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The Press and Banner. By Hugh Wilson and H. T. Wardlaw. ? B' Terms-Two Hollars ft yrnr, In advance; Two Dollars unit Fifty Cents, if payment Is ileltjxl. Wednesday, Jan. 18. 1882, Is this An Age of Miracles I Several years ago the projectors of tiie Greenwood and Augusta railroad procured a few convicts and a stual amount of subscriptions in monry am went to work under the most adverst circumstances?and kept peggin g away. Finally, and unexpectedly to everybody, money sufficient to finish the road was procured, and now that road may be considered an accomplished fact. About the same time that the Greenwood and Augusta railroad was started, a few Men in the mountains started the Williamston, Belton and Kasly railroad?from nowhere to nowhere. Amid the jeers of the outside world these men continued to work. After some twenty miles of the road had been graded, the idea of extending the road to Trickem was developed and through the energy of Hon. IV. K. Bradly the road was consolidated with the road to Trickem, and the line at the same time was extended through Estatoe gap into North Carolina, without any definite plans as to where either end would terminate. This line of road, from nowhere to nowhere, was then greatly lengthened, and the work pushed more vigorously than ever, but still without much visible means?not enough to build e plauk fence from one of the road tc the other. About fifty miles of the road have now been graded in Abbeville, Anderson, and Pickens. Lasl 11 York svndicate had a conference with the officers of this road which was at first deemed as merely a dream of the most delusive kind, and papers were formally signed for the extension and completion of this line of railroad, which will be second to none in the South. Instead of stopping at Troy it will go tc Edgefield, and thence to the sea and, al the other end, instead of stopping al the foot ofthe mountains, it will reacli to Cincinnati and Louisville. If only one-half of the contract entered into at Abbeville last Monday night is carried out we will be the luckiest people in the world. The syndicate which proposes to do this work, promise tr put from five hundred to a thousand hands at work, in the Spriug moving dirt nrenaratory to the accomplish ment cf this grand enterprise. As to where the road will reach deep water, that is yet an open question. If suitable and acceptable arrangements can be made with the South Carolina Railroad, the outlel to the sea will be through Charleston, but in case this arrangement cannol be effected, the new organization will take the road to Foot Point, opposite Port Royal. As to the Savannah Valley Railroad. This enterprise which has been the hope of our people/or thirty years, , will be needed as a feeder to thu grand line, and cftbrts will no doubl be made by the Atlantic and Frcncli Rroad Valley Railroad to secure control of this line from Troy to Anderson for the purpose of either building it as a feeder, or or Killing u us ? vumpetitor. The success of the Savannah Valley Railroad is, in our opinion, dependent j;*>n the city of Augusta That market needs the road, and il would be a most valuable acquisition to the city. With this road finished and the Greenwood road in successful operation, Augusta would receive from Abbeville much of her richest and most valuable products. Important Railroad Matters, The prospects for the early compleAnrrailicnail ia?ll Hi ftf. t he UIOSl UVII VI UUt IUMIWM.. .V ?... sanguine could desire. As far as w< are able to find out, the completion o: the road may be considered as a fixe<: fact. It seems that the New York syndicate is willing to take the fiftj miles of graded road and complete tht Atlantic and French Broad Valley Railroad, without any other monej from us than Ahat which has been subscribed. The pros|>eet is really sc good, and the proposition so liberal, that we are dazed, and shall impatiently watch for tangible evidence ol the sincerety of those undertaking to to do so important a work. President J. N. Cochran, and Secretary W. J. Kirk, and Treasurer J. W. Perrin, ol the Company, and Judge Cothran, ntiwir r\f nup oilizpns. met the agents of the New York syndicate, and we understand that: Messrs. Childs and Oliver, representing a New York Syndicate, have contracted with the Atlantic and French Broad Valley railroad company to complete and equip in first class style the entire road from Edgefield court house via Troy, Abbeville, Due West, Belton, Williamstou, Easley, Pickens and the North Carolina line on the original survey, guaranteeing to make it a link in a new and independent through line from the South Carolina coast to the Ohio connecting with both Louisville and Cincinnati. The maximum time for the completion of this contract is December 1. 188-1?'.he maximum time allowed for the commencement of this work is September ? . ~N ^ , !..J! . I, 1S3Z. XA'cryiniiig seeirs to luuiuuit that the work will be actually commenced early in April. The President aud Directors now in power will btill remain in control of the company until the completion of this contract. The contractors agree to take the road in its present condition, and tc receive payment for all work whieli they may do, and for all material furnished, neceessary to the completion of the road at the rate of $25,000 pei Inile iu stocks and bonds of the com pany. By terras of agreement all motiiei already subscribed shall be paid in a vi'. ^ once, to be expended as the preacn j ioard of Directors, may direct in con titiuing the work of constructionthe same to be covered by capital stocl of the consolidated line. Thia agreement does not "interfen With the work now going on iu Abbe vllle couuty yuder the present organi zation. CaDt. Kirk is still in control an< Will prosecute the work vigorously until subscribed capital is exhausted when the New York syndicate Wil take hold aud prosecute the work t< Completion. Governor Perry Interviewed. The remarks of ex-Governor B. F ferry to a correspondent of tin Charleston News and Courier will b< found elsewhere in the Press and Ban ncr. Like all that Governor Pern says, it will be found interesting, am littered in such language as not to b< misunderstood. Plainness and fai speaking is a characteristic for whiel he is distinguished. Nobody eve misunderstood the views of Governo I Perry. We are in thorough aceori Bfej- with him, in nearly all that he sayi now, but in reference to his opinion m to the necessity for a Constitntionu Convention we cannot agree with him It matters not who framed the Consti tut ion st> long as it is a good one, and t better one thau anybody has yet proposed. The Constitution will not bt changed, and the agitation of the subject might as well be dropped. V- ..... . . ?.' The Registration Bill. i This bill has been passed in (lie c House of Representatives by a vote of 53 to o2, and it may be presumed that j it will become a law. Our read- 1 jers know our opinion of the law, ami f ! it would be useless for us to say a word ; ^ j now. Leaving the ?tie:iisof I h c* i>i 11 ' entirely out of the (piotion we doubt [ * the policy of n men- majority forcing ' m objectionable law upon the people because of some visionary scheme entertained by a lot of impracticable lien who never had a conunon-sen?e i pinion of any common-place matter. ] We still believe that a registration, e (law will be the death of the Demo-jj 1 cratic party, and that we might just ;1 j now begin to prepare for a big funeral j next Fall. Knowing the temper of P lour people, and the difficulty under j ' which the politicians labor in order to'j got (hem to the polls even in an excit-j< ing campaign, we think we speak ad-;1 visedly when we say that a large per t | cent, of onr people will neglect t-) rog-j<: iister. The registration hill is, j v I in our opinion, a boomerang which will hurt its managers more than it;? injures the party whom it may have j c been intended to defeat. We presume;a all this cry about an honest vote and i a fair count to be the merest gas., f It is not to be presumed that 1 he. c veriest idiot in the State believes thep white people would rule South Caro- J s ' lina for an hour if such an election I i j could be held. A nd if there is not in j' the bill some devise by which the ne-it groes may be prevented from register-! 3 ingand voting, it is only a question oft time, as to when we will have to turn j1 1 over the offices to others than the pres> eut holders-. LATFK. When tlie above was written we| were under the impression that the! j Registration bill had been finally dis-j ' posed of, but it seems that upon a re-1 1 consideration of the measure yester! day the bill was killed in the House! by a vote of fifty-five to fifty. This is j 1 good enough. The registration busi-j ' nessmay now be set down as a dead j " letter, and it is hoped that those who | ' have advocated this measure, may in j : the future turn their attention to the j consideration of practical matters, j ' I winch touch the nerve string 01 ourj purses?the cost of crime for instance. ' Although our criminal laws need ar ' thorough overhauling, it seems thatjs nobody has paid any attention to this * 1 matter, which is of such vital importance. | The Triul Justices. . Representative J. D. Xeel has intro- c duced a bill into the Legislature fix- c ing the pay of Trial Justices at Abbe- ^ v i 11 e at fifty dollars each, and for other ^ trial justices in the county at twenty- ? j five dollars each, in lieu of all costs t and fees in criminal cases. If we are t [ not in error, on motion of Represent a- t j tive W. H. Parker, the bill was subse- t iquently amended, fixing the salaries ( at just double the sums proposed by i Representative Ncel, the author of the bill. In that shape we believe the bill is now on its passage in the ' House. There seems to us to be j' one harsh requirement in the bill, I1 which, if we understand it correctly, 1 should be modified. We refer to the 1 j matter of monthly reports. No Trial ( I Justice, living in the country, can af- 1 j furd to come to Abbeville Court House ' once a month, to make his report, for 1 the foe named. Country Trial Jus- ' tices should be furnished with printed ' blanks, and be allowed to send their ( reports through the mails. The : 1 amendment of Representative Parker, 1 j increasing the pay, was, we believe, an j error. Faithful and efficient officers ' J can be secured for the amounts origi- ' nally named in the bill, and ' the public is entitled to such ser- ( vices at the lower figures. But, even * with the increased salaries, the bill is 1 a good one, and will result in great 1 I benefit to the public. While this 1 ; is true, it is also true, that these offif cers may think the bill unjust and un- 1 I necessarily harsh upon them, in cut; ting off their means of a livelihood. ' But individual gaiu, must be subordi- 1 i nated to the public welfare. There 1 can be no doubt that good men will 1 serve in these offices for the salaries 1 i originally specified in the bill, aud ' > they should have the places, if the old , officers refuse to serve. The office of Trial Justice may be given up at any i ' moment, and the public may rest as- { i sured that there will be no lack of ( new men to take the place, and draw t the small salary. The great saving under the new law c is not apparent, if we look uo further f i than the Trial Justice's office. The s saving would be in the reduction of J j the number of cases which would be sent up to the higher Court. It is < | barely possible that when the Trial j Justice is in doubt about what to do, 1 I ?* | that his fees might influence his action, and the accused might thus be * ! sent to jail to await trial in the Court ? I 21 of General Sessions, when if the Trial i ,1 Justice had been a salaried officer the ' alleged offender might have been dif- ( {ferently dealt with, and the County ^ saved a large expense. If our Legislators coulil.be induced j; to change our criminal laws, so as to i require Trial Justices to dispose of the \ many trivial cases that now go to the < i Court of General Sessions, we verily jv I believe that three thousand dollars j1 'could thus be saved annually to the J; tax-payers of this county. >Vith the u j present laws, and the present admin- J jistration of them, the Circuit Judge is j | reduced to the work which should r have been done in the Trial Justice's | ollice. { , The Slock Law -The Governor's Mcs-, J i sage. | ( In the low country there seems to! i be some feeling on the subject of the i ri stock law, and malcontents and other!, -'.soreheads threaten to take the ques-j* tion into politics next Fall. The pro-jr b visions of the law are so equitable and t; just, and its workings are so beneficial !J 11 to nearly all classes of citizens that it - is sure to commend itself to nine-' -J tenths of the people of the Stale, j i j There can be no doubt that the stock law is worth more to Abbeville county j b thau all the statutes in the books. We f -tare surprised to see that the Governor j - recommends certain modifications of j the law, so as to allow a man's neighijbor to appropriate a portion of his y' hinds to pasturing their cattle. The! J fallacy of this position is too trans-1 11 parent to need any comment. While j o j it is true that the government could authorize citizens to pasture their cat| tie on the public lands, yet everybody knows that the Legislature cannot confiscate the lands of one citizen for ' the purpose of pasturing the cattle of * another. Tne landowner has the per-; feet right to the full possession of what , he buys, aud no one has a right in jus% j tice to make a pasture of it. ! t. Siuall Pox?An Alarmsng Rumor* j % I rPI>u tioworro /luir ifi i?a ??/?_ Ij M. m. Iiv ?>vi o mij *.?.j ; 1 r. counts of the spread of small pox in ' rj various parts of the country, and 1, neighboring cities are urging the imsiportanceof vaceinatiou, and are taki j ing steps looking to the prevention of 1, the spread of this loathsome disease. . j For some time the disease has been in - Richmond, Va., and in one or two of t the towns of North Carolina, and yes* | terday the rumor came to this town that an emigrant woman arrived in Anderson a few days ago, with the j disease. Humor hath it tliut she waa y: - " . r immediately taken to the farm in the ountry on which she was to live. Whether the rumor as the small >ox ease in Anderson is true or not, it s true that many roses of it exist in lifterent parts of the country, and it vould be nothing but common pru-1 Icuce fur our peujde to t>c vaccinated. \n ounce of prevention is north a j *<>iiml of cure. Is There an Increase of Crimp J j The Pickcns Saifincl last week, in j toticing the opening of Court at thai i ilaee, publishes a synopsis of tlicj harge to the grand jury hv his Honor j fudge AI<1 rich. of which the follow-1 ng is an extract: "We are living under an economical! government and the laws are miliar- j ially 011 forced. Not withstanding J his, crime, he was sorry lo say, was m the increase. Some of the papers | ?f the State deny this, hut we who ail*. Minister the lawn know bettor. The :ause of the increase of crime, he atrihuted to u failure of the juries to liscliarge their duties in accordance villi the oath they take." If the reader will analyze the paragraph just quoted, it may appear as on trad ictory of itself. If "the laws ire impartially enforced," we do not: inderstand wherein "the juries have! ailed to discharge their duties inac-i lordatice with the oatli they lake." iVe tako issue with the Judge as to the tateinent that crime is on the Increase n tliis Slate. If. however, his Honor! 1 lad said the business of the criminal] :ourts had greatly increased of late ears \vc would have been ready lo ac ept his statement as absolutely cored. This increase of business is ihargcable directly to the Legislature, j 3y the present laws of the Slate the | Circuit Judges are required to try j learly all cases of petit larceny, and a j ot of other trifling cases, many of j vhich, no doubt, would never appeari n Court at all, if it were not that the| rrial Justice and his constable, made I l fee by sending up the prisoner. A1 hough Abbeville County is positively ! juiet, with scarcely an oflender wor-1 by of note within her borders, yet the: rost of crime in this county yearly in-' lyases, until now it takes a large part j )l our taxes iu pay uwumuuii-s, uuu ustices, ami other court fees, incident ! >r appertaining to the arrest of citizens} jharged with petit crimes. Since the j vorld began there never has been I luch a searching around for crime, or j inch a disposition to punish citizens! or trifling offences. Except the mur-j ler eases, we believe there has not' >een three cases iu our Circuit Courts vitliin the last year, which was wor-i by to be there,aud yet, to say nothing >f extra courts, the time allowed for ivil business in our regular courts has teen consumul iu this unprofitable nisiness of turniug the mill which lompletes a most extravagant expeniiture of the public money, while the rial of civil cases jn which large in-J erests were involved have been from j inie to time postponed to the great j :ost and injury of liticants. ? Raising its Standard. We notice from the last issue of the Aetocialc Reformed Prcxbytcrkin that he proprietors of that paper have deermined to exclude the advertise-j uents of patent medicines from its, columns. We are truly glad to see his move in the right direction. A' majority of patent medicines we believe to be frauds, and are advertised Mily to cheat the afflicted and perhaps liurry them to the grave. The notices )f patent medicines which commence is if stating some important facts, or to.'ifhinPH moral lesson, and end bv a puff of a patent medicine, arc certainly cheats on the reader. Life is too short to spend one's time in reading such notices. We trust that the J?.soiiate Jic/ormed Presbyterian may stick to its resolution to exclude patent medicines from its columns. We have jeen trying the plan for nearly a year, nid from our increased circulation, ive verily believe that we have lost lothing by so doing. Editor Bradly, who prints an excelleut paper at Pickens, and who e an active worker on the Atlantic ind French Broad Valley Railroad A-as in town this week as one of the 11 iwjH mnnmotoa u??vu?? "'"o *3> ? The News nnd Courier,?18S2. The AVmw and Courier, in tho New Year, Till have no other objeet than to help the pen>le of South Carolina to manage their own afUirs in their own way. To this end it will eu:otiraj:e the expression of intelligent opinion >n subjects of general interest, and strive to >e the means of laying before the wholo State be views of those who have something sensi>le to say, and know how tosny it. The Newt ind Courier will not be a passive spectator ol 'vents. It will utter its opinions frankly and reely, bat, holding that what is wise and true las nothing to fear from analysis and discusion, it will never seek to strengthen its own jositlon l>y suppressing the opinions of tliose vbo honestly differ from It. The <ntft Cnwicr, with one exception, s the only newsprper in the South Atlantic states which receives the whole of the Southrn dlspathes of the New York Associated 'ress, and this service will be supplemented j iysi>ecial dispatches from every part of the tateand the I'nited States. Recognizing the importance of giving the >eo|)le the earliest and most accurate intelll;ence In State and National alfalrs. The AVt/\* Ind Qthricr will assign one of the most trusted I ;nd most capable members of its stall to pernn>mn? Hntv ut fViliiiiibla. anil has stationed it Washington the gentlemen who earned roldcn opinions while on duty at the stale ,'apltal. This will be a year of ferment and j lossibly of change iu South Carolina, and j rliat the people require is to have nil the] lews, without fear or favor, and no matter i vhoni it helps or hurts. The Resident Cor-1 espondent of the Xeirs and Courier at (.'olum-j >ia will give our readers information concern-1 ng men an<l things which can be obtained in j 10 other newspaper. Jn like manner, the] tcshlent Correspondent of the Xeiv.i andi ,\iurier at Washington, having nooihor news-! iapcr to serve and being nobody's henchman, I viilbeln position to report impartially t lie j jrogressof events and tlie actsof public men. The si'eat effort of the,Xewx and Courier will >e to get the most new#and to (jet it first and n the best shape. The purpose is to nialce It.; i newspaper that no businessman,no planter! ir farmer, no person interested in public afuirscan a'lord to do without. The Suntlny Xew.t will retain its social and iterary character. In connection with all the lews of the day, and the discussion of home iiibjectsol local import andapi'licution will be ontinued. Hereafter none of ihe news j.ubislied in the Sunday Xcivs will be published n the Xews and Cmtrirr. Tlie Tri~Weekly edition of the AVir* mitl yturier will lie issued as before, niv>Ibc wider tbe news contained in the Xcwx ami Yjurier, with Might exceptions, nt out-half he price. The Weekly Xcirx will begicatly improved. Hie fliers column and the Agricultural d<'urtment will be continued. 1'uzzlex and 'roblems for young and old will be a permalent feature, beginning with the New Year; mil in a few weeks we ehall tie^in the ptihli* ration of "Ten Terrible Tales'' by an Knglish mttior of established reputation. A n ancenenis have been made likewise for a serial story by a South Carolina author whose works inve attained great popularity in Northern lerlodicals. Tbeie Is not anywhere in the South a better idvertising me'iiuni than the Nen.s ami Ottirer, and in South Carolina It has ilie advertIsiiK field, outside of tlie enfluential weekly >ress in the country, virtually to itself, it roes in to every part of South Carolina and of ho United States, anil hvs reached a comnandinir position with the reading public Tbe terms of the Xttca uml Cuuricr are as bllows: THK NEW.-i AX!) COl'KIKit One year ?10 00 Six months 500 Three months a 00 THK SUNDAY NKWS, One year '1 CO Six months 1 at) THE NEWS AND COCK IKK 'J HI-WEEK I.Y* Six months 'J GO 'J'hree months 1 50 T1IK WKKKI.Y XKW.S, ((lie year 2 00 .Six months J t?o Another Stale Ticket. * [Lexinylon Dispulch.] The following nonilnation is made by the fl'iruurll Pvuplc: Governor, li. F. l'err.v, >rec:nvilie; l.ieutenanl-tJovernor, Jno. f. <he|>parii, KilgeHeld; Attorney-General, lias. Richardson Milt s, (.'harleston ; Seere.nry <?f -late, llir.'h Wilson, Ahhi-ville; l'oini>.roller-General, J. (i. Blue, 01' Marion; J'r.-aslier, 1>. ll.'Mas*e.v,Superintendent ol I'.duealon, II. <? Sheridan, oiaiiju'huri;; Adiulaiit in<l In>jvctor (ietieriil, A. M. Mnnlgault, jeorgfUiwii. t'luin Die ubiivo It will hv soon that JIitt;h IV11.son, Kmj., nf Atibrcille I'rr.s.i mill JJuuticr, ins boon nominated lor Sterelary of stale. iVhilewehave no settous objections to the vliole ticket, If \vu arc not out of order we rise o endorse Mr. Wilson's iiomii'utioii. I'hroiinh the various campaigns ol this Stale ill liuist ayrce that no class ol elli/.elis worked nore laitiifully and dili^untly for liie success ?f ihe Democratic parly than our cr.ill, nnti ve think it ri}{!it and jiropcr that we should lave a icpreseiitti ve on the State ticket. Mr. LVilson is fully competent for the poistion to >v h Icli lie has hccii noin Ilia led, nild v.e trust it t ill meet the lit ai ty approval of thet 'onven-l ion win ii assembled lor the nurpose of nolo- j nuting State officials. Shall we a.ways renal 11 "only a printer?" Jle look as wise as an owl, did ho, His tricks were well adjusted, lie deeliiKtt to advertise you tee, AuU ia a year he busted, ' ... > i - ~ .rnmii/iiu m r s*-, I} V '1 ' ''.. ?v v ' - - --? ?'-:y i ""V"A, New Romancc. DEPICTING THE USES OF THE COTTON SEED. The I.iiUe Seed Looked Upon and Analyzed in Us Various Stages from the Time II is I'laccil in the Ground until it Flowers into Full Fntihw? Its New Application. [Atlanta Constitution."] Ox TH K TKAIN. January I.?Suppose wo start the new year with a rotnaut-c ? All right, here goes?The Romance o! Cotton Spoil! In the lavish careless days of slavery cotton was raised for its lint alone. This; was swept oil' the snowy styl'ace of the tield and the rest was wasted. Under the pressue of poverty the South learned that j it was just as loolish to raise sheep for the ! fleece lis to raise a cotton stalk f ir lint, j and that the heavy seed from which the: ?ii.? HMIU inuf ;i? v:ilil:llil(> !is the i II""' ?????. 'VX. mutton from which the wool grew. The j story of t'ie slow but stiro way in which ; the (lespised seed grew into appreciation ! is an interesting one, involving enormous J figures and illustrating the progress that1 is being made in the South MAIvIXH CtlUDJi Oil, FROM SHED, j A year or two ago I wrote a letter eon- j cerning certain mills that had been estah-1 lished for the purpose of pressing the oil j out of cotton seed, 'l'he process was then i a rough one, and the oil produced of inferior grade. The bulk of seed fronn which tiieoil had been taken was made! into cakc*and sold for stock food or fer-j tilizer. There were then about 10 seed oil j mills in the South. Cotton seed was worth a ton, undtthe oil .*10 cents a gallon. There are now sixty-seven seed oil mills, and the price of cotton seed has doubled, being now about twelve dollars a ton. This increase of six dollars per ton lor cotton seed amis aoom iiii t-.t! dollars to every Imle of cotton raised by Cat mors who sell their seed, as each bale represents a half ton of seed. The mills take thirty-fivo gallons of oil from every ton and sell it at forty cents a gallon. They thus take fourteen dollars of wealth from each toil of seed, and the dry bulk left is better food or fertilizer than it was before the oil was taken out. The sixty-seven mills worked up ISO,000 tons last, year, stripping out $2,500,1)00 worth of oil that had previously been wasted, and paying the farmers nearly ?1,000,000 more for the seed than the same seed would have brought three years ago. This business is increasing very rapidly, | new mills being luiilt every year. JJKKININO THE CHi;i>K Oil,. lint another step has been taken in the hadling of cotton, and mills have been established for the purpose of refining cotton seed oil, and thus increasing its value. Oil that has been refined is worth from 6acents to ?1 a gallon, while crude oil is worth only 50, so that the refining process adds about 50 per cent., ami makes tho oil of one ton of seed worth about $?2, or one-fourth (lie value of the cotton thai the seed produced. There are nine of those refineries now in operation. One of them, in Montgomery, refines 100 barrels or *>,000 callous a day. thuk adding$l,2."0 every day to the product it handles. The * other mills average perhaps 50 barrols a day each, making 500 barrels a day for tho total, thus creating a value of over $(>,000 every t wenty-four hours and adding it to a heretofore despised product. This business is increasing rapidly. Tho profit.? are large, and next vear will see tho refining capacity doubled perhaps. Themillsnow running sell all they can make, and could sell ten times as much. England and Franco would take the product of 100 refineries at present prices. Indeed, most of tho mills sell their yearly product by contract. A late suit developed that, an English company had deposited ?.'50,000 in Memphis as a bonus to secure the output of one oil refinery for one season. A SVIJSTITUTE l'OU LARI). In the meantime the refiners are creating a new market and a better demand for their oil. It is used largely as an ili 1 1 1 Im !,/>?? Im-id Ill III J IlillJIIpj V'*J? "Vl..;-, lliV ?^V"V lights ami relloetors. It i* used as an aauIteration of linseed oil, and in pronounced by painters preferable to linseed itself. It i:- used almost entire, for packing tisli and especially sardines in America. And it is used as a substitute for lard in cooking. It is inadc into what is called cotton butler, and in tins shape is rapidly supplanting lard. Two pieces of steak, fried one with oil and the othei with lard cannot bo told apart. For bread it is a perfect substitute for lard, i and for batter-breads it is much better. In egg-bread it tills the place of eggs. In i fact, in the kitchen it is cleanlier, healthier, and belter than lard, if thetestimoy ! of honsekeeprs can be taken. It is much cheaper. A pound of cotton butter will ' do the cooking of a pound and a half of I lard Is worth_fixteen to twenty cents. When a pan "of steak has been cooked with oil, the oil not absorbed in the steak jean be poured back into the can and used ] again being just as clear and pure as boI fore it was put over the fire. If it was j used entirely in tho place of lard, we should have to write tho epitaph "Died of a Frying Pan" over departed southern ! vigor, less frequently than beforo. This joil has been tried in making the lightest land bestofeako, and found incomparable. I asked Mr. J. K. Boston, who is interested in the sale of cotton butter* why it was, it being half as costly, quite jus good, and cleanlier than lard, it did not supplant it at once and entirely."Simply because there is a prejudice against changing a custom which our I fathers and mothers used. It is just the i same prejuice that caused people to carry | a pumpkin at one end of a stick and bali anee it with a rock at the other for years and years before tliey discovered that they could put one pumpkin against another. However, it is being introduced more rapidly than we bad dared to hope." "Ifyou can sell all you reline," I &s>;ed I Mr. Boston tho other day, '"to Kurojc, j why do you labor to create a demand in i America?" ; "Simply because if we open a new market wo make a larger demand and ; better priecs. Wo have just shipped 1,000 | barrels from the Montgomery relinery at i 05 cents a gallon. At 13 eenis a pound for i cotton butter, every gallon of oil will ! yield $1. For many reasons we prefer a ! home market, and then wc believe we do i a good thing in substituting this perfectly I clean, pure vegetable oil l'??r lard in the kitchens of our homes, as for the demand, I tell you that if evc*y ton of cot! ton seed in the South was p'-essed next year I could nell the entire oil oinput before the loth of November. 1 could actually have itsold before it was made." AN KXOUMOITS WASTAfJK. "Now lot me show what a wastage llioro is. The cotton crop of 1 ist year produced over :5,000,000 tons of sc:'d cotton?it averaging about half a ton of seed to every bale of cotton. Of this amount only 180.000 tons, or about one-sixteenth, was worked up. With the other -.800,000 there was buried and wasted 08,000,000 gallons of oil, worth in its crude state (10 cents) J;i0.2(K),ooo, or in its reliucd state (Go cents) $02,700,000. I speak advisedly when I say wasted, for it was litoraily wasted. The vast amount of seed not put through the mills was used for feed for stock or lertilizers. Hut it is demonstrable that the seed is better for either food or fertilizer after the oil has been taken out than before. The oil makes it too rich for food and retards ! its decomposition and assimilation as a | fertilizer. A ton of tho meal, I ho bulk I left after the oil is taken out, is worth ?18 dollars, or nearly twice as much as a ton of seed. Indeed, Mr. Hoston tells me lie I exchanges on his farm two tons of seed for one Ton of meal. Tho hull of the seed I is used for fuel at tho mills, and the ashes : from these hulls is worth a ton Jor ; fertilizing uses. If the whole crop of cotlon seed was 1 worked tlirougn tlic on linns wiereioic, | it would ndil over ?00,000,000 to the cotton crop and not deprive I lie land of one ; pound of fertilizer or the cattle and sheep ! of one pound of food. Indeed, it would j only assist the land and tin; stock in digesting the food and make it more agree ablo to them, and yet wo work uj> only I one-sixteenth of the seed j One ditliculty, of course, is the lack of |capital with which to liuiid mills." This ; is being rapidly eliminated. Kacli year sees new mills added, and the future will j show even brisker grow th. I hear that jMr. 11. I. Kimball is going to establish a | refinery in Atlanta, and that the former j owner of Catoosa springs will establish ! ouo in Dalton. Xo legitimate enterprise j in the South need ever lack for capital again. Another dilliculty, and quito a ! serious one, is tlfcit the mills cannot buy I enough seed to keep them busy the year ! through. The farmers having been ae! customed for years to throw their seed ; back on the ground or waste it altogether j still, pursue that plan. Of course mills I established in new localities will besup: plied from new territory. Kveii old .r.ill*: fm.l it <-.!!uii>r iii Imr seed evei v (year. The rise in the price tempts now j !;>ruit%s to sell, iiinJ in a short time tin; I n.;lls will jrut all the seed they want. I Then they will run twelve; months in the j year insfad of six months as sit present, land their capacity will he practically j dou hied. a srki' sT!rrinniat Foitw.utii. Now, we have seen how, in tin* past ! few years, wc have taken from a ton of I cotton seed gallons of oil, hitherto ; wusteil, worth lirst.'{(? and then 4" cents a ; pillion ; ami we have seen under this proi cess the cash value of a ton of cotton seed | rise from to We have seen further I a system of refining established liy which ! this crude oil, selling at !()cents n gallon, has been made worth l?'? cents to si a gallon. Hut. we should not stop even here. The A incrican ( nicer shows that salau ; oil ami olive oil ia selling in New York from to $4 a gallon. There is not the slightest doubt thsit this is our cotton seed oil, relined up to tlie highest point and sold in la 1 icy hollies ai iauey prices. Analysis shows tliis?theexports and imports" show it?und Americans who have ! been to Kuropeaud Europeans who come hereaHirm ii. Indeed, si nee l lie excellent qualities of the cotton seed oil have been diir.ojisliatcd, it. is not denied by tiiose w ho sell it that the liner salad oils iowe their origin to lids humble and despised seed. >"ow, the cum who tolls this oil at?4 a gallon gets more for the oil than the lint from the satne seed gives the fanner?for [allowing 20 per cent, for loss in refining] the oil would he worth 9112 per ton, while two bales of cotton which camt) from the sanio ton of seed would not bring over $<JO. If the refiner in Marseilles or Antwerp can aliuni to send over hero for his crude oil, pa,\ its way across the ocean twice am I i'.silntyat Xew York and still get rich oil it, how lunch better cunhl ha*do by c?>i tabli.shiug ins relinery In the .Southern | States. And this is what il will come to. Had the cotton seed been grown in Xewj England, every village would now have its relinery, and would have re-establish- j iid in the uiakiug of "pure olive oil" aj .Mite industry that died with the. deea-j leneeof wooden nutmegs, and languish-; [ jd when the demand for tlunnol-suusage 1 was diminished. There is not 111 tliej whole range of nature, a more perfect economy than is furnished in the handling of cotton set>d. It comes to the mill bursting with an oil the quality of which I is incomparable and the demand for which is exhaustless. The bulk ol the seed becomes more valuable as an article of commerce and more useful for its material purpose after this wealth of oil has been pressed out. In its hulls it furnishes the fuel for the machinery used to crush the balsam from its body?carries even into its ashes all the vnluabie properties of itsl hulls. Considering these things, and tlic{ ontempt in which this precious seed hasj been held, isn't thero a tinge of romance j in its development, its benelicent adjustments and its perfect vindication. II. \V. G. WHAT THE VENERABLE GOV. PERRY THINKS OF THE SITUATION. No Intention of Re-entering Politics? The Democratic Party Conimunds :hc Respect and Support of tiie I'coplc of (lie State?Fislil>?rite's Fiasco ?No I'crraaucMt Harm to conic from the Exodus?Necessity for a Constitutional Convention?The Term of; O.flcc of Judges. I Gkkrnvillk, S. (!., Jannary 0.?Your j correspondent in a rccent interview with J Governor B. F. Perry, of this city, elicit- j j ed an expression of his views in regard to; various questions of public interest. The I following questions and answers give the! gist of the interview: | Question: I see your name mentioned I ! as a candidate for Goveenor in the coming! i ion 'f Answer: I have retired from public I life, and never expect to hold ari ollice I [ again under the State or Federal Govern-j ! ment. My nomination for the office of | Governor was without my knowledge,' I and must have been merely complimen- j | lary, not expecting that it would be taken j ! into consideration by the.' Democratic Con- j I vention. I feel, however, as I always i | have, a deep interest in the politics of mv j J country. Thirty years in the prime of my lite I labored most jwsiduously to I I stave oft the issue of Secession, which I I knew would Lie most disastrous to the [State. Hut when the issue was made I (fell it my duly to go with the Southern j States, believing in the sacred principle ;ol the Declaration of American IndcI pendcuco, that every people had a riy;htto j change or alter their form of government. JI fought with great zeal the tyrnuy and oppression of the reconstructed governi ment in South Carolina, and exposed the ! infamy, roguery and oppressive taxation | of the ltadie.il regime. I labored incessantly in the Democratic struggle of '76, I which was crowned with success. S Question; What do you Hunk of thei i political outlook for South Carolina in the I ; next election. Are the Democrat:* to have | |a walk-over, or win more do nepuoncan i j resistance or Jndependeutism, or both ? | I Answer: I think well ot'"thepolitical outlook of South Carolina in the next i | election." I will not sutler to believe for j | a moment that the people will abandon i the honest and patriotic government un-| I dor which they are now living prosper- j jously and happily and return to Radical I rule. The rogues and scoundrels who! governed the State for seven or eigutj i years and seduced the colored people are j j no longer here, and most of them tied the; I State to escape the Penitentiary. There ; is not material at present in the Radical I ! party to form a State ticket in tho next j ! election. There will be, no doubt, some [opposition to tlie Democratic parly in several of tho counties in the election of I members of the Legislature and comity i J ollicers. I do not believe thatany '"Indc| pendent'' movement can seriously injure i the Doinocratic party in South Oaroiinu. | There is too much virtue, intelligence and jiuirion.w 121 ui uiu pcopiu in iiuuuiiwu tnu j Democratic party on account of any objectionable act of our Legislature. Their own interest and the honor of tho State will forbid it. I Question : Ton have doubtless noticed what is callod the "Fishburne fiasco" ? the political summersault of Mr. Fishburno, the Senator from Colleton. I)o vou consider it a deliberate move toward Ma! honeism in the State, or does it proceed I merely from a heated imagination, or j simply from a desire for notoriety ? | Auswcr;.. Tho "Fishburno fiasco" j amounts to .nothing. There always will I be in every community certain persons ; who have lost their popularity or never had any, who will striye to form new parties for the purpose of getting office or position for themselves. But their motives will lie soon checkmated. Mahone succeeded in Virginia by appealing to the j pecuniary interest of tho taxpayers, who [ were oppressed with a most onerous State | debt. There is no such lever for the dein; agog tie to wield in South Carolina. The Fence law has been passed, anil all sensible men will soon experience its wisdom and utility. Question : What is your view of tho oxodus of the colored people from Edge! field, Laurens and other counties of tlie j State? What will be the ell'ect thoreof i aim mo rcmcuj uiuruioi t j Answer: J tliinlc llio exodus of the ! colored pQople has been greatly exaggerI ated. Politically it is advantage to the I good government of the Slate. Finan| eially it may atlbet certain neighorhoods. j Hnt it will give the farmers and planters i an opportunity of rest ing their lands and I sowing them in small grain. There will be labor enough left to cultivHtcjudiciously all of our lands. The colored people j have been most infamously fooled, and I they arc going to their own ruin, stilferI ingand starvation, as they did in their I emigration to Liberia and Kansas. I j have great sympathy with the colored I people, but no patience with their crednl| ity and ignorance. I have often proposed ! to them that If they would come over and I join the Democratic party in voting for honest and sensible men that we would share with them the ollicca of .the State, j But tliev prefer to unite themselves with j unprincipled men who give them no j office and use them only to get into ollice j themselves. j Question j There is pending boforo the j Legislature a bill to provide for the rcgis, trillion voters, what <lo yon think of the j provisions of the hill and the propriety of a change in the election laws of the I State at this juncture? Answer; I am in favor of a Registration law, but do not like the provisions of bill reported by the committee. Every I i.. ,,l i,;'? I voiur Ull^JIk IU ??uv? ?wiu 111 *.? > j own township. This will prevent a g?x>at . many frauds in the elections. ; Question: What do you think of tho* J propriety of calling a Constitutional Conj veil lion ? j Answer. I am in favor of a Constitutional Convention to make a new Consti-j i lution for the State. It is a disgrace to the iState to l?e voluntarily living under a: ! Constitution formed for South Carolina i liv negroes, carpetbaggers and scalawags. ! Every Southern State has repudiated such !a Constitution except South Carolina. I Let us have pride and honor enough to ! follow thorrexaniple. The proposed Constitutional amendments made by a cotnj mittcearc objectionable. Tho election of Judges for life or during good behavior in ja Republican government is radically wrong and anti-Kepublican. In England formerly tho Judges were appointed by the Crown and held the tenure of their o'lices during the pleasure of the King, j This was very bad, and in more modern times created a furor for an independent I judiciary, which was accomplished. The judiciary of England is now independent | of tho Crown, which is right and proper. 1 Hut in South Carolina there is no necessity for tho Judges to bo independent of the people any more than for tho Governor and all State olliecrs to be independent j of thetn. What horrible .state ol allairs it would have been to have hadsnch men as j Wright and all tlio other Radical Judges j in oilice for life after the Democrats won i the government of the .State? If a Judge j makes a good ollicer, at the expiration of ! his term of nUico lie will in all probability ! bo re-elected, and if ho is not a good I Judge ho ought to be turned out. In a [ Republic all public oliieers should bo responsible to the people, Judges as well as [Governors and members of the Legislature. . 1). 1'. V. j Why Tiikv (inux Kaii..?Young! : men often fail to gel on in the world bo-1 cause they neglect small opportunities. | Not being'faithful in lit) In things, llicvare, not promoted lo the charge of greater things. A man who gets a subordinate j i situation sometimes thiiiks it not neces-1 sary for him to give it much addition. He will wait till he gets a place* of responsibility, and then ho will show people what he can do. This isayerv great mis-I 1,-tkf. \yhatever his .situation siioum uoj ho .should master it in all its d^hiiis, and perform all its duties faithfully. The iialiit of doing Iiis work thoroughly and j conscientiously is what is most likeI3' to; ' enable a yoti.-ig man to make his way. I With this habit, a person of only ordina-j ry utilities would outstrip one of greater j talent who is in tho habit of .slighting j subordinate matters. JJut, after all, tlie 1 adoption by a young man of this great I essential rule of success shows him to he i possessed of superior abilities. Js'owpaper men don't go into business places and say ; ".See here, I don't like' the way you arrange your show window, and I'm going to have it fixed." Not at all. liut uthcr men are 'continually coining into newspaper oflicos witli very sim ilar complaints, Isn't it about time j tint people looked upon a newspaper as, a business operation.?Newberry Herald,' The Cost of Fences, THE STOCK LAW APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. A Message in wlilch that Officer proves 1<> Have Certain Private Lands Appropriated for Pasturage. .State ov Snr-ru Cakomna. Ex kcctl vk (.'It a M uk It, f'oi.UMiiiA, S. C'., Januiyy II, Gentlemen of Ahc General Assembly : I herewith return with my approval the Act to provide a general stock law and regulate the operations of tho same. In doing ho I desire to accompany tho approval with some comment. The Agricultural Department at Wash-j mgton, iti tin cuiuorai'1 aim caiuuiuv j>n;pargd report, in 1H71, upon the cost ofj farm fences in the United States estimat- j oil the cost of such fences in Smith Carolina at ?2l,i:jG,S0G. Refore and sinco 1S71 j some of the most accurate agricultural writers of the State have established the fact that tlie average cost for boundary fences alone in uiis State is about 8-1 for every acre enclosed. I have not the figures of the census rccontly taken, but previously tho nuinhor of acrcs of improved lands in South Carolina was put, at 4,000,000 acres. This gives the sum of ?10,000,000 as ccst of our boundary farm j fences, and is corroborative of the esti-; mate of the United States Agricultural: Department, which includes cross as well J boundary fences. j The duration of the ordinary rail fence i of tho country is known not to exceed ten j years. With therefore an annual dcpreci-j ation of 10 per cent., upon the capital, and : interest at 7 percent, upon tho invest-1 mont. it clearly appears that the annual cost of boundary fences to our agricultural ind ustrv exceeds 82.700.000. The State and County taxos levied for j all purposes for tho last fiscal year, as j shown by tho Comptroller's books, amounted to $1,808,310. It is therefore apparent that tho abolition of boundary fences saves annually to the agricultural industry twice as much money as is paid in taxes by all tho industries of the State combined. In view of tho facts and figures I have ! given, the general scope and object of the ' Act I return to you moots with my approval. I regard it as eminently wise and judiciously progressive. There is a feature in it, however, which does not com- j mend ituelfto me, and which is not necessary to tho accomplishment of tho object! sought. You will permit ino to call your i attention to it, and suggest its removal by j supplementary legislation. Common of pasturage on unenclosod * land is a feature in our public policy! coeval with our history, and has prevailed ! unimpaired with us until a very recent I period. /V1UII>5 Willi lb ?;.miv U111 KI? >11 enclosures, winch tho law under consideration so fundamentally changes. Common of pasturage was the right of every citizen to graze his aniinnls upon tho unenclosed (which was tlion synonymous with his unimproved) lands' of his neighbor. It was a right founded not only in a supposed public policy, but in abstract equity. The theory ofour law of real estate is that in the origin of social organization all lands belonged to the people in common. When thej' began in parcels to bo assigned to individuals, it: was, except porhaps in some lew cases, upon broad grounds of general benefits i to aocure ; that thus assigned they would j become improved and through taxation i add to the general welfare. The grants from the .State to the indi- j viduaT were all free, and there was no other consideration than this involved, j No present proprietor, whatever sum he [ has paid for his title, can stand on higher j ground than the original grantee from the Stale through whom he claims. Until now it has not been sought by legislation to place him higher. When he improved his lands and fenced thein, as existing legislation required, ho was carefully protected.by law from intrusion by men or animals. When ho failed to improve his lands, and lelt them unenclosed, though paying his taxes on them at their unimproved rate, tho law protected him in the eujoymehtof such value as ho derived! from limn?tho use of its limber and water. But that valuo which was Jleft, i. I c.. tho light or pasturage, wuicit no nau not appropriated by improvement, was j loft t<? public enjoyment. The lirst infringement upon this common pastunigo! by our Legislature occurred in lbtili, when it was enacted that every entry on the enclosed or unenclosed lands of another, after uotico from the owner or tenant pro- j hibiting tho same, should be h misdemeanor. The Act, jvhicli we are now discussing, goes further and absolutely abolishes common of pasturage. It makes it a trespass for the owner of any iive slock U> permit it to run at largo beyond the limits of his own land. While the lands of much the larger part of our Stale a^e devoted to agriculture, there remain sections in wliich it is not so. Small areas a/c there highly improved and devoted to profitable culture, ! while thelirger portion remains in a state I of natuie and affords only wood and ! water and a pasture of limited value. Even in tho most highly improved sec| tions por ions of tho country are waste, I and there v:ouId seem to be neither policy | or proj ric y in forbidding to the general ! public the consuption of tlic pasturage on these lands which the owner docs not himself appropriate, and the consumption of which does not impair <hc value of the lands themselves. It ^eems to me, thoroforo, that the Act to provide a general stock law is sorious! ly defective in abolishing common of I pasturage, and should bo amended so as j to restore this ancient right while retain! ing all tho economic advantages j roposcd j by the Act. : Lo common of pasturage bo restored ' upon oil unimproved lands, prop- riy dc; fining wlmt constitutes improved lands to p o'.ect th'jm from trespass of men or animuK The account between ilie landi holder and the general public will then be 11 ?cn!s J ,ui ; ((ills 1)11. 1 II') , Flour owl. i> 00 *? ">u ' I Fodder cut. !)0 lot ; i Sweet I'ot:U<>es tin. (JO 7") 1 ' Irisli Potatoes bit. 1 51) 1 Hice li). 10 I Butter Il>. "JO j j Kg us iloz. I.'! J Turkey* j?r. 1 ">!? j (iccse |?r. 7") Chickens each. l'i 2> ] Jico.su ax Hi. li 20 i1 r >ik".!!! !.*. .V.V.V.V.". ] .'.V.V.V... '.".V.'.V.V.'.V.". n s id I Tallow II). (i 7 [ Hale Hope, Manilla lb. 1"? jl'auillcs, Sperm lb. 'Si .'50 I Candles, Adamantine 111. l.i 20 i Cheese lb. 20 i j Ootlec, Hio li). IS iii Collee, Juvu lb. oo 40 Hay cut. 100 ! Iliiles, I*ry lb. 10 12 | i Hides, Urecti lb. "> t! i j Molasses, Cuba gal. 10 -1") 1 Molasses, New Orleans gal. M 73 | Nails II). ;i i till, Kerosene....- gal. .0 | Oil, Machinery gal. 7i ! Shot bag 2 .j0 | Salt saeSc 1 '( ! ! Soap lb. 5 HI I Sugar, Crushed it). 12 j Sugar, Powdered It). 121$| ! Sugar, C White lb. 11 12'^| | Sugar, Iirown II). !' l'i ! Starch lb. li S | Ten, (ircen .11). 7-> i '*) , 'JVii, ltlai'U |l?. (ID 75 ; I'olmi'ro, clH-wintc lb. -Ill 7~> Tolmcco, smoking Jii. (> ( \ Vinegar. rlil?>r gal. -10 (! > Plow I'niiil-i ili. 10 ! I,. W. I'KHItrN, T. P. ('OTIIIS As PERSIN & C0THRAIJ, .Attorneys at Law, ai313i:vijjj:, s. Jan. 1-118X0, tf /"lANAltY llillD SKKT). \ > K. rAHKKI*. Jan. \, 1681, lit -TF TT"R Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. BEST material used, flue workmen employ ed. custom work nuide promptly, and at the lowest bottom prices for cash. IIIilcs jiIwn.vs lioimlit at I lie highest market price fur cash or in exchange for leather or work. January 28, 1W'J, Jy, ' fairly adjusted upon equitable principle?, j Tne landholder will have no unnecessary 1 burden imposed upon him in the developi nicnl and enjoyment ol the property upon | whi< li li! pays*taxes ; and the non-landholdir will enjoy that right whiuu re| mains from thaoriginal general fund, and j has not been appropriated by the grantee I through tho improvement contemplated 1 in the grant. I Obsorvonow with such amendment tho lopeiatiou of the law. Tho agricultural j landholder is relieved of the heavy burid en of fencing of whii'h ho complains. I The pastoral landholder or the noudl md! holdc r is deprived ol no right which he | possessed. He may still have tho p; s oj rail use of all waste lands ; he is only rei quired, in so using them, not to abuse h:s I neighbor. While pasturing his stock upon i his neighbor's waste lands, he is not to ' pas'.uro them upon his neighbor's crops, j That is all ; and surely unless the owneruIum /,r liitui jind confers extraordinary J rights, there is no iniquity in the rcrjuUf' lion. j A system of individual or co-operative herding, entirely practicable and coini paratively inexpensive, as evidenced in I ilic experience of other countries, will I iako the place of our present irieflieieni I and'expensive system of enclosures, and ' we will as a people soon recognize ihe passage of the stock Jaw as an era in our progress. Joiisojt Jl.Uioon, Governor. I ! MARKET KCI'OIITS. Abiikvii.i.k C. II., S. ('., I Cotton?Middling...!');j to Slain* S !o !t) : Huron, Hums Il>. lti'-'j ! Hsiom, sides Hi. U' 1'ncon, .Shoulders lb. 10 hard I!>. M | 1 IV I : '' -ANDTEllI'LOti HAVE now ill store a complete lino of < all kinds of GOODS. We call special attention to our large stock J Fancy and Diestic Dry Goods,. Flannels, Woolens, jeans, u-enxs underwear, CLOTHING, 6llfS.il 1B,; HATS AND CAPS, | CUMIEHAM & TEMPLITON.i Nov. 10, 1881, tf The Place to Get Whatj You Want! I CHRISTIAN & W!LSON| ALWAYS in storn, n complete stock of 1 FANCY G ROC ICR IBS, CANNED GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of nil bifwlu Tim nnrl CI OA Ks'anii 'lVm.vcro! The FINEST ! WINES and LIQUOKS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey! For medical purposes a specialty. Also.; Choice Liquors of any kind for medical; purposes. (jive us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. 0.1 Nov. 10,1S81, tf " LUMBER AT YOUR DOOR. I IIAVE completed my arrangements to furnish all kinds of LUMBER tol to (he public at short notice. My establishment is on the old Hughes place. I linvn :i now and snlondid engine and im proved circular saw. Tlio bust sawyer in | this suction, JAMES H. DUNN, | has charge and is always at his post. TRICES LOW?GIVE US A TRIAL. R. A. KICHEY. j j Nov. 1G, 1881, tf DH. MEL E WmSTOCK, OF CHARLESTON, S. C. OFFERS his professional services to the public. ' Present ofilce at the residence of Mr. G. A. Visanska, Magazine Ilill, Abbeville C. 11., S. C. Nov. 1G, '81, Cm (CUNNINGHAM it TEMPLETON J have a large assortment of Hamj burg Edgings and Insertions, Gents hand jse.ved Shoes. Nov. l(i, 1881. To Siijemteiitols of Hiitwajs. ~\TOU arc hereby ordered to fee that the JL roads in your respective townships i are in good order by fhe 1st of December ' next. This rnlo will be rigidly enforced |and delinquents will positively"be repyrtjed to thy nearest Trial Justice. Take : warning. W. T. COWAN, W. R McKINNEY, J. T. BASKIN, County Commissioners, j T. P. COTHRAN, Clerk. : Nov. !), lSSl, tf UNPARALLELED i | SUCCESS OVTHE ; ffMteSewiMlacMae THE WHITE SEWIXG MACIIIXE, the! best In tiiu World. It has an osclMutitij j j Se I f-th rending shutlle.a Sc lf-st-ttiiu needle., I It Is adjustable in sil l its wearing pans it ml made from the best of material. Its b'/binsj e:;n lie It'l?*il wit 1 ionL removing work or nt-j taciiiii'-nts. !t is. so simple In c instruction' !iiihI Iiulil nuinine thai a child ran use it. Itl will ilo tlie artMt'-st innge of work. It. has the j inosl complete set ol useful allaehments. It' is far in advance of any other sewiiiji machine. Jt has bet n thoroughly tested lor four years in Abbeville comity. It is warranted j for live years. Kememhcr no maehlnc is genuine or war-| rnuieti only (hose sold l>\ oin aiilhoilzej dealers. And those pretending lo St II our .Mil-! chines, Xeedles or Attachments outside of; our Agents are frauds. Mr. .1. I., Simpson Is j our only authorized dealer for the ('oiltitles of Atilieville iiiitl l^uirens, and no Machines are ; warranted cxccpt tho-esold by him or those i whom he may associate with him in the bus-, inoss. llespcctfuilv, WHITE SEWING MACHINE C0,i m r>t7i?r A\;n nmn ! UU?j V DUailLi, UU1VI 1 THE Indies, find those persons who wish to | buy Sewing Maclsanes, are respectfully Invited to rail at Mr. Hani well's, wlierc they will tind the only genuine, warranted and cheapest Machines,"samples of the the Machine's; work, needles and attachments. Oil 10 cents I per bottle. All persons desiring to communicate with1 me on the subject, will address me at Abbe* j ville, S. C. J, L. SIMPSON. | July 1.1, l.Shi. lv. _ _ J J L. CLARK, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT T HAVE CONCLUDED TO (JIVE MY j 1 whole attention to my Shop. I shall uive , it GOOD ATTENTION, if any person wish-, e? to have bis WATCHES It EPA II1F.D Rrincr them in. I have all the tools and materials in ilo it up in the besl of style and at the lowest rates possible. If you want youi ! clock repaired hrlng it in and it will be done | right. II von wain yowr JKWKI.KY MKNDKD Bring Hon. If you want your SEWING MACI1INK MKNDKIt I This Is the plaee to j?et it done In I In-host of, i order. Yon ciui have any pieecmade now, or, I the old one repaired. Ifyou want your nil n or, ! pistol repaired this is the place to have It ' : done. All these article.- will he repaired in j tile hest of order at the Lowest l'riees. (iive me a trial and satisfy yourselves? tkwmm cami. JOHN L CLARK, j i ! I * * ait win Wlmt-Xots. Brackets and i XL Tables?all" in w ami la-auMfiil. j J. 1). CHALMERS, j No. 8, Wheeler & Wilson SKWI NO MAC! I INK. Now. In ppiTect or- j tlt-r. l'l icc low. Call at fiirnii itrc store | o" J. 1). CllAI.MKUs. | f H re. If M. t f I . Chairs, Chairs. TEX DO/.CN of the tVM?n?t?-iI Oporjjla Chair*. J. J-*. ClIAliJ'tit:. Isoy. 10, ISM, tf " 11 Slake the Children omfortable. CHILDREN CARRIAGES nnd PER A M- , L buhi tors. Some of them very handsome. Jail uud boh. J. D. Maimers. RAILROAD NOTICE. SUBSCRIBERS to the capital stock of the ^ Atlantic and French Broad Valley Ralload are hereby notified that the first Instalnent Is now called for. Prompt payment Is required, as the work Is o be begun at onco and will be pushed vigorously. By order of W. I?. Bradley, President A. and ( F. B. V. U. R. ( .T. W. PEIIRIN, Trea surer, Treasurer's Office, Abbeville, May 10,1881. Parlor Suits, < UPHOLSTERED ill beautiful Spun 811ktlie latest stylei-. J. D. CHALMERS. . Sept. 21,18S1, tl For Sale. A FIXE ORADE BULL, 10 months old, color solid red, weighs OUO pounds. Price I Helms sot four first premiums at our i Slate Fair, which no litill of the same a#re has I ever done before. I not the premium for the j host herd and the best milker at the State I' Fair. The host Jersey cow they eonld get whs ! { in. up airalnst my cow. The Jersey made!; 13% pounds of milk, while my cow marieI, pounds of milk. This proves the class of the I' bull I otter for sale. M. F.RWIX. ' Dee. 7, liiSl, 2t Ilonca Path, S. C. ESTATE^ SALE I SHALL OFFER AT PUBLIC OUTctry on THURSDAY, 22d DECEMBER, the remainder of the personal prop erc.v or .i. w. Jtooorwon, ueccascu, consisting of Two Milburn Wagons, One Light Kockaway and Household and Kitchen Furniture. AGNES B. ROBERTSON, Administratrix. Dcc. 7, 18S1, 3t State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. IN TIIE COMMON PLEAS. Jonathan D. Rud'l against James N. King.? Foreclosure. "13 Y virtue of nn order of his Honor Judge Fras?r. I will poll nt public outcry. ?t Abbeville C. H., within the legal hours of sale, on KAI.KDAY IN JAN1 AHY next, nil that trsctor parrel ol land. Minnie In the county and State aforoald, containing TWO HITNDKF1) AND SIXTY ACRES, more or loss. una Hummed uy lands or ucaid, iioiiiniu ana i others. TERMS OF SALE?Onc-hnlf cash. The balance In six months, secured by Ihc bond of the purchaser ami a mortgage of the premises. M. L. DON'HAM, JR.. Master A. C. Pec. 7,1SS1. -It TSTOTICE SCHOOL JRUSTEES! THE School Trustees of Abbeville! County will meet the Board of Ex- i aminers oil Wednesday 21st December; next, at Abbeville Court House, eleven j o'clock A. M to transact business of importance concerning the public schools for the coming year 1882. E. COWAN; Chairman Ex. Board. Dec. 7, 1881, 3t State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Gerhard Dicrks against Richard Davis?Foreclosure. BY virtue of nn order of his Honor Judge Knitter, I will sell at public outcry, ot Abbeville C. II., <>n SALEDAY IN JANUARY next, within the legal hours of Nile, ail the right, title and interest of tlie said Richard Davis in the one-fourth undivided interest in tliat certain tnict of hind situate. lying and being in Abbeville county. State aforesaid, [seven miles from Greenwood, hounded by ; Hamburg Road. Aiken Road, lands of Tol I b??rt, (?hlp>y f r there. Known as the Unrratt tract,a?i<i containing EIGHT HUNDRED ACRES, more or less. TERMS OF SALE?Ca?h. M. L. UONHAM, JP.. Master A. C. Dec. 7. lSSi,4t I State of South Carolina, Abbeville County. j Ex Parte 13. Bculah Hunter, Petitioner?Petition for homestead. 'PIIE petitioner, B. Bculah Hunter, having i J claimed the right of homestead in the 1 real estate and personal property ot her husband, \V. C. Hunter, deceased, for the benefit of herself and children, Notice Is hereby jiiven that the snid petitioner has this day tiled in my office hernp I (plication to have tho said homestead appraised and set off accordii:g to imv. M. L. BJNIIAM. JR., Muster A. C. Nov. 30. IS8S. U ! State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. IN THE PROBATE COURT. I Ex Parte?Amanda Johnson,as adminisira-l trix a'd PHIilon^r. Petition for *'i't> icnii-tii ami Dl?cliarr?*. I ; VTOTICK i? li-n-bv v> i? tint Am?nrin ! il Johnsim.adininlslr (]ix. ot'th<" cstateof I Leroy J J<>1111>n, il- erased, lias i.|'pii?dlor settlement :m i 'It.-elmice. I It is orderi il, 1 hat Saturday theSNtof I)e-| cetnber nest. l>e ttx- d lor*!.it sett lenient and granting the Uisehiugc as prayed for. J. I'Vf.liKH I.VON. I Probate Judge X. C. i I Nov. 30.lc?l, ot State of Smilli Carolina, County of Abbeville. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. Ry J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate JcDr.E. 117IIERKAS, P. H. Speed lias made suit to V V me, to grant him Letters of Administration of the estate and eflects of Ezekiel i P. s. eed, late of Abbeville county. decea?ed.! Tiiese are therefore, to cite und admonish ] .ill cl iwrninr thn b-'mtrrfl nnd r*rrcil tors off the wilil E/.eklel P. Speed, deceased, Hint tlicy he and appear, before me. In the Court of Probate, to be held at Ab'>evllleC. It., oti Wednesday, December Htli, IKS',niter, publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In ihe icrenoou, to show cause. If any they have, Wiiy liie said administration should not be planted. Given under my hand and seal this 291 h. day of November In ihe year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty one, and in the one hundred and sixth year of American Independence. Published on the .'loth day of November, 1S81, In the J'rrst ami Manner and on the Court House door for the time required bylaw. J. FILLKU I.YON Judge of Probate. November .'V\ 1881, .It Chamber Suits 7 N WAI.NCT at prices from Forty ($10) dol I lars to two hundred (S5XI) dollars. Some of these goods the finest we have ever offered. J. D. CHALMEItS. Sept. 21,1881, tf YOUR BOOKS, Periodicals, Newspapers and Mesic State, County and Railroad Officers and business men generally, supplied with blank books made to any pattern. A I,L families have OLD 1U)()KR PKRIODA IIWLS, NKWsSl'AI'KHs, MI'SIC, which they desire to transmit to their poster-1 ity, should HAVE THEM REBOUND, j Which will preserve thorn ami will make| them look almost as well as new. (JU1 liooUs.Ac., should not only he rebound, but the current literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done In the shortest possible time, with the best material, in t lie most! .. : tiuiiilhome ami uuiiii'ii' n , ??..? ? r..^v which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by E. E. STOKES, Station Kit, IJook J'.imiku and Hi.a.nk liOOK JlANlKAni'llKI!, No. l.V) Main ntkeet, CD L U1IBIA S. d I UPlT\MM LUiiiiMij mnmiu _ WE WILL FURNISH Pine or Hard Lumber i VT SHOUT notice mid try to please j customers in every bill we till for ilicm. Mill situated one mile from Asbury Church, near the Promised Land. I J C. FOSTER & BRO. ! ' Xuv. 9, lbcij 3iu , Have in store and to arrive, a Large and Varied Stock OF DRY GOODS, STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, ANDmnnyotherartlclcs.all of which will bcKold as clofe for CASH, and.upon aa UOOD TERMS tix any house in Abbeville. Give us a look and we will give you a bargain. We will ship yoar Cottoc. or buy it.-?* fHirnmns. A LARGE lot of new Chromos 22 x 28 and 24 x :)0.) on exhibition and for sale, at $1.15 each ut LAWSON & wardlaw'8. April 20, 18X1. Received This Week! Three new and stylish walnut Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at LAWSON Ji wardlaw's. April 20, 1881. J.W.SIGN ABBEVILLE; S. C, KEEPS on hand a frill assortment of COFFINS?from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will attend faneruls. when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings* Hn is osent for the saift of Sash. Doors minds, Moulding*, Stnlr-rnlllnpi, Floorings nnd everything pertaining to hoane building April 7th 1X80. tf "W. C. Reset, J. H. Rics, Abbeville, S. C. S inety-Hix. 8. C. BE7STET~& RICE, Attorneys at LawWE hnve farmed n partnership for thepraotlccoflaw. And will practice In all tbo Courts of the Slate. BENET & BICE.' oo ioot *r rcu, m, icwi, 11 war. H. TARKER W. C. McGOWAN. PARKER &McG0 WAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, AHBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. \T7 ILL practice also !n the Circuit Court* 01 > V the United States for South Carolina* Jnn 7. liieO.tf Dr. H. D. WILSON, DENTISTRY, Abbeville, C. H? 8. C. 42T- Office; Upstairs over the Po?t J. Knox & Go. : V -AGENTS >0R- . HE. TOM YOUNG'S PURE CORN WHISKEY rpiIIE host and purest CO UN WHISX KEY iiniu^ht to this market. Juno 22,1881, tf ?. E. HcBRIDE, M. D. ABBEVILLE, S.'C. \\ ILL clve prompt attention to *11 praciict in mnn, Ollkc aL Urug Store. August 3,1881, lJm DAVID H Mi GILL, Attorney at Law, ABBKVrLLK, S. CWILL practice In all the Court* of the State. Jan 21,1880. tf Tho Best Engine in the World! Wi R, WALTON, abei? AUGUSTA, Gl, v ~ ALSO AGENT FOR THE : : Geiser Grain Separator, Saw Mills, and all kinds of Machinery. Rtfer? to Dr. J, A. Glbert, B. C, Wall, and Allen Moment*, of Abbeville. Muy II, lWl.tim Shoes. | wnowBiiinn eipgnni niunjc nuue , m 1j should try n pnlr of our "custom m?de'r B ^ood>; manu fact u red expressly for ns. Mj R. tC HADDON ?fc CO. Sept. M, 1881, tf H Blue Stone, B Sept.27.18.-1,41 EDWIN PARKER. ' Kid Gloves. a 17 VERY Indy \rlio wants a real pood Kid H ' 2 j (ilovp. M'louid call for our '*Polo"?th? B la st ever ottered for $1.00. H R. M. IIADDOX & CO. B | .Sept. H. 1881, tf Earber Shop, I 'PIIE nnderslgned respectfully Informs the H 1 public that he has recently removed hln IB Tonsorlal Emporium to the hull ntxive Nor- H wood Brother's store, where he Is prepared to accommodate his customers, and the public generally in hair cutting, shampooing, sbav liu, dyeing, In the best style, and at reaison ulde prices. K Terms per month for hair-cutting, sham poolng and shaving. only 91.00. n Respectfully, M Richard Gantt. I Just Received. B ANEW shipment of Zephyr all colors and |H shades?10 cents an ounce at the IS NEW YORK STORE. Oct. 2(5. 18S1, tf Hj The Artotype. gj ANEW and heaiitlful enjrravlngr. Copies HI from (lnc steel engravloits. The*eare^H beautiful durable pictures. Willi the etteelof light and shade make a nice article at a lowB price. They are worthy ot a place In yoar I parlors and rooms, In place of the high colored cheap chromos. ER J. D. Chalmers. ( sept. 21. issi.tr BARGAINS! I BARGAINS! ll \\*E OFFER EXTRA BARGAINS IN ALLH '' kinds of 8H DRY GOODS! nJ ATrnwr m iLUimnu, m HATS, SHOES, &C. 1 Try us ami you will buy your b'oods cheap. EBB QUARLES & CO. I Oct. 10, lSSl, im H, 6, SCUDDAY, I Attorney and Counselor at Law, fig ANDERSON, S. C. H OFFKRS his professional services totheelt^^B Izt-ns of Abbeville. Parties desiring consuM uiili him, may do so at. each sesslor^Bl of the Court for the County,or by letter at An^H derson (' 11. SH June 15. 1SS1, tf ?' c> ?: T>J ? Sleep \Y eu?opnug x>cuo. man ]\f AKK your bo<N ft comfort nnd you wil^^B i*I arise refreshed. The "Twin Sprlng^H| Si.oo; 'I lie "Boston Spring" &.00 and M.oOHH 1 lie "Woven Wire Spring" $8.00 to$J0.0&; Th^H| "Invleorator" ?2.ii0 to $!.."i0. The Twin Sprln^^H is tin improvement on the town Spring sold i^^H tliis eouniy: it clamps t tie sluts so thut It can^^Hf come oil'; only fH.OO for -W springs. BB| J. D. Chalmers, mmm Sept. 21.1881, tf MUSIC SCHOOLI nROK. ANTON BERG will open his schcxflRj JT of Music in Ahbevllie, Oelobcr 1st. Ii^^H struct inn on the Piano, Organ and Violin well as Yocul Music. Solo and in class, tho^Hfl onghly lattiihl. Terms: Instrumental Mus^^H twenty dollars per session of live months. Fc^^H references and further information, apph^^^H K. It. Gary, Ksq.. attorney nt tf