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1 111 the Press and Bannei.; By Iluyh Wilson and H. T. Wardlnw.J g - ?i Wednesday, Oct. 12, 1881.' 7 - ? i Extra St'sslen of the Senate* The Unitvd States Senate met yesterday In extra session in response to the call of President Arthur. The first business was the election of a President pro. tern, of their own body. The Democrats had thing* all their own wlty, and elected Senator Bayard,! of Delaware, to fill that position i vhfch is second only tri that of President of tlie United States. In ease of Arthur's death UavJ.nl wouhl succeed him. The Democratic victory in this in-! stance is due to tlie fact that three' newly elected Senators were not permitted tc. take part in the choice <?f a, TV^t'nli.nr He h nile of the Senate! the election of a presiding officer Is tho fir?t business to be transacted.; which circumstance precluded the! "possibility of examining the credentials and the swearing in of the new-j 1y elected Senators from New York j ami Rhode Island. As it was, thej vote wa< very close, 34 to 32. It is not impossible for tho Senate to remove) Bayard when Miller and Lapham of New York and Aldrich of Iihode Island aie sworn in. Senators Davis and Mahone voted with the Republicans against Bayard. It %\ill be remembered that Senators Conkling and Piatt withdrew from the Semite because of a fancied insult from the President, and their successor* not having been sworn in, the Democrats are now triumphant. 'Canals in Abbeville and Richland. "There is :in cflbrt being; made to briny llie canal question to lite front again. i'liert- lias been a meeting of the committee of the Cohrultia :i11<1 and Lexington Water PowerCompany out tiic* proceedings have not yet been tint in proper shape to g;ive to tlie public."? Ci lumbia Yeoman. In our opinion the next Legislature will do a large business in canals. We propose to get aid to dig two in Abbeville county, eacb about fifteen miles long. Long Cane and Hard Labor creeks need vary long canals. With canals on these streams sufficient to dry the bottom lauds along their! courses we could supply the State with J roin. Such canals would greatly en-: bailee the value of our property, and j a id to the prosperity of the whole I State. If our lands could be doubled \ in value the Slate would be immense-i ly benefited. If we can only get tlie! friendly aid of our Columbia eontem-j pornlies we doubt not our scheme' -.till.I Kn it utir>r>o<^ iiri.l tills whole I country blossoiu as a rose. We are, greatly in favor of canals. We havej opened one for about half mile on j Hard Labor, which we will include in our scheme free of cost to the .Stale. Surely with this advantage the LegisJature will not refuse to help in this j most grand and practical enterprise, j - **?*>? - Good Changes. On a recent trip over the Greenville and Columbia Hail road we were pleased to notice that the company seem to j have a care for the safety of their em- j ployees* The men who couple cars are now required to have a long stick ; to effect the coupling, and are j required to stand out of harm's way. We were really pleased to see a great ] company mindful of the welfare ofj those who serve them. There is anoth-! er matter of which we would speak, j Under the new management, by asys-i j tem of promotions the company now j have the services of t-ome of the finest] voting men in the State. Under the< present rule the humblest "train j hand," by fidelity, industry, ami com-1 petency. may become one of the hijih-; est officials of the road, receive the! most remunerative wages. This is as it should he, and tends to add respectability to honest toil. For these two changes we feel gruteful to the company. The Atlanta Exposition. The Atlanta Exposition which opened last Wednesday promises to l?e a great sueeess. Although the preparations were not quite complete, the accounts of the exhibit and the laVge attendance of citizei^Jrom every section of the country is most encouraging and truly gratifying. Every i progressive farmer in South Carolina should make an efF? rt to go to Atlanta between now and the 31>tof December. The Uailroud fare is two cents a mile each way, on tickets good for six { days. To go to a place like this Expo-; sition is to spend a little money to ad vantage. No citizen who goes will | fail to receive full benefits for the nec-j essary money and time which the trip' Will cost. -> -o? Free Trade. i Wilh the present lights before ns, we i arc unqualifiedly in favorot free trade! with the whole world. The banners of; the Democratic party should proclaim ' this doctrine, and our leaders should j be awake to this live issue. We sec-1 ond the opinions and expressions of j the Xcu>s and Courier on this subject, and if circumstances permitted, we should be giad to reproduce its article [ of last Saturday on this Subject. At a i.argk mass meeting held at Edgefield Court House, it was apparent that most of the farmers were in favor of the stock law, and the triumph of the law in that county is but a matter of short time. Twothirds of the voters favor the measure nnd their Senatorsand Representatives were requested to vote for the law in accordance with the will of the people. Ok i.ate years lunacy has been claimed in many eases to excuse murderers of their crime. In our opinion. If a man's friends allow liiin to go at large, he should be held responsible for his acts. When a man is competent to manage his financial matters, he should be accountable for his crimes. Attention is now being directed to Guiteau, the assassin of the President. While the feeling against him is still very bitter, we are incliued to the opinion that it is somewhat softening, ami we have no doubt in a little while he will have pronounced sympathizers. Points of Law. Tho Anderson Intelligencer of last week, says: 1st. A lien doe* not extend beyond the crop for the rnakinir of which the supplies \fere advanced. The debt, however, sul>slst*, and may bo enforced as any other debt. 2nd. The lien for aericultural supplies < does not attach upon personal property at nil, and hence a chattel mortRniieclanse is frequ ntly inserted to cover personal property. No property not mentioned in the mortgage is hound by it. Such property can only lie reached by judgment and execution. 3rd. The constitutional amendment adopted at the last session of General Assembly does provide that the homestead cannot be claimed against debts contrarte<l for the purrluise of the land in which it is claimed, and also that the crops raised on a homestead that has been laid oil* shall be liable for levy and sale for deb s contracted in the production of those crops. It does not provide unything of the kind where no homestead has hernlaid oil*. J; \ * ? ^ ^ Greenville will li*.ve no fair this year. Atlantic and French Broad Talley Railroad. [Edgrfizld Chronicle.] ' WlJfTKK SEAT, Oct. 1, 1SS1. Capt. Kirk, chief engineer of the Atlantic and French Broad Railroad, with his corps, reached Winter beat Iht Tuesday?a distance of five miles from the west bank of Hard Labor creek to Troy. The route so far is a Very feasible one?the grade easy and the cuts and fills light, and therefore economical. He is at present behind the residence of Mr. David Gilchrist, having crossed the two difficult *>tminis. Hard Labor and Cufleetown ?distance 11 miles. He had no trouble in crossing these streams. A 3un feet trestle will take the track across Hard Labor?both creek bed and bottom. A somewhat longer one will he required across Culleetown. There is some little trouble in getting d.iwn to these streams and then away from them; but these difficulties are not in, the least serious, ('apt. Kirk says that j a number of miles lie has parsed overj can be graded ataco.-.tof $6nUper mile, j It will evidently appear at the end of this survey, that Capt. Kirk has so mastered the science of Itailroad Engineering as to 1 he matter of economy, that it puts it in the power of a community. however pecuniarily weak, to build Kailrnads through their country and thereby enlighten and enrich themselves. The grading 011 this road is being rapidly pushed from Troy to Abbeville (.'. H. The railroad is (in ished nearly to ('apt. Bradley's mill on j on Long Cani?. One hundred ham!* will lie put on the road at that point I !early in this month, and Abbeville CM ! II. will soon he reached. There are! ! about convicts at work on ibis road near Ea.-ley, in Pickens county, besides jollier labor. C'apt. Kirk will make his i survey through Easlatoe Gap after finishing the survey to Edgefield, and by j next spring the Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad, th*> gnat trunk line from Cincinnati to Charleston, will he in rapid progress towards !completion. If you will lake the map! Iof our country, Mr. Editor, you will j ; find that Charleston is the nearest! | point on our Atlantic coast to Cinein- ] : nati. ami that on a direct line with the! ! A.& F, B. ICR. And then examine' a railroad map and you will see that! itins line will certainly become the( ; Great 1'runk. On this side of the j mountains the Air Line Railroad will j empty its freight from both East and { I West; the Greenville and Columbia j ' Railroad, through its branch to Abbe-j i ville C. H., will become a tributary to< I this great line; the Savannah Valley I ! Railroad, from Anderson C. H., will j empty its rich freight at Troy, or per-j Imps at Edgefield C. PL,am) the Char-! j lotie, Cohtmbiaaud Augusta will swell I II he freights to overflowing at Trenton. I * 11 ??r<? tin n ii v doubt .shout this? I [Thwecjui certainly be none. Capitalists at Cincinnati, with immense cash funds, already see the treasure anil are now in iking overtures for the purchase of the whole line. Y. MORE ABOUT MOSES. How the ex-Governor Fleeced a Lawyer out of $15 anil t>ieu Stole Ills; Overcoat. Upon a charge of petty fraud. Frank-1 Iiii J. Moses, ex-Oovernor of South Carolina, was arraigned in the Jefferson Market Court, yesterday, by De-i tectives Kuland and Haley of Inspector l>yines\s start'. Early in the fore-! noon the primmer was taken from j headquarters where he had spent the night. He appeared to he very nervous. Counselor McClelland shook | hands with him and whispered a few | words which seemed to give him en-j eourayenient. In appearance the prisoner looks! like a man with whom the world has dealt hardly, although his face bears a: pleasing expression. He is under t he j medium height with gray hair and big; flowing mustache. He vas accused i by Major William E.Hall of }?<>. 4> East Tenth street of obtaining $25 by triekand device, as stated in yesterday's Star. Oneot Uie eases Against the prisoner was stated to be thai of procuring $15 J from John 1). Townsetid. About two| years ago Moses called upon Mr.Towu-j solid aim repre.~ui.ieu uiai ne nuu in ; Ins possession several le'ters from! prominent politicians which would! igreatly injure their reputation*. The! papers were asked foi but Moses told! Sir. Townsend that they were among his papers in South Carolina ami if lie! jeould get $15 it would pay his ex-' jpen*es. This sum was given andj I nothing more was heard of Moses un-j til lie called again upon Mr. Town-j send, but not finding him in, left.; When Mr. Townsend came to his ollice J he missed his overcoat. No one else had entered his office. Shortly after,! Moses entered tin office a^ain, andj was invited by Mr. Townsend into his private room There Moses said he had been to South Carolina but was unable to get his trunks from thedejwM as he was short of $2. Mr. Townsend : aecuscd him of being a thief andj threatened to have him arrested. Moses fell upon his knees and begged j to be let alone and not handed over to the police, promising that he would j neverotfeiuiagain.?JV'cu.' York Slav. MIKDER 15 NEWBERRY. A Brutal Father Ties His Daughter i up by the Thumbs and Beats Her to Heath. j Seaburn Suber, colored, living at' M.. I.' U U5..I, T-T i 11 I lied his 15-year-old daughter hy the; thumb* to a joist and beat her almost I to death, She lived about two weeks! in great agony and was relieved by j death. It seems her father had told { her ut dinner to do something, which ! she forgot and he then told her he was! going to whip her. The child knew from past experience that he would almost or quite kill her, and she tried to get to her grand mother for protection, but the inhuman father overtook her: and beat her over the head forthreej miles, driving her home, and giving her, it issaid, five hundred lashes wit h a plough line and some switches. It is also said that he kept her tied all night, and that he told her he was go-j ing to kill her. The coroner's jury " was summoned by Deputy Coroner 11.! H. Lovela?*e. Coroner L'ongshore j held the inquest. The pout mortem 1 examination was performed by Dr..!.! William Folk, assisted by I)r. Ji. I'.j Clark. The verdict of the jury of in-' iquest was that Mary Suber came to her ] I deal It from the beating given her by! I her father, Seaburn Suber. The same j I rule beat a son of his to death about! ! three years ago. The boy was about I ; 14 years old.?Xcwberry Is'cws. . _ . . A Keiresningr t-isn Story. Did you over hearof "buying out'' a j i fish pond. It seem* to be a custom t lover in Lexington, and on our Lex-i j inglon borders. A number of persons) | purchase the right to drain a pond and, [capture all the fish they tind. Last! j week our friend, ('apt. A. I\ West, of ! tlie (jerjnanville country, invited us | to attend a frolicof this kind very near: | the town of Lexington, lie and fort3*; other citizens, at $1 a share, had | '"bought out" the pond of Mr. lrby i I George. They rendezvoused at said 1 jpotid tn Thursday evening, set traps; land baskets, and perfected other pre-j iliminaries. On Friday they drained ithe pond, and took 1,840 pounds of! Itinehsh. Of this mass, GO were splen- j jdid trout. The company had a royal: j dinner of fish; and every shareholder! went home laden with a delicious j 1 treasure. Two huge trout were sent to; ' the hotel at Lexington to be served to j ! Judge Cothran and Solicitor Bonhauij j at dinner. Tiie Court was in session, j And all this being done?and all this j : fish being caught and eaten?and all | ; this social pleasure being experienced 1 ?Mr. George resumed possession of his I pond, and will sell it out again, per-' haps, next summer. Thin is better; and more jolly than possum hunting.: ?Eilgrfield Advertiser. Death From Hydrophobia. Moses Moreton, colored, who was! ! bitten by a mud dogabout three months 'ago, died with hydrophobia last SunI day night in this village. He had not jsuffered in any way from the effects of j the bite until last Thursday night,; 1 when he was taken sick. On Friday j morning he sent for Dr. Jennings, who attended him until he died. He was vi.-ite<l by Doctors Hill and (jrtcn and the physicians nil agree that he had all the symptoms of hydiophohia. In his last hours Iih became dangerous but was held hi ihe be?l l?y*om?* colored . men and finally died with all the hor-j ritde ugony of that dreadful disrate. He was Iniried Monday afternoon by the colored tirec nij any of which In* was a member.- -Edgefield (.'lionMc ; Col. J. Wash Watts, of Laurens, him! been appointed General .Superintendent of Uie live stock department of li.o International Exposition, ut Atlanta, i I | Frost in Darlington on Thursday nijrht killed late cotton. Light frosts in Kielilaad und Lexiugtou did uo harm. THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION. Sooth Caroluia Secures a Good Place In the Picture. [yews and eerier.] Atlanta. October 6.?-Satisfactory arrangement* have been completed for the South Carolinaexhibitiou of phosphates, fertilizers and agricultural products. The most eligible space in the Railroad building has been secured. Messrs. fiheppard on Roche will leave Atlanta lor Charleston to-night. the wollk being push) d rapidly. Atlanta, October G.?The work in ^very department of the Cotton Exposition is going on actively and great idvauce has been made since yesterday. Ina week fiom now the main | building will be completed with all its; great variety of exhibits, in two wt-eks | all of the buildings will be finished j and tilled, as every incfl of space has, liumi tii 1;I'll nml ninn v iliti>tided pvbib- i its have been necessarily refused, j There was a large number of visitor* at the building to-day. The manage-] inent tire confident of success of the enterprise. The Atlanta Exposition. The South has every reason to be gratified with the success of theAtlun-j ta Exposition. It begins well und wili i end wejl. Atlanta has worked up the project with amazing skill, and has proved] how much can be done by talk ami silf-assertion, when there is a solid j background to it all. Barnum used to say that artistic advertising will sell anything, but that it. is not worth while to advertise a poor article because they who buy it once will not buy again. Had not Atlanta made the Exposition, with the help of organized eulogy, a great reality. suipassing the expectations of the urns' hopeful, the reaction would have been damaging to the whole South. We congratulate Atlanta most heartily upon the enterprise, courage and sagacity of tl?e people. A good worK has been done, llie benefits of which will be felt in every part of the country. The A'cw South tiikes a fresh start at the Atlanta Exposition.?News and Courier Tlie Gary Memorial Committee. The Gary Memorial Executive Committee met on Mo day last, in the law office of Messrs. Gary & Gary, with the Hon. G. I>. Tillman in the Chair, and adopted lite following preamble ami resolutions: Whereas, the disastrous dioupt of the present season renders the people of South Carolina generally, and those of Edgefield in particular, incapablc of ptoperly contributing toward 'lie Gary Memorial Fund; therefore be it. Jfcsolvcd. 1st. That this Committee do adjourn to such time and place as may he hereafter designated by the Chairman. 2. Thai the financial canvassers for said fund in Edgefield county, be requested to suspend their labors until further notice. Grf.knville at thk Exposition. ?So fur as heard fiom Greenville lias only two exhibitors at I he International Cotton Exposition now in progress in Atlanta besides the Piedmont. Manufacturing Company. Mi<s Kate L. Wier, daughter of John A. Wier, of this city, has on exhibition two most exquisite rustic pictures, representing country snow scenes. The snow part of the pictures is made of cotton ami the cottages and other objects in them of chips and sprigs of wood, the scenes bcinjr as true to nature as the most skillful brush could paint. Theasseriion is ventured that prettierand more 11 tii(jno hand work will not beexhibitcd at the Exposition. Mr. H. J. Fulton forwarded recently a specimen of his pen work in the shape of the Lord's Pravei elaborately and skillfully executed on bristol board and neatly framed. It has been greatly admired by connoisseurs. The Piedmont Mills exhibit is a handsome show case containing specimens of cotton goods that it will be hard to excel by those of any other mill.?Greenville JVctup. Dangerous Encounter with a Mad Dog.?The family of Judge I)otithit bad a frightful encounter with a mad dog on day before yesterday. Paving, snapping and foaming at the mouth the dog pursued two of the Judge's little children into the house, jumping through a window into the room and luting at them viciously as they fled before it. Mrs. Douthit hearing their screams endeavored to protect them from the raving dog and narrowly escaped being bitten. The dog seemed utterly crazy, and bit at all whom it came near to. After a dreadful encounter, lasting probably ten minutes, during which time Mrs. Douthit and several of the children were in close and imminent danger, the dog was dispatched with a rake by a colored man on the premises who come to the assistance of the terror-stricken household. It is remarkable and extremelv fortunate that no one was bitten.?Greenville JV'ews. Colored Faith in "Cunjeb." ? A. Rennington is a tony darkey, hailing from Cluster, South Carolina, lie in now in jail for carrying concealed weapons. On his body were found papers which it is thought are forge ries. t curious to say, considering the fact that Pennington is a negro of education and a school leacher, two conjuring bags, as the colored people describe them, were found hanging round his neck. They contained a number of pieces of some reddish root, a dog's tooth, some (stiff' hairs, probably from a house's tail, three coins smoked black and some sulphur. When these bags were opened a negro woman standing by said, ''all the burglars has them ; I knows 'em.'1? C heir lot (e Observer. We Welcome Yor.?Mr. John F. Calhoun has lately rented and moved his family to Mrs. J. K. Todd's place near l)uc West. Mr. Calhoun comes to educate his children. He is a good, reliable man, and will make a valuable citizen. We are always glad to welcome such men.?Associate lieformed Presbyterian. The followingaro the officers of the Centennial Battalion which will reprc . tl.n Vlillu at tlin Vi.rL-t.lll'll s.ul ill, M - lion. Colonel, HughS. Thompson, of Richland; Lieutenant-Colonel, L. de B. MeCradv, of Charleston; Major, JI. K. DuBosej of Kershaw; Adjoin*'i, John P. Arthur, of Richland ; Quartermaster, R. 1). Lop, of Sumter; Commissary, C. U. Sloan, of Greenville; Surtrson, Dr. A. N. Talley, of Richland; Assistant Surgeon, I)r. A. W. Burnet, Jr., of Kershaw. The following companies will compose the Battalion: The (Jordan Light Infantry of Winnsboro', Capt. W. G. Jordan. Tlio Lee Light Infantry of Chester, Capt. J. K. Marshall. The BntlerGuards, of Greenville, Capt. Waddy Thompson. Tiie Sumter, Light Infantry of Sumter, Capt. \V. R. I)e!jrar. The Governor's Guards of Columbia, Capt. Willie Jones. The Richland Volunteers of Columbia, Cant. R. X. Rlchbourg. The German Fusiliers of Charleston, Capt. A. \V. Marshall. The Abbeville Ritlesof Abbeville, Capt. M. L. Bonham, Jr. The Palmetto Riilcsof Aiken, Capt. W. W. Williams. It has not vet been decided whether the Battalion will carry one or two colors, but it is certain that one of them will be the National flag. No decision has boon made in regard to the other, if other there will be. The Greenville and Laurens Railroad has become important and valuable much sooner than i*.s most sanguine friends hoped. There is no doubt that it will be used by one of two established roads as a link, and that it will bo completed within a few months at a comparatively trifling cost to the counties whose enterprise doviMed and began it. Tlio question tiiat wo must answer is, which of the two routes that want our road shall have it. We believe a large majority of the people who have an interest, favor the adoption of any reasonable oiler from the Augusta and Greenwood road, and they aro right. We Iwive connection with Columbia now. We need new connections and new territory, and the new road will give them to us. If Greenville is to excel neighboring communities she must have advantages superior to their's. Combining with the Clyde Syndicate will leave her exactly where she is now. Combining with the Greenwood and Augusta wi'l give her the advantage of a competinjr freight and passenger line.? (ircciiciUc New*. .Ttultfe Cotliran, of Ahhevillo, on lis first judicial visit to Kdijelicld, is making friends on all hands, in au<l out of tlio (,'ourt Kooin. llo J-i tli<! guest of l)r. ami .Mrs J. W. Mill, willi I ho latter of whom lie is cloiely allied by marriage.?JulyeJti.ht A it vet tine.'. One reason wlt.y people do not visit stores that do not advertise is because they do not wish lo disturb the t>oy who i.s reading a novel behind the counter.? J'lcuyunc. Over 1,?00 of the 3,300 white voters or Kdgetield hitvei-i>?ned siocu law petitions, and three town?hii>8 to bear lrom. The Teachers' Association. I < LOCAL TAXATION FOB SCHOOLS. ! 1 An Essay Delivered Bofore the Teach- J era' Association) nt Dne TVest, S. C., i by Mr. M. L. Bonham, Jr. Mr. President and Members of the Asto- 1 ciution: You having kindly relieved me 1 ol" the necessity of selecting a subject l>v | assigning to ine the one the title to which is above set forth, I take it lor granted that I ain at liberty to discuss tho question from that standpoint of view which most accords with my convictions. Iam 1 aware that the objects ol this Association ' 'are the advancements of the interests of schools, and of education in general ' And therefore, that it would welcome j whatever suggestions tended to aid theac- ; cuinpiishmeut of tliose objects. But I do not think I run counter to your purposes by discussing adversely a proposition 1 which I conceive is calculated to work sorious harm to the ends you have in view. The problem of bringing the present : school system up to the highest point of usefulness, or the adoption of a plan better calculated to meet our wants, is one the solution of which engages the attention of all those interested in education 1 in our State. The difficulties, or one of them rather. 1 in the way of the successful working of the present plan, is a want of funds. The two sources from which the public school fund is now derived, are the poll tax of $1.00, which under Section f>, Article X, of the Constitution it is made i impossible over to divert from this purpose. And the constitutional tax of two ! ' >? imiuiuul tiv tJio :itiiPli<liiir>nt to 11tie Constitution adopted at tho general election of 187t>, and ratified by the Logisi laturo at its session of 1877-78 The funds j thus raised have been found to ho inaiiejquate to the wants of tho schools; and it | is sought to increase this fund by giving to school districts the right to levy local ! taxes for school purposes. In other words j to restore the right given by the 15th Secitionof tho 39th Chapter of the General [Statutes?which Section was repealed at i the extra session of 1877. Section 8 of j Article IX of tho Constitution gives toj the Legislature authority to vest school | j districts with this right. Hut I am une-J ! quivocall.v opposed to its exercise. It is j contended by those who favor this plan ! | of raising a revenue that it is in success-. jfnl operatiou in many of the Northern I States. Hut they lose sight of the fact that the conditions under which it works there and those which would surround it with us, are greatly ditl'erent. The enhanced j value of properly, the greater amount of I property, tho larger population, and tho more homogeneous character of the population render possible there that which \youId bo eminently impracticable here. The city of Charleston and the towns of I YV inusboro and Chester are pointed to as {evidences of tho feasibility of tho plan for j this State, but further on 1 will attempt to ! demonstrate the fallacy of this argument. J We are all painfully familiar with the abuses which followed the exercise of this i .... . . i 1 ? ,i.? ,i...... IIRUl l() ll'Vy IdCili UlAU-S III twc IIIIY.1 lit misrule which so recently ootained in this State. And the l'net that its use is always liable to the liko abuso constitutes the first and greatest objection to it. Many or ivou, I do not doubt, remember cases in which as much as eight (3) mills were voted bv inrnorant non-property holders. It is unjust to put it inthepowI er of him who owns no property and pays I no taxes to levy upon the property of the jtax payer, a c??nt? ibutiou for llie education of the children of the foimer class, jThose who own no property are nearly i always in the majority, andean carry any j measure their cupidity suggests. It is a | principle of political science that the cili-l 17.011 pay taxes to the government on tlioj |condition that the government insures' ! him protection in his lil'o and liberty and j j the quiet enjoyment of his property. Hut to give to tlio-ie who do not know how to | use it, the right to levy local taxes is to [rob the good citizen under the forms cf j law. j It does not meet the issue to say, as I j I have heard it said, that the political party i under which the abuses of which I coru-j i plain weio perpetuated will never regain power In this Stale. We do not kuowj that. Tho vieisitudos and changes of| political parties are notorious, and mule, j Republicanism or Mahonisin it is at least possible for that party to come again into ' office. hut this is not a political question ; ! and it is a question upon which the 11011- j ! property holders will unite without rel! erence to party. I have heard it suggested that tlis difficulty might be obviated by confining tho [right to vote upon tho question to tlioj property holders alone. It is sufficient j answer to say that the class which consti-: lutes the majority of non property iiold-j ers, are peculiarly under the protection of j i the United States Constitution, which by j Jits amendments threatens dire consejquences to whosoever discriminates I against them. The Stale Constitution it-j self throws tho regis of its protection j around them. Moreover, if there were. >uo consuumoiuu lmpeuiuieius mo mi& jgestion would be inoperative. It is not likelj' that the property holder* would j levy a heavy tax upon themselves for the benefit of others. | The wholo thing is wrong in theory and j in practice, more espodallj- aw we have in our midst a population notoriously proJ litic in begetting children whom they are | without the means of educating. | Another objection to the plan lies in its [ inapplicability to town and country ali <e. jln those school districts composed in j I whole, or in part, of cities or towns, in consequence ol'the greater amount, and I the enhanced value of taxable property, | it would require but a small assessment I to realize a large sum. Hut in the cotinItry school districts whore values aro not] i so great, and the population is sparse it; would require a very large assessment toj ! produce the like amount. To illustrate, j the value of tho taxable property in Ab! beville township, as returned for tho year J18S0, was $.'>90,o8U, and that in I.ong Cane j was $?i8,0y0, not half as much as in the ! tirst. The number of children attending i lltu (juhill; kciioujs m aiiuuhiio L?iuniii|i| was 503. The amount of the public {school funds allotted to that township j was 81,549.00, thus giving $2.75per cupila,! I and the per capita in these two townships was the same. Theaveraixo cost per child per scholastic .year in the public schools {in the United States is $0.00. In order to j bring up the per capitn in these two town|ships to that amount, would necessitate j in Abbeville a tax of 0 mills. Now since {the proportion of the value of property ! in Aobevillu is to that in Long Cano as2J | is to I, it would require in Long Cane, to; accomplish the same result, a tax of 14! I mills. And this in addition to the 2 mills | tax, and the poll tax?16 mills for school! j purposes ulone. This would out Herod, j j Herod. And you see that the system I is inapplicable to the country school dis- j tricts ; and I doubt if the tax-payers of j the towns would relish the idea of paying 0 mills additional. But oven if the system were applied to towns alone the objection remains that we would have two I separate and distinct systems of public schools in the same State under the same | management, which would necessarily j produce much confusion, and destroy the' eiliciency of both. The 3 Section oi Ar-j tide X of the Constitution provides that, "the General Assembly shall provide for, "a liberal and uniform system of free I "publieschools throughout llieSuue, Ac." i ! There could be no unitormity wiiere two; j diverse systems were in operation side by ; I side. The duties of county school otticersj ! would be multiplied and multiplex, and ! (there could be no uniformity in the sala- j ; ries of teachers, length of sessions, Ac. j | In short the very evils which now existj : would be increased and intensilied. ] | Whereas wo aro seeking relief! i There has grown up in this State an evil i ! which is becoming greater every year. I ' mean class and local legislation. The : statute books teem with acts of a private ! or local nature. Men and communities 1 seek relief for their grievances, its well as I privileges and concessions from the Leg: islature rather than from the courts, and 1 legislators lose sight of their more Icgitii mate duties m attending to these private i atfairs. Now if it be deenud advisable to {extend the right of local taxation to in jcorporated towns and villages, it must i necessarily increase this evil beeausoeach of llicin would want special and peculiar] | regulations and rates und priviloges, no-| ; eessitating a separate act for each one. A j j general law for all of them would bo Impracticable. j I take it that the object of thoso who fajvor local taxation is to make th?? public : schools entirelj* free. Now, I doubt the j wisdom of an act which would relieve the i parent of the responsibility of providing, 'in part at least, for tho education of his children. It is his privileges* well as his duty, and the State would be unwiso to take from oir his shoulders all the bur! den. Itis a recognized principle of political ami sooial economy that government 'springs primarily from the family relation, and that in order to insure its perpetuity and stability this relation must ! bo kept pure and vigorous and indopend- I ! cut. I do not believe that these ends will | bo subserved by making education entire-1 I ly free. i What is the object of froe schools?! Universal education. What is the object j of universal education? The elevation] i of the masses ; and as this term is gener-1 ally understood it means the cultivation i 'and development of their mental and! : physical faculties alono, which must fall j far short of the objects aimed at. For j what is the object of the elevation of the | masses? Tho removal of ignorance, the | curing of the vices and crimes which How j from ignorance, the preservation of social ] order, and the elevation of ibe churches 1 and moral natures of the people. Now, 11 say these results are not to bo attained by ; making education absolutelx free, because I such education is directed to the inslrue- j tion of the mental faculties to the neglect; of tho moral. And necessarily so, becausej the public schools are usually crowded ; beyond the ability of the teacher to doi more than hear the daily lessons ??aid. j lie cannot (jive to the conductot the child, I that attention which hi;* nam nil moral delects require. And. too, il" education is \ made entirely free the parent, looks to the j Slate for the education of his child, an<J loses that close and intimate interest in his studies, his thoughts, his conduct a d bearing which he feels if a part of the liuiden i?f payment falls on him. The tender years of the majority of the ut iteudants at pubiio schools "makes them-j ? I jeculiarly liable I o temptation, and mikes he watchful care of the parent the more Icflirable. Very frequently parents know ilmost ttotlilng of tlie diameter* of the :eacbers of public schools. The State t jays thora and has tlie right to select horn. Whereas, if they themselves paid 1 :hein they would institute close inquiry , ,nto their private characters belore they i employed them. For these reasons I bo- t lieve that it is desirable that parents dionld bear a portion of the burden ol J their children's education; since public $ehools are not moral agents for tne elevation of the moral natures of children. * An investigation instituted in Philadelphia in 187!), proves the correctness of my views on this subject. It was louml that a majority of the prisoners routined in a f certain jail in that city had had the ad- ( vantages of n free school education ; and i the crimes with which the majority stood ] charged were such as could be snc "ossfiilIv committed only by tho educated villain? suc.il as forgery, swindling by sharp practices, by letters and false tokens, counterfeiting, Ac. This argument is particularly applicable to the colored poople. It is a common saying that as soon us they loarn to read and write they commit forgery. And I am satisfied that entirely free education would be almost an unmitigated evil to them; whoreas. they value those things for which thoy labor, and the parents who toil and save ana economize that their children may go to Bchool will impress upon thein the importance and dignity of education, and train their moral natures in conjunction with their minda. I have it as coming from a highly intelligent and capable colored teacher in this county, that there has grown up among the colored people of his community a sentiment which forces them to send their children to school after the public, funds are exhausted, and tn.it there is a noticeable difference in the progress and tho conduct and demeanor of those who continue to come, and those who atop when the public funds are c*lialisted. Thus it seems to me it is plain, chat a system of local taxation which would make education wholly free is an evil. I do not know that it falls within the purview of my subject to suggost a remedy for the ills I have pointed out. But the laat division of my subject touches fo learly upon what conceive to be one of, i'.'ie means of remedying these defect? ;he system, that I may be pardoned t T venturing to suggest it. First, however, I think tho Legislature i ii'iould provide for the more efficient collection of the poll tux. No inconsiderable sum is lost to the school funds by failures to pay this tax, In this county alone last year, there woie595 defaulters?more than enough to send 80 children to school for a whole year. Then, too, tho nge to which men are liable to the poll tax should lie extended. Many who are now xempt have children in attendance on the public schools. Another source of loss to the public school fund is the impropor returns of property. The papers have heen ringing j ;he changes upon this hahit of tax dodg-! ing and I need not elaborato it, though I ;im well satisfied that if honest returns ivere made in all instances the fund derived from tho two mills tax would be sensibly increased. Then let there be given to the school authorities of tho State an 1 counties tho nnvvpr to snv to tlin nntroiis of flip mpIiooIh. before we give yon any of the public funds you must contribute in proportion ! to the number of scholars which cachoti you havo, a sum as lar^e at least, as that which the State gives you. In other; words to use the public fund as a supple j mentary fund to the contribution of the parents'. This is being done now, with j the consent of the patrons, in a few school j districts in this county, but in order to; make it general theoHlcersof the schools' must have the authority of law; and lam glad to sav that those otllcers in this county are moving in this direct ion. A t a re- j cent meeting of thoCoiinty Hoard of 13x- ! aminers and the trustees, a committee was appointed to act in concert with our j representatives in the Legislature in car-j ryingout this very plan. I am aware that there arc grave difll- j cullies in the way of it. Some of them constitutional, but as this is the time of amendments to that instrument wo may | hope to over come them. 1 do not doubt that some parents, who; hare imbibed the pernicious idea that the State is bound to educate their children will seek to hinder the operation of such a law. But I feel assured that the number would be small, and that thp parents are anxious and able to give tlieir I children good educations. i I do not pauso to discuss the question of compulsory attendance, though it would , enter largely into the decision of the mat- j ter. For to force parents to send their; cnildrtn to school, then force them to pay, would savor somewhat of the modui operandi, wheroby Gil Bias solicited alms, to wit, at the mu '.zl i of his gun. This is but the outline of my plan.' There is not time to elaborate and explain j it in detail. Sullicti it to say in its behalf that it combines the two important factors of success, viz: a liberal aid from tho State and a generous contribution from the parent. ?, - The Atlantic and French Broad Railroad. [Grcenvil'e Evening ItmeM.] This road, which has been quietly, but' steadily pushiug its way, is now beginning to* attract considerable attention from railroad men. A party of Cincinnati and : Western capitalists aro negotiating for its| purchase, or ut least for a large and infill ontial interestin it. The News mid Courier I is advocating Ht last its purchase by the South Carolina Railroad as a Western! connection. That the road will he taken hold of by those able and anxious to build it, there is but little doubt. It is the only feasible and really practical route through South Carolina over tho mountains which divide; us from the great West. The Spartanburg and Asheville llailroad will never be available as a freight road, as its grades are too hoavv to do such a business, as a connecting fine between the West and South requires. The Atlantic and French Broad Valley Road as a maximum grade ot less than seventy feet to the mile, and will pass for forty-seven miles through tho French Broad Valley, tho garden of the South, and its local trafic will be much larger than that of any other line. The Blue Ridge lload will not be completed as it is entirely tool oxponsivo. requiring so much tunneling and bridging as to place its cost beyond its valuea* a trunk line. With the Greenville and Laurens Road, a road from Greenville to Easley, connecting with the French Broad, and a connection from Laurens with the Augusta and Greenwood Roads, we will have the shortest and most practical route lrom the West to the Southern Atlantic coast. The Atlanta Exposition?When to Go. The great International Exposition to bo hold in Atlanta, opened on lad Wednesday, tho 5th inst. It will close on the31st of'December.?The live stock show will be one of its principal features. This ex hibitlon will embrace tue nrst una mscoiiu weeks of November. The cattle show will take place the first week, IVom 1st to 5th, at which cattle only?cows, calves and hulls?will bo exhibited. The second week, from 7th to 12th of November, shpep, goats and mules (no horses) will bo exhibited. Our farmers, and those interested in live stock, will bear in mind that they can only see said animals during the two week's mentioned ?1st and 2d weeks i i November. Of course everything else on exhibition can bo seen at same time. Col. .J. wash. Watts, of Lauens county, is ihe General Superintendent of the livestock department. Hound trip tickets can be bought, good lor six days, on the Air-Line, and C. (?. Railroads, at four cents por mile, or two cents each way. SOT SO MUCH DIFFERENCE. A Contemporary who Would Not Initentlonallj Misrepresent a Friend. [ Winntboro New* and Iferatd.] The J'reM and Banner thinks we have stated its auguuients unfairly. Wo never intentionally misrepresent anyone, especially a friend. Had our neighbor expressed its position us clearly in its first us in its .second artiofe it should have had no cause lor complaint. We aro most happy to agree with the Pres.* and Banner in several points. First, that the poor shall not bo denied the privileges of education ; socond, that tho two mill lax for education should not be abolished ; and third, that the State should have its State University. As to tho bone of con ten tion, local taxation, mat is a loom measure, and Abbeville neeil not have it unless it wishes, although in opposing it sihe is not abreast of llio times. Gnlteau Indicted for Murder. Washington, October 4.?The grand jury, this morning, completed the hear-1 ii>K of witneHseH in tlie Gtinteau ease and about one o'clock, p. in., took a recess. The foreman, Mr. Churchman, proceeded to t!ie olliceof the District Attorney and placod in the hands of Col. Corkhill a presentment against Charles J. Ouiteau for the murder of James, A. Garfield/ President of the United States, by wounding him with a bullet fired from a pistol in the hands of Charles J. Guiteau, at the Baltimore nnd Potomao Depot, on or about the 2d day of July, A. D. 1881. ? . ** Ji 1L me rarmers anu nm jnra-nnuiM A groat deal Is being said about the shortness of tho cotton crop, and of the probable lailuro of the fanners to meet all their obligations. So far, wo hoar of; very little complaint on the part of the merchants in regard to the farmers not j settling their bills. Thus it appears, that contrary to expectations, matters will not j tuifi out as bud as was thought a lew weeks ago. No doubt many farmers wilt fall short of paying their entire accounts with our merchants, lint a spirit to do the fulr thing is en vineed.? (Jrctuwuod Aryun. Six Nevada widows, each worth over! $:}(K).UOO, have formed a compact and solemnly agreed to take no men but editors ' for second husbands. A chance lor the Abbeville Prctm v.nd Manner, Ander.it n Journal, J/ampton Guardian aud others. ' ?Ncnben'y News. I ? _ PAYNE'S JNSTITOTE, rlllR well-linown Institution will open 1U I Eighth Scholastic year Sept. 1'Jth, 1^81, .rlth experienced Professors Its standard of icholnrshlp will he equal lo any school In the and. while It Is the cheapest. We Invlteeritclwn and challcngo ttio most ample investigation. SCHEDULE OF ItATES. f?onr>l, Including washing per month JO 00 rultlim. Primary, including Vocsil Milsir, Drawing, Shading, tier month 81 00 per term... ; 3 00 mttlon, Academic, per month ?1 .50. per I'THii 4 50 rnltlon, Advance Normal, per month $2 (Hi, per tefm 6 00 Students preparing for eollcge would do well to come to tills Institution. 1'upllA re elved at. any time and charged to el<ise of lerm. WesoilHl the patronngcof ourfriends, For further Information, address E. H. WILSON, Principal. Co'cofihury, S. O. August 17.1831. tf Just Received. 7riEOEH Ill-own nnd nieuched Canton Klnnnols. 7 nlc.K-s Hl.tck Cashmeres, 3 plrcos ''olorcd Cashmeres, 2 pieces Black Australian Crepe, dOgrnss Button*, fancy unci plain. !) gross Crochcct Muttons, J"i and steel lilnck and Colored Fringes, Cord anil Tassels, I.adles and Misses Cardinal Hose?all nl7.es. These coods have been bought very low nnd j will be sold cheap for cash, at R. M. IlADDON & CO. ! August 17.1881, tf Special Notice. Medium dark shades of Worsteds for fall dresses, can now be had very cheap, at K. 111. HAD DON & CO. August 17,i8s1. tf Fall Calicoes To arrive tiiis week. R. M. iiADDON & CO. August 17,1881. tf To Arrive This Week. fCA^E Blcached Homespuns ? "Fruit of| the r.oom"?which we will sell very cheap by tho bolt. R. M. HADDON & CO. August 17,1881, tf Just Received. pases T.ndles Custom Made Shoes. li ~ R. M. IIADDON & CO. AUTUKt 17,18X1, tf Special Notice. TO rIn^e nut, we are ofterlnff lljrht shades Vi'or<t<*?l at 12U to 18 cents?30 per rent, less than cost. Culfatonce and secure a burgain. II. 1W. IIADDON & CO. AugtM 17,1881, tf L. W. PciUtIN, T. P. COTIIRAN. PERRIN & COTHRAN, Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Jan. 111881), tf TEA! TEA! AS???Uit ARTICLE OF VOtJNO HYSON at S5c; Imperial at 7">o; I Gun Powder at 80e; Mixed at 8Ucc; in J fancy pound and half pmtpd hoxes. Edwin Parker. June 15, lflSl. tf Marshall P. DeBrahl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. THE HEAVIEST, ODORLESS. iw~ ? n;i lTlctUimiC \Jll, At 65 Cents per Gallon. 5 Gallons, or over, 60 Cents per Gallon. H. W. LAWSON & CO. May 25, 1SSI. tf 1110] BR, Havk a lauge and well selected block of DRY GOODS, -ANDGROCERIES, ?and the newest styles of? READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, Hats and Caps, WHICH THEY SELL CHEAP. OctO, IH80, tf j SUMMER CALICOES -AT5 CENTS PEE YARD. ALL SUMMER GOODS -ATREDUCED PRICES. -ATB. W. BARNWELL. August 1U, 18S1, tf Notice, ALL persons having demands-against tlie estate of tho late J. W. ItOHKKTSON will present ihem duly attested, and all those Indebted to the same will make Immediate.' payment to BENJ. S. BAUNW'ELL, my duly authorized agent. AGNES B. ROBERTSON, Administratrix. March 16,1881, tf Barber Shop, 'I'HE undersigned respectfully informs the 1 public that lie has recently removed his Tonsoriiil Emporium lotue lull I above Norwood Brother's store, where he Is prepared to accommodate bis customers, mid the public generally in hair cutting, shampooing, shaving, dyeing, In the best styie, and at reasonable prices. Terms per month for hair-cutting, sham poolng and shaving, only S1.U0. Bcspcctfully, Richard Gantt. CIGARS. TlIK following popular brands of 5-CENT -1 SEGA IIS, Solon Shingle, Our Firm, Live Oak, Eureka, AND THE CELEBRATED Calhonn Chewing Tobacco, and Little Jr>ltcr Smoking Tobacco, -AT; Cunningham & Templeton's. j April 20,1880, tf T. KURZ, Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. BEHT material used, fine workmen employ oil, custom work made promptly, nnd ut | the lowest bottom prices for cnsli. IIIu**s nl; ways bought at the Inchest market pi loo for cash or In exchange for leather or work, j January 23. 1S.S0. ly. T. L. CALHOUN. M. D. Surgeon and Physician, ABIJEVILI-E, s. c;. ! Okkick?Iii rearof O.T. Calhoun's law ofllcc. ! March 23, KS1, 12m NEW FURNITURE. FULL and co iplfttc stock at prices as low as can he sold In any city. All poo.Is eomc direct from first hands?the ninnulritories. J. I). Cfi.YJLiMEltS. 8opt. 11, lf-81, f f ' I COTSTOAREE IM! WlliS. Coumbia.S. C Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. 'IHIESE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED 1 In 1*47 by Mf-snrs. Geo. Sinclair ami James Anderson mid purchased by me in the year Wo)!, ami from that time Mil now carried on successfully by myself. My friend? and customers will bear witness of the large and stupendous Jobs executed by me. It wa< at my works where the laryestand almost only Job of its eluss ever executed In thlseltv wasdone. viz.: the makinj; of the pipes for the CityWater Works In the year ls'5-<. In the branch of HULL FOUNDING, I can say that I have made the largest bells ever CMst In the State, such as i lie b"ll for the City Hall In Columbia. My stock of pattens for ARCHITECTURAL WORK. COLUMNS for Store front", Is laraoand various, and In RAILINGS for Halnuili'g (Jurilnns mill Cemeteries I have the Inruest varlely and most. tniNlern patterns; many of these arc patented and I have purchased the right f'ir this State. In the machine line I c:in furnish my patrons with STEAM ENOlNExnnd BOILERS of any size and description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have carried off the prize at every Ktntc Fsiir held In this city, and in their construction I have taken pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern improvements, and may flatter myself that my CIRCULAR SAW .%ill.Ls find favor with every sawver who understands his business. The many orders I am steadily reeelvinir for SUOAR ("AXE MILLS prove that the public appreciate the mills of my make, and so it Is with my GKARIXO for HOUSE POWERS, (IIN WHEELS, URIST MILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing right. of many PATENTS, such as castings for ROCK COTTON AND HAY PRESS and throe or four different KEEO CUTTERS and other implements. I will be pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price list nr estimate. My p-lccs are moderate, nnd I assure th" publie that they are 1-uver even than those of Noithcrn manufacturers, and that my work will compare lavorabiy with that of any other maker. Address John Alexander, Cokoauek Ikon Works, Columbia* 8. C. * Richmond nnd Danville Railroad, PASSES'(5ER DEPARTMENT. ON and after lune 3th, ISM, Passenger Train Ser* ice on thcAtlania and Charlotte Air Line division of tills road will j^eas loiluwx: i i ! = | 5 = j : < <? ; j EASTWARD. ; ZZ< , 23s | 13- \ \ : i J:l i .-a | %% ?, i= \* !3 i < L'v? Atlanta t.'iOani 3.13pm U.30|>m 3UUpm Arr. Suwaiu e. I> 3.1s " -).:|7 ' 7.15 ' 7.U?> " " Lu.a E ii.il " 3.311 " ii.thl ' " Toccoa F8.I4 7.15 " I0.1K" 1 " Seneua O ll.iU " H. 10 " ll.-.V" " t-trci'Uv'lc H luVS " iltv.O-' J.'-O>i lit " !Spar.a:i'g.K I2U:>iii 1140" 2.11 " I " (tasii>niii...L 2.;i'l " .2.13 am-1.31 " " Charlotte, .\13.3i " 3.15 *' 5.35 " j I j i i =" j = ' s i = i I = . i ?: . ; "p. . ! ?<= . I | k? ' -S c=^ WESTWARD.! ^_. | K. , 5. = =.. i *? j j i = ?? m ; * i 7. i * t \ | v. ' s 1 < Lve ('harlotto.M 12?>|>m 12 r??m 1233utn 0.ist.>nl!i...L 1.27 " l.n " 1.17 * : " Sjiarian'tr.K tf.oti " M.I2 ' " Green v'lell o.ii7 " '5.IS " " " Si-noca t* <>.">1 " ,702 " 5.47 " ' " Yoccoa. F Ji.W " '6.15 " U.-Vl " | " Lulu Kil.lH " ?.:<! - 8.mi ' ! " SuwnnP?*...l> I'M " ,in.*?l" 0.22 " 5 ii i,hi Arr.Atluiil.ii 12'an in; 122 >pm I0.:t5" ,K.0(> " CON N E< TIONS. A with nrrl vinsr trains of Georgia Central and A. .t W. P R:iilrou'lrf. H wlili arriving train*??f Georgia Central, A i W. 1'. ui.U W. .v A. Ral,roads. C witli arriving trains of Georgia Rnliro-td. I) with Lnwre.iCttVilic Branch toai.diioin lAwreneev lie. Ga. K witli .Voi thi'a.-torn Railioad of Georgia to ami from Alliens. Ga. F with Kibcrton Air Line to and from Elberton, Oa. O with i oUtinbin and Greenvliletoand from Columbia and Charleston, N. C. 11 with t oiunibia ami Greenville to and from Columbia ami Clinrlstnn, s. C. K wltii Spartanburg and Ai-hexille and Spartanburg, Union and < 'olumhla to and from i (ii>iul.iivnn ?111if .Vwhpvllli* iihil Alston iiiui ('<> I u 111 bin L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gunge to niidtrom Dallas and Chester. M with (!., C A A, C. c. It. <t D. ninl A. T. 4 0. I forall points West. Norm iu:d East. Pullman .sleeping Car Servn-e on Train* N"S. )" and I*. Dni'y, without change. between Atlautu and Now York. A. POPE. General Passenger A^ent. J L. CLARK, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT I HAVE CONCLUDED TO GIVE MY I whole attention to my Shop. I shall giv<? it GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes to have his WATCHES REPAIRED Brine them In. I have nil the tools and ma' terials to do it up in the best of style and at the lowest rates possible. If you want .voui clock repaired bring it In and it will be done right. If you want your JEWELRY MENDED Bring Hon. if you want your SEWING MACHINE MENDED This Is the place to get it done In thebest ol order. You can haveany piece made new, or the old one repaired. IT you want yourgiui oi pistol repaired this Is the place to have II d ine. All these articles will tie repaired 111 tne best of order nt the Lowest Prices. Give ute a trial and satisfy yourselves? TERMS CASH. JOHN L CLARK. Columbia nnd Greenville Knilrond r ASSF.NOEK J>KI*A HTM KNT. Columbia,.S. C., August TO. 1HS1. On nnti nrtcr Aiomiii.v, AUiinsi .>.111. i hj, rus Hcngi-r I'rains will run as herewith indicate) upon tills Uoudand iis braiieiies. JJAII.Y, KXfr.1T .SUNDAYS. NO. 42. I'P I'A.SSKNUEK. Leave Columbiit A H 2.' n ' Leave Alston I2 'it p n Leave Newberry J 21 p n Leave Ninety-Mx* 2 ;? p n Leave limine* 3 52 p ii Leuvc Helton 5 0"? p n Arrive:at Ureenville U 27 p n NO. 13. DOWN l'A.SSK>Uhn. Leave Greenville at in 3"! a n Leave Helton 11 o* a i: Leave Undoes 1 12 pn Leave Nine!}-Six - p li Leave Newberry r. -'J 17 p n Leave Alston 1 JO p n: Arrive at Columbia ! * p n 81'AUTANI'l'HG, IN ION AND COLUMUIA KAIL ItOAD. NO. -)? VI' 1'ASdENGER. Lowe Aisli.n 12 10 p n Lea\e stroll.er 1 1-J p n Leave.Syles i-'t/r?i 1 27 }) n Leave Siie to:i I 3."> p ii i l.i ave I- i>l! Dam 1 52 p n : l.euve Salillle 2 10 ji II | Leave Union 2 i.'t p II I L'-ave Jonesv Iile 3 01 j> n Leave I'aeoiet 3 22 )> ii LeaveSpartanburg J-.U.iVi'.ilej ot li i 0-! p ii Arritc:?p>irtiuibui'& It A 1). depot pj i 12 p n NO. );{. DOWN PASSFNiltK. Leave Spartan bu'K K. A" D. de| ot H'2 48 a n LeuveSj artanburn.s.l'.itC.dCj ot (J- 1 0> p ii j Leave I'a *oiet 1 30 p n ] Leave lonesvlile 1 ol# p u Leave Union 2 j> n Leave Santue 3 02 p n Leave Fish 1 am 3 21 j? n Leave Sliellon 3 lo p n i Le.ive Lyies Kord 3 49 i> n I Leave si rot her 4 Oi j> n . A ....I A IUIA.I 4 XT II II .111. .but l.At'KI-NS KA1LKOA 1). i Lea v c New berry 3 o5 p n . Arriveill Laurens C. 11 (j l-'i j> n: | Leave Laurens ('. II h .'Sli a n I Arrive at Men berry 11 30 p ii ABUKVILLK HKANCII. I Leave Hodges 3 SB P J) Arrive at Abbeville Uli p n Leave Abbeville 1- b*> a n j Arrive at Hodges 1 do p n I BLUE 1(1 l)(j? It AILIlOA U AND ASI>KHSO> nit a.veil. Leave Helton - 5 08 p rr I Leave Anderson 5 -to |> ii i Leave Pendleton U 1M j> n I Leave Seneca " 20 P 111 | Arrive at Walhalla 7 -1.5 p in ] Leave Walhalla 0 ?1 a in j LeaveSenei u 1_) 0 51 a ir Leave l'ondletnn in 30 a n Leave Anderson 11 1- a n: | Arrive at Helton 11 18 pm I On and after the above, through cars will t?< run between Columbia and Heudersonvlih j without change. CONNECTIONS. A. With South Carolina Railroad from Charleston. With Wilmington,Columb'a and Augusta Hallnrnd from Wilmington and all points North thereof. With t hariotie, Columbia and Augusta Railroad from Cliailoiu anil all point* North thereof. 13. With AHbevllle anil Spartanburg Half r<>n<l for points In Western North Carollim. (}. With Atlanta and Clmrlolte Division Richmond & Danville Hailroad from all points South and West. J). Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division i Richmond it Danville Railroad from AtlanUi I and beyond. I l?j. Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division I Richmond and Danville Railroad from all points South and West. I l-\ With South Carolina Railroad foi j Charleston. With Wilmington, Columbia anil j Augusta Hailroad for Wilmington and tin I North. Willi Charlotte, Columbia and Au: gusla Railroad for Charlotte and the North. (x. With Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad from lleiiilerRonvllle. I I. Willi Ailantaand Charlotte Division Hieiimotid ami Danville Railroad from Char, lotto a i.l beyond j >miin:ini lime useu i? niiMimsK'n, j . i ., : which i.H lifttvn minutes faster than t'olumi hill. J. \V. KKY, Superintendent. A. Pope, General Passenger Agent. ! RAILROAD NOTICE. i SrnsrmnKK* to tlie eapllnl stock of the Atlantic anil Kreneh It mud Valley llsiiirnnil fir*- hereby notified ilia! tin* first instill* , inert I is now culled lor. Prompt | ayment l.s rei|iiir?il, as the work Is lo hp begun at once anil will be pushed vigorously. Hv order of W.K. Ilriulley, rresltlent A.and I<\ H. V. lS.lt. .1. \V. PlilCUIN, Treasurer, j 'I'ronsnrer'H (MHce, \ Abbeville, Moy 10,1861. Lots for Sale! At Public Out Cry, Ocier 2011. ON the 20tli October I will s#?ll lnt? nt the new town of Troy or (Trlckem.) This is tli'1 jtini'llon of the Augusta and Knoxvllle and A <t F. U. V. R. R. It Ik 111 Abbeville county. In the confer of a tine farming country. seventeen utiles from any other towns, at the junction of two great railroads. 0 cof the healthiest and piet'lest places in upper Carolina. It Is destined to be a place of *reat Importance. An nccur.itc n ap of the town has liccn prepar< d liv Capf. Kirk and will be ihovn with treat pleasure Businessmen look to your interest. Terms reas-inabte. Address R. W. LITES, Mill Way,S. C. Sept. 14,1881, tf DuPre's | Firelnsurance AGENCY. I I ESTABLISHED MAY 1907... $09 flflfl AHA AA JLVXs A ^^UtVVVjVWW-VV i Capital and Assets. [X thepnst fourteen years I hnve piMout 011 ! I fire losses over Twcn'y Thousand Dollars [ I In this county?f ?lO.'KM).W.V100 in ls7tj-7j?and ; not one rase m litigation. I write upon nil manner of insurable property (except glu house risks ata< low unite of premium as nny SOLVENT company M'ILI< or CAN. No '-yA clause. No secret elaiire in small print to catcli tin* unwary. A plain, simple business 1 on tract which the companies will faithfully perform. DETACHED DWELLINGS occupied by the owners a specialty. Rate. One Year One Per Ccnf. Three Years 1 3-4 Per Cent. Five Years 2 4-10 Per Cent. j Three year risks written upon first-clans I brick stores. ! A share of your patronage 1s solicited. J. F. C. DuPre, Agent. Sept. 11,1881, tr FURMAN UNIVERSITY, GREENVILLE, 8. C ('IIARhES MANLY, I). D. Psettidcnt. WITH ii full corpsof Professors. Including L)r. .1. (J. FU U.MAN and Prof O. if. I HUDSON. i Next se>p|on betrlns WEDNESDAY, Hep| i?>:?iIn-r 21st, hi 10 o'clock A. .M.. and continues i foi ty w c<'Us. I 'I he <'olle-.e course ctnhrsiccsschoois of En>tlish. latin, (Sreek. Mathematics, Phyhn. I Chemistry, Philosophy, German and French, j An Academic dep'Tinifiil is provided to se cure piuppf |>re| iir.itlon for (lie Collegeclasses, i The ni *ihods of instiuciion will lie such us ; to j.ri vc tin cduiinlon tlior- ugh, practical, com| prehensive mnl econoinic.il. | specialntieiitiou to Enjfll.sh will be required ; of evi?y student. i For pnrticulars as to tuition, beard, A-c., ajv ply lo the President. By order Executive Committee Board of Tru-teis. G. G. WELL3, Secretary. Sept. li. lSSl, ;f Silks and Satinsi \1/E linve Hi- mo-t complete assortment o: [ VV Bia:*k sPfcs mui 1 hick S.itlns,ever offered in Abbeville, send lor sunp.cx nun pi ie.-s, IL Si. 11ADD0.N Si CO. j sipt.ii.issi.tr A. M. HIL I & SONS, DEALERS IN nnnnrpmQ UJL&WJUJkdWMi 1 I -AND PROVISIONS. CRACKERS, HAM, I TEAS, FISH, SOAP, SYRUP, SUGAR, STARCH, SPICES, FINE TOBACCO, , CIGARS, WINES, r LIQUORS. &c. i a i.i ill _ ct n iiuuevmtjjp. v. ! Dec. 15, IS80, tf. J Millinery. OUR slock of Millinery will lie more comI l?-!c mxt more iittra<-!!ve till" seiiMin 1 tli:in usiia'? having been m-I.-hp.I by Mr*, j Ha<lilon In person?tlie intlli-8 will find this <li i)iirtnu-nt veiy attractive. 11 H. II. I1ADDON & CO. 11 sppi.ii.is?i.tf tlNPflRflLLELED ij SUCCESS , | ?? 1 \ I OFTHE iMnglriin THE WHITE SEWING MACIIIXE, the best in (In1 WoiI'l. it ha- nn oecl!l:illn.' 1 Self-threading shuttle, a Self?cttlin; needle. 1; It In adjustable in uli its wearing pans and 1 : made liom the best of material, its bobins 1 can be tilled without removing work or attachments. II is so simple In construction 1 'and liulit running that a child can use It. It 1 | will do the urea lest range of work. It has the 1 : most complete set ol useful attachments, it : is far in advance of any other sewing iim chine. It has hern thoroughly tested for lour years in Abbeville county. It is warranto! for five years. [ Remember no machine Is genuine or w?ir| ranted only (hose sold by ouruulhorlzed dealI ers. And those pretending to sell our Ala I chines. Needles or Attachments outside of > i our Agents are frauds. .Mr. J. I,. Simpson is our only authorized dealer for the Counties of ; Abbeville and Ijiureiis. and no .Machines are j WHrrnnlcd except th?>?em>l<l by him or those j, whom he may associate with him in the busl Iness. Respectfully, :jWflITE.SE?IN!i MACHINE CO, ? r.nTA i J UliiUVi!/L)ai\u, umu. ; j TI1K ladles, and those persons who wish to buy Sowing Muchnne*, an- rospeet fully Invlt| oil to mil at Sir. Itarnwell's, where tlioy will find the only genuine, warranted and olieap' est Machines, samples of tho Ihe Machine's work, needles and attachments. (Ml 10 vents i per 1m>i 111*. i All persons desiring to commtiniento with , mo <111 i h" .-uh'oet, will address me at Abbe vlllo, S. C. i J. L. SIMPSON, , July 11, lSSt. Iv. I Shoes, T APIKS whowa'-t nn elegant fitting Shoo, > I j shoind try a pair of our "eu^foin made'' goods; mauulai'tuted expressly for us. K. M. HAODUN A CO. 1 Sept. U, l-Sl.tf j Dress Goods. WK have an elegant assortment of Dress ?iooil> from r.'J je i?i-r yard up; with full ! lino of trimmings to'match. H. M. HAL'DON &. CO. f Sept. It, 1SS1, tf A Have In store nnd to arrive, a ,.. Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE ami FANCY NOTIOXS, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, AND many other articles. ?11 of wlilrti wlf< be sold as clo?-e lor < ASH, ai d i pon ?is tiOOD TERMS as any house in Abbeville. Give us a look and we will give you a bargain. #j.\Vc will ship yotir Cotton orbny It.-ES Chroffiosi A LARGE lol of new Chromog 22 x 2* and 21 x 30.) on cxhtbil'on unit lor sale a! $1.15 each at LAWSON &. WARDLA W'S< April 20. l&l. Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites hi bottom price/, at LAWSON <& WARDLAW'S/ April 20, 1881. J.W.SIGN ABBEVILLE, S. C, KEEPS on hnr.d n full assortment of COFFINS? from the cheapest to the best* Hearse will attend funeral*, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings He Is nsent for the wile of Sash, Poor* Hllnrfs, Mouldings, Ntnlr-rftlllnjrs, Moorings and everything pertaining to house building April 7Mi HH. tf AV. C. Bknet, J? H. RICS, Abbeville, 8. C. > l?ety^3lx.B. Ci BENET& RICK, Attorneys at LnwWE have formed a pnrtnmhlp for theprne* tlc<*of law. And will practice In all the Courts of the State. BENET & BICE. Feb. 23.1881. tf WM. II. TARKER W. C. McGOWA N.PARKER &McGOWA? afptntjktpxro a\in o/n tf>ttrtda a i < ujrtix iii j o ixvi u ouuwii vxw, AKBEV1LLK, C. II., 8. C. II' ILL practice also In the Circuit Court* OJ * ? tlio United States for South Carolina1' Jnu 7.18?0.tf Dr. h7 dTwILSOnT D NTIST RY, Abbeville, C. H., 8. C. ?- Office; Upstair* ovtr tbe Fo?t Office."^# J. Knox & Co. ?AGENTS!ORMR, TOM YOUNG'S ' PURE CORN WHISKEY TIIE host and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. ! J line '22,1881, tf E. H. McBRIDE, D. ABBEVILLE, S. C. ILL plve prompt attention to all practice in town, Offl.-e a: Drug Store. August 8. 18*1, l-tn DAVID H MAGHLL, Attorney i\t Law, ABB1CVILLK. S. C. IS/ILL practice in all tli?* Court* of the vV siate. Jan 21,1380. tf < ATTENTION IFAEMERS \?'Knre now prr-parcd to furnlah FARM MEIIS widiu.lkimlH of InnTilnsiinpl*' neiitK. PL0 -.S AND PLOW STOCK?, Trace hains & Back Bands, AXES ANI> HOKS. ?ALSO ALWAYS ON HANDCorn aid Bacon, Floor ami Meal, . SUGAR, COFFEE, &C. QUAELES& CO Feb. 9,li>M, tf The Best Engii.e in the W#rld! II ECLIPSE! W.R. WALTON, Aom AUGUSTA, GA, ALSO AGENT FOft THE Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds oft Machinery. Refer* 1o Dr. J, A. Olbert, B. C, Wall, and AIW*n Mornpno. of Abbe\ille. I Mav 11 iRsl. dm To Rent. NEW HOTEL IN ABBEVILLE. '1'IIE undersigned ha* Just completed hl? I new hotel 011 the X"ith-Fa*t corner of tlie Pill.lie Square in Ahbevlllp, containing fourteen large ulry bed n*.ins a commodious II lilng-ri'otn.n large offlcc,nnd a p od cook room. Tills Is veiy destri ble property In the I'UHlness portion of the town, makes It* loca1 Ion well Milted for h hotel. Jt* convenler ce to the business portion of the town will make it espeeia ly attractive to business men. The mo*i reasonable terms will be offered. Toan enterprlslnir hotel-k<e; ar tills Is a tare offer and oiit.v which should not be neglected. Apply early to I JOHN KNOX. | July TO, 18s'l, tf j PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, Pmticals, Newspapers and Mm State, County and Railroad Officers aDd business men generally, snpplitfd with blank books made to any pattern. * LL families have OLD HOOKS PERIODA ICALS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC, _0? which they desire to transmit to their posterity, should 1 HAVE THEM REBOUND. I Which will preserve them and will make I them look ajmost as well hk new. I Old Hooks,Ac., should not only be rebound, I but ihe current literature of the present day j i should be put in u durable form for preservaj lion as well. This can be done In the shortest possible I time, with the best material, in the most i handsome and durable style, and at a prlco which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by I E. B. STOKES, I Stationer, Hook Binder and Bi.ank Book Mantfactcrer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA S. C !~ New III!?SIM i __ Lawson & I tfr ii w araiaw 'ABBEVILLE, S. C. HAVK opened n new stock of FURNITURE over the store of A. >1. Mil A f^on, nnd will l<e pleased to receive a call from ttelr friends. Their.slock consists of every variety of FUKNITUUK usually kept In a flrstrclass store. All of wliicu Is offered at prices to suit i the times. ; 1W2S, 1^1, tf