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w ;V Fhe Press and Banner fe"-; Bj Hugh WH??on and fl. T, Ward law* Wednesday, Sept. 14. 1381. I>ad Digestion. Our usually good tempered neighbor the (jreeitvood Argus, last week seemed to l?e somewhat troubled with indigestion. Among other things, that paper suvr-: "We dislike to see petty quarrels started and prolonged because of this fault with aotnc journalists, and when we see some Vxf the fruits of our labors shining bright and beautiful in the oduinr.s of our con, temporaries without any credit, wo speak not, hut are console! with the reflection tint a guilty conscience hurts worse than a thousand words of upbraidinir. If any of our neighbors who have hem guilty of a brc?eh of journalistic courtesy with us read tins, they know whether the .shoe fits or noV We d.l r.ot know whether we liavo offended in this respect orr.oK It is our intention to act squarely with all our brethren, but we sometimes unintentionally omit to credit. We recollect not long ago to have copied a piece from the AVmw ami Courier without gtvinir credit. The edition v>f thv Frexi and Uanncr was printed before we discovered our "mission, but as the Xctrsand Courier made *io complair.t, we thought the account Nvas balanced by 'that paper copying pieces f om cur paper wlih out credit, and then copying a piece \vhich WJTs Credited to the Maliuvi. Wo take no offence at all at an exchange appropriating anything which it may take from our columns?whether we got credit or not. While it is pleasant to have cred it, yet it is not unpleasant to see one's .paragraphs going the rounds without If wo have ever sinned against our neighbor at Greenwood by an;.* omission to credit him we do not know it, but f we have done so, that paper may copy from our piper anything that may suit Its fancy, without giving us any credit whatever. While on <th;s subjeA we would say that there is a well established Jaw m society which might well be observed among the press g.'ing, af.d that is, to never talk at anybod}1, but always to the person for whom one's remarks are in* igi'F- tended. To illustrate our point more clearly wo copy the following extract from the same column of the Argus tfrom which the lines at the head of this j article wore i-ken: ' In this issue wo will not discuss the meritsof the different amendments pro* posed by the com mission, because we -JIUVC HUk. qpiiu;, uciflinv wv ?/vsivr?v ??. jmvi fcV'%^.' mature, because we think our Abbeville g[;?<. members of the General Assembly have ?fcg.: their respective opinions of the several amendments and will exercise them, independent of any opinion or criticism that may be mado* by the several papers of our own county." Wo do not know who is meant by the "'several papers of our own county"?(ami as for that matter, we do not know who Vera referred to as being "guilty of a "breach of journalistic courtesy."; If that paper meant anybody in particular, why not say so? and why not say to whom it referred ? We have never thought of influencing "members of the General Assembly who "" have tJieir respective opinions of the '"several amendments, and who will exer>"ciso them, independent of any opinion *'or criticism that may be made by the "several papers of our own county," bntj wj intended and <lo intend to forewarn j tlie voters of this county agaimA s;*y such i folly as that of tinkering with the C'onsti-j tution at this critical juncture. We have n5ver thought of tho members of the General Assembly in connection with Aiivthinsr wc have said, but w e have tried ! to set tho people right, in order that they J may repudiate any unwise efforts which j may bo made to chango our present ex-j ccllcnt Constitution, and which effort (am J ?. - <on!j' divide a party already in the minor-1 ity. The Constitution is our only safety, j and by it the people will stand. We want j no Constitution which will abridge the j rights of tiie poor, or establish any of tho r ^ forms of despotism? Among other J things tho A rgus savs: + 4,A wise constitution should protect the ; porsonal rights and liberty of her hum-; blest citizen, but it should not extend! equal political and social rights to those v guilty of treason, murder, burglary, lar- j cony,*perjury, forgery and other infamous crimes. Kvery constitution should pro-! toct her citizens against wealthy corpora-1 tionsand monopolies, but it should like-j wise protect the intelligence and wealth of her citizens from such oppressive tax-' tition, frauds, extravagance and robbery j as was indicted upon Carolina by the ig- j norant, thievish numerical uud >riticsj I'm i <xr ivTt: > The expressions arc somewhat vaguo. Wo would li,;c to know bow aConstitu-j tional Convention is to "protect the intelligence and wealth of her citizens," while! legislating against "wealthy corporations'; and monopolies," and wo would like to j know why rich corporations are not en-' titled to the sainc prot^ption that is guaranteed to the "humblest citizen." Let the Argbut draw the line somewhere and i my how much money it will be lawful for a citizen of South Carolina to accumulate. The talk against "rich corporations and i monopolies" will defeat its own ends?if, it has any influence at all. By inducing! legislation restricting the privileges, or j controlling the business of the Railroads > ?("rich corporations")?we only hasten! the day when tlio Supreme Court of tho! United States will over-ride such legisla-j tion. When this is done one more step will be taken in the direction of eentrali-1 Ration, and another nail will be driven in ! the coflin of States Rights. We have said much about our desire to i bring Northern capital to the South, and j now, when a little of it ccmes, we seek toj legislate against it. We contend that rich j corporations have rights which the gov- . ?.-nmeut of the country is bound to rc-j epect. We Lope the Argii* does not want a] Constitutional amendment regulating the "social right*," ?f ail.v onoi a,uI a moment's reUoction u ill convince that paper that persons guilty of burglary, larceny, perjury or forgery, are sufficiently punished under the present laws and Constitution oi South Carolina. These crimes are usually committed by negroes and tho records of the courtsof this State will show how easy it is to convict a negro ot thosecrimcs. The ArgvAincluded "murder" as ouo of the crimes for w hich wc need a more expeditious way of punishing. Murder is usually committed by white men. During live years of Democratic rule, and during the official career for that length of timeof tho ablest Solicitor in the State, no whito man in this judicial circuit has been convicted of inur dor?not even the man who deliberately khota woman when standing in the door of iver owu house while the slayer was passing along the road. He was convicted of "manslaughter," and sent to the penitentiary for two years. For the crime of murder there needs only a hearty public sentiment to enforce the present laws. The Kcowee and the Cdttstitution. Wo copy elsew here an editorial from ihe Kcowee Courier on "the State Constitution," to which wo invite attention. The oomplaint against Constables and Trial Justices s.-enis to be no argument favoring tho change of laws. If our people do not conform to the present law they might uotconform to the now law. "The question of the true jurisdiction of Probate Courts" has been about settled. "Why undo all that has been settled after fourteen years of experience? By chang ing the established law iu reference to the duties of Probate Judge it would take fourteen years longer, and would cost litigants many thousand dollars, for which they would realize no advantage whatever, cxcept the pleasure of establishing new laws, which are not better than the old. If Trial Justices do not do their duty, they should be turned out of office. Thisoourse would be much better, and much cheaper thau changing the law for another system equally as objectionable. We hear no good reasou urged for a change of Constitution. ? Mb. B. J. Welsh retires from the editorial control of the Lfmcaster Rcoiev; j?nd be is succeeded by Mr. Paul Moore. The Review is an exoellent paper, and we buve no doubt but Mr. Moore w ill keep it vp to Its past high staudard. j iluefloctnal Attempt to Bulldoze an i Editor. j { We copy in another column an editorial Irotfn tire Atulcrsvn IntcWgencer in I reference to the recent attempt which a * ! few anti-lien law inon have made to hull- ' J dor.e the editor of that paper intoa change j of sentiment on that question. Except I wherein the Intelligcnccr would seeming! lv rtpotogi/.c, by "promising in advance to j give "any subscriber or citizen" the opi portunity to combat its views, by opening jits columns for tho expression of their I opinions, the article is an excellent one. land the principles announced are good land unassailable. The Intelligencer is I a "positive" paper, which as a rule ex- j presses its opinions decidedly and rei speetfnlly on all questions that come l?o- J | fore the people. This is one of the rea- j A "iterative" paper with no tixed princi j plc?,<sol?lom att:iir.s any degree of sueioess. A newspaper should first seek to I j be right. And then its principles and I opinions should Ik- expressed firmly, j ! dearly and respect fully, it is the man-1 I tier, more often than trio opinion, w hich ! hints frc feeling and gives offence. The 1 j fritt lligmccr need feel no concern about ! the "two or three subscribi rs" who have acted so foolishly in discontinuing their ' subscriptions. A dozen others will no 1 , doubt take their places, and even if they 1 | do not, the loss of "fifty subscribers j' ; would not perceptibly el'ect the business!1 i of the IntcUiycnccr. All intelligent citi- j j zens should seek to encourage an itide-j, p.mdent out-spoken honest paper, wlnrth or they agree or not with everything it j' says, 'l'heintolerant subscriber is usual-i lv of the oore ignorant cbiss of citi-j ' zens, and these are certainly the last men i ! in the world to control a respectable cdi- j' ! t< r, with sense enough to conduct his II I own business. Let the Intclliyenccr pur- j I sue the even tenor of its way, and all will! 1 be veil with iU I] ? Ifafe we been Misunderstood? It seems that our suggestions a few . weeks ago to tho wavering, or those nn-j| ! decided as to which course to pursue in |( : these trying times, has been misconstru- J, | ed by some of our citizens. All ourrea-jj : ders know that we believe the people of! j I Abbeville county be the best people in ! | ! world. Holding this high opinion ofj| j our citizens, we wrote what we did in the | 1 hope that we might persuade any ex cop- i | tiotml one who might possibly feci like'" abandoning his good nunc, in this hour, \ of discouragement, to Ptill maintain his 1 i integrity at whatever cost or deprivation.j | j Anything is better than a forfeiture ofj< integrity. The great mass of our people! j uceile.l zio such suggestions, but if, by!< ! our words of admonition, we have kept ]< [ or may keep, a single man from going | b ick on himself, we shall have been re- : j paid ten thousand times over. Our far- j, 1 mers as a class will compare moat fa- j j vjrably with tlio host and most honora-. < b;e men of the State, but no one will de-': ; % I I ny the possibility of tho fall of some , ! weak brother. It was for such of our i ! brethren that wc wrote. We had no idea 1 ; of reflecting upon our people. If we| \ wrote so as not to be understood, the sin ! i ' of writing bad rhetoric Is to bo charged ; i MU-,,um uu.iutv.unv;-,. .. lie tion on our good people whom wo f love so well. Augusta Chronicle and Constitutional* 1st Trade Issue. This is tho largest publication that we recollect to have seen as coming from j any Southern city, and is gotten up with tfrcat care. It is illustrated by many pic- j turos of tho different scenes about An-! gust;>, and oh the first page is a com pre-1 hensive map of the place. Tho advertis- J ing columns art well-filled by the best and most reliable merchants and other business men of ths lowu, while interesting articles give most valuable information respecting a neighboring city. The whole publication gives the best ev- j idence of tho characteristic energy and; business tact of one of tho most enterprising newspaper offices in the country. J We congratulate both the city and the j publishers upon the creditable effort to put Augusta before the public in a prop- j er lights I j The Xeics and Courier's e lit Ion of the 1st instant contained a sixteen column !H review ot Charleston's business for the !< past commercial year, and an excellent j* map of th? city, : uburbs, harbor and ad- i | jacont islands. Tlie review is exhaustive j j and shows a most prosperous condition i i of business. The receipts in cotton were ^ 628, 1.87 bales; rice, 53,371 tierces; spirits ia turpentine, 51,286 casks; rosin, 231,417! barrels; crude phosphate, 108,1S3 tons ; j ^ lumber, 18,610,857 feet. Tbe value of *ta- j f pies received is estimated at $36,126,000, i N and tho entire trade of the city amounted ; t to $71,211,000. It is with mingled pleas- H ur;? and j ride that we note tho prosper- t ity of the old city* May it ever increase. I . 11 The President. r List week the President was taken to;1 Long Branch, where he lies in much the: samo condition in which he has been for < some time. Immediately after his arrival j,r at that place he seemed much better, butj4 last Sunday he was not so well. And so j I it goes. One day he is better and tho next r he is not so well. c ^ ^ I This week Railroad Commissioner nonharo > h:is been on a tour of lnsf ection over ttve C'"o- j lumbia & Greenville Railroad anil Us branch-j. es. Tuesday evening he ensue to Abbeville. |1 and he and his party wire the guests of Judge!1 Mefiowan. Wednesday afternoon lio went I * up the Blue Ridge road on u special train, ac- j compnnied b.v President H. I.. Mefaughrin ] and Superintendent J. \V. Fry. We have not' < learned anything as to the impressions made j5 ou the Commissioner by the condition and '' management of tlie road, nor have we heard ' : | of any one making complaints. This road is 1 . i now in the hands of an admirable set of olti- j. j cers. I ( j The last WWi<tm*!iur!; Ifcrald contains the ; j | valedictory of Mr. II. J. Moroso, who lias re- i | turned l<> tin- sti gc, and also the salutatory of;, Mr. II. M. Gilbert, who has succeeded him. j The paper is now published and edited by \ Cunningham & Gilbert. < Rcatljnstmeut in South Carolina, j Xewx and Courier. i I The Half-breeds and Stalwarts who support i the Mahone movemct in Virginia can sue for themselves the etlcet of tho Readjusted proI pagnnda. Koine (armors in South Carolina, ! oppressed by the failure of their crops, desire i t'i readjust their debts for fertilizers and nier-1' I chandise. There Is wore excuse for them than i for the Virginia Readjustcrs, but the princl- i pal is the same. ( j The Atia-xlu VonxtHution takes thejsame view < I of the savanna!* Township Resolutions that I The Xewxnnd Com tVr docs. It says: I 'The pith of Mahonlsm?the idea that hon- ! | est dents may be 'readjusted' or repudiated at 1 I the will and pleasure of the debtor-has been !! so glossed over and so -widely indorsed by the 11 I Kepublicati press of the country that we areji j not surprised to see a similar movement else- < 'where. The movement to which we allude ! I has begun In South Carolina, and as il is com- < ! pletety shron of all political complications, ; our esteemed Republican contemporary s will | ; no doubt Join and go beyond us in depreca-11 j tinj; the spread of a moral disease, which nn- I j der other circumstances they would gladly j nurse and foster. I "If the resolution cave rise tonny political ' issues?If Savnnali Township had a representative in the senate whose vote was worth)I purchasing?here would be the Mahone plan 11 | iivcr attain, a:>d who knows but the action of I i these farmers may not serve as tho basis of j < some future campaign whereina South Carol!-11 na Mahone may have to appeal to the Itcpub-11 j licans foraid and comfort in carrying out the ! i j plan of readjustment and repudiation and In M crushing!lie liotirbons whobeleivcin an honest payment of debts, both public and pi I vale ( It will be observed that the tilth resolution (i ' purposes to enlist the enthusiasm of the col-! i ored p-ople, thereby bringing the Sou Hi Caro- 't j Una plan fin- readjustment into thorough j I 1 sympathy with tlie Mahone movement in j I Vlrginia.'which is earnestly defended by the 1 < 'great majority of Republican organs in V'ir-11 ' gin4a as well as by such independent Jour- U j ikfls as the UpringjielU liepiiblittii. j, -What is to be the result of this attempt to J t ' gl ve i*ractlcal shape to Mahonlsm in South |i jCarolina? The probability is that the ndop-: | i tion of the resolutions to which we have a I- j t ' luded will ruin the credit of the farmers who i I countenance them ; but there is a possibility ithatsome such demagogue as Mnhonc will c 1 seize upon the idea, tally the debtors, both / , white and black, In all sections or the Slate, 'cover it up with some talk about IJourbon| ism. a free ballot and a fair cunt, and so for;n.ulHte an Issue which the Republican organs ! may be g!ad to endorse as one of the methods j I of breaking up the Solid South." . This is a fair statement of the situation oud J ; its dangers, and the peril to the opulent North ^ Is far greater than to the rising South. Hy : J; j supporting the Mahone movement in Virgin- I. ia the Kenublloe.n parly Is deliberately and I J; wilfully giving topee and practical meaning to ; the doctrine that any people may repudiate as much of their Just obligations as they feel r ! or fancy themselves unable to pay; and, in so j'' doing, the Republican party Is breaking down , ! as far as It con, thoonly organization which i stands between order and anarchy, honesty and repudiation. In the South?the Ho-culled ] ?, Bourbon Democracy. It Is certain that If Ma- . 1 honism succeed, the Remljuster movement , will spread, and, as is threatened by Mahone's {j men In Virginia, Readtustcr principles will;, nest be applied to tfce National debt, |,] fffffWM w wr Good Endorsement. As an offset to any censure we may incurred for urging tlie wavering adherence to principles of common esty in these trying times, and to cc any willful misrepresentation ol views, we copy the following end ment from the Ucv. Dr. Grier in th As.srrciatu Reformed Presbyterian. matter of this sort to have tlio unqc ad approval of a man possessing th telligonce, ability and Christian ehai of so pure a man as Dr. Gricr, is /icnt to counterbalance any little sp remarks which may have been road persons who misconstrue tho si in langurgd : "'Owe no MAn Anythiso." Prcxx ctvd Banner of last week I timely editorial titled, "l.et 110 man Hit his integrity." "It will l*ogood reading for every 1 That man who makes The pay men his debts a iiuMUt of convenience who in not willing to softer some so uial and sacrifices for t he sake of me his obligations is at heart dishonest, word and his plighted honor go for ing." "We endorse tho words of truth r< berness in the following paragraphs the editorial referred to 1't'hthf.it I nt ki.li'?kxt KNDC mknt.?Since reading the above, w< oiir article copied in full under th torial head of the Marion Mar, wil following complimentary introdm for which the &tar will accept thanks: Our levelheaded eotempoarv, tlx bcrillc I'rr.ss rrml Itmnwr, in the fa [lie terrible drouth tliat has visited / i ilk; and and other sections of" the c :i \\ gives the following sound advi lose v. lio are necessarily involved b; iite calamity." The LaurcnsviUc Jtcrald has t!i <ay 011 our editorial of two weeks as; svhieh we warned those who might .emplate taking a ti?.i.sslop, to desist 111 action whiidt could only result tr rjitry of themselves and their ered I'hose who may have thought tha meant any reflection on anybody 1 vorv little of our high respect foi people of Abbeville county, and the feelings rt hich we entertain for thei lividua'ly. It was our anxiety foi public welfare, and our desire for tin lividual prosperity of every citizen nduced us to endeavor to hold uf liands of the faint-hearted. It i .liese reasons that we would encoi licm to deeds of the highest inte itiwlsiv flan tfvintr Wo would like to sea Abbeville sta :lie head of the list of counties b}' individual maintaining the high ch :er lie has sustained in the past. In )f the neighboring counties trouble dready begun in reference to mortp motion. Let it Tiever commenco in / I'ille. The llcrald says : We publish elsewhere in this issu irticle frotu the Abbeville J'rets and xer, under the heading?"Let no forfeit his Integrity or Compromis donor." We do not re-produce the le because we apprehend that the lge fanner of Laurens is any more 1 :o "act unfaithfully to themselves their families, and dishonestly to creditors"?in consequence of the tremities of the hour, produced In, devastating drought,? tiian the farm Abbeville county; yet, being place similar circninstances, and under sii inlluences, he is perhaps not apt to It ^o. Human nature is about the sam world over, and tho sauie causes am tamo excuses that would prompt a ;y deviate from strict integrity in ountvare likely to have the same i n another; and if there ever was a A lien men could be excused I'orsucI . iiition, now is the time. But, on )ther hand, if there was ever a time i nen have every reason, every con si ion to uphold their integrity and i aithfully to their promises, that tit he present. This is indeed a cruel I 'Xtraordinary trial, but we hav tbiding faithtlmt tho farmers of Lai rounty win stand its nres, and conn lot only unscathed, but retined and icd. in short, we believe the farnu Laurens too honest to Hindi in an e jency like this, or seek excuses to i >aying honest debts. A-Yoin the best information we jeen able to obtain, all that the far >f Laurens expect, and all they ask iberal indulgence on the partol' the hauls from whom they have obts mpplies to make their crops, with \ :ver discount 111:13* be consistent irotits charged. They ask nothing t rhev arc willing to pay as far as neans will ?diow thein ; in other w is lar as they may be able, and in tsk reasonable time on the balance hiding other accommodations nauu In this connection we would sti| he propriety, if not necessity, of the ncrs of each township holding pi iieetings?as has been done hi at leas owuship in Anderson?netting fort I iituation of at lairs, what they are alj 10 and what they are willing to d< vards the payment of their liabilit uggesting at the same time lenience iberality on the part of the mcrch !f these steps were taken by the fan t would have a tendency to assure c lence. .Such meetings should Le ful lassesof farmers, large and small, si ttend tliein. So far as the merchants are conce ve have no doubt but that they wil end every Indulgence in their po nit it should bo remembered that vl 11 doubtless need some indulj hemselves. The goods with which Lccoiumodated the farmers were bo ve presume, 011 time, (at least sou hem,) and of course thoir creditors nive to be satisfied. The accomntod md indulgence asked for by the 1a oust be mutual, and extend back wa >rigiual sources?to the wholesale bant. The following paragraph from tin inycburg Democrat, in reference tc irticle in question is good enoiig! .hows that there is an honest senti jcrvadiug this whole people, an J t lewspaper is not to be universally dc :ed because it advises the wavering lonest and steadfast in tlio preservi >f their character. I11 a con vers; vith a gentleman of intelligence and ntegrity he said to us there was 110I 11 our article at which any honest :ould take offence." The Dc/n ;ays : "Honesty is tiik Hf.st Policy, Laurens County, according to the tld, there is a disposition on the pi iomeof thecitizens, we suppose l'ari ,0 hold a public meeting with the pu if devising "ways and means to 1 he payment of guano bills. This i ift 11?t: w t* iui\ t? fvur Jii'uiu m an iatiized attempt, uiaiio by any po >f our citizons.to resist the payinei iin honest debt, anil wo liuj>e lor tho it of the citizens of Laurens, that meeting, though seriously con temp! was never held. We ean conceive ? possible combination of eircuiristam iustifysuchaimrpo.se. It is wrong beginning to the end ciul can vnly shuineand ruin to those engage, in it. in oll'set to the spirit wo copy tlie lb ing manly article from the Abb Cress which expresses the sentimei ivery honest man in the .State." Workiuij Churches. The Rev. Dr. Sloan In a recent letter 1 A/iiociutc Ji'jormeU J'resbyterian, among things, says: "To mention only outside work?they recently earpcied one church recovered jhurches, Long Cane and Cedar .Spring sost of over live hundred dollars?and h lot donated and a committee at work to money to build another church in th spfcelive tow ij of Troy at the crossing t railroads, which arc now in process o truetion and this new church Is intent compute with any church in Synod. 1 nil this, we have that other little annua uf expense to meet, via: our assessnit Sithi.ou f.>r missions?Just S10U more thai uthcrchurch in Synod you will rcinen ;uid I have no doubt, that all will be a pUshed, (iod willing, although our cro) marvelously shori, shoiter thiin tliooldi habitants ever saw." Mr. Wilson's Address. The Couutry Pr<.s>s. Annual Address I the South Carolina Stale Press Assocli By Hugh \\ ilson.jr., of Abbeville S. C. Having listened ver.v liitontively to 111 Iressattbe lime of it# delivery, and b dnee read It caielully, we are prepared I Lliat it is well worth the thoughlul stu editors generally, and country editors it ticular. isuine ol the positions taken Mr. Wilsi iecldcdly reject. Hut that is natural a iddrcss deals with many topics about \ here is great dillerenco of opinion tniotig editors. Others however are re njrly in accord with our own views leartily wish every editor would lay to ft* lint Mr. Wilson has to s<uy on the siibl mblMiing sei nions. We think Mr. Wil orrect in bis views as to the publicatl vidence in court. We go a step furthc liluk the publication in full of the pr< nus ami addresses delivered in our less igiotis bodies, such as Presbyteries. As Ions and District Conferences would be ntcrcsting to all the public. Mr. Wilson will accept our thanks f?i omplliiientury copy, sent to us.?Our M V? Mutilated Coins. The Secretary of the Treasury has el lellned the stains of mutilated coin. ISt bat there is no provision for Its mleni] >y the government, but Intimates that ? me bos the right toso'l It as old cold all or. Anione the nielters many be?lncl he United States, for any citizen may de mlHon at assay ofllce and receive its ' rhen this Is determined. Between mull olnand worn money there is distlnc r>r the wear of metallic currency in u iverlooked by the government as loii here if enouirh of the inscription left to i y the denomination. Mutilation, howe\ i-llful and not accidental, and the loss ie sustained by tlie bolder. As none of il ver coin is Intrinsically worth Its face' he moral is that every one should rcfim e has legally the right to do-any coin ias been clipped, punched or drilled. if'?- . - - - .i _ After Life's Fitful Fev< have to an * hrn- THE SAD EXDINB OF AN H0N01 >rrect AND A USEFUL LIFE. our or.sc- The Vortex Into Which the Unv o last are Lured, and the Penalty, W In K the llest of that Numbe? has rercJ. 0 III Below wo copy from the Greenville 1 i"*^' omitting tlie thoughtless or unkind ' preasioiiH about the dead, the last chapt itofu! t|,e utory of the life ol lion. James l'lei f. 1)> .Moore, of tlic city of Green vll I p. Let pleat who can, rcatl it, and rojoloein thestreiif their nmnhood. Hut lie who can do so ar call to memory the life and dentil of him iH'I n '"lH ,<:o recently none from among us wii ^or'_ a thrill of s-trrow, and an oinotlon of sy thv, must have a heart not less cold body. Us of 'J'c him who had for a life time receive i ami I l.v the approval of frienda and the flatt< If-de- the public this sudden outburst fell w etimr crushing weight. This together with a His sciousti'c.isof hisown errors,was too muc!' noth- proud anil sensitive nature. Amid-l tbeg >,] *n 1 which surrounded him, he withdrew froi lroin I?azo 'hose who would condemn i vance, and after go'ng Into solitude fo )Rsr 'M1U' ',0 r<-''urin-^ l',c hosom of a ln;l 1 ' family only front thence to take hisdepa 5 hml for niat Court which is merciful, even o I'di- the vilest. How much Iw had suffer h /he J mind for the last few weeks, none can itioii, I ar"'1,10 Influence which induced the onj. act will never l>e known. If it was i j hope to rave his family from exposure t j suit and to injury, and to prevent a paVs ? Ab? |0f his sins,in tlielr worst light,before the ''n I "c' 'low s,,,"y I,!IS ',p hern mistaken. II; null- " ''""ate in his speculations, ail G cc to I vi"c would have been proud to do him h V til is mistaken stop, nowtver, ioa 10 una ruin, unit an uncharitable world has but mercy for those who may be weak or unl ra ;to ".late. >?i **n The following Is a condoni-a!Ion of the con- as they appeared lust Friday In the Urec from Xcu'3: > the "The facts of the disappearance of Mr. J j 1'. Moore, a prominent attorney and citi2 itors. this city, were given in JYili yesterday. I we ' st')r>" elosed with an ominous silence, los room for but one dreadfu! conjecture. 1 enow not therefore a shock when it was rep , ,i.0 yesterday that lie was dead. It was, how a surprise to know that he had died 1 I real own bed, with his last conscious hours si ;n <'d bv the presence andaffection of the fn in~ he loved so earnestly The sad story is c r t!io told, ilis whereabouts from two n'cloi Tuesday, until dark of the sume day is th S in- |y unknown circumstance. At thelatter that ' 'ie W;,s foilnd fn his own barn by his co servant who concealed the discovery. ' ) the I day night the unhappy man spent in the I s for' probably having taken an ounce of el: j form to quiet his nerves excited to mat trage ing tension. On Wednesday morning lie ,r_j.v for and obtuined four ounces of laudam " - enough to have killed twenty men. ilo II CCS. took the half of that quantity Irom the ml-it ing bottle no one will ever know. lie < not i.ave taken very lun-e iloscs of It dl each the day while he lay alone, f?r he was 1 late 011 Wednesday evening by I Jr. Nor ?ir?c- .,s c|(..lr jjj j,(s mind as could be expected some side ring the nervous excitement, loss of ami the deprivation of food tliat he ha< - lifts dergone, raired 11 is known that he remained awake fi ' hour or two after he entered the house ibbe- j conversed intelligently villi hi:- famil gaining apparently liis serenity of mind at last dropping off into a quiet sleep. A 0, fill day-light Mrs. Moore woke,and disco I that he was not breathing, and lmmcdl Jim, sent lor i;r. Jones, meanwhile using a! * . j means that suggested themselves to re rf. Hi? consciousness. All was in vain, however aril- he never gave the slightest symptom 01 aver- Dr.Jonos arrived, and did what lie could ikelv soon found that hlsctforts were useless. I Acting Coroner A. MeHee was notified . ? ' proceeded to Impannel a Jury nnd ho d a iiit-M i ([iitst. J lie DOtiy was una out. ill me par > ex- .Mr. Moore's residence. The features wen ' the I lira I itiul I lie expic-slon peaceful, hut the or of of tlie skill was the grayish while llmtti: i ( the victim of narcotic poison, while the ., j pies and neck were mottled wltli the duli inuar j j,s|) stains that tell tlie same story. e less i 'J he Jury uasas follows: \\\ II. Perry, 0 (lie I man, ('. M. Furnian, \V. I? Wait.I). P. Ve 1 t l?r? I Edward Crofi. A. 1!. WHUmiiis, I,. \V. Iva L ? Wells. Julius Jl. Tleyward, John H. l'.< tnan Jg^v.T. ll.rookc, \V. II.Irvine,M.U. I)cL'a 1 one | ,\. II. Donaldson. effect Dr. W. it. Jones testified that lie was a time tisiiiK physician, and was called to see tli l do- ' about, live o'clock on yesterday ir ~ ing. He was dead, when witness saw i me -i iK. appearance of tlie body indicated <J vlieil from anodyne poisoning, especially the ilern- dition about the neck. The poison n stand have been taken some time before deat nr> i* stilted, 'i'hc body was warm when witne . ,. rived, and was l.vins on the bed. Witno j'.O Ol il(?t think the deceased was in the iiab e an taking chloroform. Saw no anodyne, irons In response to questions from juror* 3 oul I?nos "aid death might possibly have resi from natural causes, but that natural cj """ could hardly have caused the livid ap >rs ol | a nee of the body which, here; ealcd.indu mcr- an anodyne poison. Death might result ivoid i chloroform taken eight or ten hours la A man could inhale enough chlorofor , kill him. Could discern no traces of cli na\e lortn In the room. Could probabl> have mors so if !t had been inhaled there, al'housl , is a windows were open. Chloroform 11ken i mcr- "ally would liave been imper.-ei tiblu iino/1 II'C lapse of a little time, unless the pi . , lakinsr it was breathing. v Hat- L?r. .1. K. \V i 1 k es, ot Ka lie A- W i H;es. t es i with tlint soon alter one o'clock on Tuesrta liore. ln<t, l;c had sold Mr. Moore an ounce of their roforin. deceased saying that he wanted 1 his wife who was sullerlng from a sick I . ' ache. He seemed to be in good spirit! crely wassmoltingh cigar. Heremaineti fivni ?in- minutes examining and 1 licing some c >d. that witness had. Ilr .f \V Xoruvint] testified that Oil TlU ,V.? inluht iie visited deeeascd's house, and v ,. then*, after dark, wu< called out by nco UbllC servant and told that Mr, Moore was Ii Lone barn. Witness went there,and as he op i {lie 'l,e door Mr. Moore said, "Con e in. I?? jp , . and sit down." Deceased was t :ien lyin ' his ^itK* on the hay with his head reslli ?? one of his hands,the elbow lei.ning 01 ICS? hay. Witness sat down by him. Jl wa l* and dark to see hi- face, lie made no reply I ttiita. Pr<'ssions of condolence and syinpathj ' '' said. In an absent way: "If the next man ' stopped. Hot!.en saidayain in the satnt :?nu- "j| iilf. next man," had done something v I?ali witness did not cut'di, "Things would lould coineout all right." Ho then said, "Win I talkingabout ? I'm crazy." Witness ji i him if he hud taken chloroform, und he rncu, "no." 'j'here was no fume of clilore I <?x- about the barn or the person of the di-ce wer; In rc-poii.se to questions whether he v tjJ4iV not like lo go to hdueficld to his friends I nnd whether he would not like to confer ' . \\ a lawyer he said, "No." When a-ked ">?y knew there was a warrant out for him, I Light, j?iied that he did. Witness suggest! d tl 10 of would be best lor hi in lo go in the honst will ' night's si cop if lie could, and the di . cd replied U?at ho thought it would be. plv to a question snid be could go in by rtnor Self, and agreed to a suggestion that lie ird to until things were quiet Before he did |i trier- He.seemed to be troubled and nervous. | ncsssaw nothing atiout him lo indicate | ho had taken chloroform although he 1 3 0/'- ''Is having bought it. If he had t chloroform only a few hours before it v ) tlio have been perceptible. A man could not , t. an ounce of chloroform at one dose ant' vlve any length of time. Deceased had t niout! chloroform Monday night for a severe i . . ache. Witness would not say positively 1 J he had not taken cUorolomi in the barn noun I Allies Williamson, the colored servant , I he saw Mr. Moore go into the barn la1 to ijl | Toesds?y evening, lie came lo witness' ition | and talked awhile, saying lie wanted wl .. to go some where with him, which wltnei .lion doing. Ilo.tlien wanted witness high after chloroform for him which was a,.. ,. . I'u-ed. Deceased stayed in the barn all tiling uay night, and very early on Wedn< man morning called witness to him and told to tell no one where he was, thieatcnl ocrat kill him if lie did so. lie then sent witn Moan llros.to get him tifty cents wor laudanum which was obtained and giv .?In him wrapped in paper. Deceased ate noi Jlcr- whileln the barn. Tuesday nightand Wt art ol' day. Witness noticed nothing peculiars ' him except that bis eyes were red. Wi ' toid Dr. Norwood where Mr. Moore v as. rposo go because he feared he would die ill t he resist as he heard him snoring peculiarly. Dec is the was not a drinking man. The witnes ! never seen him under the Influence of li ... or chloroform. i lion 'j'iie sheritl was requested by the Corot nt of search the barn, auu in a few minutes re I oil with a larcc vial half-full ol* tan da this tightly corkeii, and bearing the label of h i ltros., and an empty ounce viul bearlnga ' ly cllaced label on which conkl be scon p 01 lio the word "chloroform,'* und a portion i uosto name of Kaiie A Wlikes. from W. M. Griffin, cl?rk lor Doctor O, T. yield' 'J11'0, totilieil lhat on Monday morning hi . sold Mr. Moore a half ounce of chloro A Mr. Moore said he was sutl'ering from tir How- anil when asked how lie look the cl CViile j lot m showed witness, drawing the corl it of putting it to his nostrils. (Theomptj Unit had contained thischloroform was 1 in a pocket of Mr. Moore's clothing.) Dr. A. Wallace was called anil test I fie J t;v<> ounces of luudanuiii would pr< . .. "death. If the deceased had taken lauds to tne hefore leaving the barn, and hud then t other codec, theeflcct of the laudanum would been less rapid than otherwise,coflve bel . antidote for opium. A man could take n i ii? of laudanum and walk .jOiforOOO y t undress and retire before the effects won i, at a jnrd his movei icnts. A man could not "i " an ounce of eh oroform ami afterwards !!! !! ubout and talk rationally and then diu ii him tt,L' effects eight hours afterward, r , ,. The coroner and Jury unanimously * eluded that Mrs. Moore should besparei e tii . ordeal of giving her testimony. I)r. Xor l itpm stated that she saia when Mr. Moore can nt r ^'t>n' the Iwirn, lie asked how she knew h ii an v 'here, and smiled when she nave hiin a | I , antly evasive answer. She says Mr. > ' ' ! was awake lor two hours after lie cam isiiro 111,1,1 ""til >he dropped to sleep herself sei si in '10 he sleeping naturally. " u" Dr. l-'urnmn stated XIi-p. Moore told hin husband had requested her if he wasarr to go with hi hi and not let nim go to slei The Jury rendered the following ver f "Being charged and sworn to enquire fo iiii#?. "il"te of South Carolina when and by lluo". I means the said James 1'. Moore came t , . death, upgn their oaths do say that the i Junics P. Moore came to his death from t llv',,K j fects of anodynes administered by hiu ^ I '?ut whether with tile Intention of I..kin iL! 1' or not the Jury are unatilu to say. Ai 11,ai* (lit Jurors aforesaid upon Iheiroathsafor ] do say that the said .James 1'. Moore can ii i? i ''is death In manner and form aforesaid.' s, i There were no further developments y> \ men j (|uy j,, t||(l nf Mr. Moore, and it ] oven | ]jUV( ,j ||mi .,]| 0f his financial transactioi ri\i-. | which there was a shadow is not over SJ, i ..VI Mr.Mooiehad few faults Ilcwasstr , | temperate, a kind neighbor and a warm fi eel of: H|uj mjuvoted husband anil father. He v f"" "if man of very cousldenitde intellect, ha ion oi, graduated at college with high honors, r ami i |,.u| CVery prospect of a bright and usefu >eceu-1 j] is age was atiout 43 years. or re- The funeral was attended by thefaml socia- tjie deceased and a large number of rela vcrj", and frien is including many of the most]) _ ,. inent citizens of the city. Mr. Lewis Mi r <?. ! of Xin?ly-Slx. a brother, and Mr. J. 1'. Mi .own* jr> U(lW 0f Salisbury, X. t'., eldest sou oi deceased, arrived In time to witness tli neral rites. The burial look place a littli fore dark, and thus ended all lhat is earth James Pleasant Moore." ?J"}y After makiuga brief statementof the I pi ion above, tlic Greenville A'eui Sutilh, gives tin very lowing additional particulars, and utters 'uded fo'hiwlng kindly words, which must na posit responsive echo in every manly heart: Millie "Mr. Moore leaves a wile and five child lated I the youngest belnu about ten years of Hon; j We understand ho was a member of se Is i Knights of Honor. In that case his wl g as would become a beneficiary to the amoui dgni- $ _ 11)00. which Is ull that Is lei her. er,is! It is very painful to write of the fall must man so prominent in publicllfeand so hu our and tru-ted by his fellow-citizens, t'lmie al<>nc knows the burden oi grief and soi c?as which he bore as lie saw the result of liit that rors opening before him. Terrible, indee I the reparation he has iuaac. Let the ve forgctr.ilness Im> drawn over his anfortunal J|. misdcedtand let us remember his virtues, f< nc hml many, which rendered him a kind an ludiiigi;ut husband *.nd fisther, a rnlthfi friend,a good citizen, whO'ae heart and hani ElED opened geueroissly and hihdly to the call i the distressed. To the *,TtdOwmnd fat her lei wo extend our heartfelt sympathy aud cond lonce. Farj ?THE xEGlW AS A FARMER." Iiich Siif-1 A Vigorous Expression of Conjjresi man AiLcu's Opinions. Wuvr ' f'OKEsncBV, S. C., September 5.?The rd ' I torial fraternity lire not prone to run count ex" to public opinion In their publications. C er In 1 the contrary, the position of a newspaper ti; isant on nil (|Jiestlons atlwtliig the peopie I? usui ly considered an index of ttie sentiment < loose the communities among Thorn that pap [th of circulates. If tliis be true, I. for one, b< ,j re.! leave to enter my omphalic protest again any sucli contrucLlon being placed upon yot who editorial, "The Negro an a Farmer," contai: [limit ed in your issue of the -d September. m*ia- No one gainsays the fact that the negro is 1' laborer, and that it is throuch his labor tna than pnrha ps, two-thirds of the cotton crop of.Soul Carolina is produced. 3utIdoden.\ nnil il j on. nouncf the idea, as yon express it, that "1 does understand fnrmiiiKasfurinlng goes, an jry oi be possesses generally as much knowledge ith a agriculture hh his white neighbor." Tills a con- sl>r,'on absolutely untrue, as every Inteil gent farmer in South Carolina well know i torn mid would never have been fathered by yc loom bad you ever had any agricultural associate lithe w'"h the nogro. What think you would b come of your rieo and sea island colic n iul" plantations if they had not the superior Jud r sea- ment of the white man to control ami dire - I ilm I'lltrtr f l'ivivk over Imt for a tnormnrr nr sop those sections of James Island, for ii r'urc stance, where the crops are controlled by II unto white man and compare them with those It" cil in the supervision of the negro, and you wi regret ever having penned that sentenc ever And all through the upper country any n illnal servant traveller might go with John (iilp! n th.'' *'1rci's through the county, and point on without the shadow of a doubt, every far 0 in- left exclusively to the control of ;he nesrr uHng In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred It wl , bf (he most inferiorcrop In the ncighborhoo ' " 'Mils Is the case throughout the upper counti ad ire vvirerethe negro Is a creuturco a fir high' rcen- ordcrofintellijience than he Is upon our coat onor No one doubts that occasional exception's e:i . ' be round. Hut they are so rare that they on ncial the. more (Irmly establish the reneral nil little In all my experience, and It 'ias not her rortu- VPr5r 1 found but two negroes th had the judgment necessary to "control ai conduct successfully even a oic-hon?e fart facts Ont: of these Is to-day sowin* his twelfl ... grain crop on my land, and has .uado mom ' every year, and when asked by mo last we< whv hedld not enlarge his farmingoperatioii anies curtly replied: "Sir, the old niggers I couldn ;en of control and the young ones are no account The The next Injustice you have done the ln.ru iving ersof the state is where you instance as n t was evldenc" of the negro's success as a farm outetf the increased cotton crop In ISM) over that ever, 1880, and IIIn? ironically at Hie "aeeura n his knowledge" of those men known l>cforc tl i>oth- war as overseers. You may not he awuT; i nil:y It, out It is a fact that that very class of n?f asily since the war has made the most, successf :k on farmers in the Stale. They were inured eon- work, understood the negro character, an time generally said to hlni "come on," and wlier lored ever they did success was sure to follow, rues- can count within my own knowledge scor liarn, of such men who were penniless at the clo iloro- of the war. and who to-day are larce !un iden- holders, and some of them independent 1 sent wealthy. They have In every instance ma< nm? good citizens, and would that our waste nlae w he were full of such men. miss- You claim "to have only given the neiro h :ould one; yes, ana wr iiiorp, m .von uru (iispnsi jrinn to wrlio Iilm up tvs a farmer senil on? of yoi mind stall lo those sections of our tttiite wlier wood through the rascality of Leslie and his eoi ,con- frores. the negroes have conitreyntod as Vim sleep owners, and let. him ^ fur himself, and tint J ijn* fully report the condition of tbingn. There a sod Ion t n Abbeville county known as "Tl ir nn lYjinised I^utid" which probably would 1 , and worthy of i visit from such nil inspector. v,rc-| I further protest against so low un appJie ', ami tion of my profession .is lo say, I hat "the 11 bout trio is king in the cotton Mold, and tanning ,*emi his sphere. Het ween the plough-handles I ately can lay no more claim lo princely rccogiiilic ] the than the animal at the end of the beam. I store In a tailuie, a teetotal dead failure, where n< '.and controlled. guided and supervised by tl f life, white man. And to succecd today as n f.i I, but ?'er requires as much Intelligence, energ push, enterprise and ta^tas is required in an , and I of thj so-called learned professions. Africa n in- tin e is a science, and to master it even pnrtl.i lor of l>* requires learn in tr, thought. Judgment an ;nat- industry. The competition in theugriculti hue ral iace U>-d:?y Is ten-fold greater tl. . i It wi lurks even ten years ago, and unless the praclici tern- farmer learns something of this science b< I blu- fore lie goes to the Held, tic is sure to be di: tancec^n the race. And who ever heard of foro- negro nelng seientilie except, by imitatioii rner, And beiug the most i m I tat ive cren tu res in tl y. (J. world,some of them are bound to boaMicec: [ IIIn- I" almostevery vocation. nips, t Tin f? strictures may appear severe, and po sibly some may say the negro deserves a prac- apology at my bands for.uttciing thein. lh c do- not so. 1 would not abuse him, and f gl\ lorn. Iiltnas I would Satan?"Ins dues" i'he ha him. a.ny; but '.I will never consent to your prop< loath sition, that he deserves the credit of bavin coil- nvadc the State richer, if it bus become so. iij light rlculturally. Ami tills, t<x>, I deny, w lie li ,-i- brings me to another point upon "winch ssar- lake issue with you. sdid -It bui'. become the habit latterly of a Mr. A It of I kluson, of Itoslon.and other Northern maui I lactv.res to blow loudiy about tbeuusurpassc 5 l)r. I agricultural resource-, of the South; and tlie ultwl I to prove them Invariably instance tlie li tuses ! creased cotton crops of 1 lie respective Soutl pear-1 crn States, especially of South Carolina, i ;ated I yo" I'a ve done In your editorial. You say t! fiorn cotton erop of IS join litis State amounted I fore. 1bales more than it was in 1MW. 'I'll j,j to|can I e recounted for without giving crcdit I |(,ro-' anytiody, because it lias bi en done largely j done I ttiu expense of other products, lictorc ti i ttie ??r South Carolina grew nearly one and nter-1 hnif millions of bushels ol wheat, prircipal! after in the upper counties, into which it wasarui . rson tiling to seen barrel of Hour imported. >.'o* uSUnyx those very couutie.s import more Hot tifled f"'- home consumption than Is grown wlthl yOli) their limits. Defore the war South Carom eh!o- grew over 15,000,'/Oo bushe s of corn, chiefly I it ior the middleutul upper counties. Now-a-du* tend- not a comity In.tin; State but that Imports i sand many thousands of bushels of W estern con irten Before the war the middicand upper counti igars! cured enough home raised bacon to supp largely the home consumption; now-a-da; ssdny millions of pounds of Western pork are in vhlle porttd into the same counties. lictorc tl lored w"r fried ham, home cured, was almost a in: i the vernal breakfast dish in upperSouth Caiolin ened To-day such a diet would cure the scurvy. ;etor, j Hut apart from I his: deficit of otfier product u? on | this increased cotton crop can tie easily a ig on eoui.ttd tor in another way. which proves th it Hie I as a state we are not growing licit eras we 1 s too crease hi population. The increased a rets ocx-! 'and in cotton will account lor at least 100,11 hull0' these suiplus baics. In every county "ami I the State, perhaps, the area has been lucrea : way i cd ; Anderson, Oconee, Pickens, (irecttvil ,hlci) "ttd Spartanburg supplying us front th have ' source alone with probably otl.000bales, and it am | these counties, the very best, and most pr isked | gressi ve in the state, the negro (give him li said due/Is greatly in the minority. Then, to ifortn ?ui increased population ol 25 per cent, at it set I. more In a single decade, with little or mid versit.v of occupation lor that increase iTo hero. | the universal cot on crop, would require with ! groutly incrcafcd production to sustain it. if he Hut 1 mud )!<i no further in reviewing yot ic re- pecuIiur editorial, and will only express n ml it thunks if you will give this article the san i and circulation you did the editorial. ceas- Very respectfully, IX Wv.vrr A1kex, 'him- Tltc Ncyro tutd flic Mule. wait Congressman Allien sends the News at ;o in. Courier a letter in which lie gives his reasoi \\ it- for dissenting from the opinions expressi H,!'1! in a recent article, in this paper, on 'alio n cnew j jjro as a larmer." The letter was not. writt< ake'J in kindness, and the author s;-ems to b<? an rould I |<>us1 like the Columbia liriyxlrr, to ijiuke ll take i people of South Carolina believe that we a ' J'ur* dispostd to exalt the negro at t lie expense aken 11|10 white man. Such chnrgcs or suauestloi head-j j,aVc r.o perturbing etl'ect upon tlie yrws at that ] court?.-, as we have no apprehension tli I South Carolinians, in general, will ever i , Mi.d sjs( Injustice to the while race is lnvol te on ctj j? dolngjiistiec to the negro. . room 'j he immediate purpose of the article whh tness bus aroused the Columbia /{egixter ttnd ('< ss do- Aiken was to point, out the claims of llieci to go or(.<j people t:> consideiat ion, inasmuch as tl ro* advocates of the Lien law argue that the n iues- (rj-o cannot work his own farm to ad van tag isdny ,,nj that he should, therefore be deprived linn t|)(, n,eans of obtaining the credit by whU "S t" he is enabled to farin?on his own aecoun ess to xiiis beliel, or de.-lre to believe, that ttie n th of j.rocannot walk or stand alone is at the ro Jin. 10 of t!ie whole discussion. thing Congressman Aiken, we believe, Is infavi tl'ics- of n,e repeal of the Lien law, and, it is ea: inout to see why. In his own words: "Hetuec ' ".Vj"} 1 the plough" handles, he(hc the "negro) can 1 . 1)1,1 more claim princely recognition i i. e. to I "arn< I "King In the cotton "Held') than the anlm ut the end of the "hesim.'" Theneuro and tl shad mule, in their relations to the cultivation I'juor (oiton, nrepul In the sail c catesory, ami a treated as equally incapable of developing icr to )lluj improvement. The Neiw antl Couri turn- I ..II/A.1- |||U view to imss unchalle "m,,? j lii'd.""' "" * Moan | we hold that the negro can and will lear *jand th?! it is easier for him, under favornh 'iii" ! conditions, to realize Ills responsibilities ai il the duties by laboring for himself titan hy vvor ing always for other people. This is as tri ,v;anr as It is that no man can he qualified r>r frc i; nau (jolr hy remaining in slavery. There is ii orm. deetl little hope or safety for thcHtute inar oilier view. Tlio negro is a voter. I!e wl tloro- remain jk voter. And his vote cannot he su ''J'1! pressed forever. When hn has native whi vla allies and leaders his vote will he counteouiiil cosl W|,a|. n ntay. Upon tlie Intelligence ai good sense of the negro, therefore, the wcl I"11' being of the State, in a large measure, wl itluce ultimately depend. If lie remain thoughtl? in',,n improvident and intolerant, the injmy wl il ," ! ')0 Incalculable, for he will become the spo have nn;l prey of designing politicians. The ma ngan | 11Z;MC |s there, and tlie match is ready. ifatal j 'file re is this likewise to he rememberci ards,! 'j'he measures which oppress or keep back tl | colored man, can keep baek and oppress tl take ! p0,,r whites. Their cause is one. wall; j We have not as much information as w from could desire regarding the success of the 11 gioasa farmer on his own land, and v con-1 should be glad to hear more on that subjc rl the i from thos'- who know the facts and can gi\ wood them without prejudice. We do not, by un ii<? In j means, overlook the circumstances that, 1 e was! the negroes mjure (armsof their own, lalio leas-j are harder to obtain and wagts tend 1 loore u,ow hinher. This is no reason, however, fc ie in.Jsitlvlng to prevent laborers from lmprovir fined 1 their position. Labor cannot bo controlled I I a free country In the way in which some Ian 11 her I OWners desire. It Is best for the Stale, in tl ested | lofiR run, that every man, white or blacl '!' j should have a fair chance to rise In the worli 'diet: | Kijuality of opportunity Is the right of ?v r the j ry citizen of tiic United States, unit for tin what | The A'cwx<tutl Courier contends now and a -obis, ways. In doing tills we are Koverned not 01 said ' |y t?y h desire tobejiist, but also hy the eoi licef- vietfon that Ihoshafls now aimed at tho pot self, I negro will, II they hit the mark, he alined 1 K his I Un. poc.r white also. There is no escape. Tli nd so j idea ot "< ontrolllng labor," by making il lie: i-said 1 to Impossible for laborers to be anything In ne to j workers lor wages, will have to he ahundnnc ' sooner or later. The tyranny of class isonl ster- a degree less odious than the tyranny < I.n he- race. 11s on WO. Ictly In the mysterious providence of (Jod, th lend originator, and. for many years, suecessfi i lls 11 miinager,of this enterprise has been remove vlng to a higher sphere ofactivily; but the Inst , and tutioii over which lie presided with so nine il ca- success and ability, still lives It not 011I | lives, tint Is "vital 111 every part;'' thorouahl ly of organized and lully equipped for It approprl lives ute work. The newly elected President, .Mi roni-, Kennedy, Is an alumnus of Erskine Co I leg" iKire, I class 01 isiii; was professor of Latin in th nore, | same before tiie war; ami, for many y?'iiri f the Professor of Latin and History in tin- Co;leg c fu- over which he now presides. In addition t 5 he- superior talents and attainments, he possesse ly of the advantage ol long exprleneein teaching Ills administrative ability Is of a high ordei blending, in Jusl proportions, the qualities c prudence nnu firmness, dignity and suavltj 3 f,)1" Ho is devoted to the principles and usages ? I the the Associate Rerronied Presbyterian Church >nt a and for that reason also, in connection wltl others, entitled to her confidence nnd supporl l)f other members of the Faculty, we can Ircn, not now speak particularly. They need m age. compliments from the? writer. We hav the spoken of the President, becuuso, In the firs dow j place, he Is President; and, secondly, becausi it of 1 tie hasjust been placcd in a new and difllcul I positiou. We undersuind v/hat we speak,hik of a whercaf we aflirm ! nor- J Witlisuch a Piesldentand Faculty,althougl (.Sod the times are someu hat nnproplllous, we set row no reason (Providence favoring) why the Inn < er-. West l-'einale College should not open witl d, is full classes in all the departments on the Mrs II of Monday in Octobcr. P. ' 1 '' tc Female Education* d Profeiaor ration in Astoclale R'/ormed Pres.JI byte) tan. *"1 In nothing. perhaps, is the wonderful p~our gresi of the present ago nio-e apparent than M In the facilities which l! aTords for the edu?" cation of woman. The Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, nn> venerable lor their antiquity?'*the gathered wisdom of a thousand yearn." In our own country, Yale and Harvard were !n successful operation long before the Declaration of Independence, j. The University of Virginlu Is lnso|>arably*eon necti'd with toe name of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States. The j. South Carolina College was established In ,,r 1.W, nearly a century ago. McDufHe, Legure, >n ( '. eaton, W'aidlnw.andothtrs,among the earD. ly Alumni of this institution, have long since v passed Into history. All these schools of learning were established for the education ... of males. The Importance of educating the ... gentler sex was not appreciated by the pat triots and philanthropists of other days. , They wcro not deficient In their appreciation , of woman. In the age of chivalry, this appreciation went to the length of absolute Idolatry. Women were idolized: but. like other; . idols, they were destitute of speech and lnt'4-j ; llgenee. The author of Paradise Ixist. who.! in learning and genius, was superior to all; e" the men of his age, has given us a beautiful picture of our general mother, whom he de, scibes ai the' accomplished Kve;" but the icIfo (t\r tvlvnOi Mini rhnifhtor? nf tlift nof'L I* were not remarkable for their accomplish-i merits. Johnson, or Maeaulay. or some other " writer, represents the latter as reading to )l1 him. In his blindness, frotn some Greek or [*ntln author, without understanding a word of either language, knowing only i lie alphabet. And Eve herself, ns dcsejibed by the poet, Is rather an accomplished housekeeper c| than anything else. It Is remarkable how deep-seated and Invet erate has been this prejudice against female education. It finds expression in sucii op'{j prol)rions terms as hliic-stncktng. In one of " the comedies of Molicrc, women of a liberal education are travestied as Lcs Fcmmcx fin van Uv. This amusing caricature we read manv 'J1 yearsago, and the mere recollection is stifll' ? cient. to disturb our gravity. nl It Is dillleult to account for litis prejudice, !?: once so common?and, indeed, almost liniver" sal. From the postulate,that tlie sphere of woman is comparatively narrow, It is argued "y that her education ought to be equally llntier ted. This, we need not say, Is a most lame " and impotent conclusion. The sphere of wo-1 [n fnan may be more circumscribed than that or >' man ; but no one who takes the trouble to retlect. wilt maintain that it is, therefore, less important. It is not hers to assist In making " laws,or to interpret them when mnde;huti ul she Is, emphatically, the power behind the! " throne. When Madame De Stael inquired of i I" Napoleon liouuparle what would insure the 'J' j welfare and glory of France, lie replied, in Ills 'a sententious man nee: "Educate the mothis, I ers." Fortunately lor trie wotld, this prejudice Is I fast losing it's hold on tin* common mind. 11 n'h.it there has been a revolution in public m I o.itnion In regard to this subject, appears from ft'I t'.io fact that the Female Co.leues are almost of | .is common now as the opposite ciasss. And 'e. as tlie supply always bears some propotlon i- to the demand, we may safely Infer that the ot'l Importance of female education is beginning n I to be recognized as it never was before. "I j \V'e take pleasure in saying that the Assoeito ate Reformed Presbyterian Clinch is not beid hind other denominations in her estimate of i us Importance. More tlian twenty yeare ago, 11 the lamented editor and proorietor of this pacs: p<r established a Female College In tills place sc I over which he presided successfu ly until his <i*I recent decease. During all that time.lt has ly : been liberally patronized. .Wlthoutone dollc lar of endowment, or any other means of sim " s port than the tuition fees, it has paid, fully land promptly,the salaries of a large corps of is I teachers. It is to-day 110 longer an e.xpcri'djnient, but a complete success. Tliis result Jr j should be attributed, first of all. to a kind c. [ Providence, without which the wisest coanr>-1 Rcls are carried headlong; secondly, to a con1 1 vlctton that a Female College was a desiderb-latiim; and. thirdly, to good management on is I the part of President and faculty. 101 It is safe to assume that the people of ihc >e A. 15. P. Church feel as lively an Interest In j I this Instiution as in Erskine College itself, a- True, tlie latter is more immediatly under c-, the control of the Synod, who elect, throuuh | >si a Hoard of Tru>tees, ?he l'resiueni una oincr ie i members of ihe FtuUlly. Tin* 011c has betn [' ! twice endowed by the Church ; wliile the otliie; or is n private enterprise, depending for its ->t ( support on the amount of patronage received. ie; 81111, our assumption is perfectly safe. Unit 1 the Clinch is deeply interested In Ihe pro-pcrily and success of Due West Female College. iy It hns been in operation only half as long ;i* 1-j the Male College: yet its influence I# already .! j fell throughout tiie length and breadth of tiie d A. It. P. Church. i-1 There is one reason for patronizing tills Inis ; stitution, to which, although apparently trill vial, wc desire to cal! special attention. In 3-1 most fa mi lies, we suppose, there aie duughs ters as well as sons to eduea:c. To say the a least, it is ceitainly more agreeable to send both to the same place- Here, the Male and ie Female Colleges stand side by side in friendly . emulation. In their absense from the parent; al roof, how deil 'htful for brother and sister k-| to meet. nlmo*t every day.and to revive ten n | thousand hallowed recollections of "Home, Jt; sweet Home ! And if the former should hapejj.cn to hen little idle and wayward, wlriean d j i-stimate tiie inlluence of the latter in excit>-! ing him to diligence, and leading hitn gently g! back to the patlis of virtue and sobriery ? We P* j take it for granted that, tiie deportment of tlie | h young ladies is always unexceptionably 11 good ! | j-; Tiie Augusta and Knoxrille Railroad '"i | A ujusla Chronicle and ConaiUatlona'.iit Trade Jsxur. . Tl?r? r/v?li\ninfIdii nf !i triiilonf n wido hHf. fif ik* country that is palurally tributary to Angusic; ta,and rho construction of a new iron high:o ! way to tiie West and problems, the satis acis tory solution <jf which lias ion? been desiiol to our citizens. Ho!h have repeatedly been alit most.?ulve?l, and the results have appeared to le | be ()uiteal hnnd, The end was failure. Meas a ures projected in behalf of these two interly cstscame to naught?some of tliein at a lime re! when ail the pecuniary aid asked had been v-1 extended ; others, beciuse. peiehancc, their ir i originators were too far In ad ?anee of the men ill! of the day. The Augusta and Harwell and ia the Augusta and Green wood Railroads were in enterprises lonjj contemplated enterprises is in fuiiiierenee of wliicn the active sympais I thies of a number of our most prominent cilii.: izens were enlisted. '1 lie ndvocclcsof ihese i'ls j roads were prudent and zeilous, but tiieir !y ! best efforts availed iiolh'n* beyond the fixes'lug the public mind, to a limitt-d extent, 011 u-. the work itself. After all, this was the natule i ral process, and, to tlmsj who arc willing to il- j laborand wait, It was at least encouraging, a. j The shortest route to the great West fiom Au* ; gusta has several times been constructed on s, j paper; the route looks toward Knoxville via c- Klberton anil liabun Gap. 'J'h-sc early moveat meats, destined lo defi-at, were nevenhtless n- the precursors of belter plans. It remained of' lor a more thorough awakening of the people id; to I lie importance of these enterpi lses. It rein mains that the projects should take a deeper, s- j tirntcr lioli on the public mind and that iheir le! importance should appear so great that busiis | ncss men,and men who are moved solely by in public spirit, should discard State aid and <,- themselves come to their support. The Knox is | % Hie and Augusta Railroad, which Is being io,: rapidly pushed to c mipiction, is an outcome id j of this new departure. When the b.ioks of i-1 subscription to the capital stock were openin ed, citizens, young and middle aged, icspotia ded promptly?each man to the extent of his ability?and each became a subscriber, in ,ir in sums from Si-i to S-i.lMi, In expectancy of jy no return other than the Increased trade ie which all were then, as all are now, confident the road would bring to our city. The original subscription of jflil.OX) was thus made, In developing this promising result no man was more prominent or more active than the road's tirst President?.Mr. William T. Whe1(1 less?man whom Augusta does not claim a more public spirited or progressive citizen. This development was a delight to Gen. 1'. Ii. Bradley and the lamented .Mr. John M. I'lark; !n | for both these had lubored early and iate, in x* sunshine and under cloulds, for a line which, 10 wlule it looked to tue West, would restore r,j. closeeommuuicalloH between Augusta, and the counties of Klbcrt, Hart, in Gil., etc., and extend ai? inviting haud to the good people "I ot Edgefield, Abbeville,etc., in s??uth L'aroll,lt nu. At one lime the enterprise seemed to be u* in a languishing condition, but It soon reasv" 6erted Itself, and shortly after the election of Mr. Eugene F. Verdery to the 1'resldcncy, the , city was Induccd lo be a stockholder ami the ,* work went steadily forward, it is a fact uu"" paralleled in the history of railroads in the ,e world, that, when only one and one-half mi?* les of the road had been ironed, S2iU,lK!0 of the ?i bonds that had been issued w<-re placed at a , rate perfectly salisfaciory, and whilst only fourteen mill s of the road had been Ironeu it. I oiirht. miles remained to be c;aJed, the 7 remainder of the bonds, $.'ISd,tK)u. were dispusut cd of. Thus Ihe whole issue of the coin puny s first niortganc bonds was placed ut !I0 l),j. "i'ny "r as you go" tins been tin; policy of f tie muninjeincnt. At tills writl ig is miles ut tiie i o d have been Ironed and to tills extent It 1m Id f? running order. An Iron bridge over tiie sn, vanniih river has Just been completed and is 1,1 pronounced by competent Judges to be one of the handsomest and most substantial siritc?r tures of thekind in thcSoulh. The load runs r? through a rich section of country in Georgia 111 and South Carolina,and will command heavy er local freights. Leaving Augusta, the Angus' "* ttt and Knoxvlile runs aloiu tiie Augu<la i unai.on tiie banks of which latter arc located '} the several cotton factories about which t!w , city boats with pardonable pride. The road's. , first objective point across tiie river is u recti- I l{* wood?distant lis miles from Augusta. Cats 10 will be running to that point by February c" next. Feeders are lapidly cropping out along tli-j line. A road is belnghuillfrom Abbeville !? to Trickenri, on the Augusta and Knoxvlile, 1,1 ami tlio work of grading thesamels progressP" j lug nicely. This lecder will be known as the f Atlantic and French 15road Klvcr llraiiway. ";! It Is proposed to extend this new roail from '}' Abbevihe to Ashevllle. Twenty miles of the 1 " I road towards Asheville has been graded. The 11 1 route selected istlie II is est oil the itlUcKid.-e. I Of the road from Anderson to Don's ??Mitie on 1,11 the Augustaand Knoxvlile, twenty-one miles rt of the fifty-three have been graded, Spartans' burn and Laurens counlies^reccntly voted S7.>,ti().'lcacli for the immediate construction of 1: a mad from Greenwood to.Spartan bur;,'. This will provide the Augusta and Knoxvlile a ,e much desired extension, place It In easy communication witli the North Carolina .Midland '* ' (now being built)?a part of the famous Ualc" tiuioreatid ohlo combination. 0 Theeslabllshuientol'communication by rail pt between Augusta and Eibei toil is only a qucs:<1 Hon of a few monlhs. The etlorts of the Alty gusttt and Knoxvlile tnanagenient, in that dits rcctlon, are known and appreciated. What a future for a road that was cxpccted t< be relolstiicted to Greenwood and Klberton for a >r number of years. Within a twelve month, iliis road will be pouring into Augusta's tap ') the product-of the sections already mention"! ed, and, instead of one highuuy, there is cvI cry reason now to believe that we shall soon ' have two Iron highways to the west. Few ' roads have been more wisely and economicalc jy managed. President \ erdery, a young l' gentleman of education and worth, and lull of energy, has discharged the duties of the responsible position he occupies, to the best In ' terests of all concerned and with great credit ,r to himself. That liie Augusta and Knoxvlile will prove a most valuable feeder to this city, "' no one doubts. That it may achieve the suecess which seems to be awaiting Its equip'JI iiiciit, every one conlidenlly believes. Prcsl'M dent Verdcry is fortunate In having at his V | back a strong Directory, and he is equally for" tunate In possessing the unbounded confidence of that Directory. The Augusta and Knoxvlile Is properly an cnterpriso of young men. We venture that there arc more young 1 men among Its stockholders than of any road J in the Fnion. It was to rally tills class of, , J' our citizens to the road tliatthe shares were j | {* i fixed at twentv-tive dollars each?the officers,', " namely: Kugene F. Verdcry, Ksq., President; I, . Captain A. J. Twiggs, C. F.., Superintendent and Chief Engineer; ('apt. John W. Clark, ' ' Treasurer, and .Mr. Martin V. Calvin, Sccreta-1 I , ry, a!C all young men,and each lias been tlior- j '; ougliiy Identified with enterprise from its In- I , ccptlon. j ^ " Judge Cotliran. t ;. f Camden Journal.] J For the first time this ablo Judgo Is with ^ us. He lias not been upon the Jiencli long, ' but he allows by Ills clear and lucid charges, 'r his eminent fatrnessand his ready aptness for '* any question that arises that he is well lilted [' for the hlghnnd resi>oiislblcposition to which * ho has been appointed. It strikes us that wo * have never heard the points of criminal law a more clearly and pointedly laid down than ? they have been by Judge Colli ran. lie is fair 1 and Impartial, and his charges go directly to ? the core of each case. Our people are all well . * pleased with him and we are assured thai the J 1 Legislature will next winter, In their wisdom, ' unanimously elect the Judge to the position 1 which he now so highly adorns, 2 Solicitor linnham is looking remarkably '' Well; Is on the alert and goes for the crlmi-' } mils with a perfect rush. He knows exactly . 1 what lie is doln^'. A. m. HILL & SONS, DEALERS IN GROCERIES, -ANDPROVISIONS. / GRACKERS, HAM, TEAS, FISH, SOAP, SYRUP, SUGAR, STARCH, SPICES, FINE TOBACCO, CIGARS, WINES, LIQUORS, &c. Abbeville, S. 0. Doc. 13, ISSO.tf. Shoes. IADIES who want nn clogunt fitting Shoe. j sliotiul try a pstir of our "custom made'' goods: lnnnujucluicd cxprmsly for lis. U. M. 11 ADDON & CO. Sept. M, lS81.tr Dress Goods. WE have an elegant assortment of Prcsn Goods from luj^ic per yard up; with full h??r? r%f t ritmnhiMs In m.ifi-h It. M. UADDON & CO. Sept. 14, 18S1, tf NEW GOODS" Spring Bed Bottoms, Wire Spring Beds, Boston Spring Beds, Matt'ess Cotton Top and Straw, Mattress Cotton Top and Hufk, Mattress Wool, Elastic and Cleanly. One of the best Mattresses All at low Prices. J, J). CHALMERS. June I, ISSt. J. L. CLARK, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT I HAVF, CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY I whole attention to my Shop. I shall give it HOOD ATTENTION. If any person Wishes to have lii.s WATCHES REPAIRED Brinp thein in. I Imve all the tools and ma* torials to do It up in the best of style and lit the lowest rates possible. If you want youi clock repaired iirinj; It In and It will be done ri;;ht. If you want your .Tt.nvKt.nv Mtisnrn Bring It on. If you want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED This Is the plncotogci.lt done In the best of order. You can haveimy piece made new. or the old one repaired. If you want youreun or pistol repaired this is the place to have It done. All these articles will lie repaired in the lies! of order at the Lowest Prices. (jive nie *a trial and satisfy yourselves? TERMS CASH. JOHN L. CLARK. DAVID H MAGILL, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. CWTT.L practice in all tlio Courts of the State. Jan 21.1 HA), I f 7UTOMATIC rKNCIL POINTS, A EDWIN PARKER, August 21,1881. 2t DIAMOND DUST; SUPERIOR to Sopolio for polishing Brass, silverware, Tin, Britannia, Glass, Ac., 2.3 cents. EDWIN PARKER, August:*?, 1381. 2t thTtIn spring. I have the Improved twin Spring price f.'MO. J. D. CHALMERS. J. Knox & Co. -AGENTS FORMR. TOM YOONS'S nnnr nnn&i lA/ifioi/rv runcuunro wnso^cv THE host and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. Juno 22,18S1, tf Whether you stand or Whether yon sit, The EltillMIE S11IKT I.s sure to fit. --S31ITII & son. June?, 1881. tf J". KUR25, Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. Best material used, fine workmen employ ed, custom work made promptly, and at the lowest hotloni prices for cash. Hides always hointht at the highest market price for cash or in exchange for leather or work. January 2S, 1SS0, ly. H. G. SCUDDAY, Attorney and Counselor at Law, a\di;uson, s. c. OM* ui.s |ir(in'>Mim;n M-itHt'iuniviiiizi-ns of Abbt'Vlhf. Pa: ties desiring In e<>itsu>t '.villi lit in, may d;? >o at earlt session j of (he i 'on11 for tlio County,?>r by letter at Aniters''li r II. June i"?. Ks-sl, If To Rent. NEW HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE | 'I'lIE undersigned 1ms Just completed liIs 1 new hotel on the North-Knst corner ot the l'ublic Square in Abbeville, containing fourteen large nlry bed rooms, a commodious dining-room.a large o/Hee,and a good cook room. This Is very desirable i>roperty in the business portion of the town, makes its loeatlon well suited for a hotel. Its convenience to the business portion of the town will make it especially attractive to business men. The most reasonable terms will be offered. To mi enterprising hotel-keepar this Is a rare oiler and only which should not he neglected. Apply curly to JOHN KNOX. July 20,1S81, tf PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers an^ ffiosic; State, County aud Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. 4 I,r, families have OM> BOOKS PKUIOD-, rV IfAt.S. XKW'Sl'A IMOltS, MI'SIC. which they desire to transmit to their poster-' ity, should SAVE THEM REBOUND.! t Which will preserve them and will make! Litem look almost as well as new. Old Hooks,<St\, should not. only be rebound, | ,?iit the current literature of the present day ihould be put in u durable form for prvserva-' .h?ii as well. This can be done In tho shortest possible line, with the best material, in the most luiidsome ami durable style, and at a prieo vliich cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. E. STOKES, Stationkr, Hook Binpku and Blank Hook MANUKArTfKF.it, No. l.>3 Main Stkeet, COLUMBIA. S. C E. H. McBBIDE, M. D. : ABBEVILLE, S. C. !] c s % ILT. clve prompt attention to all practice lit towi otHce at Drug Store.* j August 3,1861, Uu. Citi | i JOHN noiJ CONGAREE hi won Coumbia.S. C Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. 'IMIESE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED 1 In 1K-J7 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James Anderson and purchased by me In the year lHoO, mill from that lima till now c-.trrlcd on successfully by myself. My friends and on-^ tomers will bear witness of the Jartje and stupendous Jobs executed by mo. It was nt my works where the largest and almost only Job of Its class ever executed in this city wnsdone, viz.: tho making of the pipes for the City Water Works In the year is,VI. In the brunch of BKLL FOUNDING, I can say that I have made the lamest hells ever cast In the Stute, such as the bell for the City Hall in Colombia. My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL WORK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is larcennd various, and in RAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens and Cemeteries I have the largest variety and most modern patterns; many of these are patented and I have purchased the right for this state. In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS 1 of any slzeand description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have carried oft' the prize at every State Fair held in this city, and In their construction I have taken pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern Improvements, and may flatter invself that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who understands his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for SUGAR CANE MILLS prove that the public ?i t r? t hp ni 111< of mv mnkn imrl ur\ If la with my OKA HI NO for HORSK POWERS, GIN WHEELS, OltrsT MILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right of many PATENTS, gucli as castings for ROCK COTTON AND HAY PRESS nnd throe or four, different FEED CUTTERS and other implements. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price listnr estimate. My prices arc moderate, and I ussure the public that they are 1-nver even than those of Noi thorn manufacturers, *?nd that my work will compare favorably with that of any other maker. Address John Alexander, Conoakek Ikon Works, Columbia, S. C. GREENWOOD! % MRS. J. P. STEPHENS BEGS leave to Inform the citizens of Greenwood and surrounding country thatuhe has this week opened a full line of MILLINERY, ?AND? FANCY GOODS, nt licr residence, next door to S. n. Hodsres & Co. Her stock comprises LADIES' II AT> AND BONNETS In nil the latest styles iind novelties, trimmed to order. TOILET ARTICLES AND FANCY NOTIONS, of every style and variety. LACKS AND LACE GOODS, SWISH AND HAMBURG FRINGES ANTIQUE. CAROLINE AND I.ANGUEDOC LACES, i 'H TLDREN LACE CUPS AND Bins, .LINEN CUI'ES. COLLARS, Ac. In fact every thins kept In u tirst-elns.s establlshn:enl. Goods all fresh and stylish. Prices to suit the times. He sure to give her a cull before purchasing elsewhere. Greenwood, S. C., March 30, 1881. New Lawson & OTT7 vv o/i uiayv ABBEVILLE. S. C. HAVE ojvned a new stock of FURNITURE over the store of A. M. Hill & Son, and will be pleased to receive a call from tleir friends. Their stock consists of every variety of FURNITURE usually kept In a tlrst-clas? store. All of whicu is otfered ut prices to suit the timosi Feb. 23.1881. tf RAILROAD NOTICE, Subscribers to the capital stock of the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad are hereby notified that the lirst Instalment Is now called for. Prompt payment Is required, as the work is to be begun at once and will be pushed vigorously. By order of W. IC. Bradley, President A.and F. B. V. 11. R. J. W. PERRIN, Treasurer. Treasurer's Ofllce, Abbeville. May 10,1881. cigars! THE following popular brands of 5-CENT 1 SEUARS, Solon Shingle, Our Firm, Live Oak, Eureka, AND THE CELEBRATED Calhoun Chewing Tobacco, and Little Jcker Smoking Tobacco, -AT Cunningham & Xempleton's. April UO, I.Sci?, tf T. L. CALHOUN. M. D. Surgeon and Physician, ABUKVIl-LE, S. C. I Office? In rciirof O.T. Calhoun'slawofllcc. | Mareh 21,1SS1, 12in The Best Engine in the World! II ECLIPSE! W.R.WALTONjAGm AUGUSTA, GA, ALSO AGENT FOll THE i Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. Refer* (o Dr. J, A. Glbert, lJ. C, Wall, and Allen Moragne. ??f Abbeville. May II, 18.si.iini jj MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS antl works nf new and special design. Just received direct from 1 Italy L, dozen beautiful monuments cut In j crosses, wreaths and drapery: all beautiful. Twelve new designs of the monuments and j monumental headstones of the best Vermont marble. The above monuments nnd head { stones make up the stock of marble work in j . the up country, and prices as low as any in | ' the Slate. Can duplicate any order, and par-! ties can save freights from any point. J. D. CHALMERS. June 1,1 SSI, If State of South Carolina, Abbeville ('ounty. IN THE PROBATE COURT. , In the matter of the estate of James A. Nor- v wood, deceased. Pelltlou for Settlement and Discharge. VJOTICE Is hereby Riven that Sarah A. Nor11 wood. Executrix of James A. Norwood, leceased, has applied to this court for a dis harge from her ottico.us Executrix, It is (Htnr.iiKi). that Friday the 2iith of An(list, 1SSI, be fixed as the day for the settlenent of the said estate and discharge of the i Executrix. All parties interested will be govirned accordingly. J. FULLER LVON. 1 Probate Judge A. C . July 'J7,1681, tf ' iV . . Columbia and (3re?BrilI? B?llK PA9SENOBB DEPARTMENT. Columbia,8. C, Aogun 80,1182. On and niter Monday, Augunt30tb, Ml^Fa?*e:iffer Trains will run aa herewith indicated upon this Road unci it* branehey. DAILY, EXCEIT SUNDAYS. No. 42. UP PA36KNOEB. Leave Columbia A* ?? 11 V> * m Leave Alston ?... 'JM p m Leave Newberry 1 21 pn Leave Ninety-six' ......... 2 %i0 p in Leave Hodgca....* ? ? P H? Leave Belton - 5 0* p? Arriveut UreeuvHIe 6 V p n? NO. 43. DOWN PABSKMifcfe. Leavo Greenville at- If Si tt t? L?ave Helton ...........ll 67 a tit Leave Hodges ?.? .? 1 12 pm Leave Ninety-Six. . 1 *5 p tn Leave Newberry 3 47 p m Leave AI s u>n i?*w 4 46 p kn Arrive at Columbia ??' r> 50 p m BPAlCTA.NPUUa, UNION AND COLUMBIA iLAIlr BOA P. NO. 42. UP PA.S8INOEK. l eave AUt<>n 40 p m Leave Strotlicr - .... 1 13 p m Ix>nveSyleK Kuril 1 27 p iu i caie She.ton ? ? 1 .'ii p ui L avo Mfli Dam ...?. ? I .12 p w l eave Santin* _ 2 10 p m Leave Union 2 35 p m Leave Jonenvlile ? .a. 9 04 p w Leave i'ucolet - 3 22 p HI Leave Spartanburg S.lLAC.depot B 4 M p tn Arrivo spartunbur* U. & D. depot 1 12 p m SO. 43. DOWN FASHKNtiKK. I/?aveSpartanbor({ K. & 1). depot JJ12 48 ft n* Leives; urtanbar^ S.Uv&C.depot <5 1 to p m Leave Paoolclw - 1 89 p m Leave Jonesvllle 1 Sf p 'tot ? Leave lihlon 2 3d p at Leave Santue 3 to! p m Leave Fi*li 1 urn 8 21 p in Li-nve Sliclton 3 40 p m Lcive Lyles Kord 3 It p m L?avo Sirottier....? 4 ttt p m Arrive ut Alston ? 4 37 p in I.AUKKNS KAll.ROAD. Leave Newberry 3 55 p m Arrlveat Lauren* C. H 1 li p m Ix-ave Ijmrens (.'. Hv ? 30 a nt Arrive at New berry. ,_.?11 30 p ni ABBEVILLE BRANCH. , Leave Hodsres ........k..?_ H 56 p m Arrive at Abbeville .. .iuu.. 4 <8 p m Leave Abbeville _...12 ft u m Arrive at Hodges... 1 lift p di BLUE KIUtiK KAILKOAD AND ANDEKS0X 11 HANOI. Leave Rclton 6 08 p m Leave Anderson... 5 40 p in Leave Pendleton 0 20 pm Leave Seneca O? - 7 'JO p m Arrive at Wnlimlla 7 45 p in Leave Wnlhallu 9 23 u nt 4 LeaveBcneta ?)... # W a ra Leave Pendleton 80 a m Leave Anderson u.vumlI 12 a ns Arrive nt Lelton 11 48 p m On and after the above, through cuni will be run between Columbia and lieudersonville without ehiiusc. connections. A. ^Vlth South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wilmington,Columbfnund Augusta KAltroud from Wlliulnjaon and all points North thereof. With Charlotte,Col" umblu and Augusta Railroad from Charlotte an ,t till points .North thereof. B. With Asheviilc and Spartanborsr Railroad for points in Western Nortb Carolina. C. \\ 1th Atlanta and Charlotte Division Richmond A Danville Railruad from all points South and Went. L>. Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division Rielnnond & Danville Railroad Drum Atlanta and beyond, K, With Atlanta and Charlotte Dlrlslon Richmond and Danvlilo Railroad from all points South and West. I'\ With South Carolina Railroad for ? Charleston. With Wilmington,Coluinblaand Augusta Kallronrf lor \V ilmlnictoo anil tho Norih. With < 'i/ariotto, Coltiuibla uml Augusin Railroad for Charlotte and the Nortb, <3. With Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad from Hendenionvlile. H. Wlih Ailituta and Chnrlotte Division Rielnnond and Danville Railroad from Char* 1 ttcand beyond Standard thne used is Washington, D> C?, which Is fifteen minutes foster than Colum? bla. ".V. J. W. FRY, Superintendent. a. Tope, General Passenger Agent. HOlLMCd wave in store nna to arrive, a Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTION'S, groceries, hats, CAP8, BOOTS, SHOES, trunks, AND many other articles, nil of which will be sold as cloi'e for CASH, and upon aa GOOD TERMS us any honae In Abbeville. Give us a look and we will give you a tarsal 11. ttj.We will ship your Cotton orbuy It.~?a ? * ??/";?&?*! Chrumos. A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 * 2* and 21 x 30.) on exiiiblt'ou aud for sale, at $1.15 each at LAWSON & WARDLAW'S. April 20, ISil. Received This Week!' Three new and stylish walnot Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at LAWSON ? WARDLAW'S. April 20, 1881. j.w.siGwxr ABBEVILLE, S. C. rrEEPS on hand r, full assortment of COFlv FINS?from the cheapest to the bent. ' Hearse will attend funeral*, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of BuildingsHe Is azent for the sale of Sash, Doon Hllnds, Mouldings, Slalr-railings. Flooring* intl everything pertaining to houtse building Vprll 7til im tf % i OLOGNES. mtnsiAXs vrrKT.r.: rornovT?. 25 r*n?ji W per bottle. Taylor's Premium Cologne ' ij contx. Monumental Cologne 2> ceut* and >0 cents. Fellow's Extract 25 cents. Fellow'* Superior Extract 50 cent*. Toilet Soaps 10 cents to 25 rants. - ? EDWIN PARKER. Feb. 23.1881. tf L . W. Renkt, J. H. Rice, Abbeville, S. C. Mncty-Six.S. C. BENET & RICE, j^ttorne3^s at LawWE have formed a partnership for tbeprmetice of liiw. Ami will practlcc lo aft th? Courts of the State. BENET & RICE. Feb. 23.1881, tf Wit, H. PARKER W. C. McOOWAN. PARKER &~McG0WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AiSBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. \?7 ILL practice also In the Circuit Courts01 l \ the United States for South CarolinaJan 7. 18?0.tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, D NT1STRY, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. 3NT otioe. Estate Tioiias Tiom, Seceased. ALL persons having demands against tho O"tnto Thomas Thomson, deceased, 'will present them duly probated, and all tho*cIndebted to the sunic will make Immediate payment to elthi r of the undersigned* i M. M. THOMSON, Administratrix. S. G. THOMSON, Administrator. T. P. QUARLES, Administrator. Abbeville ,S. C., June 21,1881,3m sellTngoft -ATNew York Cost 1M!E GREATEST BARGAINS TO BE HAD IN Gents' and Boy's CLOTHING, GENTS' AND BOY'S STRAW HATS. ?AND ALL OTHER? SUMMER GOODS, FOR THE CASH. Call soon and get yourself suppltcd. -ATP. ROSENBERG & CO., . March 30,1351, tf / ' A