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I I I????? he Press and Bannei.j f Ila^h Wilson and II. T. Ward la w. > Wednesday, August 31,1881. Lei na Man Forflelt His Integrity or | Compromise His Honor. These nre times Hint will try men's sou is,ami circumstances will most likely put a large majority of our citizens to a test of their honor anil their in tegrlty. Tlio aggregate product of the! cotton crop of Abbevill" county cer tftinly canr.ot be Tore than n third off what it was last } ear, and in individ-: ami instances it will not l>e more than a fifth of a fair yield. Admitting this! to be true, and remembering that a! large majority of the crops of our| planters-are mortgaged for more than , they are worth, many of tho>e whoj have toiled assiduously throughout, the year now see nothing but ruin and threatening starvation for themselves, and their fainilier. The reeords of noj year in the past can furnish n parallel, for the scarcity of food in this county, I and the crops of no year in the history [ of this section of country have been r.3 ou will Ko fh? vi(j|it nf (his Fall. OUUi b UO ?? I ? WV VKV J ? We have no money, ami "circumstances liuve combined to raise the price of the provisions which we usually buy from the West. What ever way the unfortunate planter mov Cast his eyes lie sees no haven of safety to which he fhay floe for rest and plenty. Jf he looks for a home elsewhere he Amis the lands of the most inviting fields as W -dry and as parched as are those which surround his own home. We fear that in extremities like > these some of our citizens may be tempted to act unfaithfully to themselves and their families, and dishonestly to their creditors. Every man Avho is true to himself and true to his own family must faithfully and punct tially discharge as much as possible oi his obligation to his merchant, wen if it take the hunt pound of his cotton and the last grain of his corn, lieeause of the general distress of the country, let no man deceive himself with the idea that a dishonest act in appropriating to his own use, the goods which i, lie has mortgaged to the merchant will be excusable or overlooked. No poor man can afford to blot the character of o life time, or stain the nunieof his *. family for the sake of a bale of cotton or for the value of a few busheb of corn. "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches," and the Voor man, as a matter of business cannot ruin his credit for a paltry sum. A poor man's credit is of inestimable value to him, ana witnoui 11 ne c:m do but little. A bag of cotton is of d little moment in a life time. Act honestly. Surrender all that you have l- promised, and more too if necessary. Ktand to your merchant in this extremity, and even if he is unable to help you again, your honest act will inspire confidence in another, who tvill appreciate the worthy act on vourj . )>art, and will^be ready to help you | when help is needed. With us "all is ' lost save honor." Let us not now lose ** that. It is our only source of credit, J and without crcdit we are undone. ? . - Let no man who deserts his crop, or! % leaves it for the merchant to gather, j " " . again hold up his head or lay claim to honesty. "Act well your part, there i '*> all the honor lies," and from which ac-1 "<-'?tion springs all prosperity and happi^ . ness. A few pounds of cotton and a r? u bushels of corn are trash, when i _ '". cm pared tothe value of a good name, '-""he rich may afl'ord to descend to a * l.ick, but no poor man can afford to . Jiave "hfa honor smirched. It is all vL that h3 has. Even if a poor man have no pride of real personal character, as 1 a matter of policy, it is best to act honestly and pay to the uttermost far thing. Let the poor men of thiseounjty not ruin their credit. It is bad pol' Icy, to say nothing of bad principles.; ?. The dishonest action of every man, kU will bt noted, and in after years the) Sfc/ dishonest man will be brought to, ?hame, while the man who withstands j **'. ilie present temptation has forever esp#.' tablished an honorable record, of, which UIs CMJiiren s cnmueu mayi well be proud. In a country like this, i no industrious honest man will go hungry, even though he be penniless, nor will the seed of the righteous suffer for food. Let the most discouraged citiz-on gather his crop, and surrender ~"it. Then he must work a little mon Industriously, live a littla more ecot nomically, apd encourage the hope which prompts us to make the eOorts which finally secure a competency. Let no man sacrifice his honor, or give tip to disgrace himself and hischildren for the sake of a store bill. There is no man in Abbeville who cannot sur'* vive the loss of a crop. Many have lost much more than that, and still preserved their good name. ?: .??? The Tenure of Office?Shall we EstabS-j,* ll?h a Despotism 1 When there is nothing else to write " about or talk about the tenure of office furnishes a never ending theme of ?rr I discussion. A number of our friends would have all State and County ofH1 cers elected for four years, except the - - -Tnrifrpsi nnH fhov would have these officers elected for life or during good v.* behavior. We see no use of changing \ the old established usages in refer, ence to the election of State and Coun" ty offices, and prefer to let our Conatitution alone. In the matter of elect ing Judges we see no force in the ar. gument favoring a change from four years to life time. If the incumbent lias been acceptable and is more competent than anybody else, he will be k re-elected every fou* years daring life, and knowing that his career will be paued upon every four years, he will be more likely to keep pace with the demands of the age. If he does not ? do so, he will be permitted to stand aside and give place to a more acceptable man at the next election. Give a man office for life and he is independent of the feelings and wishes of the people from whom he derives his power. To elect a man to office for life, is an approach to the establishment of a aristocracy which must be repulsive to our Republican principles. If th? r>" .Judge is to hold office for life, why not make his son his successor, and thus establish an aristocratic govern?;^*inent at once ? We want no officer in . a Republican government who is not responsible to the people. If an officer is uot responsible to the people, he is entirely above them, and may insult them or trample on their rights at will. I f these learned Judges are eonscious of faithfully discharging their duties, , why should they object to the people setting their seal of approval upon their acts every four years ? If it is better to have the Circuit 4." Judges continued in office for life, -whether they are fit for the office or not, why make the exception in the i case of the Probate Judge who fills an office equally as important a* that of V* Circuit Judge/ The Probate Judge now holds his office for two years, unless re-elected, but his more fortunate brother on the Circuit Bench, it is contended, should be elected for life. To contend that a man should fill the offlceof Judge for life, whether acceptable or not to his constituents, is uothi?g but despotism. 1 Last Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we had a strong wind from the! ?ast,and on Sunday we had some' ? tain. I y He ou yonr Guard?Protect jour Honor. For fear t!ie exigences of the times , may tempt some good citizen igno-j" rantly to do an unlawful act, which) he would not do if he were better in-' I ; formed, we herewith publish aniin-j portant law, which bears upon all property and crop:* now under lien furl advances. The short crop and tile; lightness of tiie times will compel the j merchants throughout the county to;' watch their interest very clo-eh', and j if any attempt should be made to de-:: tlw.m ?Wnii- nvvti oin Kf? rrn ? I ^ 11 ?l vi v< ujrui, uivii ii v ??. s ? . 1 ( conditions would most likely compel | them to punish to the utmost extent of the law any attempt to make way;' with the crops on which they may'; have liens. We do not think that ' any man would knowingly make him ,} self liable to indictment for a crime,l< of which if he were convicted, would ! send him to the penitentiary. No . man in Abbeville county can afford 1 to have a blur upon his character for | ( the sake of a bag of cotton or a few '! bushels of corn. j1 It is the duty of the people to standi, to the merchants who have advanced \ to them. They arc r.ot responsible [! ! for the drought, but each individual is j ( : responsible fur the preservation of his!1 iown integrity and the honor of his 1 household. The law to which we re- j ! ft r is below. There is another act, ( ! which authorize* the "imprisonment" i j to lie "at hard labor in the penitentia- 1 ! ry." The law is : 'AN ACT to Prxisir any Pekson or. I Pkksons who sham, sem, am> ('os- i I vi:y any Kkal o? Pkrsoxai, Puoi'kit- 1 i ty on which a i.ikn of any xinu ' j MAY KXIST, WITHOUT OIVINO NOTICK j 1 j OF SITU 1,1 KN TO TIIS 1'rilClIASKK 01'. j' | PCKCHASEIts. j { Re it enacted by the Senate ami House i of Representatives of the Stato of South i I Carolina, now met and sitting in General! .Assembly, atul by the authority of the; j same. That from and after the passage of; 1 ! this Act any person or persons who shall j' j wilfully ami knowingly sell and convey j] any real or personal proporty on which ; (any lien or liens exi-t, without firstgiv-il I ing notice of such lien or liens to the pur- ' | chaser oh pcrehasers of such real or per-11 j sonal property, .shall ho deemed guilty of^ la misdemeanor,and, on conviction there- ' | of, shall be imprisoned for a term not Is 'less than ten days or moro than three I 'yeaiv, and bo fined not less than ten dol- 1 j lars or more than five thousand dollars, jor either or both, in the discretion of the?1 Court: Prodded, That the penalties enu- ' i me rated in this Act shall not apply to,1 j public officers in the discharge or their ! | official duties. I j Approved February 12, 1S73. jj The Attantic and French Broad Valley! JlillII vau* To-morrow a mass mooting of (he , citizens of EdgefLdd county will assemble at Ciilgal Church, to advance : .the interests of the proposed Railroad! ; from Edgefield Court House to Trick-j1 jeni. With this line completed the! : Atlantic, and French Broad Railroad < will be in communication with the j South Carolina Railroad, and wc will ji (then ho some forty miles nearer to 1 Charleston than wo arc at present, , I The road will be of inestimable value : I to all the people along tho line, and ' this boon is within our roach, if we only show a desire to have it. If we 1 do a little, we can now get material aid from abroad, but if this opportunity i3 lost the chance may never again be afforded. The importance of the line need not now be urged to a people who are so fully aware of their best interests. Abbeville is fully alive to the work, h;is subscribed liberally, and will send a large delegation ?o . the Ed'jrefiold meeting to-morrow. ? Among those whom we have heard of J ins going, we recollect the names of!, 'Captain J. W. Perrin, Captain M. L. ! Bonham, E. G. G?*aydon, Esq., Col- j onel E. B. Gary, Judge Lyon, Mr: i |T. C. Seal, and representatives from j each of the Abbeville newspapers. j The President and His Doctors. j A great many unkind remarks have i been indulged in with reference to the j treatment which the President has re-j ceived at the hands of the Doctors.) These criticisms we believe to be un-jj just,and ungenerous. Weareof opin-j ion that no man living can honestly say that he believes that the physicians in attendance have done less than they could, and no man in America will claim to surpass these ; meu in surgical and medical skill. To! | stand at a great distance and talk learn-' i edly toa newspaper reporter as to what ; should be done, is quite dillerent from >' I ' 1 producing the desired results. We be-! jlieve it little short of a miracle that; the President is alive to-day, and feel' jsure if his case had been trusted to1 | some of the large number of physi-j cinns wno nave cnuciseu me irrai-i ! : ment which he has received, that he | < would have been in hisgravc long ago. j, : Perhaps these surgeons made the mis-}. take of saying anything at all, and ! thus making themselves a target for j | every jackenape who may have read j j medicine, or has been licensed to|( I physic the unfortunate. j, Cotton in Louisiana. The river or bottom lands of Lou- j isiana have been benefitted by thej' [dry weather. A portion of that State j1 has been very productive, as will be .| seen by the following letter. Even j I I with these fine lands, South Carolina j produced more cotton last year than ] Louisiana: I Shrkvkport Cotton Exciianok, Shrkveport, La., August -4, 18S1. 1 S. J. Zcigler, Esq., Abbeville. S'. C.: Di'JAit Sir?Your favor 13: h instant, to hand. As regards our crop prospects I j have made it a matter of special enquiry j | to get full information froui our planters, j from this and uiy own observation, the yield of cotton on the lied River lands j will be greater than last year (and about j the same as in 187it) per acre. I have con- j versed with no planter who is willing to j 'admit that he will make less than i of a ' bale to the acre, and quite a number con-' tend that they will make a bale per acre. I J You are aware the best crops are made on ! i the river land in dry years. The hill crop j, I is injured very mucii by tho dry weather i. (but will be suiricient to pay expenses atj t present prices. The yield of corn on the : bottom land will be from Ilii to 40 bushels j per aero. Yours truly, S. J5. McCutchkn, President. Miss Nannie White lias accepted; a situation as teacher in Edgefield county, and Miss Julia Zeigler will; teaeh the school formerly taught by ; heron Magazine Hill. The Burning of Col. John C. Haskell's Dwelling House. Columbia Register, Aug. 31. i The alarm of lire at about 12.30 this; | morning was occasioned by the burn-1 ling of the elegant residence of Col. I jJohnC. Haskell, on the Camden road, j |about one-half mile outside the city! limits. The fire department respond-1 ied proroptiv, but seeing that they | jcoyld be of no service, as no water; ;could be obtaindd, they remained I within a short distance of the place. ] The residence, together with a valuable part of the household furniture,! was entirely consumed. The fire,' which was accidental, originated in! the top of the house, ami was subdued [for a time, but soon after broke out i again, and in a few minutes the flames w ere beyond coutrol. i Southern California wants to be sepa-' J rated from northern California, and go in-! j to business on her own account as a State, j A convention has been called to meet at : Los Angeles next month to discuss it. Here are some words of wisdom: I "There is no use in sitting down and ; mourning over blasted hopes; norshoitld i one get unduly elated over success. He I who basks in the smiles of fortune this; (year may be called upon next year to* j walk humbly through a night of l'all-; jure." _ j I It is now nearly two months since rain j has fallen in Bardstown, Ky. Many far- j mors are compelled to drive their stock j three or four miles to water. The dislil-! lers throughout the county are hesitating: and undecided whether or not to go intoi active operations during the coming sea|son. The advance in corn, the dull mar| ket for whiskey and the large quantities ( in bond are the reasons advanced for| their indecision. A few distillers who. have made contracts for corn will run on j reduced capacitics. This coming season's | product will not be one-half that of last; year. | r_ ' ? C, .U , .J1! "Hope Springs Eternal." I SLKJIIT TORN FOR THE RETTER IX THE PRESIDENT'S CASE. V Peaceful anil Qsiict Sunday Throngliout Tvliicla tSit* Improvement of Sat-j nrday Night is Maintained and Slightly Increased. f Old Onurirr) Washington, Anoint 23.?The situaion this evening appears to justify tho onelUsion that the President has, all hint;* considered, passed the most favor-1 iMe Sunday of any for the last four) veeks. lie is unquestionably in a weak-1 r state, hut the progress or change made j ias heen in the right direction. In eon-! iequeneo of this it has heen a day of imati h aee and quietudeatthe Executive Man- j -kui Vimv few neon to have limrered iliout tlu1 place. The members of tliej 'ahinct and their ladies have been there i >ir and on. mid the doctors been Hitting! ib'uit with bright faces, and general i heeii'iilness lias been (ho order oftliej 1 ay. This continnes this evening. The; lonsrhold have felt a great letlitig-down tfier the suspense of tho last forty-eightinurs. j Mrs. Gar Hold and Mollie. accompanied iv Mr. A. H. Rockwell, Mrs. CSarlield'sj >mther-in-law, went out for a* short ride; Lvhieh was extended into the shadows of he evening. Mrs. Nartield looks bright-1 ?r than f'?r sometime, and her appearance' if eonlidense inspires a good many sink-!; ng hearts. This party was soon followed | jv l>r. Hliss and his family. A large'; rowd whs in attendance at the gates, as isual and congregated on the adjacent I lornors. Th3re was a good deal of nervousnesss j uul some anxiety to know what tho night j >1' such a day was to bring. The febrilerise of noon" indicated that a high pulse! night be expected later. This uncertain- j :y was assisted materially bv a street re-j Wt that the President was "not doing so ^ k\ril UN Ilil^nt UU UAjUTUV l.wiil UH' V.\- j Iravngunt statements let tall bythodoe-j ;ors Happily, while very few appeared j :o expect much, there was no ground for! he apprehended unfavorable turn. The' t>i)l lei in brought with it the bases of a' continuance of hope. The President had meeessfully passed the day. That was a! *ood deal. Moreover, he showed visible : <igns of improvement in point ofstom-j ich und the condition of the parotid J swelling, lie has had quinine pills ad- j ministered during the day, and theefleet; >f a vigorous use of stimulants was ;ip-; parent in his general system. On the other hand, the rising of the pulse and temperature, accompanied by; juicker respiration, was not so satisfacto-1 ry as could have been wished. At 11?>,' )!>.? and -0, these seemed to place the case ' back again iu the same old rut of person- | d danger and public anxiety. The appearance of the rapid pulse and abnormal respiration plainly showed the terrible j weakness of the patient. It was not at j ill reassuring. People are quick to catch it the significance of figures. Figures! lon't lie. Doctors do. Figures have no j svrnpthies, no prejudices, loves, hopes or j tears. They are as cold as Charles Fran- j L-is Adams. Whether or not this entitles them to be always believed may be qucs- I tioned by some, but they are certainly ! more reliable monitors of t!ic President'stins and downs than anvthinsr else the 1 doctors have been able to furnish from ' ilav to day. The doctors affect to treat (lie rise as of; small importance, as expected, and in no J way altering matters for the worse. With ! the public, however, they are apparently ! accepted as indications ot an unfavora-j ble condition. There is a good deal of] wise head-shaking over them, and tho i unxiety for to-morrow is increased. Kxi:(TTivj-: Mansion, August 'JS?111 P. M.---Dr. Woodward reports at this! hour that the President's condition eon-j timies favorable. His temperature has | gone down since the evening cxamina-1 tion, but his pulse when last taken, about | m hour t-.go, had not changed since the, i.30 P. M. odicial bulletin. It is not expected to fall much until after midnight.' No unfavorable symptoms of any kino ! iiave been observed. U.N LOOK El) FOR GOOD NEWS. ! Hie Last Terrible Relapse Regarded as! tlie Turning: Point in the Case?The i Public Receive the Cheerful An-1 nounccmeut with Due Allowance for; the Circumstances. [.Vors and Courier.] Washington, august liu?rno snua-i .ion to-night might Ik; summed up in aj sentence, that the President is a I rilie bet- [ or than this time last night. The par- j tieular symptoms which go to make up. :his slight improvement are necessarily >o infinitesimal that it is manifestly jm-, possible to accurately describe them. Itj is am plv for the many to simply know! that all indications arc pronounced favor- j a hie, and that some progress, however little, has been made in the last twentyfour hours in the right direction. From all interviews with his physicians the President is planting himself more [irmly on the upward road. Having reached the bottom of the well he was compelled either to rise or die, and he has liappily chosen the more agreeable alte:native of getting up again. With oneexception his physicians express the professional belief that ho is minir to irt>t well. The name of the ox . optional doctor is not given, but the mere fact is staled by Dr. Bliss. They i til agree, however, that the improvement is marked and quite satisfactory as far as tgoes. The public interest has greatly alien otf here. There has been very litle demonstration compared with former lays and nothing like the recurrence of lie exciting scense of la.>t week. This evening about two score were in waiting \t the gates of the Executive mansion when the evening bulletin was posted on the big tree, about half as many as greeted its appearance last night. This apparent falling otf in public is due to the fact that the condition of the President is generally known now before theo flicial reports are promulgated. The doctors sire generally talkative at present, for the news is of that pleasant kind which is good to tell and is pleasant to listen to. Then the bulletins are quickly printed, and deliv- | cred and posted at dirt'ereiit points [ throughout the city within twenty nun- j utesafter they are issued. The public j solicitude for the President's future can! scarcely be measured by the outward ev-i idenee'of satisfaction at his escape from 1 immediate danger. It is still feared that the present improvement is but temporary. The lesson j L>f the previous tips and downs of the ?ase has not been lost on sensible and con-1 acrvativc people. They know it is not] improbable that there may be other re-! lapses as dangerous as this from which i the President has recently come through, i The President himself appears t?* be I thinking of the same thing when he says j ivith a pathos which will go to every j lieart: "1 wonder how many stations f | have to stop at." Hut "sullicient unto i the day is tho evil thereof" is the motto it the White House, where no other opinion i? tolerated than that which practically places the President out of our danger. Just now everything appears to be going swimmingly. * An Important Railroad Movement. Says the Edgefield Advertiser: *VVe have graded a small Jragmcnt of railroad From Edgefield to Aiken?and that not ^uito nnisncu?ana nere aueauy are iwo i;reat corporations grasping out alter us, the Savannah Valley Railroad and the Atlantic and French Broad Railroad, (.'an there he clearer proof than this of the value of a little energy and enterprise? On Thursday last our town was visited by (.'apt. Bradley, President of the French Broad and Atlantic Railroad, his engineer, Capt. McFall, and the lion. James C'allison, our Stato Senator. A railroad meeting was heid in the Court House, Capt. Bradley's object being to bring before the people the importance of connecting the Edgefield, Trenton and Aiken Railroad with the French Broad and Atlantic Railroad at Troy, formerly called Trickem, on the Augusta and Greenwood Road (which is five miles above Dorn's mine.) After hearing from Captain Bradley, Capt. McFall, Mr. Callison, Mr. A.J. Norris, Mr. C. L. Woodward, and others, a survey was ordered to be madeover this route, to be run over the most direct way from Ui is place to Troy at onco. Money to make the survey was raised in an hour's time, and it was determined to hold a largo meeting of the citizens of! Pickens," Moss, Blocker, Talbert and Hibler townships, at Gilgal Baptist' Church, on the 1st day of September, to hear speakers and consider the question of taxation. This r.>ad will run from Troy by Abbeville Court Ilonse to Duo West, thence to Belton, thence to Williamston, thence to Easley, thence to Pickens Court House, thence through Eastatoe Gap, thence to Brevard, in North Carolina, thence down the French Broad I River to Asheville, where it will intersect the Western North Carolina Railroad. ] Our people are very sanguine of the' success of this road, and are willing to do< all in their power to have the road con- j structed. It will pass through the best; fanning lands in our county, crossing Hard Labor Creek, near Winter Seat. A large number of convicts are now at ! work upon the Road in Pickens county,; and considerable stretch is already graded.' President Bradley spoke with the utmost I confidence and decision upon the subject,! and said that if the country through' which the road was to pass, would not! give the money to build it, Northern and | Western capitalists would; and that the! road, one way or the other, was absolute- ' ly certain to bo built. And if we give the money ourselves, tenfold will be the ad-i vantages we will derive. A man who has" lived in West Ten-' nessee forty-five years, says that many j people in that section, who' are old as he is, "never saw a spoonful of guano in! their lives?they clou't use it, but liar-, row in peas after each crop of wheat" for fertilizing purposes. Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Press <tml lianncr, gave us a pleasant call on i Thursday. Wo consider the Prcs.i and Banner as one of our most valuable exchanges, and Mr. Wilson as one of the. model editors of tho South.?Greenville Nov Sou'h. | . - , 7 . MR. WILSON'S ADDRESS. What Some of the Newspapers Saj About It. Newt and Courier. In his address before tho South Cnro IIIIU auuu raw . laauniiinm, ??. iw iu? meeting in Beaufort, Mr. Hugh Wilson, of tho Abbeville Press awl LSuimrr, rhyi some well considered ad vice ou "Th( "practical work of editingand publishing "a country newspaper." His long anr successful experience in newspaper work enables him to speak with authority up 011 this subject, and his accurate ohserva lion gives additional weight to liis utter ances. The address is printed in contiec tion with tho annual minutes of the As sociation. Much that the address contains will apply with equal force to the practical management of daily newspapers, and notably are tun rellections upon the "'true in"wardness" of advertising agencies in point as representing the actual experience of publishers. The ' extraordinary offers," the alluring circulars, astounding impudence and cheap rates of some advertising agents are too well known tr need description. Upon this subject Mr Wilson savs: "No one here can fail to be familial with the fact that we get nothing from - -i * K. UlSlSUll JUIVITI ISJIIjr ill rates. The advertising agent periodical' Iv informs us that he will allow us to buy from him an organ, a saw, a lathe, a sewing m:\ehine, or some other article, if wt will do a specified amount of advertising mid pay hnn a small balance in cashsaid balance being the full value of I lie article oil'"red. The advertising agent, a< a rule, may bo regarded as an enemy, nol only io cur business, but to the best interest of the advertiser. Agents generally give their advertisements to the papers which have least circulation, and whicl can afford to work for less pay, and whicl are less likely to give a fair return for the money paid* to the "agency" by the ad vertiser?the printer and the advertise] aiike being injured, if not cheated While there are no doubt honorable ex ecptions, the advertising agencies, in 1113 opinion, are usually very adroit?if 110 unscrupulous?in their dealings with us and i think it susceptible of proof tha th?y more often write us impertinent let ti-rs than any other class of men, tine rendering it unpleasant as well as 1111 profitable to deal with them." Mr. Wilson could have gone still far ther with advantage. The publisher ha: his own remedy when prices are low am conditions are exacting. IJut the trouble is not over when the oiler is accepted, am the advertisement begins to run. Tin advertising agent claims a commission o Z!) per cent. ior /us irouuie. ims i enough to cover every risk if he act will common prudence. * Yet advertisinj agents, when the advertisers break down expect publishers to allow the contract ti be annulled and payment to be made pr< rata for the work actually done. Tli publisher is lucky if ho is'not invited ti wait for his money until the agency oai collect it from the defaulting advertiser There is only one cure for this. It is, t< treat the advertising agent as the agent o the advertiser not of the publisher, am deal with him as the principal alone. Tli agent is then responsible to the publisher no matter what happens, and this insur ance or guaranty is some return for ill commission of "2~> per cent, allowed him If the advertising agent declines to b anything but the agent of the publisher and will not guarantee the fulfilment o contracts by the advertiser, then a com mission ef 5 or 10 per cent, is more thai pay snllicient for the work the agent does Another class described by Mr. Wilsoi are "The editor's advisers,"and how ti "treat them." Upon this subject h speaks as follows: "There aro two claries of people wh volunteer advice: Tliuve who advise th editor what to write, and those who ad vise him what to keep out of the paper While information and suggestions ar always gladly received and highly appro ciated, vol unsolicited advice is worth less. Whenever a man seems desirous a imparting to mo his own enthusiasm 01 any particular question, and asks me t write an article on the subject, I reniirn nim that ho has given the matter mor thought than 1 have, and tell him that i would a (lord me pleasure to publisl whatever he might write. I do not nov recollect a single instance of any man be ing willing to do himself what he was s< anxious for me to do. He almost alway shrinks from public notoriety or is toi busy to write. The other class may b termed the Objeetit g Members of th Self-constituted Edit'-i inl Advisory Boar* They want to keep everything of local in terest out of the new.-papers. Wesliouli not be influenced by such people. Th true rule is, no matter how grave you doubts, or how much he may object, if i be a public matter, publish it. If it be . private or personal matter, if you hav the least doubt as to the propriety, 11 matter how much he may insist, do no publish it." There is, perhaps, no one more harass ed by "a multitude of counsellors" thai the average editor of a country newspa per, and the great wonder is that mor mistakes are not made The itnportun visitors have personal ends to accoin plish, political movements to advance, li nancial operations to effect, social aui mosilics to gratify, and they all want t< grind their axes on the printing press. The other class referred to by Mr. Wil son are the "Objecting members of th< "self-constituted Editorial Advisor; "Board," who"want to keep everythinj "of local interest out of the newspapers.' This paragraph must have been writtei after consultation with some one win knew the peculiar habitsof many person in tliis community. The JXeic.i un\ Courier is a progressive newspaper, atu endeavors to be a truthful reflection u daily life in tlio metropolis of the State The*public want the news, and if half th time were spent in giving inforniatioi that is wasted on childish complaints th result all round would be much more sat islactory. We acknowledge the reception of ; copy of the annual address, in patnphle form, delivered by Mr. Hugh Wilson the solid editor of the Abbeville Prc.tn am Manner, before the State Press Assoeia tion, at its hist meeting held in Beaufort The many subjects touched upon by th able writer under his theme?the country press?are certainly handled with eon summate skill and allbrds plenty of kooc food for thought for all those engaged ii running newapapars. Mr. Wilson wil please accept our sincere thanks for ou copy.?Darlington Southerner. Southern Girls. [Helen Campbell in the Ronton Girls.] It is useless to bring Northerh stand aids to bear in such judgment. Th Southern girl ol to-day owes her chic characteristics to force set in motion 20 years ago. The delicate hands owe thei dimples and baby-like softness to genera Hons of immunity from any personal la bor. The tiny feet have small know led# of the use of feet, and falter if urged to walk of a mile. The slender figures ar eorscted and made more slender iu lash ion now happily nearly unknown ji the North, and from babyhood up, deli caoy, fragility, helplessness, are taught a the proper expression of womanhoodthe only expression that insure the inte; est or sympathy of manhood. The lirduty of every woman, from childhood or is to make the most of every personal at traction. Paint and powder are brough into requisition long before girlhood i passed, and, with the love of colors an the passion of dress in general, a set c girls from even the "first families of Vit jjina" have a slight Bowreh or shop-gii expression, which they, however, woul would be the last to recognize. Sweet-voiced, supple, graceful crea lures, the most of them, with a curiou self-possession and yet a certain ti in id it, and shrinking which give an undiscribu l>le charm. There is little or no self-reli unce?none of the study qualities, th ownership of which is stamped upon Hi Northern, and especially the New ling land girl, inottiiccably." To reason wit a Southern girl is a useloss and a bopelea undertaking. Tlie emotional naturi strong in any ca.se, is cultivated to th highest pitch. They arc lull of sweet an generous impulses; affectionate and dem onstrative to excess; passionate and enjoy ing their own capacities lbr storm, anci th calm that follows storm. Clinging, d( pendant, conservative in thought, .so fa as they may be said to think?loving ol ways, simple because they are old, an with a wild and passionate loyalty to e\ cry Southern belief and practice, simpl because it is Southern, you may kno* what typo of woman these girls becomi and how slow must be the process whic undoes the work of generations. Tlic Poultry lard. Tho Moulting Season is now at banc and it is a critical and trying time witl tho adult fowls. Fowls during this groa strain of casting off the old plumage am getting new are in a weak and debili tated state, and need especial and extr attention. In a majority of cases, at tlii season of the year, farmers arc too pron to conclude that the fowls can take care c themselves?get their own living. Thi is true, however, only under especiall; favorable circumstances, where the fowl are permitted to enjoy an unlimited ratig< which should necessarily include a whes stubble, or where they can scratch ove tho straw and chaff from tho threshing Even when a flock may be thus lavorabl situated, it is mistaken economy not t feed them. If fowls are fed regularly during moulting, morning and evening they get through the strain of moultin] much sooner, are less susceptible to di* ease, begin their laying again much soon er, and are able to commence the winte with hearty, vigorous constitutions?i fact, a flock properly cared for durin July and August "show their keeping for a year afterwards. Tho morning fee at this time should consist of good swc( corn meal and wheat barn or middling ?tho latter proferable?scalded with boil ing water, and about twice a week add teaspoonlul of flax seed meal to ene quart of tho mixed food. Keep cloar f>ure, fresh water whore tho fowls ca lave access to it, and replenish thel drinking vessels several times during tli day. If you have not got nice shady r< treats for them, you must provide then for hens, like humans, enjoy a noonda | siesta in the shado. ?-drttcrican Farvicr. Mendlcinal Qualities of Fattermilk. For a summer beverage there can be . nothing rnoro -healthy and strenthening | than buttermilk. It i? excellent for a j | weak or delicate stomach, {and far bettor j e I iw a dinner drink than coffee, tea or wa- t tor, and, unlike them, does not retard, ^ , but rather aids digestion. A eelcI)rated physician onco said that * if every one knew the value of butter* milk as a drink, it would bo more freely 't partaken of by portions who drink s<) exj cessivcly of other beverages; and lurth, er compared it's effects upon the system I to the cleaning out of a cook stove that | has beprt clogged up with ashes that has * sifted through, Jilting up every crevice " and crack, saying that the human sys~ turn is like the stove, and collects and gathers refuso matter that can in no way be exterminated from the system so ei' feetually as by drinking buttermilk. IL is also a specific remedy for indigestion,' soothes and quiets the nerves, and is very j somnolent to thovo who are troubled: with sleeplessness. I | There is something strange in the fact f those who are fond of buttermilk never! ; tire of singing its praises, while those ' not fond of it never weary of wondering: how some people can drink it. 80 far as ' is possible, people should overcome their . aversion ti it, and learn to drink it for ( health's sake. One gentleman of our J r acquaintance is so extremely fond ol'it ; that wo knew him one tune to drink j , abou", throo classes, then sot his glass: down with a thud exclaiming earnestly \ as hesmackod his lips, "That's food and | raiment both." While another butter-! II milk enthusiast made the statement once i J that where the liver has become lifeless | for torpidity and inaction, and is too dead j j. to perform its functions, buttermilk will j cause a now one to grow 'in. Whatever ' exaggerated statements may have boon j made concerning buttermilk, its medical (j properties cannoi ue overrmcii. mm n, , | should lie more freel.v used by those who , jean get it. Everyone who values good j hea I til should drink buttermilk every!1 I day in warm weather, and let tea, coffee j1 j and water alone. ' | For the benefit of those who are not al- \1 , j ready aware of it, I may add, that in the t j churning the first process of digestion is j . j gone through ; making it one of the ea-j ? j siest and quickest things to digest. It makes gastric juice and contains j1 " properties that readily assimilate with; it, with little or no wear upon the digestive organs. s! What we Ought to do. I j Carolina .Spartan. The next year .vill lie a hard one. All! 'j crops are short. There was a small sup"v. ply of wheat and oats harvested last ' | spring in this section and the corn crop s i will not carry the county beyond the first1 1 of March if it was all equally distributed j ' and economically used. The cotton crop j > will be light, and unless the price should j 0 advance, there will not be much left af-1 " tor guano and provision bills are paid. | 0, The dry sections of the country will not "! be able to pay these bills in the fall. Now 1! these facts face tho farmers of this coun | ty. The question of questions is "What '.tare you going to do about it? ' | In the first place, debts contracted for j making the crop should be attended to, for i prompt and manly settlement of ' j these claims will insure credit for th-3j "I next year, lie win attempts to wiggie: j out of the payments of these bills, be-| " I cause the year lias been dry, will not bo ; 0 j in a good condition to get credit again.! 'J If you are positively unable to pay these! i debts, then go to your creditor and make j " i a full statement of your condition, and I i he and you may devise some satisfactory ' | plan which will tide you over the hard | times. ? This difficulty '.jeing settled you must I go to work vigorously and save all the | hay and fodder you possibly can. Ma' i nuro your land "well and sow wheat and ? oats. It is belter to manure one acre well * than to waste seed over three or four I * acres of poor land. It requires less seed [ _ and less time to harvest, and the yield is| " greater. Sow oats liberally. A rich lot j j. in barley will give oariy horse food. The | J red rust-proof oats will* do to feed on the ' middle of May, if you sow before the 1 j first of October. It is not too late to sow ' turnips, and a good salad j>atch is the ' poor man's friend in the spring of the year. Put your wits to work and devise j ' j plans of economy in small matters, and deal Jhonestly and fairly towares both | ~ your creditors and debtors and the dryj .1 year will not hint you much. Above all j ' 1 things do not mope around and complain j | If you have done your full duty this year j | an I if you deal honestly and fairly with i , i your creditors, you have no one to blame _ J You cannot blame yourself nor the man j | who sold supplies on time. You dare (> j not grumble at the want of rain, for that, ^ i is foolish, if not wicked. Then meetj . | these hard limes cheerfully. Do not loses ; a single day's work because it is dry. j j Makj the best preparation for a full and j i varied crop next year that 3*011 ever! , | made in your life, and twelve months I fioin to-day will find yon a wiser and J happier man, if not a richer one. -| The Sympathy cf the (Jneen. ej Washington, Augusts?.?The followe | ing correspondence by cable is furnished " i from the State department t " | London, August 27?Maine, Secretary, " I Washington : I have just received from i her Majesty the Queer., at Balmoral,a telegram in these words! "I Am most deep" ly irrieved at th' sad 112ws of the last few e days and woulu wish my deep sympaV thy to be conveyed to Mrs. Gartiehl." ? Lowkli., Minister. 'j department of statk, washington, I j August 27?Lowell, Minister, London: "j 1 have submitted to Mrs. Garfield your s! telegram conveying the kindly message :'j from her Majesty the Queen. Mrs. Onr'.) field is constantly Lv her husband's bedII side, and does not give up all hope of his 1 ' j recovery. Her request is that you will j 0; ..otnrn in Hip Oucfn her most sincere! 11 thanks, and express hor heartfelt nppre? ciation for the constant interest and ten der sympathy shown by her Majesty towards the President and his family in their deep grief and most painful "sus1 pen.se. Blaine, Secretary. I) [/ Friendship. The disgusting familiarity displayed by y some people of shallow brains is very . trying to one who is not accustomed to _ tlu! ways of the "Heathen Chinee." I ft I tliese people could ever learn that familj iarity breeds contempt and that contempt very soon leads to disruption of friend iship, there would possibly be less everlasting familiarity. "Tho man that hails you Torn or Jack, Anil proves by thumplni; on your back His B~n.se of your prat merit. Is such a friend that one Had need lie very inuuli his friend indeed e j To pardon or to bear it." J I am Dying, Egypt, Dying. [ Pittsburg Leader.) A gentleman acquainted with Colonel c Ilcalf, relates a story told by him when il|lhe two spent a night in conversation, c I criticisms and recollections, over a cosy tire and warm decoctions. He spoko of lt j the night beforo tho battle at which tien'"leralW. S. Lytle fell. They were both s | given to writing poetry, and each had an ~) unfinished poem on hand, and they read "'and criticized each other's efforts htitnorj ously for some time, when Lytle said : '< j "ltealf, I shall never live to finish that ' i poem." II "Nonsense," said I, "you will live to write volumes of such stuff." j. "A feeling has suddenly come over mo" j continued the general solemnly, "which Su ri.nro utnrlliiicr tlifin ? nrnnllPI-V. t.llilt I J! shal 1 be k illed in to-morrow's light. Ah I a | spoke to you, I saw the green hills of the I Ohio, as if I stood among them. They I began to recede from me, in a weird way, s and, as they disappeared, the conviction y ! flashed through me, like the lightning's I* shock, that I would never see tlietn j again." 0 "I rallied him for his superstition, but r? the belief h;id become strangely impressed upon his mind, and he succeeded in so far thrilling me with his own unnatural f fear, that I bogged him to finish his poem '? before he slept. 9 "In the small hours the general awakened mo from a slumber, into which I had fallen, to mad to me that beautiful " poem, which must live as long as our lit? ? I erature survives. "My eyesj filled with tears as he read. I I:fo said not a word as he concluded, 'J | placed the manuscript in his pocket, and ? lay down to deep. Before dawn, came " the call 'to arms.' When I next saw poor ; Lytlci he was cold in death, among heaps ^ j of slain. I thought of the poem, and, j searching tho pocket where I had seen him put it, drew it forth." I am dying, Egypt, dyingEbbs she crimson llfe-tiile fast. And the dark Plutonlon shadows 1 Gather on the evening blant; ' Let thine arms, oh Queen, support mo, u Ilush thy sobs and bow Ihlne ear? ,t i Listen to the great heart secrets [I Thou, and alone must hear. ~ Tho' my scarred and vet'ran legions 11 Hear their eagles high no more, s Tho' my wreek'd and shatter'd gal leys 0 Strew dark Actium's fatal shore; if; Tho' no glllt'rlng guards surround me ,, j Promt to their master's will, ' j I must perish like a Roman, y | Die, the great Triumvir still. .9 5,1 Let not Oteimr's servile minions if! Mock the lion thus lnid low, r 1 'Twas no fonnan's hand that slew him, | 'Twas his own that dealt the blow; Hear, then, pillowed on thy hosom, y j Ere his star shall lose its ray. 0 Him who drunk with thy caresses, Madly flung a world away. >* Should tho base plebean rabble 5 Dare assail my fume at Rome, i- Where my noblp spouse. Octavln, i- Weeps within herwidowed borne; .. Seek her, say thegods have told me, Alters, augurs, circling wings, " That lin blood with mine commingled, g | Yet snail mount the throne of kings. ,] j And for thee, slar-eyed Egyptian, ,t j (ilorlocis socercss of the Nile, 1 Light my natli to Stygian horrors 'H [ With I hi: splendor of thy smile; I-i Give this CVsar crowns and arches, a ! Lot his bro.v the laurel twine; 1,' I can scorn thv? Senate's triumphs? . ! Triumphing in lovo ike thine, M ' 1111 am dying, Egypt, dying? irj Hark! Th' insulting |i>eman's cry ; ie j They are coming! Quick, my falchion f )_ j Let nie front them ere I die. Ah! no more amid the battle '?| Nhall my heart exulting swell? 3r: Isis and Osiris guard thee, Cleopatra! Uome! Farewell! The Hon. J. J. Darlington. [A'ewx and Cbwrier.] Tho announcement that (he Hon. J. J Darlington, of Washington, has accepter i professorship in the Law Department o lie Georgetown University will be verj gratifying to many persons in South Car )lina, who have watched his progress dnr ng his residence at tlio National Capita vitiiclnop interest. Air. i>iiriiii}ji<ni is?m if the Judges of tho Moot Court-connect d with the University, and "Lecturer or '{lie law of personal property, contracts 'bills ami notes, and the law on corpora .ions," one of the most important ant iiflicult chairs in the University. Mr. Darlington was born in Due West Vbbeville county, and is now only abou hirtv-three years of ape. lie rcueive< lis education in the well-appointed acad mios of his native village, and was grad lilted from Erskine College in 18(58. Af er his graduation he assumed the role o he country schoolmaster, reading law a lie same time, and taught with great ac :eptabilitv at several places in this Stall tin! Georgia. In 18713 he was the princi nal of a nourishing seminary in Home Georgia, and a year or two biter remove* lo Washington, where lie completed hi egal studies in the law oftice of Col Richard T. Merrick, the distinguishei iounsel for Mr. Tilden before the Electo al Commission, and was admitted t< jractice after a very creditable examina :ion before tho United .States Suprem [^onrt. Since his admission Mr. Darlincrton ha levoted especial attention to Suprem Dourt practice, and has built up a larg uid remunerative business. lie is con ddered one of the most successful am capable of the younger members of th Washington bar, and is worthy the big Jistinetion recontly conferred upon him Spirit of the State Press. [From the Anderson Intelligencer.] Tho Democratic party can only stan< in South Carolina so long as it remain tho people's party; If it should by un wise legislation oppress some fifteen o twenty thousand poor white men, and much larger number of negroes, it wouli be swept from power, and tho evils o Republicanism with Communistic ten tlmcies combined would bo entailed up cn us for many years to come. The Rc publicans charge us with being the ric man's party and desiring to oppress th poor man. This is not true, but we can not afford to give semblance to it by dc priving a man ofa means ofcrodit, whit? n niruu^iir^- iu nu luduj iiiiut ?.*</ iamb i theirs. We think the repeal of the lie law would be extremely unfortunate. [From the Keowcc Courier.] Wo hope io see o lage manufactory < wagons, bullies, and all kinds of wood en utensils ? id farm implements oper ed in the Per itentiarv by some enterprit ing person. Our Southern limber is le.? porus and more tough and durable tha that of the North, and as the supply is a most inexhaustible and accessible large! by rail, wo think such an entcrpri.wouid be both profitable to the contra* tor and to the State. If then to this h added all kinds of blaeksmithing, w would expect to seo the Penitentiary b< come not only a profit to the State, In fulfilling its purpose as a penal and r< forinatory institution in the fullest sensi While doing this it would bring and r< tain here thousands of doliars now set abroad forshoddy articles ])iit up at tl North, and in this way would stimulal largely our agricultural industries an private enterprises of all kinds. -? "Hybrid" Cotton?Planters Bcwari A gentleman recently returned froi Western Louisiana, where he hud bee on matters connected with the Censu informs us of a fraud of which the plat ters in that locality have been made tl victims. A man was offering the sue <>f '-Worm-Proof Hybrid Cotton," claiu ing that the seed was from a "hybrid"' bi tween the Cotton plant and "a weed whii no worm or buir would touch." As 01 i'rieml is a coin potent botanist, ho wi able to put some awkward questions i the man with tho "hybrid" seeds wh not liking the situation, left the towi The seed were sold for 30 cents each, < ?.'{ per dozen seeds, and the vendor clain ed to havosold ?ir),OOU worth of them la spring in Western Lousiana. Swindlei in seeds, like comets, havo erratic orbit audit is not at nil likely that the "Hj brid Cotton" man will ho heard of ajjai in Louisiana, but our friends in oth< cotton-growing States should he on the jjuarrd against him. lie will hequite iil ly to turn up at some of the fairs this ai tmnn.and also to make his "house i house" visits during the winter. It is well-known lact that Cotton or any otln plant will not "hybridize" with any plai not of the same family. As none of tl family to which Cotton belongs a; ktiown to he poisonous, it is safe to s down this remarkable "hybrid" as a poi fraud.?A mcricun Agriculturist. A Storm That Has Not. Been EqnnU Siuce 1874. The high wind which began to blow t Friday kept rising during Friday nigii and on Saturday morning had increast to a gale, blowing at a velocity of fort, eight ui iles an hour. It continued blow till day, llie greatest velocity read ed being at 2 P. M., when it wastifty-l'oi miles an hour. In tho eastern and southern parts of tl city many wharves were damaged; tl section east of East Hay between Laurel and Calhoun streets, including some do en squares, was submerged to the dep of several feet, tho Battery was alsosu merged, the water running along Soul Hay in a stream. The made lands in tl southwestern portion of the city were u so under water, lloofs and windo blinds were blown off, and trees, fene and gates blown down itj various parts tho city. The shipping in the harbor b ing warned of the storm, rode it out safety. Communication with Mt. Piea ant and Sullivan's Island was out o and the telegraph wires were so damagi that it was necessary to take the dispatc es at Summervillo and bring them to tl city by vail. A eolorcd sailor, of tl sloop Claudia, was drowned just olT tl pier at Bennett's Mill.?News ami Cot rier. Mii.k as an Alimknt. ? An Encrlii physician, I)r. Bnckworth, of the Hoy (Joilegi of Physicians, has recently p forth an important paper in the I'rac doner on tho insufficient use of milk a< diet, and shows tho serious effect of H neglect of this indispensable nutrient < national health. llis warning is trie timely in an age when so many artifici viands ti nd to destroy the appetite lor n ture's simple and normal food snppl An eminent physiologist has pointed o that while "all other matters appropriate hy animals as food exist for themselves for the use of tiio vegetable or animal which they form a constituent pait, mi is designed and prepared by nature e pressly as food, and is the only rnateri throughout the range of organization th is no prepared." Pure milk in sulfide quantity is as necessary for the body pure air, but, as Dr. Bifek worth says, i useevenainongtho.se who can afford buy it has so decreased even in the rtir districts of Great Hritaiu as to amount n most ton milk starvation. The ruinimu quantity required for the preservation health, lie calculates, is five quarts p diem to a family of ten, and not less t'.ii a quart daily to each child. If the lien law were repealed the mul and horses of this county would die f the want of feed.?Abbeville iYw# m liannc. If the farmers of Abbevil have to depend upon the lien law for coi to Keep tueir siock uiive, ut uu mm i per cent, above cash prices, they had be tor sell out lo people who understar farming. The idea of the ('armors in su< a county as Abbeville, where there is i much good corn, wheat and oats Ian having to depend upon tho lien law f forage to keep their mules and hors alivo is simply preposterous. Such asy torn of farming will ruin any people, ai if things are as bad in Abbeville as pi tured by the Prcs* and Banner, it is wonder to us that any of her citizens a able to keep soul and body togethc They had better move up to Piekei where p. man can live by farming.?/Vc ens Sentinel. Three prisoners In Columbia, S. C jail, one of them under sentence of deat broke out a window, slid to tho groui: bv ropes made of blanket strips la Wednesday, in brod day light, ana nun good their escape. Abbeville Teachers' Association. Tho Abbeville County Teachers' Assi ciation will hold its Annual Session i Duo West on the 8th and 9th of Scpten bor. A full attendance of teachers an friends of education is earnestly roque ted. Arrangements will be made to ei tertain all visitors, and they should i once inform Prof. Win. Hood, chairm.i of reception committee, of their purpoi to attend the Association. The following is the programme of pr< ceodings. Thursday 8th septemrer. Forenoon.?Business meeting, o'clock. President's Annual Address, by Roi W. M. Gtler, D, D. A/ternocn.?Paper on "Local Taxatic for Schools" by M. L. Bon ham, Jr., < Abbeville. Followed by discussion. Paper on "School Rewards and Punisl ments" by Prof. E. 21. Aull, Newborr Collego. "Followed by discussion. friday flth september. Business meeting 10 o'clock. Paper on "Modern Improvements i School Teaching" bv D. B. Johnsoi Principal of Abbeville High Schoc Followed by discussion. Papcrcn "DiligentTeachersTho or ly ni' ians of Progressiveness in Educ; tion by Prof. J. H. Miller, of Erskii College. Followed by discussion. Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, State Snpn inlondent of Education, will also deliv< an address to the Association, either c Thursday or Friday, and Miss I. I Martin, of Columbia High School fr Girls will read a paper; subject " Sketch." W. M. C.RTKR, President. W. C. Benet, Chairman Executn Committee. August 10th, 3t.. . V v \ - - ' ?>. - r I J. L. CLARK~ I FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT ft r T HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY ? I whole attention to my Shop. Ishullglve it GOOD ATTENTION. If uny person wisheu to havu his { WATCHES REPAIRED - Bring them In. I have all the tools and nial torlals to do It lip In the best of style and at the lowest fates possible. If you want youi ' dock repaired bring It in and It will be done " rliiht. If you want your 1 JEWELRY MENDED t Bring lton. If you want your t SEWING MACHINE MENDED * TMslsthe place to gel It done In thebost of order. You can have any piece made now, or ' tlie old one repaired. If you wantyourgun or - pistol repaired this Is the til are to have it J' (lone. All these article# will he repaired in t the best of order at the Lowest Price*. Give me a trial and satisfy yourselves? " TERMS CASH. JOHN L. CLARK^ ? DAVID H. MAGILL, 1 A.ttorney fit Law, r> ABBKVIL.LK, S. C. - IIjrlLL practice in nil the Courts of the e W Stale. Jan 2I.IXSrt.lf s a utomatkTpent?i. pwnts, a edwin parker, 0 August Jl, 1881. 2t a DIAMOND DUST. e rUPERIOR toSopolio for polishing Brass, li jsilvcr wUrc, Tin, Britannia, Glass, Ac., 1 Si cents. EDWIN PARKER, August 23,1S81. 2t i A. M. HILL r \ & SONS, ih i; Dealers in n Groceries and I Farmers' .vi :n I ; Supplies of I every a! J Description. ?! Abbeville, S. C. i I, j Dec. 1.1, 1S80, tf. ir; X\~XB. C. LINDSAY, >r! DENTIST, 1- J ^Practical and Operative S j IT A VINO nttended t lie Lectures of tin j rl Pennsylvania (*oilej?eol' Dental Surfer . ~ j oilers his professional services to Hie pul>li< 1,1 i nsu Dentist and Oral surgeon. Units throngl Br; the country attended lo. All work warrant ir eil ami charges reasonable. co IResidence 1 miles east of Calhoun Mills , 1 South t'nrolina. ' June 10, 1880. i Xj'o.ixa.'toeir. IJARTJES having Hard Lumber, Ashe re I lliekory, anil White-oak, can fiind sal lit for the same at SEAL & McILWAINE'S. Jr I Carriage Shops, Abbeville, S'. C. j March Hi. l?Sl tf 1 J. Knox & Co, it, 1(1 -AGENTS FORt MR, TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY us FTUIK best and purest CORN WIIIS tii JL KEY brought to tills market. I)-1 June 22, 1881, tf tli! 10 il- Whether you stand or \vI Whether yon sit, OSI The KHHIMIC S11 IllT ofI Is sure to fit. e- ?SMITH & SON. in June 8,ISSI. tf w") H or. lie ' orirl SViadc TTqv 10 iJUUlO auu MUUb?) ness and Tanyard. wh llFiST material used, flue workmen emplo; a) i 13 eel, custom work made promptly, and a llt i tlio lowest bottom prices for cash. Hides ul . | ways bought at the highest market price to ? : cash or In exchange for leather or work, iaj January 2S, ISM), ly. ilTle Williartn Female Collep a-1 y I Respectfully offers Its services to those pi | rents who desire to secure for t heir daughter , I the thorough and symmetrical cultivation ci their physical. Intellectual, and moral pow oners. It i* conducted on what Is called tli of] "0HE-ST7DI" PLAIT, with a Skmi-AxM'AI Ik ! CouiWKof .Study ; and, by a sjstem of Tut j tional Premiums, Its Low Kates are nindi x" | still lower for ALL who average So per cent al i >'o public Exercises. Xo "Keceptions.' at Graduation, which is always private, may oc nL cur ck'ht times a year. TI1K FALL SESSION* will open AUGUST .11, 1*81. lts ItKV. S. LAN'DEK, President, to j Oct 27, SO.Iy Wllllauiston, S. C. || H. G. SCUDDAY, 111 j Attorney and Counselor at Law, PS! AXDKUSON, S. Ci>r I ?/j rtFFKIIS l.is professional services to the cit lOiU izcns ot' Abbeville. 1'ft:ticsdesiring ti rii consuli w ill) liiin. may do so at each scssiot !jn of tlie Coui t lor the Coun:y,or by letter at An ,, ! del soil (' IJ. , i June ! >, IsSl, If J % To Rent. i NEW HOTEL I ABBEVILLE a re r* rpiIK undersigned has just completed hi 'is J[ new hotel on the North-Kiist corner o fc- the Public Square in Abbeville, contninlnj fourteen lame airy bed rooms, a com modloui dining-room, a large oftlce.and a good coot room. This Is very desirable property in tlx \ business porilon of the town, makes its loca i*' | tion well suited for a hotel. It* convenient to the business portion of the town will niaki ll* It especially attractive to business men. st I The most reasonable terms will be offered le To an enterprising hotel-keerar tills Isa ran oiler and only which should not be neglected Apply early to JOHN KNOX. n- July 20,1KS1, tf lit I PRESERVE f: YOUR BOOKS, s Periodicals, Newspapers awl Mosii | State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to 10 any pattern. /. * LL families have OLD BOOKS PKRIOD A Il'ALS, NKWSPAPKKS, Ml'SlC, ..c. ? which they desire to transmit to their poster m Ity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND, ll* Which will preserve them and will malu y them look almost as well as new. Old Books,Ac., should not only be rebound hut the current literature of the present daj should be put in a durable form for preserva tion as well. jn This can be done In tho shortest possibN time, with the best material, In the most ,? handsome and durable style, and at a prlc( '! which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by ?. R. STOKES, Stationkk, Book Binijei: and Blank 10 Book JI ani'KAcrt'kkr, No. l.V) Main Stkf.et, COLUMBIA s. c 'j E. H. McBRIDE, M. D. ABBEVILLE, S. C. re ... \\ ILL give prompt attention to all prnc * * tleo In town. Office at Drug Store. Aa(;ust3,1881, 12m k ' ~' ^'1 jiimirrmnH ______ m alemidarJ: CONOAREE IRON WORKS, Coumbia. S. C Agent for CHAPMAN'S nnTvnnmrriT utt i nrm i mnn irMrMUAL ibVArunAiun. riniK.SE VVOnICS WERE ESTABLISHED] J in 1.-J7 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James! I Anilersnn and purchased by me in the year (18ort,and from that time (ill now carried on successfully by myself. My friends and customers will hour witness of the large and stu- _ I pendons jobs executed hv me. It was at my ' i works where the largest and almost only job : | of its class ever executed in tiiiseity wftsdone. j I viz.: the making of the pipes for the City' I Water Works In the year l*o8. In the branch ! ; of HELL FOUNDING, I can say that I have ! | made tin' largest bells ever cast in the State, I such as the bell for the City flail In Columbia. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTU! RAL WORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is : large and various,and In RAIMNGS for Halconies, (iardens and Cemeteries I have the largest variety and most modern putlerns; many of these are patented and I have purchased the right f*>r this state. In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with STEAM ENGINES and HOILERS of any sizeand description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have carried oil" the prize at every State Futr held In this city, and In their construction I have taken pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern Improvements, and mny Hatter myself that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who understands his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for SUGAR CANE MlLLs prove that the public appreciate the mills of my make, and so it is with my GKARING for HOUSE POWERS, (JIN WHEELS, Glv'ST MILLS and ofUnr MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right of many PATENTS,such as castings for ROCK ('OTTOS' AND HAY PRESS and three or lour different FEED CUTTERS and other implements. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price list or estimate. ! My prices are moderate, and I assure the public tliat they are lower even than those of Not thern manufacturers, and that my work will compare favorably with that of any other maker. Address John Alexander, Conoakee Inoh' Works, Columbia, S. C. "KTEW^ 11LIRI STORE ?IN"? GREENWOOD! MRS, J, P, STEPHENS BEGS leave tolnform the citizens or Greenwood and surrounding country that she litis tills week opened u full line of MILLINERY, -ANDFANCY GOODS, i at her residence, next door to S. B. Ilod-res & . Co. Her stock comprises LADIES' HAT* . AND BONNETS in all the latest styles and ' novelties, trimmed to order, TOILET ART1; CLES AND FANCY NOTIONS, of every style and variety, LACES AND LACE ' GOODS,SWISS AND HAMBURG FRINGES , ANTIQUE. CAROLINE AND LANGCEDOC LACES. f'J| fLDH EN LACE CUPS AND MUSS. .LINEN CUFFS, COLLARS, Ac. In tact every thin-/ kept In a first-class establishment. Goods alt fresh and stylish. Prices to suit the times. He sure to give her a call before purchasing elsewhere. Green wood, S. C? March :10,1881. New ' nvTMTinni?nifl rnmnrc null Hit 51111 Lawson & Wardlaw ABBEVILLE, S. C. HAVE opened a new stock of FURNITURE over I lie store of A.M. III11 & Son, and will lio pleased t?> receive a call from tl:elr f. lends. Their stock consists of every variety of Fl'RNITURE usually kept in a tlrst-class store. All of whicli is ollercd at prices to suit the times. Fel>. 21,1381. tf . RAILROAD NOTICE, SUBSCRIBERS to the capital stock of the * Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad arc hereby noli tied that the first instalment is now called for. Prompt payment Is required, as the work is t to he begun at once and will be pushed vigor i ously. r By order of \V. K. Bradley, President A. and F. B. V. It. It. J. \V. PERIIIN,Trecsuicr. Treasurer's Office, Abbeville. May 10,1881. J CIGARS. ,frrPIIE following popular brands of 5-C'ENT j 1 SKOAItS, Solon Shingle, Oar Firm, Live Oak, Eureka, AND THE CELEBRATED r Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, and Little Jckcr Smoking Tobacco, -ATCunningham & Templeton's. April 21), tSSO, tf T. L. CALHOUN. M. B. ,j Surgeon and Physician, i! \\ ABBEVILLE, S. C. Okfick?In roiirof O.T.Calhoun's law ofllce. March -J, 1SH1, 12m The Best Engine iD the World! HIE ECLIPSE! ! W.R.WALTON,agent 6 * ' AUGUSTA, GA.1 _ ALSO AGENT FOR THE Geiser GTain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. Refers to Dr. J, A. Olbert, B. C, Wall, and ? Allen Moragne, of Abbeville. Ji May IX, 18S1,6m MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS nnd works of new anil special design. Just received direct from Italy \-i do/en beautiful monuments cut In crosses, wreaths and drapery: all beautiful. Twelve new designs of tin* inonunients nod monumental head stones of the best Vermont , marble. The above monuments and head j -! stones make up the stock of marble work In j the up country, nnd prices as low as any In ! the Slate. Can duplicate any order, and pari ties can save freights from an> point. ,! J. D. CHALMERS, "j June 1,1S81, tf i ~ iState of South Carolina, 3 ' j Abbeville County. IN TIIE PROBATE COURT. In the matter of the estate of James A. Norwood, deceased. Petltiou for Settlement and Discharge. NOTICE Is hereby given that Sarah A. Norwood. Kxiculrlx of James A. Norwood, deceased, has applied to this court for a dis- i charge from herolllce.as Executrix, i' It is Ordkhro. that Friday the 2?!th of August, UNI, be fixed :is the day for the settlement of the said estate and discharge of the Executrix. All parties Interested will be gov-! erued accordingly. J. FULLER LYON. | Probate J udgo A. C. J July27,1S8I, If Columbia and Greenville Railroad. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Columbia,8. C., August 30,1881. On nnd after Monday, August 3otli, l.?l, P?i?lenger Trains will ran as herewith indicated upon this Itoadand Its brandies. DAILY, liXCiSFT SUNDAYS. NO. 42. CP PAS8KNGKR. Leave Columbia A -...11 2) am Leave Alston .....U 26 p m Leave Newberry ~ 1 21 p in Leave Ninety-six* 2 60 p in Leave Hodge* ..... 3 Kpm lieave Helton 5 05 p m Arrive at Greenville ?27 p ill NO.- 43. DOWN PASSENGER. . Leave Greenville at. 10 83 a m Leave Helton ..11 67 a in Leave Hodges 1 12 p in Leiive Ninety-Six- 2 25 p ni Leave Newberry .3 47 p w Leave Alston 4 4ft p m Arrive ut Columbia fc' 5 GO p ia BfAKTANPUUO, UNION AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD. NO. 42. UP PASSENGER. Leave Alston ?.12 4(1 p rB Leave htrother 1 13 p in Leave Syles Ford 1 27 p in I eave Sne.ton - 1 36 p m L ave Kisb Dam ... 1 5i d tu I.eaveSantiic 2 10 p in Leave Union 2 S5 p m Leave Jonesviile - 5 04 p m J-eave I'aeolet 3 22 p in Leave Spartanburg S.U.&C.depot B 4 03 p m Arrivo spartan burs It & 1). depot l<j 1 12 p no .SCO. 43. DOWN FAS8KNGKR. LeaveSpartiinbbrg H. & D. depot H12 18 a m Le kVi-.-i artanbur*6.U.<iC.depot (.J- 1 05 |) m Leave I'aoiet............ 1 30 P m Leave Juneiiville 1 ft* p n? Leav'.* I'nion 2 5(5 p *n Leave Santuc 8.^2 P m Leave Fish 1 am ? 3 21 p in L 'ave slielti>n_ 3 W p m I^eive Lyles Ford.... .... 8 J9p m Leave .brother 4 VI p m Arrive at Alston 4 37 p Bfl J.Al'RKNS RAILROAD; Leave Newberry 3 55 p m Arriveut Laurens C. II 6 4i p m Leave Laurens C. H .v.. 8 30 a in Arrive ut New berry/ ..v..-. II 30 p m AltBEYILI.K BRANCH. Leave Ilodjzes 3 56 p roc Arrive at Abbeville 4 <8 p ni Leave Abbeville? _...12 15 a in Arrive at Hodges 1 05 p m BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD AND ANDE11SOX BRANCH. Leave Helton .... 5 08 p in Leave Anderson 5 40 p i? Leave I'cndleton 6 20 p m Leave Seneca O 7 20 p ni Arrive at Wnlhalla 7 45 pin Leave Wallntlla 9 28 a rri LeaveSeneui ]D 9 51 a m Leave IVndleuin _lo 30 a m Leave Anderson II 12 a in Arrive at Belt >n ...?.U <8 pn* On and after the above, ttirougii cars will be run between Columbia and Hendereoovilie without ch:.nce. CONNECTIONS. A. With Soi'tn Carolina Railroad from Charleston. WithWllmliiaton,Columb!aancl Augusta Railroad from \vilmlugtou atid all points North thereof. With Charlotte,Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Cliarloita ano all points North thereof. B. With Ashevilloand Spartan bnre Rail-* road for points in Western North Carolina. C. "\\ ith Atlanta and Cbarlottef Division Richmond A Danville Railroad from all points South and West. ? 13. With Atlanta and Charlotte Division Ri..|imnn<l X- Uullroo.l <V,?? All..iito unci beyond. K. Wlih Atlanta and Charlotte Division Richmond and Dnnvilla Railroad from all points South and W?st. 1'". With South Carolina Railroad for . ; Charleston. With Wlimlngtotr.CuluinM&and Autiusta Rallroud for Wilmington and the North. With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad for Charlotte and the Nortb. O. With AsheviHc und Spartanburg Railroad from Henderson villi*. H. With Atlanta und Charlotte DlvUlon Kictimoud and Danville Railroad from C, nr1 .tte and beyond Standard time used is Washlngton^^^?,, which is Ilftcon minutes faster thun^Prai* bia. J. W. FRY, Superintendent. A. Pope, General Passenger Agent. fDOMLMCO Have In store and to arrive, a Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, IIATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, * AND many other articles. h11 of which wllf be sold as close for CASH, and upon us GOOD TERMS as nny honse in Abbeville. Give u.s a look and we will give you a burJJaln. t-3-We will ship your Cotton orbuy lt."V> Mi ^ ; | Chromos. A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 x 2S and '24 x '?).) on exhibit'on und for sale, ai $1.15 each ut LAWSON & WARDLAW'S. April 30, 1861. ____________ Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at LAWSON & WAKDLA-Vf'S. April 20, 1331. ^ j-wTsiow ? ABBEVILLE, S. C, KEErs on hand a full assortment of COF-* FINS?from the cheapest Co the beet. Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. ' He will also Contract for the Erection of BuildingsHe Is a;rent for the sale of Sash, Doortf Blinds, Moulding*. Stair-railings, Floorings and everything pertaining to hoase building Vprll "Hi 1?). tf COLOGNES. WOMAN'S NICICLE COLOGNE 2Z centt per bottle. Ttrylor's Premium Cologne :K cents. Monumental Cologne 25 cent* and 50 cents. Fellow's Extract 26 eent?. Fellow'* Superior Extract 50 cents. Toilet Soaps 10 cents to 23 cents. EDWIN PARKER. Feb. 23.1SS1, tf \V. C. Bbnkt, J. H. RicS, Abbeville, S. C. Mnety-Slx.S. C. benet"& rice, Attorneys at LawWE have formed a partnership for theprnc* tice of law. And will practice in all the . Courts of the State. 1>niTTim 0_ TITrtT* Feb. 23. IRSl.tf Vir. If. TARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER &McGO WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ahbevilliT, c. h., s. c. 11/ ILL practice also Id the Circuit Courts o1 M the United States for South Carolina* Jan 7. IS-^.tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, E) ENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. Offloe; Upstaln over th? Pott KTotice. Estate Tlomas Horn, Deceased. a LL persons liavlnp demands agnlnst the t'Ni.iie i nonius i nomnou. uermncu, win present them duly probated. and ?I1 those Indebted to the same will make Immediate payment to eilluT of the undersigned* M. M. THOMSON. Administratrix. S. G. THOMSON, Administrator. T. P. QUARLES, Administrator. Abbeville ,S. C., June 21,1881,3m SELLING OFF -AT New York Cost IMiK GREATEST BARGAINS TO BE HAD IN | Gents5 and Boy's CLOTHING, GENTS' AND BOY'S STRAW HATS. ?AND ALL OTHERSUMMER GOODS, FOR THE CASH. Call soon and get yourself snpplted. -ATP. ROSENBERG & CO., , March CO 1?1, tf . J