The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 16, 1881, Image 2
lae Fress and Bannei.j
Ily llu-h Wilson and If. T. Wardlir.r.'
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Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1381.
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1 kums?'Two Itnlltirs a yoar, In ml vnnee;
Two ltollurs in Hi Fifty Cents; if payment is 1
il eUyeil.
A Remedy Needed.
Nearly the whole of tlx* two weeks'
allotted fbr the Circuit Court of New-j
berry County for the present term has!
been taken up with criminal business, j
And the civil docket is crowded, many j
of these eases being very important*,
ami all of them requiring, if possible
a speedy trial. It ia very evident now j
that 150 business of any consequencei
can be ttrtnraeted on the civil side of;
the Court tills term. This ha? been i
the condition of things for years and'
years pitst; and it will continue to bet
mi uiltil something be done to remedy,
this evil. What is the remedy ? It'
Will not do to throw the criminal ca?e?j
out of Court. True many of them .up*
jK'iir insignificant. Hut they are not
k>?no offence against the law is Insij?-;
liiticant. The inconvenience and the'
expense of trying the numerous enses j
of crime are irreat indeed, but they are,
jim mulling compared to the evils that [
would result from allowing criminals!
to escape the penalty of their crimes, j
As long is people violate the law they
must be tried and punished, no matter |
how much it coats, nor how much;
?lime it consumes. We can sec but one j
way to remedy the evil; and that is t??
entirely separate the sessions of the
Sessions Court and the Common Pleas j
Court. Let them be held at different j
times so that one can in no way interfere
with the other. As the mutter!
now stands the administration of the
civil law, In this county at least, isal-;
Juost a mocltety ; and will continue so,
so long as the criminal business is allowed
to occupy the time that should:
1>roperly belong to the civil. The
legislature should consider this mat-j
ler; and while it is considering itj
should also consider whether there is
not a necessity for increasing the number
of Judges.
It might be a pood idea to establish
County Courts with jurisdiction to try
most of the cases that now go into the;
Court of Sessions.
Something should l>e done, and that i
speed i ly.?Xi wbcrry Herald.
We have no need of any more offices;
01' officers, but we do need, and that,
badly, a little common discretion in
the conduct of our Courts. If the trial (
justices will insist upon sending up
trifling cases, let the Solicitors do as;
our former Solicitor, Colli ran, did. i
At the very last Court that he served,
ou SJnl!f?itnr nt A liliovilln lid it(\l
cd six out of thirteen cases. What J
sense is there in calling upon the Circuit
Court to punish a friendless citizen
to gratify the personal spleen of o
neighbor, because he may have;
chanced to violate the technical pro-J
visions of a most exacting law, and !
one which visits the severest punish-'
mcnt for the most trifling offence. It!
is not to the credit of any State nor j
to the honor of any people to send a
vielini to the penitentiary fora term of |
years for petty larceny. From the!
sentences of some of our Judges it
seems that a term of from one to a!
number of years is a very light sentence
upon a citizen for a crime scarcely deserving
of notice.
For our own part we do not understand
the spirit or animus which gov-1
erns the State in its prosecution of J
sinners. We understand the proper
reason for the prosecution and punishment
of a violator of the law to be to:
suppress crime by making example ofj
the man who has been arraigned, thatj
it may have the effect of deferring:
others from committing like offences. I
..but in practice it seems to be anything!
else. If we are >v t mistaken a man j
may commit almost any offence i
against the person or property of another,
short of murder, and if the injured
party can be induced to make;
terms with the guilty party, the State, i
it seems to us, never fails to acquiesce.!
On the other hand, it appears to us, ifi
-v a citizen has tho least pretext for pros-J
ecuting a neighbor.it seldom fails to j
^ exhaust its powers and is generally;
willing to lend the machinery of the!
government in crushing a poorcreat-|
ure for the most insignificant crime, j
The State should act independently,
and on its own judgment, and not upon
the motion of a citizen who prose-!
eutes maliciously. If a crime has:
been committed, it should treat the,
perpetrator as though it did not know!
the injured party. No man has a
right to set the Courts of the State on j
a man at his own good pleasure, or to ;
tell the State to stop after proceedings;
have once been taken. The State does
not propose to take everybody's fight
on its own hands. It merely aims to j
punish for crimes, without any refer-,
cnce to whether it pleases the prose
? . cutor or not. The State, and not the
prosecutor, should be satisfied.
If trial justices would act as generously
with those brought before them!
as our grand jury did with these offices
at our last Court, veiy few trifling;
cases would be sent up, and then if
our grand juries would give many;
cases brought to their attention the!
same consideration which they gave'
to some of the trial justices, the Court
Would not be burdened with half so;
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many cases. The tax payer would fare
better,and our civil business would re-,
. vi. ceive prompt attention. The fact is,
the law in many respects, asks the
high ami honorable Circuit Courts to!
try too many cases which are in reali-f
ty unworthy of notice in a respectable'
trial justice court. Nearly everybody,
talks iu theory about the necessity of;
preserving the old time dignity of the
, office of Judge, but how can this be|
i . done, when the chief business!
of a Circuit Judge is reduced to the
trial of contemptible causes? The:
Legislature has committed a grave error
in making petty larceny of any,
kind a penitentiary offence and one to
be tried by the Circuit Court. To engage
a Circuit Judge, with alibis at-1
tendants, in trying a citizen forsteal-i
ing a peck of corn places him in a po-1
sition ridiculous in the extreme, and
when the Court upon conviction, is |
compelled to send the convict to the!
penitentiary, every impulse of hu-j
inanity and every sense of common
justice is outraged. We have had too]
- much Legislation already. Some of
it should be repealed, when our Judges]
might then have an opportunity to be'
^he equal of former Judges iu dignity
and in fact. We trust thegood Lord
may preserve U3 from any more Legislation
looking to the further degradation
of our Courts, or to the increase of
our penitentiary force.
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Dancing.
In the Newberry JSeirs we find Our
Monthly quoted assaying:
"All such learning, [dancing,] degrades
and dishonors the true gentle-;
"man or lady."
We have long pronounced such statements
base slanders and unworthy of
a Christian in any land. We cannot
% "respect the pretended Christian who
will maliciously attempt to cast odium
. ?n a class of people who are as honest,'
as truthful, and as viriuoysas he is.!
Such vile falsehoods can come only!
from a depraved and a wicked heart.!
If the author of that sentence claims'
for himself greater purity than is pos-J
sessed by those who dance, he utters;
that which is as untruthful as it is ma-!
Jicious. There is enough work for ev-!
cry Christian, without attempting the
business of wickedly imputing sin to!
oihers.
There is one good thing about the!
Register. .Except in Die matter of
^ luedioal advertisements, it does not,
publish humbug advertisements of
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Shall Iho Slato Make Further Appropriations
for Hillside Ditches.
Our neighbor, (lie Tier/inter, if it cannot
boon the winning side, or should
its opinions he not accepted as infallible,
can always be relied on to say
something rude or iinpolite. In this
line of conduct we will make no contest
with our Columbia friend, but
yield the pairn as gracefully as we can.
It will be news to the people of the
State to learn that the Columbia ditch,
by courtesy sometimes called the Columbia
canal, has cost the State only
S-IS.'*. We said nothing about 1S77-8.
If our opinion is Worth anything we
would advance the iilea that $383 ?
year, would not pay the gas bills, to
say nothing of the costly, if not valuable,
time of the General Assembly
while discussing the ditch. We believe
It time to give the people a restj
on this subject. It is not possible for.
u* to tell when we first heard of the;
Columbia ditch, but certain it is, that!
it whs not of recent date, and for a.
long time It has tern a thorn in the!
flesii, and we heartily wish that every
trace of it could be swept from the face j
of the State. It has never been explained
to the satisfaction of the people
of Long Cane why the C'ongaree
needs so much ditching, or why Columbia
has so much better right to
drainage appropriations than have our
people. Is Columbia a helpless orphan
that the State should be continually
making appropriations for digging
ditches round about her? Let's
divide favors, and give Long Cane an
appropriation to clean the rnfts out of
that stream, and for doing the needed
ditching. Columbia has worked hard,
zealously and all the time for the manufacturer,
now let it do one generous act j
for the farmer. If Long Cane and
Hard Labor Creeks were cleaned our!
people would be enabled to make thousands
upon thousands of bushels or
corn more than at present. We need
corn more than manufactures.
The fact is, Columbia has got to be
rather an expensive luxury, and we arc
firmly of the opinion that if this eteri.ol
nm'tot inn nf Hip PVin trn rpp Hifr-h
question before the General Assembly
cannot be stopped, that it would be
better to pull up stakes, and go elsewhere
with the capital. What say the
Greenville News, the Spartanburg Herald,
and the Spartan? Will not either
of these towns do the necessary
ditching, free of cost to the State, if
the capital should go to either place?
We are not unfriendly to Columbia,
but we are unalterably opposed to any
further discussions or appropriations!
by the General Assembly on account!
of drainage or ditches in that vicinity, i
If the water power at Columbia is so;
valuable, as it is represented to be, it Is J:
wondrous strange that nobody is will-1'
ing to accept it as a free gift, and in- :
vest money in spindles. We wouldn't1
like to soy how often the State has!
tried to give away this magnificenth
hill side ditch, but if our memory j
serves us correctly, the last effort at j
giving it away, was accompanied by
the offer of the services ot two hun- 5
dred and fifty convicts, for two years, i
free of cost. But the ditch is still on 1
our hands. By constant perseverance, j j
and perpetual appropriations, how- I
ever, somebody may yet take hold of
this water power, when all our towns 1
will become Lowells, while the corn i
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lands of Hard Labor and Long Cane '
are going to waste. Let Columbia do i
as Augusta has done, and dig her own ;
ditch. ,
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The Register^ Agricultural Fair. j
The Rcyister Without any outside i
aid worked up an Agricultural and|
Mechanical Fair, which came off in j
Columbia last week, to the entire sat- 1
isfaction of its worthy projector. Such
evidences of the success of individual j
effort is not often seen in this country,]
and for this reason we believe the J:
State should, by a subscribing vote of
every head of a family in South Carolina,
acknowledge the ability aud zeal:
of its inpomnarable editor, who has ill i
this matter done us so much good, and j
it-fleeted so much credit on himst If. j
It is true that Abbeville did not have]
a very large delegation present, but we'
know that no fairer, more accomplished
or better ladies were there;
than those from our own county. We
hope the ladies will not be displeased'
if we mention their names on this occation
in connection with the Regis-1
tor's Fair: Mrs. J. S. Cothran, Miss
Sarah Terrin, Miss Marie Gary, MissKate
Calhoun. If there were other j
ladies from the county we have not
been informed of the fact. Among!
the gentlemen who weut down wej
have heard of Mr. Wade S. Cothran, J
Mr. Mack Glymph, Capt. J. F. Hodges1
Mr. A. J. Sproles and Orville T. Cal-i
houu, Esq. A delegation of ladies j
and gentlemen of this kind from our;
county must have been truly gratifying
to our* friend the editor of the j
Register who was able to get up a!
whole Fair unassisted. If the Regis-1
tcr succeeded in doing so much singly
we cannot imagine how much
it would have done, if it had only had
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the assistance and co-opewtion of a,
dozen or two members of the country
press. Years ago, when the State Fair
was held in Columbia, Abbeville contributed
in a very large degree to the,
success of the annual meeting of our
people, but the manager of the concern
this year needed no help in get-!
ting up a Fair all its own. \Ve great- j
ly rejoice to know that one single I
newspaper can get up a Fair. The.
fact furnishes one more evidence ot'|
the power of the press?and especially
of the one now located nt the capital.!
If we could do half as much as the
Itcyister has just done, we would do
just a little of the tallest bragging that
any reader has ever heard of.
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Our Courts?Our Jails?Our Convicts
?Our Expenses.
The question as to how to reduce the
expense of dieting prisoners haspuz-j
zled the brain of hundreds of newspa-j
per writers, and each one has a theory
of his own. We do not claim tobej
able to offer a remedy which will fully!
satisfy the public, but we believe wei
can make a suggestion which if carried
out, would be of great advantage
i to the tax-payer. Instead of increasing
the number of Judges, as it has:
been proposed, let us elevate the stand- j
ards of their duty. Why reduce the j
Circuit Court to a level below that'
which should be the standard of the
Trial Justice. Why not Jet the Trial!
Justice try all cases of hog stealing, j
sheep stealing, stealing from the field, |
or petty larceny of all kinds, as well!
as many other petty crimes which now :
take their perpetrators into the higher
Court. A Trial Justice who couldn't |
punish sufficiently for stealinga dozen j
earsof corn would bean inefficient ofll-i
cer. In the next place we are inclined j
to the opinion that the law is often 1
made use of for personal reasons, as an j
engine to puuish an enemy, or a
friendless dog. Why take up a man
and go through all the forms and expense
of a trial because forsooth hej
may have stolen a pumpkin ?
Again, we believe we have been too
exacting in the requirement of bail, j
In thecaseof trifling offences any man j
ought to be ^ood enough to go security !
for the offender. It would satisfy the i
ends of justice, and the tax-payer :
would often be saved a large board
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The trial of Guiteau, who killed the
President, commenced last Monday.
M????M???MWPfTOB?BMX?B?MO??f
Virginia.
The Democrats were beaten last
Tuesday, and the State of Virginia
will pas^inlo (lie hands of the Mahotie
jntrty. In the loss of Virginia)
the Democratic party of the whole
Tnion has realized a serious defeat,
while the Republicans, or other opponents
of the regular Democratic party,
will enter the conflict of future elections
with increased courage and with
renewed hope of a successful issue.
What the end will be, as to
political parties, no man can tell; except
that the country will still exist
and our Government will continue to
exert its benign influence overall the
subjects of this fair land. We lake
no part or parcel in the eloquent rhel-i
oric, the well rounded sentence, or the;
poetic imagery which enlarges, in'
spread-eagle fashion, on the future tie
struction of the country because our!
favorite leaders have been defeated,
and relegated to (he ranks of private
life, and are now called upon to dis-j
charge only the duty of the ordinary!
citizen. While a Democratic victory |
was greatly to be desired, yet, in de-j
feat, there are too many faithful and |
patriotic citizens in any of the States, i
and especially in Virginia, to allow
even bad officers and designing men to.
ruin so fair a country
Our people need never expect;
the negro mob to run riot again over
us or to renew their sway in our State j
capitals. We will never a ??e?nd.
time make Senators" and Judges out I
of corn Held negroes and illiterate!
white men.
While all this is true, yet the defeat
is little less than a calamity. It calls;
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for the nerving of our true men to!
stand stoutly for the right, and to J
prove themselves equal to any emer-;
gency. The citizens of Virginia
shoud not be too much discouraged by j
their present defeat, nor should the
gloomy outlook cause them to abandon
hope of the future.
BIT LITTLE HOPE LEFT FOR OLI) j
VIRGINIA.
Both (lie Slate Ticket and the Legis-i
latnrc Claimed for the Readjusters \
?Speculations as to the Manner in
which Mahouc will Reward his Satellites?Republicans
to be put on
the Snprenie Bench and Negroes in
Paying Tlaccs.
(.Veers and Courier.]
Richmond, November 0.?In view of;
the fact that tlic Readjusters appear to
have carried the Legislature, the Democrats
are manifesting considerable interest
in the results likely to grow of this
success. This session of the Legislature
will be one of the most important held
in the past ten years.
A United States Senator, all of the
members of the Supreme Court, nearly |
nil of the Circuit judges, all of the head's
of the State departments, and many other
State oflleials are to bo chosen.* It is
not probable that the Hon. John F. Lew-I
is, the Readj lister candidate for Lien ten-1
ant-Governor, or any other Republican,
will bo elected Senator. This will bel
Riven probably to Riddlebarger, or John !
K. Massey, the present State auditor, j
Both of tiiesc have been conspicuous in I
tho Readj lister party ever since its organ-!
ization. In fact, Massey was one of tho
pioneers in that movement.
It is probable that ono or more prominent
Republicans will be given seats on
the State Supreme bench.
Among the persons in that party most
nrnminniitlv in tfiis f-rmiiPP
tion are United States District Attorney |
L. L. Lewis, the brother of the Readjust-j
Br nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, and j
Taylor of Montgomery who was State attorney-general
under the Gilbert-Walker
liberal Republican regime in ISM.
The Republicans will also come in fori
n fair share of the other Stato ollicesj
when distributed. As the negroes have]
been such an important factor to Mahone's ]
success, he cannot fail to recognize their
services when the patronage is given out. |
Some of the more intelligent of the col-!
orcd supporters are to be given remunera-1
live cfUces and clerkships, R. P. Drook,
the colored secretary of the Coalition liepublican
committee, who has rendered j
good service to the Readjustcrs in this!
contest, is likely to secure a good posi-j
tion. He is a lawyer. All of the prominent
Republicans, as well as Readjustee
not already provided for, will expect
to bo rewarded by Mahone. The horde
of oifice-s'eekers attendant upon this session
of the Legislature will probably surpass
anything of tUo kind ever known
here.
While it is not believed that a Republican
will be given the Seimtorship, that
party will have no special cause to complain
of the one to whom it may be given.
If this prize falls to the lot of Ridtlleharger,
Massey or any other Readjustee
he will be in full sympathy with the
Administration and the National Republicans
on all important issues likely to
come up in in the next few years.
Returns have been received from one
half of the State, principally points on
the lines of railroad. These give Cameron,
the Kead.jnster candidate for Governor,
considerable majorities. The tidewater
section, yet to be heard from, it is believed,
will increase these.
The Democrats concede his election.
The Keadjlister* claim tho Legislature
by about tifteen majority on joint ballot.
The Democrats generally concedo that
they have secured both houses by a majority
on joint ballot over 1879, when the}'
had eighteen.
It is believed that the first work of the
new Legislature will pass the Riddlebarger
bill, which agrees to pay the twenty
million dollars at 3 percent., which Came- j
rot) will approve. As they will at once;
choose a Supreme Court in sympathy
with them, the constitutionality of that
moasuro was passed upon and stands,
unless set aside by the United States Su-l
premo Bench.
Many causes arc of course given b}' the j
Democrats as reasons of their defeat.
The negroes were almost solid with the
Readjusters In all sections of tho State,
despite the ellbrts of alew straighout RoBublicans
to prevent them. Some few
emocrats still express a liopo of getting
tho Legislature, but all the best informed
concedo that the Readj us tors' victory is
complete.
THE LOSS OF VIRGINIA.
Its Plain Causes and its Wide Reaching
Disastrous Effects.
[N'citi and Courier.]
Richmond, November 10.?Tho Demo-,
crats no longer set up a claim to the Gov- j
crnor or lo the Legislature. They concede
tho completeness of tho Readj lister j
victory and comprehend that it means a
Senator in sympathy with Mahouc and a
new Stato Supreme Court, somo addition-1
al county judges and all the State ollicers,
whether appointees of the Governor or j
the Legislature, thereby largely increas-,
ing their patronage. They have also the!
power, and it is not likely they will fail to
use it, to so change the charter of the City I
of Richmond as to secure tho control of!
its polico force and numerous offices.
llow all this came about is much dis-j
cussed now. The Readjusters won their!
victory because of the infinite weariness!
of the people concerning tho debt agita- !
tion. Thev are tired of it and want it set- j
tln.l a.*il tlu.v l.i.lmvn tlin Ui,l,lr.r,..-!
bill will do it. The poll-tax qualification j
instituted to limit the negro vote was i
turned against the Democrats because
Mahonc raised the money to pay for them I
while the Democrats with less campaign !
money found thousands of their voters'
lettered by the suffrage qualifications..
But abovo all the Keadjusters' victory is J
due to two men, Senator Mahonc, the J
head of the party in the State, the chair- j
man of its eommitteo and the director-1
general of all its forces, and William C.
Elam, the editor ot tlio Richmond Whig, I
who has given brains and ;blood, voice
and pen to the cause, and whose services;
are to-day in Virginia universally acknowledged
to have been, next to Gen.'
Mahone's, the most etfecliveand the most
brilliant rendered the causo throughout!
the .State.
Tlie Keadjusters aro in great jubilee, j
and in all the demonstrations the colored ;
people bear a goodly part. Tlio Demo- j
crats aro by no means so disconsolate as
they were two years ago when Mahone!
won hin first triumph, but yet their feel-1
ing is one of great disappointment and !
soreness.
IP Yot* want a fine suit of clothes for a1
little money, or a good over-coat, or finej
hats, shirts, underclothing, trunks, va-j
lises, silverware, jewelry, musical inntru-j
ments, or any kind of goods, tlio place to!
buy them for the least money is at I. (lit-!
teteon. Everybody lake notice that I jjivp j
a line oil chroino to every one of my ens
tomers. Call and see my stock, it will!
pay any one to get posted in prices. The j
largest and best stock of dry goods at the
very lowest prices. The finest stock of
cloaks ever brought to Abbeville in silks i
and beaver cloths; as to boots and boots!
I defy competition. Saddles and harness j
at all prices v ill convince the public that!
the cheapest place tc buy your goods is at!
I. Gittelson's. T.ni I
Fink pkkkumery, toilet soaps, pho-j
tograph and autograph alliums and I
anything you want in the drug and j
stationery line can be found at Dr. j
McBride's. tf j
Elegant line Silk Plushes, Steel j
and Jer. Fringes, Passam enterics, liu t- j
tons,Ornaments, &c\, just- received at!
the Emporium of Fashions.
"Maliono For President."
IS IT THE MEANING OF TIIE VIRGINIA
CAMPAIGN I
Mahone, l>clngr Senator and Dictator,
Would be President?Owns the Negroes
and Stimulates the Whiles?
Agency of the Yornig Men?A WellConceived
l'lan Which has the Merit
of Success.
(?Veir? and Courier.]
"Washington*. November II.?Now flint It
Is fully established that Maliono has swallowed
Virginia as well as the kcpuhliuciin parly,
it is best to face t he fact sijuarely andn?ceitain
what it means lor the 1 uiarc. This is the tlrst
introduction of
iupkovkii it?:r?"?-i,i(v\n mkthoiw
Into a Southern campaign. Kveryboily who
knows what, mighty powers lie in demagogImiii,
corruption money, the wily debaueiiing
of public scnlitnCiit, the Federal machinery
and the hope of plunder will havelongfeared
that the result would he as Tuesday's record
has shown it. Never before was such a:: elt'ort
Hindu to carry a Southchi Staff; by the Kt-pubIleans.
Never lias as much money been spent
to buy votes. Never has stioii a brutal force
been used to terrorizeoillce-lutblers. and never
has such an unsparing hand tllelied from the
pockets of I'nltcd Str.tes employees us in this
cam puign litis been spent., used and lllclicd by|
the moral Republican parly for Maliono the
renegade. And why? Was it .sentiment for
tiie "oppressed negro," the "unti-llourbons" j
or for the cultivation of u "National feeling" I
as diey assert? No. It was bcciiusc they dis- J
ccrned a long time ago that it would
Cil VK Tit KM VIllfilNt.V
for years and years to come. There has been 1
a hitler and lengthened light. The signili-j
calico of II has never been overrated. What:
was at stake was appreciated much better by j
tlio Itomiblirans than by the Democrats; had
il Iicoii otherwise the result might have been
d liferent. Jint tho buttle Ik over ami I lie Dem- j
oerats liuve lost. What does It mean 7 Tunty
in 1 tiil It means simply that Virginia must bo,
considered, for a long time hereafter,
A KBI'l'HLICAX STATU.
It means that the Electoral vote's of Virginia j
will bo given In KS4 to the Republican eaittl:s|
date fur President, and that the fusion now effected
prcvailsagalnstrhe Demoeraey in every
state contest until time and accident shall
have wrought a change. Thin is unpleasant
view for Democrats to adopt, but it aeenis to j
be the proper one, and nothing will be tallied I
by throwing a rosy veil over the Virginia cksformity--that
has been done too often already,
and with the outcome of Tuesday to dcinonstrate
its idiocy. It will be said, of course,
that the Presidential election of 1SSU proved
that the Read jus tors could not be depended]
on to vote against a National Democratic i
ticket. That serene assurance is easily d'.v
proved. Mahone is a great poTUlcian: nothing
could bo better planned than his whole
programme, and no plan could have been better
carried out. lie has been slowly
WKI.IUNU A PAItTV
out of n heterogeneous mass of material. lie
began delicately, lie did not shook the feelings
of his white supporters by declaring lis
lack of Democratic principles. He proclaimed
a li'.iit within the party, and led his believers
onWith the hope of spoil. Last year lie
wM not. strong enough to unmask. He mil
up his Democratic electors and avowed him-!
self a Democrat of Democrats. He got into)
the Senate. Since then lie has, by his notions
there, gradually educated his followers out of
the Democratic and Republican parties info a
genuine party of free-lances?the Mahone party.
The Democrats shunned him. He found!
that It would be profitable, so he bargained
with the needy Republicans. It signified
nothing, save that he had no principles and
was rcsol ved to be
DICTATOR OK VIRGINIA.
lie Is Dictator. He rules the state of Washington
and Jelferson, Marshall and Henry.
He also rules the President of the United
States, and a great party is ills slave. Yet he
haw only begun. Herein lies Ills power. He
represents success. He is moving upward.
These facts are not lost on his mongrel hordes.
They will please Mahone, because to please
Mahone means money and place for them.
They?Democrats of Democrats, remember? j
accepted with equanimity his senatorial ric-1
ord tor this reason, and for the same reason
they will vote for a Republican President in
1S8I at. his bidding. No man who could endorse
his action in the Senate would hesitate
to do this. Resides.
tijf.uk is a bargain
which must he consummated. It Is n bargain
for the benefit of all concerned In It. Mahonc
gives the Itepublican electoral ticket his support
in Virginia, ami gives his vote lo I lie
party in the Stale. In return he gets the vote
of the Virginia Republicans for state and
county offices, tho distribution of the Federal ,
patronage in his possession and Hie warm
support of a great and good party. Isn't Hint
just, Isn't It symmetrical, doesn't it dovetail
In beautifully? Now that arrangement, will
be carried out fully and completely. In fact
the Republicans are at Mahonc's meiey, in
that he
OWNS THE SKGKORS
of Virginia to as jrreat an extent as the gnnd
party ever did. Not even Lincoln nor Grunt!
has had such a potent spell over the darkeys
of Mahonc'a liominion as Malione now has.
They are metaphorically and lib-rally ''tils
niggers.'' Thus >lahonc has the game in his
hands, and can compel Republican fealty to
him.
When the debt is "readjusted," and the poll
tax qualification abolished,and the offices aj?propriately
tilled and a Senator elected, is it
thought that Mali one's occupation will bo
gone? Those who think so, and believe I hat
the ' Keadjuster" party is going to evanesce
when Its "mission" Is accomplished, are very
poor politicians. It will only be the beginning
of Mahone's work. What that wily
schemer Is after Is not j robleinnticnl. lie will
not be sulistlcd until iie can subscribe himself
"mattonk, prestdknt."
This is the way it looks. That is what every
thing he lias done points lo. The supposition
will explain the gradual absorption of
power, the formation of a mongrel party'of
spoliation and the scheming and bargaining. I
ilow he is to get his prize, and at what time. |
he will have to be watched to find out He
may contemplate the raising of a mixed par-J
ty in the South, ora bargain whereby he gives;
Virginia's vote to the Republicans in 1KN1 for
a nomination by the party in lsss. lie has
audacity enough for either scheme. The result
of it all, however, will be that Virginia's
vote must be considered ltepubliean as long!
as Mahonc controls It. and the sooner our,
people realize that the better it will be loi
them. A noticeable feature of Mahone's par-1
ty is
The yovno politicians
It contains. An old Readjuster Is seldom to
be seen. Outside <d the nc&rocs, the young
white men from the bulK of the combination,
and the reason is not far to seek. They are
offered opporiuniiy and olllce by Malione,|
things which in the slowness and feebleness
of Virginia conservatism have been absorbed
by amiable fossils. Hence tl.e defection
which lias given Malione so many active and
elllclent workers. It is not creditable to the
deserters, but there Is a grain of reason in it.
In how many Southern States does otic see
every olllce Jilled by supcrnnualed old gentlemen,
very polite and distingue, but unable
to work efficiently for the Stale or the party?
Tliev are there simply because at one time,
inuny years ago, they were prominent or capable.
Mahone seized liis opportunity and
ottered advancement to those under sixty
years of age and obtained as the returns show
a great many such. There is
A LESSON IX THIS
for other States to think of. In a hot campaign
a little Intusion of young spirit and
work would prove useful. The latest devel
opment of tills policy of M ihone Is In the fact
thatan etrort Is being mndo iiere to coax John
F. Lewis?Republican anticipator of the Senatorship?away
fr*?m his prize Willi some other
bait, when the honor of being Mahon's collogue
in the Senate Is to be tendered to John
S. Wise, son of ex-Governor Wise. Lewis has
been promised I lie place, but that makes no
difference to the Mahone crowd. JIc Is sixtylive
and Wise thirty-six, and they consider
that the hitter's election will stimulate their
young supporters by showing them how n
youthful Keadjuster can raise. Resides Mahone
does not want a thorough Republican
like Lewis in the Senate. He prefers a man of
his own type, who will take any side which
may be needful for Mahone's success and aggrandizement.
Mahone, Jiko other bosses,
wants to have by him
HIS MAN FRIDAY.
and he is likely to he satisfied on that score.
Of course, bolii Senators will vote with the
Republicans until Mahone wills otherwise,
and Mahone will not change his policy as
long as ho can keep his bit in the month of
Mr. Arthur. lie is u very able traitor.
OUR RAILROAD CONNECTIONS.
The Greenville and Laurens Railroad
?A New Line to Upper South Carolina.
[Augusta Chroniclc.]
The Chronicle has always maintained that
the Augusta and Knoxvillc Kail road would
prove to be a blessing to Augusta, and add
greatly to its trade, not only by business over
ils own line, but through connections that
were certain to spring Into existence as time
went on. liven now, when the Augusta and
Knoxvillc is not half completed, we are seeing
the truth of this. \\ c gave, a few days
ago since, some of the facts and llgures in refenee
to theSavannah Valley Railroad and the
Atlantic and French Itroad Railroad, one of
which will connect with the Augusta ami
Knoxvillc at Horn's Mines and the other at'
Trlekem. one extending Id Anderson ami the j
other t<i Pickens. Th?i building of the Green- \
wood, Laurens and Spartanburg Railroad has
already been decided upon, bonds to the.
amount of Sl'.o.ooosubscribed by Laurens and
Spartanburg counlies.and n permanent or-;
ganization effected wi'li Mr. 10. K. Vcrdery, ofi
the Augusta and Knoxvlllc Railroad as President,
thUs practically making a eonsollilated
line from Augusta to Spartanburg. We have
now before us a new Hue which will also connect
with t be A (must a nml Knoxvlllc ltullroad.
This Is the (ireenvllle and Laurens 1
Railroad, extending from Greenville to Lau-J
rens, a distance of thirty-six miles. It. is i
twenty-live miles from Greenwood lo Laurens,
or about the same distance that it is be-i
tween the two places by the Greenville and !
Columbia Railroad. Mr. \V. S. Mauldin, of
Greenville, President of the Greenville and
Laurens J tail road, was in Augusta yesterday
for the purpose of conferring with President j
Vcrder.v, He says tlint the company will
have nodifllculty in gradingtlie road between j
the two points. They have $150,000 In bonds, I
of which $25,000 was subscribed by the town of!
Greenville, ;joO,(kki by (ireenvllle county, and ;
$75,000 by Laurens county. Mnj. Green, who;
surveyed the route, says It can be made ready :
for the Iron for SlW.Ouo. They, therefore, do1
not ask for money. Their object is In have j
the road taken into the Augusta and Knox-;
ville system with proper safeguards against j
discriminations against points on the new
road. As the matter now stands Greenville Is
as completely shut oil I'roin Charleston as If
there was a Chinese wall between the two,
places. The Richmond and Danville Road
has control of the road running into Greenville
and is master of the situation.
When the new road Is built this will not bo i
the case. The Richmond and I)nnville lias of-:
fered to take the bonds subscribed by (Jreen-!
vllle and Laurens and build the road IT the
contract was given to it, but neither Ureeii-'
vllle nor Limrens desires this, ns they would
then be In no better eondltion than they aro
now. The company desires to go in with the i
Augusta and Knoxvl'.le, so as to have a coin-,
peung line and give that portion of South;
Carolina ail outlet to the sea, via Augusta. It
would be a good thing for Augusta and the j
Augusta and Knoxvillc I tall road as well ns !
for the (ireenville and I.aurens Itailroad and i
Greenville anil Laurens, As soon as the G. j
L. ii: S. It. It. was completed from Greenwood ,
to I .aureus, twenty-live utiles, the connection ,
could be made.
Mr. Mauldin was unable to see Mr. Vordfrv j
during the day, as he was in Colunibia, huti
walled for and liad an Interview with him ;
when he came In on the night train of the,
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Hull road. ^
Bk sure to luiy your glass and putty;
from Dr. Mcllriile's. tf I
Pit. McHkidk lias a great many!
new things at his drug store. tf |
Axothkr Jot of hoop skirts, latest;
styles, just received, at the Emporium |
of Fashions,
Tbe Confederate Assets.
alleued millions that elude ;
THE FEDERAL GRASP. !
i
i
A Schedule of (MO,828,992, of which J
$11*000,000 were in the United ,
States ? ?9,700,000 Charged to
Frnser, Trenholm & Co. ? That .
Firm Suid to Owh $11,000,000 in
Columbia, Charleston and Snvnu- i
nah?The Spoils of the Florida and}
Alabama ? Proceeds of Sales of
Steamers, Mills, <fcc.
i The-Vt:w York Il-raUl publishes a detailed
schedule of properly belonging to the late
I Confederate Slates, botb in Karope and the
United Slates, furnished la the government
by various parties who wefe applicants for:
con tracts to recover the same for Hie United }1
Slates. The only sum collected l?y thesei
agents was on whieii Die expenses |
weie leaving $"?,000 to i?e turned into!
the treasury. At that tline there were three I
rival agents nt work, and their divvies and '
sums paid for information very nearly ex- I
haustcd the principal. According to the '
schedule the whole value of the assets <
amounted to S-0I,N:?S,!)!):>, of which SlI.liOtl.tKH) (
were In the IT tilled States. There are live .
items footing up SJ,7(IO,iXW, for which the Kng- 1
llsh tlrin of ! 'raser, Trenholm & Co.., was lia- <"
hie, including the value of cotton, army and |
navy e-juipnicnts and stores reshlpi>e<l lothe ]
linn from Havana,St. Georges and Nissan,alter
the surrender of (Sen. Lee. anil the proceeds
of cirflit steamers and Kulield rifle machinery.
fhough this firm was said to own
property in Cc'lumhia and Charleston,S. (J.,
and Savannah. Georgia, valued nt $U,'.ix>,ihh>,
no steps Were taken to attach II.as security | (
for repayment. The schedule corntnlns thirty '
two items, and tlie following include the principal
amounts: Kleven million dollars is
said to he deposited with rebel agents in Vienna,
Frankfort, Amsterdam, Paris and London;
rebel Iron works in Scotland valued at
SlirO.nO'i; sixteen cases ol silver, value unknown,
in the hands of a rebel nieniatst.
Georges, licrinuda; rifle cannon machinery
In the possession of responsible Loudon par
tics viitu. (1 c-i^hiy ciirononieieis, i
valued caplurcd by ihe Florida und |
Aluh<tmn: seven Ions of specie, S-JI.OH ); a I
Danish filiate, fov which Sl,iVl.l.iHK) was paid : j
shoos and blankets valued lit ?>Uti.S02, which j
were sold In New York, the proceeds of which
jcotild be recovered ; and In money In
the hands of a Conk-derate agent in Paris.
There are also the proceeds derived from the
sale of the strainers llama, Falcon, G'rcl.i/n,
j Greyhound, Pelican, Iloxen.iliiirff, City of Richmond,
Whisper, Atwgail, Florence, J/ouisa 117*/1
lacc, K'lffcnc. I'tarmUjun, Edith, Lydin, liapjtaI
hannock, Palmemton, Alexandria, ltaltleanake.
JT'trj/ A upvsta, Cyclone, Tornado, Harriet i-inck
ney, Old Dominion, City of Petersburg and Oi'0nei
Lamb?amounting to In addi- '
lion, there arc six items of Confederate; property
in I bo United .States, valued at SI I,Ooi),(mH)
consisting o( iron works and lands, flouring:
mills, machine sliops, foundries and railroads
in Marion and l>avies counties, Texas, and in
Northern Alabama,and cotton shipped from
Memphis, llrowitsviile, Galveston and Mata- 1
moras, alter the end of the war. The Herald
-trusts that this list will not induce any one
to invest in the worthless old paper of the
I "lost cause." and conjectures that the whole:1
i thing is more shadowy and unsubstantial
| than the imaginary millions awaitiiig Amcr[
ieau claimant!) in London und Amsterdam.
??
The Mcmi-Ccnicnnial of the Theological
Seminary of Columbia.
[Associate lie/ormcd Presbyterian.]
The Theological Faculty of Duo West!
having received an invitation to bo pros-!
ent on the above occasion, which was to j
iconic oil' on Friday, the 4lh inst., the
writer, as the representative of that Faculty,
set out on the down train of the!
I Greenville it Columbia Hail road on I
Thursday of butt week, declined for the!
Capital. * There was on the cars quite a
j turn-out of tho clerical fraternity, with a'
i due proportion of I). TVs?among the.vi J
; were Dr. Ad gar anil Dr. Iiogga, of Allan-1
! ta, and possibly a few others not known j
j t<? us. Indue time we were landed in
Columbia anil were driven to the lien-'
drix House, where we found a number o I
i ministers. Not many moments afterwards,
Mr. I>uttie, booksellers on Main
Street, took possession of ti.s ami convey|
ed us to his house, where wo enjoyed a
i private but elegant hospitality. Alter tea,
[accompanied by a Rev. Mr." White, for|
inerly of Kcutuckj', but now of Yorkj
ville, wc proceeded to the Presbyterian
church one half milo distant, where the
' Synod of South Carolina w;?s in session,
j having been opened on Wednesday night
j by a sermon by the Rev. James L. Mar!
tin, of Abbeville, the retiring Moderator.
| Kov. W. P. Jacobs, of Laurens, was the
| Moderator, and presided with courtesy
land dignity. Due attention was paid to
j strangers. We noticed that the Synod
! discriminated between ministers of other
I denominations and ministers of their)
J own, when visiting them, and that dis-:
I crimination is expressed by tho terms
I "corresponding" and "visiting." Minis!
ters present from Synods and Presbyatrics
of the Presbyterian Church, South,
I are entered upon* their minutes as "cor,
responding" members?ministers present j
j from oilier denominations arc styled1
"visiting" members.
The usual routine of business was dis-1
patched with little or no debate, the mem- j
hers reserving their strength for the Semi
Icentennial services, which were to come]
oil'after the adjournment of Synod. In
other words, the Synod was to be subor-j
j dinatc totheSemi-eentennial. Under the I
'circumstances it was deemed advisable to
give the latter a freo scope, though itj
should result in the cutting oil' of debate,
in the Synod?an arrangement to which a ,
few objected.
The nearest approach to a breeze was in
fixing upon a place lor the next meeting,
Abbeville and Wall)alia bt>ing the nominations.
The pastors, Rev. James L.j
Martin ami Rev. S. L. Morris, plead
manfully for their respective places. Ab-!
bevillo gnt the appointment with a veryj
small majority. I>y the way, it is easy to.
sco that this Synod has not as yet "to go
a bogging" for places in which to meet, asj
soon will he the destiny of some judicato-:
! ries which we have in our eye. It will
not be long until some of our larger bod!
ies will have to put up at their own ex-1
j penso in the larger cities, or camp out in
j the forests or fields.
| Wo heard with much interest an t>d-j
I dress by the Rev. .1. G. Hall, missionary!
j to Matamoras, on the Mexican side of tlfej
j Itio Grande, lie represented the eastern I
side of thw Rio Grande lor miles back :
] from the river as being missionary ground
las much as the western side in Mexico.
The mission seems to progress encourugingly.
lie informed us in a conversation after;
wards that he was not personally ac!
quainted with our missionary, the Rev.
i Neill E. Pressly, at Tatnpico,* which was
some "ten days distant" from Matamoras,
but was not ignorant of his history, nor
I uninterested in his work.
j A special interest was taken in three of
I their aged ministers, Iter. Mr. McLeos,
; Rev. Mr. Watson, of York, and Rev. Mr.
' Palmer, of Barnwell, the father of Dr.
I Palmer, of New Orleans, now 13, but
I preaches every Sabbath. Prayer was
I made for themin Synod.
On asking the (,'lerk how many ministers
were present, his answer was about
seventy, and of elders about sixty.
The Semi-centennial was opened at 7:30
Friday night by an eloquent addross by
Dr. Palmer, before a crowded house, the
aisles, pew, and galleries being p icked, j
| A permanent organization was effected |
j I)}' the election of tho following oilicers: j
| President, l)r. R. M. Palmer; Vicc-Pres-i
ident, Dr. J. L. Girardeau! Secretary,
Rev. M. Law; Treasurer, Dr. J. R. Pack.
On the roll of the graduates of the Seminary
for the last fifty years being called,
ministers from several^Statcs answered to
their names.
A congratulatory address to Dr. Howe
was then delivered by tho Rev. J. 11.
Saye, replete with pious sentiments, j
Then followed the response of Dr. Ilowe,
which was every way worthy of the occasion
wortliv of ono who had liflv veal's!
of a Professorial experience. 11 is utter-j
anccs were such as might bo expected
j from a wise and good man standing on;
| the verge of the eternal world.
I The Semi-centennial exercises occupied
I Saturday and probably Monday, as may j i
bo seen by referring to the following pro-.
gramme: An address by Dr. T. E. Peck j(
on Presbyterian ism ; a history of the i
Seminary,* by Dr. Howe; Sketches of clo- j j
ceased Professors; address 011 tho Old;
Testament in history, or biblical criticism j
atid inspiration, by If. M. Smith, D, D. (
We availed ourselves of an invitation ;
from a friend to visit theScminary build- !
ii:gs and grounds, where wo came in contact
with a formidable amount of learn- ]
ing as found 111 the lidsof 20,()(MI volumes. (
A considerable number of these books 1
wore the donations of tlio late Dr..Thoin- <
as Smvthc, of Charleston, and of tho |;
How John Douglass, of Steel Creek, X.,,
C. Although this Institution had a corps i 1
oi* able Professors and was well endowed, I
it is suspended for the present in consc- ;
quenco of certain financial difficulties, i
It is but a temporary suspension, we trust. |
For the opportunity of visiting tho libra-j
brary antl Seminary buildings we arc in-!
debted to Rev. James L. Martin, of Abbeville,
and to Dr. Girardeau, who resides
hero and is one of the Professors.
Having spent some four or livo hours !i
with him, we judge from what we sawj<
that he is given to hospitality, and from'1
what we heard, (for there was ipiito a free >'
interchange of views on several theologi-j,
cal points,) that his d< ctrinal whereabouts
might be put down in the (>uido Rooks as >
being among "the old paths." J. 13. 1
Sleeping Apart.
"More quarrels arise between brothers,
t'.ptivopn sisters, between hired cirls, be
tweon school girls, between clerks in
stores, between hired men, between litis- [
bands and wives, owing to electrical
changes through tlieir systems by lodg-j
ing together night afler night under the
same bed clothes, titan by any other disturbing
cause. There is nothing thatj
will ho derange the norvons system of a,
person who is elin inative in nervous
joree, as to lio all night in bed with an-1
other person who is absorbent in nervous j
Ibrce, Tho absorber will go to sleep
and rest all night, whilo the eliminator I
will be tumbling and tossing, restless j
and nervous, and v/ako up in the morning
fretful, peevish fault-finding and discouraged.
2s'o two persons, no matter
who they are, should habitually sleep to-.
gether. One will thrivo, the other will'
loss. This is tho law."?Laws of Life. 11
I C
Lack uml merino hoods and caps:r
for children, in beautiful styles, can j"
now he found at the J^uiporium of ?
Fashions. a
An Injunction Dissolved,
Columbia lteot<'Tt
A very important case was decided by
fudge Colhran yesterday. It was ilie;
faso of the lioirs of Tompkins, deceased, j
igainst the Augusta and lvnoxville Railroad
Company. Some time ago the Court
granted an injunction restraining the
company from prosecuting their work
in the lands of the heirs, and attorneys
Df the company, Messrs. Gary and Outlaid.
appeared before Judge Cothran
yesterday and argued for a dissolution of
that injunction. Messrs. Jvarnest Gary
mul Arthur Thompkins resisted the motion.
Both sides of the question were
fully argued and the Conrt decided in favor*
of the |K?titioucrs. The principal
question involved in the case was one of
right of way or eminent domain, and this
was the main subject of dispute. Mr.
Ganahl confined himself mainly to a
proper presentation of the facts, while
Major W. T. Gary addressed himself to
i statement of the legal points involved.
Major Gary's argument was so masterful
as to elicit the congratulatory com-i
inenlsofall who heard it. Some of thei
Idest members of theColumbia bar com- j
[tlimented the etl'ort very highly. The'
rictory of Major Gary will give general i
atisfaction since it sets at rest the vexed j
lucstion of the right of way on the lands j
through which the railway must pass]
md enables the company to prosecute j
heir work without further embarrassment.
11 ILIUM,
COIST GAREE
Agent for
CHAPMAN'S
PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR,
rlMIESE WORKS WERE EftTABLISIIEP
J in ls-17 by Messrs. (Jen.Sinclair and .lames
Anderson and purchased l>.v me in the year!
ISoli,anil fnnn thai time till now tarried on
successfully by myself. My friends and ens-1
turners will bear witness of I he large and stu- j
pendous jobs executed by me. It was at my
works where the largest and almost, only job j
of its class ever executed in thiseity was done,!
viz.: the making of the pipes for the City
Water Works in the year IsoS. In the branch
of BELL FOUNDING, I can say that I have
made the largest bell* ever cist In the State,
sneti as the bell for the city Hall in Columbia.
My stock of patterns for ARCIIlTEt.TURAIj
WoRK, COLUMNS for Store fronts, is
lameand various, and in RAILINGS for Balconies,
Gardens and Cemeteries I have the
largest variety und 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
of any size and description. My circular
SAW MILLS have carried off the prize at every
State Fair held in this city, and in their
construe.!ion I have taken pains to combine
simplicity with the most useful modern improvements,
and may Hatter myself that my
circular SAW MILLS tlnd favor with every
sawyer who understands his business.
The many orders I am steadily receiving for
SUGAR CANE MILLS prove that the public
appreciate the mills of my make, and so it is
with my GEARING for HoRSE l'UWERS, 1
GIN WHEELS, GUIS! MILLS and other
MACHINERY.
I have the manufacturing right of many
patents, such as castings for rocic cotton
A.\*i> hay press and three or four
different feel) cutters and other implements.
I will be pleased to send my circulars to any
applicant, together with price list, or estimate.
Mi- sirn mn<!i?rnt<? :iri/l F nssiiri* the nil!)
lhi that I hey fire lower even than those ofj
Noithcrn mnnufarturers, wid that my work I
will compare favorably with that of any other
maker. Aililress
John Alexander,
c'onfiauke Ikon* Works, Columbia, s. c. j
iOxxjEPiro'ss j
Firelnsurance;
AGENCY.
KSTADLISHED MAY 19G7
Representing $23,000,OOOOOl
Capital and Assets.
T X the past fourteen years I have pniilwt on j
I lire losses over Twenty Thousand Dollars |
in this county?(Sio/iii'i.iivino in l?7tf-7;?and
not one ease of litigation.
I write upon all manner of Insurable prop-;
erly (except ;rin house risks) utas Iowa rateof
premium as any SSOIA'KNT company WIl.l.]
or ( AN.
Vn / 'nilVn cr*r?r/?! olnnco In crnnll nvlnl !
t<> catch the unwary. A plain, simple business
contract which lhe companies will faith-i
fully perform.
DETACHED DWELLINGS occupied by the
owners a specialty.
Rate.
One Year One Per Cent.
Three Years 1 3-4 Per Cent.
Five Years 2 i-10 Per Cent.
Three year risks written upon first-class!
brick stores.
A share of your patronage is solicited.
J. F. C. BuPre, Agent.
Sept. 11,18S1, tf
'UHPflB ALLELE B
S860FSS
i?miiwi?i ii a ssauMaimm
OF THE
liteSfiiiiloli
npIIE WHITE SEWING MACHINE, the
I i>o<? in tin- Wnr!il. II. has an oscillating
Self-threading Shuttle. n Sell-setting nccillo. j
It Is adjustable In nil its wearing parts ami
made from the best of material. Its boliinsl
win be llllcti without removing work or at-j
tacliments. It is so simple in construction!
unrt light running tlmt a child can use it. It
will do the greatest range of work. It has the
most complete set of useful attachments. It I
is far in advance of any other sewing machine.
Jt has been thoroughly tested tor four
years In Abbeville county. Jt is warranted
for live years.
Remember 110 machine is genuine or warranted
only those sold by our authorized dealers.
And those pretending to sell our Machines,
Needles or Attachments outside of
stir Agents are frauds. Mr. J. I,. Simpson Is
:>nr only authorized dealer for the Counties of
\hbevllle unit 1 .aureus, anil no Machines tire
warranted except tho?o sold by him or those
whom he may associate witii him in tiie business.
Respectfully,
WHITE SEWING- MACHINE CO,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
THE Indies, and those persons who wish to
iuv Sewing Mnchancs, are respectfully invit
d to rail at Mr. JlarnweH's, where they Willi
lnd the only genuine, warranted and cheapest
Machines, samples of tlit* llie Machine's,
ivork, needles unci attachments, oil 10 cents!
ler bottle. j
All persons deslrinjr to eommnnieale with
ne on the suhlcct, will address mc at Abbeville,
S. V.
J, L, SIMPSON.
July 1.1, 1SSI. ly.
Knives and Razors.
i SFl'KltlOU selection of Fancy Pocket
i\ Knives?with tin; renowned Full Con-;
rave Elective I!a/or and Russian Leather!
<trap. A good razor Is tne cheapest in the'
(nd. KDW1N 1'AttlC 1H{.
Oct. 2(1/-it
r. L. CALHOUN, ELD.j
I '
Surgeon and Physician, |
AliBMVIIiLK, S. C.
Oi kick?In renrof O.T. Calhoun's law ofllce. j
March 21, Issi, 12in
SCHOOL TKACIIKR,
A MinDI.K AfiKD (5KNT1.KMAX OF Mil-!
I...I IU., !
Prill iiiurai pin, ii'miiii-k ..in-, (.1..... ,
Wcaldis tcnclier of public schools lor Abbelllir
county, and bavin;; considerable exprrl-' '
nee In leaching, olfors his services as teacher !
if any well patronized school in Abbeville or 11
idjacent counlii's, Cor 111<* scholastic year of
JsS:.'. The classics anil higher Knulish brand)-11
;s tnii?ht if required. Apply at this otlice or .
.ddrt-cs "Ttacbcr," Abbeville C. II. tf |
Richmond aud Danville Kailrond( ,
PASSENT. EU DEPARTMENT.
ON atirt after I una 5th, l&l.PaxKcnjierTr.iiii 1
Scrvtco on t he Atlanta mid Charlotte Air I
Line division ot this roiul will bens follows:
i I S ! = | r
' = \ri $ C %
, ?? I ^4 !-? ?!s
Eastward. Jd<- ; yc.s j ?,'J j =5C|?*
!>* 174 rf
* U ; *
l/vc .\i.ls?>it:? 4.f!0am 3.15 pm (UiOpni 500pn: J
Arr. Suwaiiee.D 5.I.S ' I.:f7 " 7.45 ' 7.0.S "
' l,nla EH.",I " o..YI " SI.(Mi '
" Toccoa I-'H.M ' 7.1 .*? " 10.10"
"Seneca <j U.20 " Mil " 11.25" ,
' (ircenv'lu II 105# " 10.l.oOi.ni
" Spartjui'K.K 121l:>m II 40" 2.11 "
" Gaston ia...I/2.:iii " 2.1.1 am l.!U " 1
' ('hui lolte.M :i.:i5 ' 3.15 ? 5.35 " ;
! ~it~!t~ i :
i p i h ss liii
WESTWARD. i K. 16 = 5
II* i I 2* If
! ' 'A | | <
f,tfe Charlotte.M liSOpm I2l3nni 12:13am
" (iamonla._1.1.27 " 11.43 " 1.17 " I
" Spartan'stlv 3.50 " il.oii " 3J2 ' '
" Oivcnv'lell 5.07 " 5.IS " 4.21 "
' Sefrmn (J Huil " 7 02 " 5.47 "
" Twcotv. 1**8.01 " 8.15 " i:.5 i ~ I
" I,nla Efl.111 " fl.:!l " H.I HI " i
" Suwnnep...I) low " J10JVI" ;1V22 " 5 I'lnni
Arr. Atlanui j l-Mon in j 1220pm 10.35" js.00 "
CONNECTIONS.
A with nrrlvlns trains of Georgia Central
nml A. .t W. 1'. Railroads.
j> n iiu rti i IVIIJ^ i x?i i ii M v-viiiini,^
.1- \V. I\ iii.d \V. .* A. Railroads.
C wllli sirri vinj; trains of (ieorjrla Railroad.
I) with Lawrencevillc Brunch to and from
Lawrcnceville. Ga.
K witli Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to
and I rum Athens, (la.
F with Kiberton Air Lino to and from Elberton,
Ga.
G with Columbia and (!reon viilctoand from
Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
II with Columbia and Greenville to and
from Columbia and Charlston, S. C.
K with Spartanburg and Asheville and
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia to and from
Henderson and Aslievlllc and Alston and Columbia
I, with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gunge to
andlrom Dallas and Chester.
M'with CJ? C.t A, C. (.'. It. D. and A. T. <4 0.
forall points West. North and East.
Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains
Nos. 17 and -18. Daily, without chantce, between
Atlanta and New York. A. POl'K,
General Passenger Agent.
XT, CLARK,
FOR TBS GOOD OF THE CRAFT
r IIAYR CONCLUDED TO GIYE MY
I wlmle attention to my Shop. Ishallgive
it GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes
to have his
\VATC ITEM REP AI RED
Bring them in. I have ail the tools and materials
to do it up in tlie best of style and at
tlie lowest rates possible. If you want, youi
clock repaired bring it In and it will be done
right. If you want your
JEWELRY MENDED
Bring It on. If yon want your
SEWING MACHINE MENDED
This Is the place to get It done in thebest of
order. You can have any piece made new, or
the obi one repaired. If you want your gun or i
pistol repaired this is the place to have it j
done. All these articles will be repaired in
the best of order at the Lowest Prices.
Give me a trial and satisfy yourselves?i
TERMS CASH.
f TT*T ? T H TltT I
juiijn jj
Columbia and fircenyille Railroad*
passenger dhi'AUtmknt.
Com:miua,S. C., August 30,1881.
On nn<l after Monday, August 3otli, II, I'aesenger
Trains will rutins herewith indicated
upon tills lioadiuid Us branches,
JjAIiiV, EXCK1T SUNDAYS.
NO. 12. UP PASSENUEit.
Leave Columbia A '1 20 a m
Leave Alston I- 20 p in |
Leave Newberry 1 21 p m I
Leave Ninety-six* 2 50 p in I
Leave J lodges ji 52 t> ni I
Leave 1 it'll on 5 05 p in |
Arrive at Greenville (5 27 p ill j
NO. l.i. DOWN PASSENGER.
Leave Greenville at 10 33 a m
Leave Helton 11 57 a in |
Leave Hodges 1 12 pm{
Lc.ive Ninety-Six 2 35 p ni j
Leave Newberry 3 17 p in l
Leave Alston 1 1U p in I
Arrive ill Columbia !?' 5 50 p ni j
SPAUTANJ'CUG, UNION AND COLUMBIA UAIL- j
koa i).
NO. 12. VI' PASSENGER.
I .cave Alston _..12 Iflpm!
i Leave strother 1 13 p to
Leave Syles l-'ord 1 27 p m 1
Leave Shelton 1 35 i> in ,
Leave l,-ls!i Dam ....... 1 52 p in
l/?avo Siiiitnc - ? 2 it) p in
Leave Union 2 35 j) in
Leave Jot'.esville.. .... 3 01 p in
Leave I'arolet 3 22 p in
Leave Spartanburg S.U.?K:C.de| ot 13 1 o.'i p m
Arrive Spartanburg U. <fc 0. depot pj i 12 p m
.?>. -M. DOWN PASSENGER.
Leave Spartanburg it. it 1). depot 1*112 -IS a in
Leave Spartanburg S.U.ifcC.depot (} 1 05 p m
Leave Paeolet 1 3!l j> in
Leave lonesvllle 1 5!) j) in
Leave Union - 2 30 j> >vi
Leave Santue. - - - 3 02 p m
1 Leave l'isli L am 3 21 p in
Leave shelton 3 40 p ni<
Leave Lyles Ford 3 -it) p ni,
Leave Strolber 4 03 p in j
Arrive at Alston -1 37 p in
I.At'RKNS RAILROAD.
Leave Newberry 3 55 p m ;
Arrive at Laurens C. if. - tl 15 p m :
1,1-jivi" i .aureus i . ji.._ o vi ? in ]
Arrive at New berry 11 ?'j p ni
AlillKVI J.I.K IJiCANCH.
Leave Hodges .1 p m j
Arrive at Abbeville 4 W p ni
Leave Abbeville 12 15 a m ;
Arrive at Hodges. 1 <!,"? p m i
III.L'K JilDOi: ICAIMCOAI) A.M) ANUKIMOS !
Leave Rclton .. 5 CS p in
Leave Anderson.. 5 JO p m i
Leave i'endleJnu - - ( !S? p m ]
Leave Seneca () 7 a> p in
Arrive at Wallialla 7 15 p in
Leave Wallialla ft '.i't a in
i.eaveSeneia L) f 51 a ni I
Leave l'endleion in :!?) a in !
Leave Anderson 11 12 a in j
Arrive at Helton 11 IS p in ;
On and after the above, through ears will be ;
rnn between Columbia anil licndcrsonviile j
without chance.
CONNECTIONS.
A. With South Carolina I'ailrond from J
Charleston. With Wilmington,Columb'n and i
Augusta Railroad from Wilmington and all
points North thereof. With charlotte,Columbia
and Augusta Railroad from Charlotte
and all points North thereof.
13. With Ashevlilc and Spartanburg Railroad
for points in Western North Carolina.
. O. With Atlanta and Chailotte Division
Richmond A Danville Railroad from all
points South and West.
1), Willi Atlanta and Charlotte Division
Richmond ?fc Danville Railroad from Atlanta
and beyond.
K. With Atlanta and Charlotte Division)
Richmond and Danville Railroad from all j
points South and West.
1<\ With South Carolina Railroad for
Charleston. With Wilmington,Coiuinbiaaud !
Augusta Railroad lor Wilmington anil tne|
Norl.li. Willi Charlotte, Columbia and Au-i
gusta Railroad for Charlotte and the North.
(i. With Asheville and Spartanburg Railroad
from JfcndcrKoitvitle.
I I. Willi Atlantatiiid Charlotte Division |
Richmond and Danville Railroad from Clmr-1
lot te and beyond.
.Standard time u?od is Washington, D. I
which is fifteen minutes faster than Collim-1
bia.
.T. W. FRY, Superintendent.
A. Pope, General Passenger Agent.
L. W. I'KitKI.v, T. P.COTIIRAX.
PERRIN & COTHRAN,
attorneys at Law,
ABI3KV1LLE, S. C.
Jan. lil&SO, tf
TEA! "TEA 7"
A 8UPEE0B ARTICLE OF
\'OCNC, IIYSON at &>?; Imperial at 75c ; j
(inn Powder at Jit.'c; Mixed :it SUee; in j
fancy pound and half pound boxes.
Edwin Parker.
June 15,1(581, tf !
Marshall P. DeBrxihl, |
Attorney at Law,
ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C.
THE HEAVIEST,
ODOKLESS,
Machine Oil, j
At 65 Cents per Gallon.
5 Gallons, or over, 60 Cents!
per Gallon.
H. W. LAWSON & CO.
May 25, ISSI, tf
Parlor Suits,
XJPHOLSTKRKD ill beautiful Spun Silk-j'
\J uie latest si vie:-. I
J. I). CHALMERS.
Sept. 21,1SSI, tl
Chamber Suits
IN WALNTT at prices from Forty(fID) dol |
! lars to two luiiulri'il dollars, Someof
tlio.se goods tlic tinest wo have ever oU'ered. I
J. 1>. CUALMK1W. j
Sept. 21, I8S1, If
nAI.r, STANDS, What-Nols. Hrnckclsand!
Tables?all new anil beautiful.
J. D.CIIALMKUS.
Sept.21, ISS1, tf
Sleep Well-Spring Beds.
MAKK your beds a comfort and you will j,
arise refreshed. The "Twin Spring"
s't.iHl; Tlie "lioston Sprintr" $!.!* and ?l..r>0;
The "Woven Wire spring" jKmi toSlil.tW; The
"Invisorator" S'J.imi i<> <:!..">< i. Tin? Twin Spring ;
is an improvement on the town Sprint;sold In |
this county; it clamps the slats so thai it can't |
come oil'; only j.f.OJ tor IS springs.
J. D. C'linlmcrs.
Sept. 21,1S81, tf !"
MUSIC SCHOOL !i
; I
PKOF. ANTON" l!KU(i will open his school t
of Mu^iu In Abbeville, t leiober 1st. Iij-i
structtoii on (lie I'lano, (irgan and Violin as ! t
well as Vocal Music. Solo and in class, thor- j (
uughly taught. Terms: lusjrurncntal Music )
twenty doliarsporsession of live mouths. For I
roferoiic's and further information, apply to
L. I!. (Jury, F.s()., attorney at law.
fcjept. 21, ttfcl, U
Silks and Satins.
WE have the most complete assortment of
Black Kllks and lilack Satins, ever ofV-red
iu Abbeville. Send for samples nnd
jrlct-s. I'w M. HADDON & CO.
Sept. 11,1881. tf
ATHTHILL
& SONS,
DEALERS IN
GROCERIES,
?ANDPROVISIONS,
CRACKERS, HAM,
TEAS, FISH, SOAP,
SYRUP, SUGAR,
STARCH, SPICES,
FINE TOBACCO,
CIGARS, WINES,
LIQUORS, &o.
Abbeville, S. C.
Dec. 15, 1SS0, tf.
State of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
IX THE PROBATE COURT.
In Re estate of Pavid Hannah, Deceased.
Petition for .Settlement and Discharge.
VfOTICE Is lieroby elvon tliat William
Dnnn, Executor of David Hannah.deeeased,
has applied lo this court for a discharge
from his trust.
It is Okpkkkd. that Friday the 11th of November,
I SSI, be fixedns the day for the.settlement
and discharge of tin; executor.
.7. I'TI.IjKR r.vox.
Probate Judge A. C.
Oct. 11,1SS1, tf
f ILL IS llliTlt
Or 1881.
P. Mm & Co. l) the Front.
]$[ITII their usual attractive stocK of
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
A full nnd complete line of?
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
?of the very best and cheapest?
BOOTS AND SHOES,
HATS AKD CAPS,
GROCERIES ML HARD!ARE,
nnd such other goods as are usually kept in n
first-class . tore. All contained in
NO. 3 GRANITE RANGE,
ABBEVILLE C. H? S. C.
We arc determined to sell them arid owing to
the short crop and general complaint of hard
times, have marked tlicin nt such prices as
will Insure them quick and ready sale. All
wo want. Is I liat you will call and examine,
liny ami be happy,
Oct. ID, 1881, tf
Tlie IliaMe Faaals CI?.
ItEM'KCTKei.l.Y oilers its services to those pa
rents who desire to secure for their daughters
Hie thorough nnd symmetrical cultivation of
their pliysital, intellectual, ana moral powers.
]r is conducted on what is called the
"JH3-5TCDT" PLAil- with a Skjii-A>'nuai.
Coi ksk of Study ; and. by a system of Tuitional
Premiums, its Low Hates are made
still lower Tor ALL who average S5 per cent.
Xo Public Exercises. Xo "Receptions."
Graduation, which Is always private, may occur
r-L'ht times a year.
THE FALL SESSIOX will open AUGUST
1, lSJjl.
REV*. S. LANDER, rrcident,
Oct 27, SO.ly Wlilinmston, S. C.
To ^S.ers.1:.
NE? HOTEL IN ABBS7ILLE.
r|1IIE undersigned has Just completed his
L new hotel 011 the Xorth-Enst corner of
the Public Square In Abbeville, containing
fourteen large airy bed rooms, a commodious
dining-room,a large oflice.and a good cook
room. This Is very desirable property in the
business portion of the town, makes its location
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 an enterprising hotel-keepar thisisa rare
offer and only which should not be neglected.
Apply early to
JOHN KNOX.
July 20, ISSl.tf
1JOPLAR PAINTED SUITS very handsome
JL at prices from ?23 to ?5i> per set.
J. D. CHALMERS.
Sept. 21, ISSI, tf
Eernhart Collars.
Another lot just received.
It. M. IIADDON* & CO.
Oct. 20, 1881, tf
Full Stock of Millinery and
Dress Goods.
WK are adriiuc in our stock almost daily.
Our lady friends will tlnd our slock
very largo and attractive.
It. M. IIADOOX & CO.
Oct. %, 1SS1. tf
iF m SS s-~a
Boots and Shoes, Harness
and Tanyard.
BKST material used, fine workmen employ
ed, custom work niadu promptly, and at
the lowest bottom prices for rash. Hides always
bouubt at tbebislicst market price for
cash or in exchange for leather or work.
January is, IjsO, ly.
liffiTfii,
Have a large and well selected
DRY GOODS,
-AND- j
GROCERIES,'
i
?and the newest styles of?
READY-MADE CLOTHING, |
BOOTS, SHOES, j
Hats and Caps,
WHICH THEY SELL CHEAP. |
Oct (i, 1SSO, tf
RAILROAD NOTICE,
^UnSCltlltKUS to llio capital stock of the I
Atlantic and French I;road Valley Itail >a<l
are hereby notified that the first in.?tal-1
ncnt is now called for.
Prompt )>a.vnu'tit is required. as the work Is
o lie begun at once anil will lie pushed vigormsly.
Hy order of W.K. Bradley, President A.aud '
15. V. K. It. j?
J. \V. PKIUUN, Treasurer, j <
Treasurer's Olllco, h
Abbeville, May 10,1SS1.
Have In store and to arrive, a
Large and Varied Stock
OF
DRY GOODS,
STAPLE and FANC7 MOTIONS?,
GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS,
LOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS,
AND many other articles, nil ?f which will
he sold as close for ('ASiL and upon ?*
GOOD TERMS as any house fn Abbeville.
Give as a look and we will give you a barSain,
$9,.We will ship your Cotton orbuy lt."?a
Cliromos.
A LARGE lot of new Cliroiwos 22 x 28 and
21 x M.) on cxhlblt'eu and for sale, at
?I.l3 each at
LAWSON & WARDLAW'S.
April 20. IWI.
Received This Week!
THREE NEW AND STYLIST! WALNUT
1 Chamber Suite* at botl?n.f?irlcrs, at
LAWSON &. WAKpLAW'S.
April 20, 1S81.
J.W.SIGN
ABBEVILLE, Cr
KEEPS on hand a full assortment of COFFINS?
from the cheapest to t lie bent,
llearse will attend funerals, when desired.
He will also Contract for the ,
Erection of BuildingsIfe
Is ajrent for the Pale of 8n*b, Doom
Blinds, Mouldings, Stnlr-ralllngs, Flooring*
and everything pertaining to house building
April 7tl? 1SSO, ti *
AV. r. Bf.net, j. H. Rice,
Abbeville, S. C. Mnety-Six.S. C. /.
BENET & RICE,
attorneys at LawWE
hnve formed a partnership for the practice
of law. And will practice In all the
Courts of the State.
BENET & RICE.
Feb. 23,18S1, tf
V.M. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN.
PARKER &~McG0WAIf
ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS,
Abbeville, C. II., s. c,
\\J ILL practice also in the Circuit ConVt* ol
T? the United States for South Carolina*
Jan 7.18S0.tr
~Dr. E. D. WILSON,
| DENTI9TET,
Abbeville, C. H., S. (7,
C7j~ Office; Upstairs over tbc Pest Offlce.t**
J. Knox & Co.
-AGENTS I-OIUMR,
TOM YOUNG'S
FORE CORN WHISKEY
TIIE best and purest CORN WHISKEY
brought to this market.
June 22,18S1, tf
E. H. McBKIBE, M. D.
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
V\' ILL clve prompt Attention to nil practice
in town. Office at Drug Store.
August 3, Ufcl, 12m
DAVIDH MAGILL,
attorney at Law,
ABBEVILLE, S, C- N
WILL practice in all the Courts of the
Slnle.
Jan 21.l8S0.tf
ATTENP 101 FARMERS
I
\\JE nro now prepared to furnish FAR?V
MERS with ail kinds of farming implements.
PLOWS AND PLOW STOCKS,
Trace hains & Back Bands,
AXES AND IIOES.
-ALSO ALWAYS ON HAND- m
.Corn aid Bacon, Flair ail Meal, I
SUGAR, COFFEE, &C. I
QUAKLE3 & CO i
Feb. 9,18bl, tf
The Best Ecgiiie in the World! jfl
in mm\
W.R. WALTON,agent I
AUGUSTA, GA, I
ALSO AGENT FOR THE ggH
Gciser Grain Separator, H
Saw Mills, and all-kinds offlj
Machinery. H
Rffors lo Dr. J. A. Olbert, B. C, Wall, and I
Allen Morngnc. of Abbeville. BR
May II, 18nl, lim n
Shoes. H
JADTES %vho wantan elopant fitting Sho<\^B
j sliouiil try a pair of our "custom maiie'*^?
goods; manufactured expressly for us. H|
H. M. IIADDON & CO. K
Sept. M,IP8I,If
Blue Stone, ?
Sept. 27,18M, it EDWIN PARKER. H
Eid Gloves. B
EVERY lady who wants a real good KuJB
Glove, should cull for our "Polo"?the^l
best ever ottered for 51.Oil. |fl
It. M. IIADDON & CO. B
Sept. 11,1SS1, tf 9
Barber Shop, 8
'piIE muTcrslgned respectfully informs tbcjjj
I public tilnt lie has recently removcu iiii^h
Tonsorlal Kmporiuni to the hull above Non^H
wooil Brother's store, where he Is prepared tr^H
accommodate his customers, and the publl<^H
generally In hair cutting, shampooing. shnv-^B
Injr, dyeing, in the best style, and at reosost^B
aide prices. flaH
Terms per month for hatr-rnttlns, stinm^B
pooiug and shaving, only S1.0U. 9H
Respectfully, ua
Richard Gantt* H
Just Received. 9
ANEW shipment of Zephyr all colors an(^B
shades?lu cents an ounce at the K9
NEW YORK STORE.
Oct. X 1881. tf B|
The Artotype. H
AXKW and beautiful engraving. f.'oplc^H
from fine steel engravings. Those nr^H
beautiful durable pictures. With theetteeto^B
light and shade make a nice article at a lot^H
price. They arc worthy ot a place in you^H
parlors and rooms, in place of the high color^H
ed cheap chronios. H
J. D. Chalmers. H
sept. -i, issi, tf
BAllGAIXS! |
BARGAINS! I
W'K OFF Kit EXTRA BARGAINS IN AlH
'' kinds of IH
DRY GOODS!
CLOTHING, I
HATS, SHOES, &C.I
Try us and you will buy your goods cheap,
QUARLES & CO.
Oct. 1!\ 18SI, lni
H. G SCDDDAY,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
ANDERSON, S. C.
OFFERS Ms professional sorvircs to the c
I/ons of Abbeville. rnrtlox di'FtrlnK
consult Willi him, may do so at enclj sessU
iif rite Com t for tlio County,or l>y loiter at A
ilorson c. J I.
Juue 15.1SS1, tl