Is, when in com :>etentand responsible hands; nororcorpoi itlons in themselves otherwise than etl'ectiv nstrurnents lor accomplishing the purpose for which they nre created by the stale, bu Lite corporations undoubtedly possess power irid resources which when wielded by a sin ;le will seem formidable irr the eyes of thos .vim know from history by what means otlie Itcpublics have been subverted, and who bt leve that like causes will always prodnc Ike efTects. What is dangerous, therefore. Is that thcati !Oluie control of these corporations shouli fiHss into the hamls of a lew persons unite* :>y the strongest Jes of mutual fidelity, whos nd i v id mil wealti renders them indepeudeu jf the iutluences which produce in the cCrm in unity at large general prosperity or genera idverity, and Whose proceedhigc are veiled not only from the public, but even from tliei >wn stockholders. Hut besides State action, whether In the wa; now suggested or otherwise, it is in I lie powe if all persons having dealings with railroad >r Influence with the public to contribute tu wards the improvement of railroad adminb trullon by acquiring full and accurate know] edge of what is practicable and desirable ii railroad management, so that art im.elligen public opinion may be created which tallroai managers will necessarily respect and prop! :late. The earplugs of the seltlsh and Hie crlt lelsm of the ignorant carry no weight; the; encourage perversencss and an arbitrary spit it on the part of olticials, but no man of suttl . lent ability to occupy and retain an linpor lant position in a railroad will be iiiditl'eren lo the opinion of his management entertain jd by those whose knowledge upoii the sul )ecL Is cntilled lo Ills respect. When we consider that there arc at presen In this country nlnety-thres thousand si: hundred miles of tlnished railroads, reprc renting an investment, of five thousand mil lions of dollars, It will at once appear how fu tile It would be to ftpply to the ndmlnlstrn Mon of these corporations any rcgtilnlivq In tiuenec except that of an enlightened auddis criminating publicoplnlon operatingthrougl Channels connecting the management direct ly with Ihe local public of each road. N'ootli cr force but this is sullielently flexible am I'onsiuut to be elicctually applied to so elasti [i subject matter as that of railroad tranpor tmlon'and corporate administration. Natu rally the railroads have enlisted on their sld the highest abilities and the strongest lntlu DnCes in each community; (hey could neve have attained .tfrclr present duveiopmen witlloiit such allJiincvs.norcan they even nov alTord to discard them. Upon our plan thee ^ ,1 j allies of the hiilronds would become the bult warkfl of the public. i- In conclusion permit me to direct your attention to the debt of gratitude which this s whole country owes to the men who have pror Jectod mid achieved its ningnitlcent fcysteni of railroads;. Not only is this debt due to those - who are Identified with the curly history of t {.lie roads, but It is also eminently due tothose S 0 Who In our own time have by Improvements, :> extensions and combinations made our rulli* roads one of tlie marvels of t he world. s Feellne strongiy as we may the need of sub1 Joctina these corporations to such restrictions s and limitations as are demanded by interests u urciilpr imri ilpa^-pr cvpn tlifin t.hnm* t.liev rottf resent, we cannot be Indittcrent to the (iood ibey have accomplished, nor can we full to 9 admire the skill and devotion exhibited daily ) tiy the great dody of tliclr otliclals. It will ben great ualn to both llic railroads s und tiie public if the present distrust and ne ienallon can be made to ui ve place to a sense of mutual confidence ftnil respect; for, nfter > all, the railroads of this great country are our - railroads; we. tlie public, own tiieir secuiU, i> ties, we give therd business, we have created' them ami still are creating others; while, on the other liilnd. It Is for us, for our comfort, [? pleasure ahd profll that they ply their busy trains its a weaver plies his sliu. ties, weaving f dut df individual lndu>t'ics. talent and enter prise the rich fabric of materia! prosperity, f niriil Irnltffifur uc u\ trvpt lw?r hv i nf.i?r<*mirsp >111(1 S I coin inorec irto a community one In interest! s one In leciing and one in destiny. | "GREENVILLE"' ] ; The Twent}-Seventh Session Will Open ^ Wednesday, September 14,1881. c ] pREF.N'VILLE Is unrivalled for ItsClimnte d r U and health. Occupying a mien position ? between the sbverities of the winters In Vlr-j I glnia and tiie warm Hummers of more South- I I em regions the City oilers rare advantages for r the health of pupils. "j The College lias Just closed a highly prosper-; J ousyoar, IVOpuplls on iisre-rlster. Cur. Icu,um f eouitl to the most advanced standard. Corps - or ter experienced and skilled teachers. Ex-I i penses low and reasonable We challenge j comparison. llcduceu rules on rattroaus ac-i - corded to pupils coming and returning from ! ' College b.v applying to the President. For,' " correspondence or catalogue address A. S. TOWNES, President. Aug.nstn,1881,7t | DAVIDSON COLLEGE; J Mecklenburg Co., N. C. r. Next academic year begins sept. 8, 1S8I. The faculty consists of seven ' members; of these four are graduates of the University of V?.. one of the University of l ( a., nriil one of Washington and I,ee. Three i have studied nt German Universities. 1 The methods of Instruction employed arc I shewn to be tlio best by the best of the graduates as teachers, and as students in the pro' fessionai schools and universities of this r country an.-' Europe. There were forty-one students frbtn South Carolina, ttie last session. J To'al expenses for collegiate year from S'JOO , toS2^">. For catalogue or other information, apply to \ Prof. J. F. LATIMER, Ph. D. | I*. O., Dnvitlson College, N. C. A u.;us'. 3,1S81, 2t. Motice ' TO C ; SpliiMs of Higliways! ] L VOU will organize tlie ltoad Overseers and - Jl hands In your respective townships, find | liiive the 10 ids put In tnorough repflir by tlie I 10th of September next. The romls must be ditehed where necessary and thrown up In i the middle. All loose rocks and dend timber . liable to obstruct the roads must be removed, and the roads must be cross-wayed when nec essary. 1 i After 10th September the ronds will be In- > I speetcd and Superintendents and Road Overf seers will be liclU strictly responsible. * I - "W. T. COWAN, Chairman. \ W. K. McKINNEY, J AS. T. BASK IN, JR. j T. P. Cotiiran, Clerk. | August 3.1SS1.3t / 1 NOTICE I : SCHOOL TRUSTEES! ; ? i i rpi!E PCH OOr. TRUSTEES OF AR15E-1 -| 1 vllle county are earnestly requested to >| moot the Hoard of Exiimineis In tlie (*?>nrt j 'j lloii?e on .-iaturday, J.'ith Auu'iist, at. eleven i I o'clock A. M. Matters of treat Importance 1 , irlll ivntio Imfiiro t.lin inpetlnif. I E. COWAN, I. School Commissioner. A uiiufi 13, CO KESBXJHY 3 i * 'PHc exorcist** of tbo COICIvSBURY FE-j^ I MAI.K SEMINARY will be resumed I Sept. 1,1SS1. r MRS. J. S. CLASS, [ ill ISM J. ?. ?>liA93| I Teacher*. :s ' August 3,1SS1,3t | TO X_a?t. THE ool'.ding of tin* bridge over LITTLE I RIVEIt at. PETTIOKEW'K FERRY. will be let to t he lowe,-' responsible bidder, at the I - Kerry, on Saturday,iHe 2utb of August, at tj 12 M. SpeeliicatioiJs nmue Wuown 011 above - day. I J. T. BASRItf, i 1 t County Commissioner. || l August 3, 18S1, 31 1 ! E. H McBEIDE, M. D.I ; ABBEVILLE, S. C. \4" ILL jslve prompt attention to all pracJ tlce In town. Ofllce at Drug Store. August 3.1681, 12in | - Take a Greenville Paper. 1 r OUIJSCRIBE for the ENTERPRISE AND X MOUNTAINEER, issued in Greenville, South Carolina, the most enterprising and . t hrlving City of the State. Size, 2d by iu inch1 es. 20 columns of reading matter weakly. e Especial attention given to matters transpiring in the up-country, where so many are now looking. Established 75 years. The present Editor connected with the otHce since IH45. S2 per annum; 81 for six mouths. :t0-) new subscribers have been enrolled since last I January. Try It a while. Address j JOHN C. BAILEY, Editor, GrcenvlUe, S. C. State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. ' ProhateCourt?Citation for Letters of.Admln Jstration. Ey J. Fitm.kr Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge WHEREAS, Wm. I) PuBose hnsas made 8ii 11 to mc, to grant him Lei tors of Administration of the estate and effects of A. Bnrt. Teiiaer.t, late of Abbeville county, dc: cea--cd. These nre therefore, to elte and admonish ' I nil and singular the kindred and creditors of I the said A. Burt Tenneiit, deceased, that they be and appear, before mc. In the Court ol Probate, to be-held at Abbeville C. 1I? 6n Friday, the 12th of August, 18S1. alter publication j I hereof, at. II o'clock In the forenoon, to show i [ cause, If any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 21st " day of July, In the year of our I.ord one thousand eight hundred and eighty otic, and in the one hundred and tiftli . year of American Independence. Published on the 27th day of July, 1SS1, !, ; In the I'rr/t.i and flannrr and on the I'ourt. J I'1 House door ror tue time required oy uiw. , ' J. FULLER LYON, ; ' J. Pro. A. C. L July 27, ISSi, 2t i State of South Carolina,' U < i Abbeville County. , aj IN TIIE PRORATE COURT. j * i In tlic matter of the estate of James A. Nor- j wood, deceased. * Petition for Settlement and Discharge. 1 NOTICE Is hereby given that Sarah A. Nor- ' wood. Executrix of Jam** A. Norwood,;, 8 deceased, has'applid to tills court from' her of-j > t lice, as Executrix, I t s j It is Oiwrkkd. that Friday the 2rtth of Ail-1 -' gust, 1XS1. be lixed as the day for the settleR : ment. of the said estate and discharge of the r | Executrix. All parlies interested will be gov! enred accordingly. e J. FULLER LYON. Probate Judge A. C. 1 July 27,1881, tf J I NOTICE TO BPILDERST Bids Wanted for New ! C : School Buildings. |. i- | CONTRACTOR* AND IfOCSE-RUILDERS j are re'iuested to make bids for building j { the Abbeville High School. Plans and spcei- r 1 fleatlonsofthescliool-bultdingsmaybeseciiHt t ", the ofHro of the undersigned, to whom nil ap ' j plications should be addressed on or befote f J' i theolii of August. , i W, C. BENET, |[ \ Secretary Abbeville School Association s July 27, ISSI, tf j* :" TEACHES WANTED. ~1 : ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.' i j 1 / "1ANDIDATES, MA LE Oil FEMALE. FOR c|v-> the position of one of tho Assistant ' - Teachers, will send, applications mid festimo- ? i- ninls to Uie'tiittlerslgned. Salary Forty ! e I weeks Session, beginning in September. j' W..C. BENET, , j Secretary Board Trustees, | e July 27. ISSI, tf I A II Low Prices! ! SUMMER CALICOES, 6'A cents, COLORED DR&SS GOODS, 10 ccrite, 7& BRO. SHIRTINGS, 7 cents, I BRO. SHIRTINGS, 8Y-, cents, 4 BRO. DRILL, 9 cents, BRO. LINENS. 20 conis, HEAVY OSNABURGS, 12^ccrits. | PLAID OSNABURGS; 10 cetiis, CbTT0NADES. all prlccs, at May. H81. Componnd Fluid [EXTRACT OF BUOHIN; for nil ailments |j of tlic Bladder nnd Kidneys. EDWIN PARKER. April 13.1881, 3t H, 6. SCDDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, ANDERSON, S. C. )FFERS ills professional services to the citizens of Abbeville. Parties dtsirinsr to nnsuU with 11 i it), may do sb at. each session r tlie court loir me county,or uy leucr at ;\norsnn C H. June 15. ISSl.tf I. W. I'KltkiN-, ' T. P. COTH KAN. PERRIN & C0THRAN, attorneys at Law, Atii3EVILLE, S. C; Jan. 111880, tf TEA ' TEA ^ l SUPEROR ARTICLE OF [/Ot'NG HYSON nt 85c; Imperial fit 73c;| 1 Gun Powder at Silc; Mixed at 8(Jcc; In j incy round and half pound boxes. . Edwin Parker. June 15,1081, tf STarshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. THE HEAVIEST, ODORLES Machine Oil, It 65 Cents per Gallon, i Gallons, or over, 60 Cents per Gallon. I. W. LAWSON & CO. May 25, 1881, tf iinoi, J AVE A LA11GE AND WELL SELECTED n htock of DRY GOODS, ?AND? GROCERIES, ?and the newest styles of? &EADY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, Hats and Caps, WHICH THEY SELL CHEAP. oa c, if-80, tr NEW FURNITURE. Nf E\V and handsoms sideboards of the very best manufacture. N<w Walnut. Chamber Suits, pretty styles, lost work ami handsomely tlnislied. New Parlor Suits in Raw Silk and French 'civet, a new material, very handsome and lesirable, These suits are of the latest styles. New Patent Spring Chairs, Platform Rockrs?comfortable, durable and pretty?every :uty should have one. \V? T.ndies' cimir. called the Dexter?a plcnd.'d light ami (inruble chair. New Chairs of ail kinds received every week, lid all goods sold at the lowest prices at J. D. CHALMERS. J unci, 1881, tf EXECUTRIX1 NOTICE, LL parties having claims again?t the esH tnto of W. C. HUNTER, DECEASED, ire requested to present the same to me; and II partle* Indebted to tlie said estate are revested to make payment to me without deMRS. B. Bi HUNTER. Executrix. Jul; 27,1881,3t ? .i iticiitnond and Danville Railroad, rass:;nc;eh depautment. f"\N andnfUr Tune 5th, 1881,rassengerTrnin [J Service en tlie Atlanta. and Charlotte Air .inedivision o1' this road will beas follows: I ! | ! I i -S i eastward. ; j ?~n | j = = j IS* !** \7* \vf ! ! < L/ve Atlanta 1.00am .".15pin B.30pin 500pni Yrr. Suwanec.D 5.13 " i.TT " ,7.40 " i7.US " " La I a Eti.51 " 5.5!) " iUHt ' j " TOi-coiV FS.lt " 7.15 ' 10.11!" I " S'cn?e.? ?i y.^*0 " S.iu '' 11.23" j {Jrecnv'fcH law " lO.'JO ' 1 .no it in " Wparian'g.K 12Hpm'lt *U?'' 2.11 " | " ?astonltt...L2.:W " 2.13 Sim 4.81 " ! " Uliurlotte.M 3.M " X15 " 5.:i5 " | ~~ 7T7TT WESTWARD: :a .-Z ~:A s?z u ^ x <t- g ! !J2 l_2 1 ? Lvo CharlotteM 1230pirr 12 ( lam IJ:>iain " Gastonla...L 1.2# " >1.44 " J.I" " I " Spartan'g.K 8."?0 " l.utf " H.12 !.....". " GreenVIeH.W " 5.18 " |4.24 " " Serieca G tt.51 " 17 02 " 5.47 " 1 " Toccoa. F #.01 " 8.15 " H.'vl " ! " Lulu. B1i.ru " 9.31 " 8.00 " ! " Suwanee...IH038 " 10.54" 9.22" 540am | \rr; Atlanta :1205atu 1220pfri 10.H3" 8.00" | CONNECTIONS': } A with arriving trains of Georgia Central \nd A. A W. 1'. Railroads. H with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A! t W. I'.at.d \V. d A. Railroads. C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad. | 1) with LawrcnCc-ille Branch to and from' Lawrenceville. Ga. . E with Northeastorn Railroad of Georgia to. ui(l from Athens, Ga. Fwith Elberton Air I-ine to and from EIjerton, GA. G with ? olumblaand (ireenvllletoandfrom i Jolumhia and Charleston, S. C. il with Columbia and Greenville to and "rom Columbia and Charlston, S. C. K with Spartanburg and Asheville and i tyartaiibunr, I'ulonand Columbia toand from !iender;.'on and Asheville and Alston and Co- i tiiubia I, with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Guage to ! ind Irom Dallas and Chester. M wlthC., C.t A, C. C. R. <t D. mid A.T.iO, 'orall points West. North and East. Pullman sleeping Car Service on Trnin.tj S'oa. 47 and is. Daily, wirhout chance, bcwccu Atlanta urtd New YoTS. A. POPE, General Passenger Agent. J. 2?.TJ3=3LZS, Boots and Shoes, Har-' ness and Tanyard. BEST material used, fine workmen employ ed,custom work made promptly, and all he lowest bottom prices fc/rcash. Hides a I- J vaysbought at the highest market price for ush or Iti'exchange for leatiier or work. January 28, 1880, ly. Tie Mliamston Female College, j tESi'KrTFUi.LY offers Its services to those pa- ' cuts who desire to secure for their daughters i he thorough and symmetrical cultivation of heir physical, Intellectual, and moral pow rs. 11 i* conducted on what is called tl>o i '01TS-ST7DT'' PLAIT. with a Sk.mi-Annuai. 'outtsKof Study ; and, by a s\stem of Tut-. ional Premiums, Its Low Rates an; made! till lower for ALL who average S5 per cent. I No Public E.vrelsi's. No "Receptions." j traduation, which is always private, may oeur eight times a year. THE FALL SESSION will open AUGUST ' , 1881. | REV. S. LANDER, President. ! 0et27.80.ly Wllllamstoii, s. C. j IKTotios. | A LI. persons bavin-; demand?nzainsi {he f\ estate of tlie late .J. \V\ R< n5KKT-? >N vill present the'ii duly attested, and all those ndebtcd to the s i me will make immediate layment to REN I. s. BARNWELL, my duly [ luthori/.ed agent. AGNES B.ROBERTSON, Administratrix. I March 1?. 1?*1, M i Mi ; i i! l-JJ-'-h- n rr-rr=j? - - ' Will sell for cash 10 per~cent. on actual cost the following goods. DRY GOODS AN9 NOTIONS OF ALL KINDS,' HATS -AJNTIO | ?a large stock of? . . , ' a Spring and Summer Clothing/ g White Goods, Hamburg'Edgingj, in varied ; , Styles, Gause and Check Muslm, Undershirts, Gause Undervests, Laandried and Tin- . ' f -r; laundried Shirts, Bleached and Brown Drawers June 13,1881, If / Sni?5tio' fflrknfSe Swino1 frnnde' ||A Allg VI VV/U^ VVUWi siflliEifll ' IIAVE RECEIVED THEIR FUtL STOCK OF *. '. ' SPRING & SUMMEii GOODS. 1 CONSISTING IN* PART-OF ' ' * Prints, Lawns, Dress Good^ Bleached Goods, of all kinds Piques, Gloves, Lace Mits, an endless variety 7 of Buttons, Pockets, Etc. A splendid stock of Straw Hats for Gentlemen, at - - cxiisr"fsriiSrcHAM;<& TEMPLETON. ,m April 20,1SSI, tf . ? ~ B. I. |BEACH All. 1 Suilciiiigr ^ontraotor ' -DEALER IN- ' ' DRESSEDAND ROUGH LUMBER, MOULDINGS, 'SCROLL WORK anfl TURNINGS of every Descriplpn/ . i . SASH, BLINDS, DOORS, LATHS and LIME. fel *?-QffiCe?Over J. KNOX <fc GO'S., store. Abbeville, S. C. ' * 'f April ??, :MJ, u. : ?ns| w. joel sum flrl &I& ?-OFFER w - ' .* ' > A. COMPLETE STOCK . OF , :w ... . . * ... Spring and Bummer Goods! | t. ' - ' . AUR stock is LARGE, embracing many things that are % . TR ACTIVE . STYLISH and in SEASON. ' . _ . -vfSm Examine our stock and get your wants sup- I \ .. m plied. W. Joel Smith & Son. -A April 1-V.8S1. . . ' r'sj m , - | mil ' r I- 11 ii ! 'm > I WW IIIliuM I l i i IH?1 / y E. F. PA UK Kit. If. 51. HIM,, ' i Formerly of lllll <? Thomson. Tk I RTrnn n TTTT T r.uuvLli & HILL. ABBEVILLE, S. C. & * ABBEVILLE, S, C? January 10,1881. / WE beg- to inform our friends and the public generally that we have associated ourselves under th a; m name of PARKER & HILL for the purpose of doing a genc'ral mer* cantile business at No. 4 O'Neal Blo<^?. Our stock willalways be found full and complete, consisting of Dry Goo^ Groceries and plantation supplies. We take this opportu.-:^^nity to thank those who have favored us in the past and we respectfully solicit their continued patronage as our- pres- "J*ent facilities will guarantee to serve them as.reasdnabWS" * as any house in our line. Respectfully, E. F, Parker, ^ K. M. Kill. January 12, IS.A / G. C. BRADLEY. " T. l\ TliOflSOPT. BRADLEY & THOMSON DEALERS IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE AT ABBEVILLE C. H,, km BHADLti S MILLS; ALWAYS KEEP OX IIAXO A FULL STOCK OF FTRST CLASS DRY GOODS. FANCY GOODS. HO- ' TIO N . DRESS MATERIAL, " READY-MADE CLOTHING, m HATS, BOOTS, SHOES AND DOMESTIC^''% ALSO Fnmllv Supplies - CORN, MEAT,. FLOUR, P.ACON, LARD AND CRIST, CHEESE, '' 3 HAMS. COFFEES. TEAS. CANNED GOODS. SUGARS. MOLASSES. FISH AND i.ONECTIONAHIES. A l>o !i splendid stock of TOBACCO AND SEGA US mid .-ill klnriAofFLANTAXJoN SUPPLIES. Man. I ft, ISM), tf E W C ANNON, -AGENT FORGullett Gins, Brown Gins, Bigelo;? Engines; Economizer Engine, Birdsall Engines, Sweepstakes Threshers, Farquhar Threshers/ Reapers and Mowers, Saw Mills. Giist Mills5 Ca^e Mills, Hay and Cotton Presses/ Rubber and Leather Felting, &e. WITII S15VEKAL YEARS' EXPERIENCE, INCREASED FACILITIES, and special arrangements with some of the largest manufacturers in the United States. I feel contident of being able to otrer buyers inducements that cannot be excelled. Call on me or write for circular and prices. Terms easy to responsible buyers or liberal discounts tor cash. Jan. 19, iy$0, tf BR, S. G. TH05ISG2J, i new goods, DTlXTIST, | Spring- Bed Bottoms, Wire l PRy VIT T L1 P i Spring Beds, Boston Spring ddij \ JliLii, ij. \j. Reds, Matt'ess Cotton Top tr ~,i : :r tvr-Emporium of Fashion.-*:* and Straw, TuattrCS3 Cotton Jniv 7,l.MSI. lyr. ' __ I Top and Hiuk, Mattress Make tlie Children Comfort-1 Wool, Flaotic and Cleanly. able, ! One of the best Mattresses, rirrr.DitFN cauu:at.ts peram-i^^ il- Piiccs, L !>!i!::t'>rs. Somcof tluai very handsome.! _ _ . T_T__? * Call and sec. j, d. chalmersj, d. Chalmers T..r(,, : I?sl ' r'