The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 25, 1882, Image 2
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The Press and Banner.
By Hngh Wilson and H. T. TVardlaW.
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1882.
Columbia Chat.
The Junior editor of the Frras and
liaivifr while in Columbia was very
favorably impressed with the pn-so/ic!
of the General Assembly, they appeared
to us to be a body of earnest,
zealou*, working m?n, who were disposed
to do their duty as they knew it.
Of one thin;* it is certain, that they j
have a head of their own, and accept j
no man's dictum, and no measure
passes them without full, free and fair
discussion. We were impressed with
the number of young men, both in
the House and in the Senate, and it i-(
1 llwwf j j L' i
Ht'KllOWK'U^'ll lililt in\-j ?? .v?.
tlie highest, both as to intelligence
ami as to industry, and many of tlioni
have a bright and honorable future before
them. Speaker Sheppard it is
concede^ >? t?est presiding otlicerj
that we have had for many years, and
we believe, that he has very f? \v equals
and no superiors, he is graceful, quick,
and attentive mid his rulings always
prompt and correct.
We doubt if any State has such
youthful Solicitors as our own, they
were all in attendance upon the Legislature,
and seemed to be an intelligent
and handsome lot of men.
We confronted and viewed several
colored Solons occupying seats, and
upon inquiry found, that there
were several in the House, and two
colored Senators, one from Beaufort
and the other from Georgetown. Some
of the colored members from Georgetown
are Democrats, but the whole
colored delegation from Beaufort is
Republican.
AVo vt'/ii'u in TToilCP whfMl 1110 bill
to provide for the preparation of the
rolls of the troops from this State* in
the Confederate Army passed, and
listened with much interest to the eloquent
and impassioned speeches of
Messrs. McCrady and McKessick in
favor of the bill, both these gentlemen
referred to touching incidents of
the hardships and bravery endured by
our soldiers, which had come under
their own observation, and reviewed
them with much feeling and emotion.
Mr. A. 8. Todd of the Anderson
? Journal, is engaged as Engrossing
clerk of the House of Representatives,
and evinces the tame politeness,
energy, and activity in the position,
that characterizes him as editor of his
excellent journal.
Tlie Senate Chamber is occupied by
grave Senators, who appear to know
the needs of the people, and seem willinrr
frv tlmir lincf oiiilonvnri; tn lil'n
J "t> ,V,,U W4'V' ' 4 WWWV V..?v? (
mote their happiness and prosperity.
Lieutenant-Governor Kennedy presides
over their deliberations with
grace, dignity, and impartiality.
Already muttering!) of the next
campaign are heard, and the friends
of tiie candidates are pushing the
claims of their favorites forward with
great energy. We heard it intimated
that there was some probability of requesting
Senator Butler to resign
his seat, and enter the next Gubernatorial
race, while others hinted that
a dark horse would come in and bear
off the prize from both of the avowed
- I
eadidatcs for Governor. The general
impression is that Speaker Sheppard
will be the next Lieutenant-Governor.
In view of the expected early adjournment
of the Legislature and the great
# number of bills on the calendar it is
hardly ex peel t'd that the bill in regard
to the trial justices of this County will
1 I .
* "- ui una sv'ssiuu, mm m.-iu
what wo could gather, our own opinion
is that it will be smothered in a
pigeon hole, and consigned to the
tomb of (lie Capulets.
Our delegation are all comfortably
quartered, they are practical business
men ever on thealert for any measures
tliateflwcs our people, willing to |d<>
what they think is for their best
interests, ami always cheerfully doing
what they can for their constituents.
We return our thanks to Senator
Maxwell and Representative Nell for
courtesies extended and kindness
shown us on our trip.
Xol a Candidate.
The Barnwell People, a few weeks
ago, did the senior editor of the Press
and Banner, the honor of nominating
him for the office cf Secretary of
State, and several brethren of the
press have seconded the nomination in
worns 01 compliment anu t .\itimvc
of good feeling towards him personally.
As words of kindness in
friendship and approval are more
precious ihan rubies, we have heretofore
transferred some of these notices
to our columns and this week we present
others. This is not done with
any view of creating the impression
that we would be a candidate for the
office, but in order that we might preserve
and present to our readers their
expressions of favor and compliment.
In acknowledgment of the evidences
of friendship and esteem which
first prompted the nomination, and in
. uttering our assurances of our hearty
appreciation of the kindly expressions
iu seconding the same, we make outmost
profound bow, while saying
that we have no political aspirations
whatever. If we can be of
any service to the people of (he State,
it shall be in the endeavor to furnish
them with as good a newspaper as it is
possible for us to make. As editor we
can serve the* people better than we
could as Secretary of State, and in the
former position we hope to serve them
for many years yet to come. Reeking
no oflice, and believing that the people
prefer an honest expression of
opinion, (even if that opinion conflicts
with their own.) to any attempt to follow
public current, we shall with due
deference to others, say whatever we
believe to be right, and then furnish
the reasons for the faith that is in us.
Again thanking the brethren for the
honor which they have conferred, we
would say that our only aspirations
are, to publish a good newspaper. To
be the editor of such a paper is to attain
a higher honor than any which
cau be conferred on any citizen at the
ballot-box or elsewhere.
The County of Berkley.
The Legislature has about completed
the work of dividing Charleston county.
The portion detached from
Charleston is to be called Berkley
county. We are inclined to think
this a good move. J-roni tiie primeu
reports in the newspapers, of the Jaw
in reference to the pay of trial justices
for Abbeville county, we are inclined
to the opinion that it will become a
law. While the fees of the office will
not be sufficient to enable a trial justice
to make a living out of the office,
the public will be greatly the gainer.
Jiy the new law, which will save this
county a large expense, no trial justice
has the daily temptation before him to
^ become a public nuisance. If old officers
should resign, new ones will take
their places, or heller still, if successors
ca:inot be found, their offices will be
closed. With this stale of affairs the
public will breath freer?and cheaper.
All the trifling business of our Circuit
Courts come from the trial justices as
the natural place for the commencement
of such work. The present iniquitous
laws are such that the most
circumspect citizen can scarcely keep
out of the meshes of the law. W e
- thiuk it about.time for our Legislature
to adjourn.
Small Pox?Vaccination. (
In another part of the Press and
Banner we' copy sonic articles 011 the
subject of Vaccination, and commend
the same to the attention Of our readers.
As the small pox is scattered to
every quarter of tiiis country, it would ^
i e nothing hut common prudence to
j piovide against the appearance of this
disease in our own locality. In urging
the importance of vaccination, we
would also warn on:' people as to the
necessity of the greatest caution in (
getting the beat virus. Get the matter
only from the druggist in whom you ^
have the most implicit confidence,and <
under no vircumstancc vaccinate your- "
.elf with a scab from the person of a j
neighbor, nor allow any physician, i
under any assurances whatever, to in- f
duce you to take the risk of poisoning ,
your blood for life. Theonly safe rule
I is to use the virus taken from the cow.
! While a few physicians may he in t
1 doubt as to the fact, yet a large pro- 1
nortion of the intelligent medico I fra- ]
tornity fear evil results from vaccina- t
lion with scabs of the sores taken '
from nnscund persons. For instance, t
the scab i? u formation from the blood,
and is made up from all that is in it, j;
and if taken from the arm of a person j
a til ict ed with scrofula, consumption, t
diphtheria, any syphilitic taint, J
or other blood-poisoning, these dis- (
I eases are transferred to the person so j1
vaccinated with the same certainty [j
; that these afflictions are transmitted <
! from parent to child. Than this there j
lean be no subject of greater Import- (
! ance. Far belter would it be to sutler s
an attack of this fcarfnl malady thai) j
j to be inoculated with scrofula, con- i
sumption, syphilis, or other incurable J
blood-poisoning.
Pure virus may he obtained and the 1
same inserted in the arm at a very J
small cost. It would, therefore, be the ]
utmost follv, o'l the score of economy, j
! to run the slightest risk of contamina* <
jtin? the blood. Allow only phvsi-|i
I cians whom you know to possess the j j
i virus, to vaccinate you. To suffer IJ
i yourself to be vaccinated from the|<
' scab of a child, even though to all ap- J J
| pea ran cos it may be perfectly sound,!;
is to take a risk which no intelligent >
sensible man need incur.
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Isn't it Time to Adjourn! <
We are of opinion that the Legisla- i
ture should adjourn at once. They are J
floundering about and doing every ,
j conceivable thing which they should JI
not do, and leaving undone those!1
things which they should do. The L
' registration bill will likely become a <
! law. The general stock law will have J
, to be revised or tne Democratic party j;
| will suffer. All the talk about linker-j j
j ing with the Constitution has had on-j.
i ly the effect of creating distrust in <
the minds of the voter. The constant j
and never-ceasing efforts to make fat
offices for superanuated old fossils 1
does nothinir to satisfy the public of '
any desire to fulfill the oft-repeated ji
j pledgeof (he party to reduce the nuni-^1
berof offices. Our Courts are an in- ,
j tolerable burthen, which will increase i
| our couuty.taxes about fifty per cent., (
and yet no man proposes to relieve us. 11
j The codification of the laws goon by 1
j gas light by a slim house, after the
! members have spent the day in effect-;;
j tive work at scuttling the ship. With j
j these faots before our eye?, we see noj,
i earthly use of keeping up the show.
I anyjlonger. Come home, gentlemen, j;
j We already have enough laws on ourj
j books?such as they are. "While the ]
expense of continuing the session is!
I an item, yet it is nothing when com-j
pared to the hurtful legislation which 1
is going on. .
.
Tjiose of our young friends who
i have a plethera of ready cash, and
j know not how to dispose of it to the
I best advantage, may rer.d with profit
: the article from the JVtw York Sun on j
! the subject of the matrimonial lottery.
( All young gentlemen who expect to
I pool their money and draw out more
j than they put in, wubld do well to
! study that article. An, old gentleman j
1 came to this town last week looking fori
: gudgeons to form a lodge in this town.:!
: PAY T1IE TOLL TAX OR GO TO j
JAIL.
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! The Senate Passes the Obnoxious Bill |
Aftet a Spirited Fight.
[ yews and OourkT.]
Coi.r.MWA, January 18.?In the Senate
to-day Hie only discussion of any public
i importance catnc up on the tinal reading j
{of ihe bill to provide for the belter
' enforcement of the poll tax. Attera brief
but spirited light the bill passed.
Mr. Callison moved tl at the enacting
j clause of the bill be stricken out. Mr.
; Sickling seconded the motion. '
! Mr. Callison thought that the bill \v:\s
harsh and exacting, that it savored of in-!
I humanity, and that he could not and
i would not yote to imprison any man be- ]
, cause he was unable to pay a"tax of one
j dollar for the education of another poor
man's child. Ho loved liberty for the '
| sake or liberty, Jie worsinppeu at ner
j shrine, and lie would uot vote lor any law
i that would infringe upon the rights and I
J liberties of the people. The bill before
, the Senate was wrung in principle and
I wrong in economy.
Mr. Hendei'son said that the bill makes
! no new penalty, it takes the poll tax as it
' found it, and took the same penalty pro
vided for the non-payment of the tax as
contained in the Act of 1H77. The object!
of the biil is to simplify the enforcement i
: of the poll tax and make its collection |
I easier. If the Constitution says we shall
have a poll tax its collection should be
enforced. The public schools of tlie State
.look to this tax for their support. It
would be more childishness to oppose the
passage of the bill on any sentimental
grounds. It is not calculated to oppress
. any manor injure any man. There would
be no objection to a reduction of the pen;
alties in the bill, its object simply being |
j to make the law plain, clear and positive, j
Mr. (iaillard was opposed to the passage
of the bill as it stood and thought the,
! provision looking to the exemption of;
I persons not paying the tax upon the pre- j
, sentation of a physiciau's certificate as ai
hard and unnecessary measure. If the i
j taxpayer is maimed that should bosuflii
cicnt to excuso him from paying the tax |
without the certificate of a physician,
'which would no doubt cost a great deal j
; more than the taxpayer is able to pay.
\ This was a matter that might bo safely
i left to the county commissioners or the
treasurers or auditors of the different
i counties.
j Mr. SinytT e opposed the bill. The pen- j
1 alty of imi i is >nment is put upon no oth-.
er tax that the Legislature levies. If.
there should be imprisonment for the
i non-payment of the poll tax ttiere should '
i also be Imprisonment for the failure to
I pay any ami an otner tuxes, u wmim ue ,
unjust to provide so severe a punishment |
! for the failure to pay this tax when the
failure to pay any other tax is not visited j
with the same penalties. !
ij Messrs. Wylie and Ilarllee supported;
.the bill, giving their reasons at some;
j length.
I The vote was then taken on the motion i
to strike out the enacting clauses. Those j
| voting in the atliimative were Benbow, I
Bossurd, Callison, Gaillard, Kinslcr, Me- j
'Call, McQueen, Miller, J. \V. Moore, |
Seigling, Smthye, Williams and Wither- j
spoon?12. Those voting in the negative
were Beatty, Brown, Byard, Coker, Crayton,
Ferguson Ilarllee, Henderson, I/.lar,
I>artigue, Maxwell, McQueen, T. J.
Moore, Mvller, Patterson, Perry, Shank- ]
]in and Wylie?18. So the motion was
; defeated. |
I Mr. Izlar then moved to strike out the,
second section of the bill which provides
the penalties, and upon the motion of Mr. j
i Henderson to indefinitely postpone the
motion to strike out the' yeas and nays j
Were demanded with the following re-j
suit: . I
'1 hose voting in the aflirmativo werei
Beatty, Bradley, Brown, Coker, Cray ton, j
Vonm'ison. Gaiilard. Ilarllee, Henderson,
Larligue, Maxwell, McQueen, T. J. I
Moore, Muller, Patterson, Porrv, Shank-:
lin and VVylie?yeas I>J; those voting in .
the negative wore lien bow, IJossard, Byrd, ,
('allisrn, Kislil'iulie. Izlar, Kinslcr, Mo- t
Call, Miller, J. W. Moore. Sicgling, Wil- j
Hams ami NVitlierspoon?nays 14. So the
motion to indefinitely postpone prevailed, i.
The bill finally passed ."tier i;mending ,
the sccoiul section so as to read as follows
:
Ski-. 2. Should any person Ii.il or refuse 1
t to pay said poll tax he shall he deemed A
I guilty of a mi.-dcmcanor, and, on conviction
thereof before any trial justice or '
other Court having jurisdiction of the
same, shall be punished by a lire which j
shall not cxceed five dollars, together t
willi costs of said suit, or by imprison- t
i ment in the county jail for a term not e.\- 1
I ceeding live days, and the sentence may ]
j be imposed in the alternative. * j I
Charleston and the West.
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HE TKIK LINE EROM TliE COAST
TO CINCINNATI.
Yhat Col. Campbell Says About the
Prospects of the Road -Charleston as t
a Coaling: Station and her Importing;?
Trade. i (
r.Vttct and Covri. r.) ! '
C'oi.r.MRiA. January Is.?"I'iio news'.
uihlished in the .\Vw.t ond Courier thisjj
nornmg lh:it a itintiwi had been signed (
or the completion >>t' the ALlanti<* and ,)
:<Yeheh ISrond Vai'<> Kail road was re- (
teived in tins < :iy with many indications ;)
>t popular surprise. Th.; lip-country v
nemtiers of the legislature, especially t
rom tin" sections more directly interested j
n the construction of the road, nro very ,
ninth gratived at the turn things have t
aken and are contidcnt that tlio road will 11
low be huilt. j,
Col. S. L. Campbell, through whom f
he negotiations on the part of the New j.
fork .Syndicate were conducted, were atj.
ho Columbia Hotel this morning and!';
tail a long and sMistaetory eonsutiauon i \
viili representatives of the Edgefield,! ^
['ronton and Aiken Railroad. Thev will (
neet the boftrd of directors of tins road at ,
Fronton to-morrow and complete a simiar
contract to that just entered into with ,
he directors of the French Broad Road, "j
Col. King is vice-president of the I r
umberlend Cap, Morristown and Ohio),
-Jailroad, which is to form one ofthelinks j *,
11 the new through line from Charleston];
ojthe Northwest. He is largely interested
in the valuable coal and iroii deposits
?f the Cumberland (Jap country, and has
lone much to advance the interests of;'
he new railroad. Col. Campbell has for <
hirty years been engaged in railroad af- '
airs, and for nine years was connected <
ivith the Marietta anil Cincinnati Railroad '
us purchasing agent. He is nowheioas '
ho representative of Messrs. Child tfc '
)liver, of New York, who in turn repre- 1
sent a syndicate of capitalists. I called '
m him this morning and secured the ful-;'
owing interesting facts about the road |
tvhich promises to do so much to develop ! ]
he commercial interests.of Charleston j I
md the State. Col. Campbell said : j]
"We have already concluded a contract j'
,vith the Atlantic and French Broad Yal-1 ]
ev Railroad from Edgefield to the North !
Carolina line, distance 120 miles. \Vei<
rnve also arranged the preliminaries of a j <
lontract with the Aiken, Trenton andi'
ICdgefieid Railroad, distance 2-'> miles. |1
Phis gives us a total distance of l")2 miles! I
ii Siuiili f?;iriitin;i_ \V? Imvfi illroadv ar- M
angcd to extend the 1 "no northwardly |'
*roni the .State line across North Carolina]"
md East Tennessee into the Kentucky !
;-oal fields at Cumberland Gap, a distance; <
>1' lfSO miles. We propose to build a lino; I
roin Cumberland Gap, 43 miles, to con-h
ieclions with Louisville and Cincinnati!;
railroads, already in active operation. The j >
oads with which we will connect are the;'
Louisville and Nashville, the Cincinnati i'
Southern and the Knoxvillo Central. The 1
intire length of our completed lines, <
reaching from tho Kentncky railroad con- '
lections to Aiken, South Carolina, where j1
kve will conncet with the South Carolina!'
Railway, will be 375 miles, forming theji
diortest possible line that ever can be J'
iuiilt from the South Carolina coast to tho <
jrcat Northwest, This line traverses a 1
^really diversified counttv. opening uph
the finest and most extensive coal fields j:
in the Continent, disccting every known |
rariety of iron ore, developing the rich ;
marble deposits or Tennessee and ner;
due, lead and copper mines, furnishing j
m outlet for the timbered wealth of aj
hitherto undeveloped region of country, i
and supplying the Northwest with an j
?asy route to the South Atlantic coast and
the ports of Europe and the world. The
continuation of this road, or lines of road,
will bring the coal-fields of Cumberland ]
Gap nearer'to Charleston than any other!
coal fields, and will make Charleston one
nf the most important and cheapest coaling
stations on the Atlantic coast. It is
estimated that the coal traffic alone of the
road will fully justify the building of the
road and pay the interest on the capital
invested. Being the shortest line to the
Northwest this road will also furnish the
cheapest and easiest line of transportation
for the grain and products of the
country through which it passes and
from the great Northwest ^eynnd.
"The line completed, Charleston will be
nble to compete successfully with the
Baltimore and the Northern markets.
Charleston is nearer bj* live to six hundred
miles than any other importing city
in the Union to tho coffee growing regions
and the sugar producing countries
mid to the rice fields of the world. With
the proper improvement of the entrance
to her harbor and the cheap coal that this
road will beableto lay down at her docks
to supply outgoing steamers with fuel,
fchd beihg tiieisliorlest posible litie to the
[Train fields of the Northwest, it is contiilently
believed that the groceries to
supply tho Northwest will hereafter be
largely imported by Charleston houses.
"Another most important branch of
business that will be developed is the
trade in yellow "pino lumber for which
there is a constantly increasing demand
among tho car builders throughout the
entire North.
"The road can bo constructed at a
moderate cost, not exceeding a total cost
per mile of 535,000. This includes the
road completed and ready for business.
There are no grades in* the line over
seventy-five leet to the mile,
"The conditions of the contract which |
has been made with the Atlantic and
French liroad Road are that Child &'
Oliver, who represent an independent!
syndicate of capitalistr, complete the
road by the 31st of December, 1S84. They
expect to complete the entire line of 375
miles by that time. It will take some
tune to complete the consolidation of the
several roads of which this line will be
composed, but active work will be begun j
in a very short time. Until theconsolidation
is completed tho work of constructing
tho French Broad Road will proceed
under the old dt rent ion. ot the entire]
line something over lifty miles have been
graded." J. C. II.
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NO CONFEDERATE ASSETS.
I. I\ Benjamin Tells What lie Knows
About Confederate Bonds.
in kw York, Jan. 20. ? The following
lias been published hero to-day:
Tkmtle, London, Nov. 28. 1SS1.
My Dear Harlow:?
1 have yours of the l">th inst., and have
no objection whatever to give you all the'
nforniation I possess on the subject of i
Confederate bonds, which some specula- j
ors on the stock exchange have made the ]
subject of inquiry, on a rumor sedulous- j,
y sp ead abroad "that there are vast sums j
ieposited in the Dank of England and!
ilsewliere in Europe. The Confederate
government never had but two means of
raising money In Europe; one was by
he export of cotton, all ol which was
onsigned to the house of Frazier, Trenlolm
A Co., of Livorpool; the other was
jy a loan efleeted through Messrs. Erlau-1
;er ct Co., and Schroder <fc Co., the pro- |
!ocds of which were all received by Colin :
I. MacKae, tinnncial agent of the govern-j
nent. At the close of the war thg Uni-'
ed States government claiming the right! i
o receive the entire assets of the Coui'eJ-1
irate government instituted suits against!
frazier, Trenholin tt Co.. and against
MacRae. After determined and pre-!
racted litigation Frazier twnlmlm a-'
Jo., were driven into bankruptcy, asj
heir whole business was destroyed", and |
heir credit broken by the apprehensions ;i
:reated in the mercautile world of the re-j
suit of the enormous claims hanging ji
)ver them, when they really owned little i
)r nothing, and I think the United Slates j
iltiinatcly recovered a few thousand dol-|
ars as a compromise. Macltac proved in ;
lis ease that he had rendered full audi
aithful account to tho Confederate gov-:
;rmnent of tho entire proceeds of thej<
oan in payment of supplies and muni-::
ions of war to various commissariat and
piaster masters, officers in this country:
iwl of coupons on bonds, but lie was |
eady to render his accounts over again
f the United States would agree to reim-l
turse him any balanco found due in his|
avor. This was declined. Tho case isj
reported in law reports 8 10. (!. 09. Poor,
Macltac, in shattered health and with a
lew hundred pounds, the wreck of his : >
'ortunes, emigrated to Spanish Honduras, j
ivhero he sought to earn a support on h
unall stock farm, hut ho died in ox-!
reniely reduced circumstances. The last
!>ayment of coupons on the Confederate
oan was only ellbeted after great effort,
),v means of cotton sold through Krazier,1
rrcnhoim <fc Co., as all proceeds of the!
loan had long previously been exiiaust
The United States government also recovered
some supplies, machinery and
;eyer,".l vessels, in fact everything that re- j
nained from the wreck, and I do not he-!
lieve that one penny is to he found any-]
ivherc in Knrope of assets of the defunct j
Confederacy. If anything;can eve r be re- j
overed by the bondholders it can only I
be 1)3* government action in the United
States, and yon can judgo better than I if
:hero is the remotest hope of any such action.
Yours faithfully,
J. 1\ BENJAMIN.
To S. L. M. Barlow, N. Y.
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For Secretary of Stale.
! Edyfivl<l Ch ron iclv. J
The Lexington Dispatch has the bulge
in us in the matter of seconding the nomnalion
of lliij;h Wilson, Esp., of the Alt
/eviilc l rc.s* mtu JltnuHT lor Secretary ot
State, luit we endorse it nevertheless and,
ike our contemporary, hope that we are
lot onl of order. Mr. Wilson is one of
he best newspaper men in the Stale, and
le i.; also a gentleman of exceedingly
tourteous and refined manners. We take
rent pleasure, therefore, in sayini; that
,ve know of no hotter man for the ollieo ;
>1" Secretary of Stale than Mr. iln;jh Wil,011.
Miss Katie Wior whose "cotton nicnres''
recently took the premium at the
Ytlantu Exposition, has sold one of tlieni
or ?10 to a spectator who saw them in '.he
Exposition. This speaks well for Miss '<
vatie's artistic ability.? Greenville JSeu-a. I
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YACCIS ATI05.
'opnlar Prejudice?Prevalence of the
Disease Due to Ignorance?Dr. Bayfe
Points Ont the Great Saving of Life
From the Use of Vaccine?How to
Eradicate the Disease.
The spread of smallpox through the
iountry and tlio many deaths that have
esulted and are oeeuring everyday have
concentrated public attention to such a
lejjree that the old discussion has been
ousciUited as to the value of vaccinaion.
Very many people are careless in
his matter, because they have been told
t was riovalueas a guard against the conation,
and others neglect it from all idea
hat vaccination is one of those antiquat- ]
d practices that originated in remote,
iges, and should now be relegated to tho
iimplfl minded and superstitious. Cer.rtnrlir-ll
11 ract i t ioiierS IlAVf! I
(tin uiiimua ??* mviuv... r.
>cen industrious in promulgating these
lotions, apparently with no better motive
liuu opposition to well-established ousom.
People who have neither the time
lor the inclination to inquire into the
subject accept a mere passing dictum in J
dace of ol.l and respectable authority,!
iiul, unfortunately, others and too often
nnocent persons bocomo the sufferers.
I'o heli) the doubting to a thorough understanding
of the question and to put ho'oro
everybody the best knowledge pro-1
urable, a reporter of tho New York
Herald called on Dr. Lewis A. Say re
yesterday and obtained his views.
Dr. Say re was resident physicians
if tho* city of New York twenty
rears ago, and is, therefore, an authority
ipon a subject he treats with so much
ibilily.
MISLEADING PHYSICIANS.
The reporter found Dr. Sayre in his
dBce on Filth avenue, and as soon as lie
explained tho nature of his business the
>urgeon said : "tilad to see you ; sit
lown. Smallpox? I have been thinking
i good deal of it, seeing tho reports from
ill over the country. Do you know I
liavc often thought it would bo a good
thingif this city was scourged to tho very
lieart with that discse to teach the pcopfg
heir duty ? Nothing else will overdo it.
Nothing. A lot of these new fangled
phantom physician-; have been telling
them pretty stories and the foolish people
have taken them lor truth. They
will find too late that tliej' aro like the
practitioners?phantoms. The man who
itniw fn discus* vaccination with anv
:>ther view than to insist on it emphatically
is an idler. I will show you some
the reasons why, and let tho readers of
Lhc Herald judge for themselves. From
tho most careful study of statistcs and of
ilia opinion and experiences of the most
icknowlegcd authorities, physicians have
Co me to tho positive conclusion that
smallpox is capable of being entirely
a radicated from any community by a
proper and presistent system of universal
And repeated vaccination. From tho
vcar 1798 (when the the immortal Jenner
announced to the world his great discovery)
to the present time facts have
been "constantly accumulating for the
elucidation of tho most univorsally acjcpted
truth ever demonstrated by tho
science of medicine, and that is that vaccination,
when properly performed, is a
certain and perfect protection against
smallpox. Now, there s the point. Hammer
that in as hard as ever you can. Vaccination,
when properly performed, is a
certain and perfect protection against
smallpox, I repeat. That was my opinion
twenty years ago, and all I liavo
heard, read and seen since then strengthens
that opinion. I urged compulsory
vaccination then, I urge it to-day with
tho accumulated force of twenty years'
additional experience."
ONE DEATH IX EIGHT THOUSAND VACCINATIONS.
Dr. tt'iyre took up some memoranda
1,1? i-uCai-rinn tn (lw.m
easionally, went on in un earnest, impressive
manner '
"In 1827 a most malignant and fatal
epidemic of smallpox raged in Philadelphia.
Urs. Cox, Condie and Meigs, of
the committee of the Medical Soeiety ol
that city, report that but one?now yon
ought to repeat that 'one'seveial times to
fasten it in the people's mind?but one
well ascertained death from that disease
among 8,000 vaccinated persons came to
the knowledge of the committee. Let the
phantom physicians take up that point
and consider it. Drs. IJcll and Mitchell
report that of 240 esses of variola and
varioloid tested at the smallpox hospital,
155 wore unprotected by vaccination, ol
whom eighty-five died ; nine were inocculated,
of three died, and sixty-three
had been vaccinated, of whom but a
single one died. Thcro is unotLcr good
place to pause."
Reporter?With regard to the frequency
of vaccination, Doctor, in the same person
?
"I am coming to that. I have shown
that it is abundantly proved that, vaccination
will prevent smallpox, and now I
must say it is generally admitted that its
protective inlluenco is not of life-long
duration. It diminishes in proportion to
tho lapse of time from vaccination, until
it has boon several times repeated, or
until the system has been so thoroughly
infected with the vaccine poison that it
will then as a permanent protection
equally as well as the person had suffered
irom tno smaiipox iisuu.
RE VACCINATION.
"A very good authority, Dr. O. 13,
Wood, says that 'it cannot now ne denied
that a single vaccination does not afford
tho pernianeut security it was supposed
to do. Probably nearly one-half of those
vaccinated successfully are liable to more
or loss effect from the variohis contagion,
though it is asserted than wiien the operation
performed with fouro more insertions
instead of one the proportion of protection
is much greater. Now, again, Mr,
Simon, in his famous report, says that lie
was much struck v. ith tho fact that persons
who had been vaccinated years before,
and who during this interval, had
perhaps repeatedly resisted smallpox,
would at length, in a certain proportion
cf their number, yield to smallpox."
Reporter?Was this observed at any
time ?
I)r. Say re?Yes; it most frequently
happens during the times when smallpox
was soverly epidemic among the unvaccinated,
and when larne masses ol
persons with vaccination of many years
were exposed to tho test of a strong epidemic
influence. Under this ordeal it became
evident that for sorno vaccinated
persons the insusceptibility conferred by
cowpox was not of life-long duration, and
from a careful analysis of cases it was
shown tliat tins iessoncci security 01 certain
vaccinated persons bore at least some
proportion to the number of years which
in each ease had elapsed since vaccination,
but there were not materials to prove any
uniform rate of increase, from year to
year, and the increase, such as it was, apparently
continued up to thirty years ol
age, alter which period it seemed that the
liability to contract smallpox underwent
a continuous decline.
Look After the Implements.
[ Gcrmantomi Telegraph.]
As winter approaches we cannot refrain
from saying that the careful thoughtful
farmer never allows his ploughs, harrows,
cultivators, mowing and reaping
machines, hay-tedders, niid other imnlemcnts
and machinery, to be exposetl tc
the weather, or where they can be damaged
by fowls or stock. Ho provides n
covered place for thein all where the rains
and snows cannot penetrate, with either
board llooriug or placed upon scantling to
raise them from the ground. Such ry>rtions
of the iron likely to rust should be
painted over slightly with any cheap oil
paint, and it will add to the preservation
and appearance of all implements and
machinery, especially if the woodwork is
also painted. When this is inconvenient
the iron should bo cleaned of dirt and
greased with pieces of fat pork. They
should also be put in good repair in the
winter, in order to be ready for operating
when needed in the spring. Leaving this
repairing until another season opens frequently
causes damaging dciays, which
uiinnlil ;il\v!iv? lir> nrovided against. There
is notjiing like being always ready with
llieso tilings for any emergency.
All ordinary wooden repairing ought to
be done by the farmer and his hands during
the rainy days and in the winter,
when there is plenty of timoon hand for
that purpose. Every part of a wheelbarrow,
except the wheel, ought to be made
on the premises; new forks and handles
nf iron rakes, repairing even some portions
of the farm machinery, building of
garden and yard fences, repairing roofs,
building ol corn-cribs, hog pens, wagon
iind cart shelvings, making the frames o!
hot-bedk, all the many jobs constantly requiring
to bo done nhout a well-conducted
place too numerous to mention. A
person becomes very bamly in the use ol
good tools alter a short experience, and
saves many a dollar, without consuming
any time necessary lor the usual demands
of the farm.
The Augusta and Knoxvillc and lis
Connect ions.
fA ugnstu C/ironiclcl.
Tire news that the Directors of tl!)C
fircenwood, Laurens and Spartanburg
Railroad have decided to proceed vigorously
with the work of grading the road,
will be pleasing information to everybody
JIllUX't'Ml'U III LIlU W1 uiu au^uowi
and Knoxvillo Railroad and the prosperity
of Augusta. Tho completion of this
new line will add another loader to tlx
Augusta and Knoxvillo ami to the tnidi
of Augusta. It will also eonneetat Laurens
with the Greenville and Laurens and
thus give lis direct connection with the
thriving city of Greenville. Willi thest
two roads and the Savannah Valley Ilailroad,
extending from horn's Mines to
Anderson Court House, tinder one system,
with the Augusta and Knox\iIIe,
the latler will heroine one of the most
important roads in this section and will
prove of very great benefit to Augusta,
Hugh Wilson for Secretary of Siate.
[Kershaw (laze!If.]
Tho Iiarnivv.il People has nominated
this estimable gentleman for the olliee ol
Secretary of State, and, while we do not
believe it wise to lie-in a political agitalion
in this State at so early a day, we
heirtily second this nomination. Mr.
Wilson is eminently fitted for the oflice,
and would till the position acceptably to
the State and to tha credit of himself.
m ; w f||pl
North Carolina politics; <
A Movement to Mahonclae the Staid?
Disturbing Elements in the Political
Field?Views of a State Senator.
1
{Spccial to the Baltimore Sun.)
Washington', January 15.?It is ?n- J
derstood that there is now being organ- !
ized in Washington by certain well- ,
known gentlemen from Xorth Carolina a
movement looking to a coalition of disaf- j
lected Democrats wilh the Republicans \
For tho pnrpeso of defeating the regular
Democratic organization, and, so to
*pcak, Mahonoi/.ing tho State, thereby soeuringan
Independent element in Congressional
district that are largely Antii\rAhil?ltwvM
u'lildK ?? ?!! v/tunlt in rt!<nl;ir: I
| "ii'vmwi,, " "??? w?..v |
ing certain Democratic Congressmen and
j .securing also a United States Senator
next winter when the Legislature meets. |
That there is a movement of that kind on
hand docs not seem to admit of a doubt.
Several of the gentlemen interested in it
are here, and certain conferences are reJ
ported to have been held with the President
and others high in authority. The
I wholo matter is attracting much attention
here among leading politicians of
both parties, as some such movement
has been anticipated evoi since the Virginia
election.
WHAT A STATU SKN'ATOU SAID.
State Senator John N. Naples, of North
Carolina, ono of the leading Democrats
and a man of liberal and progressive
ideas, in conversation with your correspondent
to-day, gave the following interesting
account of the situation. Ho said:
"There can be no such issue raised in
North Carolina as that which divided the
Democracy of Virginia. The State debt
is settled,"and if any legislation on the
subject is desirable, it would bo simply
an extension of timo for creditors to exchange
old bonds for new ones, and in all
probability this will be done by the next
Legislature. There are questions, however,
upon which the people of the State I
might be divided, should they bo issues
in the next canvass, such as the county
government law, the liquor license law.
the railroad question, and perhaps tariff
I issues. It is very likely, however, that
| these will not be" live questions during j
i the noxt canvass.
NEOliSS.VnY LEGISLATION.
"Tho Legislature at its special session
[ this winter in all probability will legislate
jon these questions to the entire satisfaction
of tho people of both parties. My
own opinion is that the county government
law wil ho repealed ; the option
given to county commissioners on the
license questions will also be repealed.
A bill to provide lor a railroad commission
to revise freightand passenger tariffs
j and protect the people from alleged abuses
will be passed, and certain other legislation
looking to tho protection of North
Carolina industries will engage tho Assembly.
"I do not believe either party wants tho
State tc mix up again in building railing
railroads, and I am satisfied tho pooI
pie by a large majority would oppose any
interference with any corporation or set
of men who have tho ability and tho determination
to construct the Western
North Carolina Railroad. Tho western
people want tho road, the eastern people
do not want to be taxed further to build
it, henco both sections will ho satisfied if
the road is built without cost to tho .State.
MANUFACTURES TO BE EN'COUHAOED.
"It isthe policy of the conservative element
of tho Democratic partv to throw
no obstacles in tho way of capital invested
in the Stato, from whatever quarter ; but
on the contrary, to invite it, and protect
it when it comes. It is also tho policy, as
I believe, of the Democratic party to protect
North Carolina industries and manufactories,
and the State will claim the protection
for her industries that has boon
j extended to New England. In twenty
: live years from now the spindles of Now
| EngUnd will be humming on the eastern
slope of the HI tie Itidgo in North Carolina,
where the water power is sufficient to
. turn all Hie wheels in New England.
"The Stato has taken a new departure
lately, and the gentlemen who control the
State affairs are progressive men, and believe
in taking the State out of its old
1 ruts and putting her on a different footing
oefore the world than tho position she
j has formerly occupied. Under the management
of .Mr. McGehn, commissioner
of agriculture, and the aid of the Governor,
and the Richmond and Danville
. Railroad, North Carolina has been more
prominently brought before the world
within the past three weeks than in all of
1 her past history. Her mineral, agricultural
manufacturing and forest wealth has
been brought before them at Atlanta, and
the result will show a greater increase in
i wealth and population in North Carolina
j in ten years than any other State.
"If the Democracy are true to the great
interests of the Stato and tho rights of the
people no Mahone movement can succeed
in North Carolina."
THK YOUJ'O DEMOCRACY.
Some of those engaged in the move1
ment for a coalition of the independent
, Democrats and Republicans in North
, Carolina are of the young Democracy.
The burden of their complaint is similar
to that of young Democrats in several
1 other Southern States, that nil the honors
and emoluments go to the old stagers, and
the young men of the party arc left out in
the cold. It seems, however, that on a of
, the most prominent of the disaffcited
I Democrats has enjoyed high political
honors %Thc views given in this correaI
pondencc of last night as coming from
State Senator Staples, of North Carolina,
are believed to be practical and correct.
In a publication made here to-day Senator
Ransom was credited with the expression
that the Democratic party of
North Carolina would go to pieces in six
mouths. Senator Ransom this afternoon
very indignantly disowned giving utterance
to any such opinion. Ho said ho
had no idea that any Independent moveI
m ^nt could succeed in North Carolina, or
th.it there was any considerable disaffection
in the ranks of the regular Demoe
racy. lie Imd no fear of the State being
carried next 1V.1I as usual, and of his own
re-election to the United States Senate.
Trustworthy Corners.
(yew York Tribune.)
Owners of land, whether in small lots
or large, are too apt to lind themselves in
difficulty or leave their heirs in trouble
for want of permanent ana ineffaceable
landmarks showing tho precise location
of the corners of their properties. Sometimes
a wooden post is planted, which, in
' tho course of years, rots or becomes loose
and when looked for cannot be found.
Stones set on the surface are by no means
safe from displacement. In small lots a
fence-post is usually set as exactly as
possible on the corner, but these lots often
attain a value which makes every inch
. a measure of considerable gain or* loss,
and there are many uncertain inches in
the sectional measure of a fence-post. A
largo manufacturer unwittingly put tho
wall of a lofty ant: valuable building
ovor his line,*beguiled by a displaced
mark. His neighbor, a grasping "man
of business," took advantage of this to
make a conscienceless claim, and great
. expense has been incurred already for
surveys and legal proceedings without
any sett lement being yet made. This lias
put other neighbors to looking up and se,
j curing their "corners." A good plan
lately pursued is to sink in the ground at
(under) a corner, a stone of some peculiar
i color, from a distant source, with the exact
point of tho corner, a stone of some pei
culiar color, from a distant source, with
tho exact point of the corner on it drilled
or chiselled. Another stono is set upon
that one, which reaches above the surface
as an indicator or finder. If it is a
fence corner, a post is set on each line
three or four feet from the corner, and
the rails extend to a sham post which
nnnn tlio indicating or surface
stone, and is hold tirmly by (ho rails.
I This leaves all tidy and perfectly sale
and precise. Tho winter season, during
i rniJd weather, is a favorable time lor thus
| securing tho boundary.
The Latest Absurdity.
[ Winsboro Nciwt and South.]
I Opponents to higher education have
: raised the cry that it is a scheme to boneI
lit the rich at the expense of tho poor,
j Let us look into this charge. A two mill
] tax for public schools moans two dollars
j on the thousand; and any taxpayer
, i who returns less than one thousand dolj
lars pays, exclusive 01:' poll-tax, less than
; two dollars a year for his children's eduIcation.
A so-called rich man, owning
j fifty thousand dollars, pays a hundred
'j dollars into tho public school fund. Inj
eluding poll-tax ho pays a hundred and
. one dollars; or two dollars more than
j his thirty-three neighbors who return a
' poll ami a thousand dollars each. Thus
1 lie contributes for each of them three dollars
(roughly estimating) for school pur|
i poses out of"his own pocket, and all for
j the irood of the State. Now tho good of
itlie State demands also high education.
11 So ten thousand dollars, or one tenth of a
I mill, is appropriated for tho college.
iT iis talk about the college being for rich
j people alone is all gammon, but admit it
('forsake of argument. Here again, the
; rich man pays five dollars for higher education,
and each of his neighbors ten
rrnls In ntlinr words lie KaVS. "eivO 1110
j buck ten fonts fur my soil out of the
| three dollars I have given you for yours,
land I shall lie satisfied." Thereupon a
i! great howl is raised that the poor tuxs
paver is swindled.
>i The truth is Hint the college is not iti
tended for the rich, hut for the poor who
I cannot go abroad and pay high rates. It
s will bun benelicient institution for all
( classes; and for its support, as wi?Il as
for public schools, the rich man, as
> shown above, pays the lion's share of Hie
taxes, lJut polilieioiM need soincshib,
bolelh to mystify the ignorant. IJonce
, these tears.
? UtTIic
Newsp.:per.
' The newspaper is just as necessary to
lit a man for bis true position in life as
food or raiment. Show* us a ragged, barelooted
boy rather than -an ignoramus.
His head will cover his feet in after life if
ho is well supplied with newspapers
Show its the child that is eager for newsi
papers. lie will make the man of mark
in after life if y>u gratify the desire for
knowledge. Other things being equal it
is a rule that never fails. Give the chilJdren
newspapers.
1
Circiiiar of the Executive Committed
of the State Board ot Health.
Executive Committee
State Board of Health,
Columbia, S. C., January 20, 1882.
In view of the fact that thd smallpo*
lias appeared in the State, ttnd Ifro probability'
of an epidemic of it {hvading, at rtn
narly period, this State, as it hits already
fjonc, in its epidemic character, several of
the Northern, Western and Middle Stales;
und in view of the probability of this disease
springing up in distinct "and separate
centres, which from the increased travel
and the reception of those who have come j
from, or passed through, the numerous'
localities now infected, the Executive'
Committee of the State Board of Health
have thought it advisable to issue this cir-!
cular with the object of specially direct-1
Hie nUention of the neonle and the'
medical profession to tlio danger which j
threatens, so tlint a mitigation oranitn-i
mnnity from an attack of this loathsome
and fatal disease may be secured.
The Executive Committee of the State
Board of Health, thou, urgnnpon the people
the necessity of vaccination, both for
adults and children.
They urge upon the people the great
advisability of the revaccination of all
those who have not been vaccinated within
fourteen years.
They urge upon the people the advisa-j
bilitv of the revaccination of every one
who docs not bear upon the person a dis-1
tinctly marked typical scar. They especially
urgo the need of immediate vaccination.
Tho Board would emphatically advise
the members of tho medical profession |
within this State at once to procure from
some well established and reliable vaccine
bureau or vaccine farm, as E. L.
Griffin, M. D., Fond du Lac, Wisconsin;
from Caswell, Ilazzard <fc Co.. Now York ;
or from Codman & Shurtlert, N. Y.,
through the mail, asulllciency of animal
virus to vaccinate several persons, as a
beginning, and to use the virus as soon as
it is obtained. (The cost of tho virus is
about one dollar for every ten points.)
Tho committee-suggest to the apothecaries
the advisability of procuring at intervals
a fresh supply and retailing these
virus points. That virus be taken from a
fresh pustule, and tho people bo urged to
have vaccination performed by a physi
clan, who can jitflge 01 ino condition 01
the pustule; and that he he requested not
to uso virus taken from adults, but use
that from healthy, well-nourished infants
who had not been previously vaccinated.
The Executive Committee'of the State
Board of Health would also recommend
that each incorporated city, town and village,
at once appoint a public vaccinator.
That it procure a small amount of vaccine,
say at an expenditure of five dollars.
That it should obtain this at once through
the mail. That these corporations appoint
two hours each day during which
vaccination can bo performed gratuitously.
That the several Boards of County
Commissioners and Boards of control of
all Penal and Charitable Institutions in
the State bo requested to have those under
their control at once vaccinated.
That the sub-boards urge upon the authorities
in their neighborlnods the necessity
of general vaccination.
Smallpox being a contagious disease it
is very important that every case be
promptly reported to the nearest SubHoard
of Health.
The Sub Board should, with the physician
in charge of the case, co-oporato for
its restriction.
The patient should bo isolated as much
as possible from all other persons, and
ishould alone occupy a room in which an
unnecessary furniture has been removed.
The house should be specially designaj
ted by some conspicuous placard being
placed upon it.
Upon the recovery or death of the
smallpox patienttheroom should be thoroughly
disinfected.
No person recovering from smallpox
should bo permitted to appear in public
until his person and clothing has been
disinfected and he be provided with a certillcato
from the attending physician that
all danger from contagion has been passed.
Every person dying of smallpox should
[ be thoroughly washed with a zinc soluI
tion, (sulphato of zinc, 4 oz.; common
sail, 4 oz.; water, I gallon,) wrapped in a
sheet wot with the solution of zinc, placed
in a light ooltin and buried immediately.
The clothing, towels, bed clothing, etc.,
should at once, before being taken from
the room, be placed in a tub of the solution
of chloride of zinc. All discharges
should either lie rccievcd in vessels containing
a copperas solution, copperas, i
lb.; hot water, 1 gallon,) or should be immediately
covered with tho copperas solution.
The room, upon the death or recovery
i of the patient, sliotiki do at once vaoaieu.
; It should then be fumigated.
The room should ho closed as tightly as
! possible; sulphur, about 4 lbs., placed in
| an iron pan supported upon bricks placed
j in a wash-tub containing a littlo water,
j The sulphur should no set on lire by hot
coals, or by the aid of a spoonful of alcoj
hoi, and the room closed for twenty-four
hours.
It is best to burn all articles which have
been in contact with persons sick with
j the smallpox. If the articles are too val;
uablo to be destroyed, those of cotton,
! linen, woolen, as thin blankets, etc.,
(should be treated with the boiline-hot solution
of zinc, introducing piece by piece
and boiling for at least half an hour.
Heavy woolen clothing; silk, furs,
stutled bed-covers, beds and other articles
which cannot be treated with the zinc
solution, should be hung in the room during
fumigation, their surfaces thoroughly
exposed, anil pockets being turned inside
out; afterwards they should be exposed
in the open air, beaten and shaken. Pillows,
beds, stutled mattresses, upholstered
furniture, etc., should be cut open, the
contents spread out and thoroughly fumigated.
Carpets arc best fumigated on tin
tloor, but should afterwards be removed
to theopen air and thoroughly beaten.
The Smallpox in Chicago.
Chicago, January 19.?Dr. DcWolf,
l health commissioner of this city, says
that unless the people protect themselves
by vaccination smallpox will be rauipanl
here and not a man, woman or child will
be safe. Chicago has enough cases of its
own, but neighboring towns and State;
are doing their best to increase them
Yesterday seven tramps, broken out ami
I covered with the filthy disease, came from
I other cities and walked into the hcaltli
[ ollice. Last night Joseph Ackerman, wht
; arrived hero by way of New York from
(Germany by steamer, walked into the
| health oillco with a very bad case of tti(
j disease, lie was sent to the pest lioust
I at once.
| CHURCH MUSIC.
A SINGING CLASS will be open FEBRU'
AllV 1st, for the exclusive cultivation ol
Choir Sinking. Session two months, three
times weekly, two hours each lesson. Ternif
$:(, half In advance, balance March 1st. Koi
further Information see I'HOK. BERG, at his
j Mu>ic llall, above Messrs. Wardlaw it EdI
wards, between the hours of 0 aud 1 A. M. uud
'laud 5 I'. M.
Jan. 25,18*2, tf
'
C' 1AXAKY IJIItD SEED.
) E. PARK EH.
I Jan. 4,1831,2t
' Richmond and Danville Kailroiul,
I
CHANOE OF SCHEDULE.
OX and after .Sunday, Nov. 20, ISSl,rassenjjer
Train .service on the Atlanta and
{Charlotte Air Lluc division ol' this road will
| be us follows:
E AST W A It!).
' Leave Fast Mail. Kxprcss. Mail.
No. .>>. Xo. 51. No 5S.
' Atlanta u 1-3 p m 5 V/ a rn
| AIIIIIVE
; Gainesville 5 SI p m 7 12 a rn
Tocvoa 7 25 p in iv 8 00 p ni 8 10 a ni
. Si-neca (i .'Iti j> in 9 17 p tn 10 -17 a m
i Greenville 10 02 p in 10 51 p in 12 15 p in
spartan!)'jf 11 17 p in 12 15 a in 1 38 p m
1 Gnstonla 1 2'J a rn 2 50 a in 4 01 j) in
j Charlotte 2 30 a in 5 52 a m 0 00 p in
WEST W A III).
1 Leave?I-'ast Mall. Express. Mali.
No. 51. No. 50. No. 52.
Charlotte 12 10 a in 10 25 p in 12 SO p in
AlUtlVK?
Gaston la 1 04 a m 11 20 p m 1 21 p rn
Spnrlanb'g 2 57 a in 1 50 p in .1 15 p m
. Greenville I 10 a m .'I SO p in 5 OS p in
.Seneca 5 14 a III 5 1!) p in fi 50 p tn
: Toccoa 0 50 a in 0 20 j) in 8 00 p m
i Lula 8 I I a m 9 11 p in
iGalnsviMe 8 42 a in 0 15 p ni
! Ar. Atlanta 11 00 a m 12 0" a in
T. M. It. TAT.COTT,
General Manager.
1. Y. NAGK, Sup't.
A. ForE, General Fass-cn^er Agent.
MARKET JUS FORTS.
Aiiiieville C. II., S.
j C'otlon?Mlddling...lOJ<j to 10%Staln& S to 10
' Itucon, Hams ib. m
: 15acon, Shies Ib. 12
| Iiacon, Shoulders lb. 10
I Lard lb. 15
i Corn bu. 1 00
I Peas bu. 1 00
OaUs bu. 1 HO
Klour cwt. 5 00 5 50
Kodder cwt. 00 1 (U
Sweet. Potatoes bu. 00 75
Irish Potatoes bu. 1 50
I ltice lb. 10
I P,utter lb. "0
j Kg?s doz. 12|^
I Turkeys pr. 150
j (Jeese pr. 75
! Chickens each 11 25
Ilcrsuax lb. 15 \n>
I lic.1" Ib. s
' Pork lb. 8 10
I Tallow lb. ii 7
i Hale Hope, Manilla .....lb. 1"?
! Candles, Sperm lb. '25 !J0
! Candles, Adamantine Ib. 15 '20
'Cheese lb. '20
Ci'llee, Kio Ib. IS "25
Codec, Java Ib. !>5 !0
llay cwt. 1 no
11 iib-s. I ir.v lb. 10 12
II Ides, < irecn lb, 5 0
| Moht?ss< s, Cuba sal. 10 45
j ,Molas>es, New Orleans ?al. 50 75
! Oil. Kerosene K?l. -0
'oil! SiurliliK.'ry srnl. 7?
slmt I a4 - -V>
Salt wicic _ 1
Sii;i|i lb. r> ! '
Siuar, i'rushoil lb. 1:!
Sugar, l'mvtlprwl Ii>. I'J'm
s? _'{?r, <' White lb. 11 11."..
Sugar, Hrown Hi. !' I<?
Starch Hi. > S
Tt-i, (livesi Ii>. ' '> 1
Tori, r.l.U'U II). CO T;-|
I'obarco, chewing lb. I" 7-j
To'nu'co, smoking lb. ti> 7">
Virtepir, chler gal. -10 if)
Plow I'olut* lb, 10
i
-ANDVIM,;
HAVE now in store a complete line of <
ail kinds of GOODS. We call special
attention to our large stock [1
Fancy and. Domestic Dry Goods,
Flannels, Woolens,
Jeans, Gents Underwear,
CLOTHING,
II .41 IB,
HATS AND CAPS,
CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETOH.
Nov. 1G, 18S1, tf
The Place to Get What
You Want!
CHRISTIAN & WILSON
ALWAYS in store, a complete slock of
FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED
GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of
I all kinds. Tlio best and cheapest CIGARS
and TOBACCO. The FINEST
i WINES and LIQUORS.
j Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey
For medical purposes a specialty. Also,;
'choice Liquors of any kind for medical
purposes.
Give us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed.
CHRISTIAN & WILSON,
Abbeville, S. C,
Nov. 1(5,1881, tf
LUMBER
ATYQUR POOR.
I HAVE completed mv arrangements
to furnish all kinds of LUMBER to
to the public at short notice. My establishment
is on the old Hughes place. I
j have a new and splendid engine and improved
circular saw. The best sawyer in
I this section,
JAMES H. DUNN,
has charge and is always at his post.
PRICES Lb\V-GIVE US A TRIAL.
E. A. RICHEY.
Nov. 16, 1881, tf
DR. ISRAEL H. mm,
OF CHARLESTON, S. C.
OFFERS his professional services to
the public.
. Present office at the residence of Mr.
G. A. Yisanskn, Magazine Hill. Abbej
villo C. II., S. U. Nov. 16, '81, Gin
CCUNNINGHAM & TEMPI,ETON
J Imvo a lar^e assortment of Ilainj
bur? Edjjings and Insertions, Gents hand
so .veil Shoes. isov. n>, wi.
Notice
| To SiipcriuteMeiils of Sighways.
I
!
! "\7~OU are hereby ordered to see that the
j JL roads in your respective townships
J are in good order by the 1st of December
i next. This rule will l?o rigidly enforced
: and delinquents will positively be roportjed
t<> tlm nearest Trial Justice. Take
i warning. <
W. T. COWAN,
W. R McKINNEY,
J. T. BASKIN,
County Commissioners.
| T. P. COTBRAN, Clerk.
! Xnv. !), 18S1, tf
UNPftRflLLELED
SUCCESS
OF THE
THE WIIITK s-k',vi:;u maijiuk, imp
best In Mic World. It tins nn opcIIlarinn
Self-threading shuttle, a Self-setting needle.
It. I< sidjustal-le in all its wearing pars and
: made li om the best of material. Its b'.blns
can lie tilled without removing work or at|
tftclimi'tits. It is so simple In construction
and liiilit running tliat a child can use it. It
will do the irreatest ranged" work. It has the
most complete set of useful attachments. It
is far in advance of any other sewing mai
chine. It has been thoroughly tested tor four
: years In Abbeville county. It is warranted
| for five years.
! Hemcmtier 110 machine Is genuine or war!
ranted only those sold l>.v ourantliorized dealers.
And those pretending to sell our Maj
chines. Needles or Attachments outside of
our Agents are frauds. Mr. J. L. Simpson is
I our only authorized denier for the Counties of
| Abbeville and Laurens, and no Machines arc
I warranted except tho-es.?ld by him or those
whom lie may associate with him in the business.
Respectfully,
WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
TIIE Indies, and those persons who wish to
1 buy Sewing Machnnes, are respectfully invited
to call at Mr. Barnwell's, where they will
I tlnd the only genuine, warranted and cheap|
est Machines, samples of the the Machine's
work, needles and attachments. Oil It) cents
j per bottle.
| All persons desiring to communicate with
me 011 the subject, will address me at Abbev'"""
J, L. SIMPSON,
.Tilly l.'l, lSSi. ly.
? W *+ w B W*. T T
I J, L, ILAKK,
iFOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT
i
I T HAVE CONCLCDED TO GIVE MY
i I whole attention to my Shop. Ishallgive
jit GOOD ATTENTION. If any person wishes
to have his
l
WATCHES REPAIRED
Hrlng lliein in. I have all tlie tools and mni
terials to do it up in tlie best of style and at
the lowest rates possible. If you want yom
j clork repaired bring it in and it will be done
, right. If you want your
JEWELRY MENDED
lJring it on. If you want your
SEWING MACHINE MENDED
| This Is the place to -ret It done in thebest of
| order. You can haveany piece made new, or
! the old one repaired. IT you want yourjrun or
j pistol repaired this is the place to have it
done. All these articles will he repaired in
the lies! of ol'tli'i' at the Lowest 1 Vices.
i Give mi' a trial and satisfy yourselves-TEKMs
CASH.
i JOHN L CLME.
I
HAT.I. STAN PS. \Vhn!-X?.ts, brockets ami
Tables?nil in w iiiul beautiful.
.J. D.CIIAI.MCKS.
I No. 8, Y/hccler & V/ilson
SKWINf! MA<I1IVK. Now. fn perfect oilier.
1'iicc low. Call at fiirnilure store
o J. I). CliAL.MKUs.
I I Ire. J>M, If
! Chairs, Chairs.
I '
, rpk.\" 'h>ZKN of tbe Celebrated (foorela
I 1 Clin Irs. J. H. Cli AI.MElls.
1 Nov. Hi, 1881, tf
Hake the Children omfortable.
CHILDREN CARRIAGES and PERAMu
bulators. Someof them very handsome,
all and see
'J. D. halmers.
RAILROAD NOTICE.
SUBSCRIBERS to tlie capital stock of the
j Atlantic and French Broad Valley Riill oad
are hereby notified that the first Inbtalnent
Is now called for.%
Prompt payment Is required, lis the work Is
o be begun at once and will be pushed vigorjusly.
By order of W. K. Bradley, President A.and
F. B. V. U. R.
J. W. PERRIN, Treasurer.
,Treasurer's Office,
Abbeville. Muy 10,1S81.
Parlor Suits,
UPHOLSTERED In beautiful Spun Silk?
the latest stylet-.
T r> PTT X T.MFRfi
Sept. 21,1881, tl
For Sale.
A FINK OR ABE BULL. 10 months old.
color solid red, weighs WX) pounds. Price
$50. lie has got four first premiums at our
State Fair, which no bull of the same age has
ever done before. I got the premium for the
best herd and the best, milker at the State
Fair. The best Jersey cow they could get was
put up nealnst my cow. The Jersey made
13% pounds of milk, while my cow made 26%
Cnds of milk. This proves the class of the
I otter for sule. M. EKWIN.
Dec. 7,18M, 2t ITonca Path, S. C.
estatTsale.
I SHALL OFFER AT PUBLIC OUTcry
on THURSDAY, 22d DECEMBER,
the remainder of the personal property
of J. W. Robertson, deceased, consisting
of
Two Milburn Wngons,
One Light Rockaway and
Household andKitchPn Furniture.
AGNES B. ROBERTSON,
Administratrix.
Dcc. 7, 1881, 3t
State of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Jonathan D. Rudd against James N. King.?
Foreclosure.
T)Y virtue of nn order of his Honor Judie
" Fiaser. I will sell at public outcry, at Abbeville
C. II.. within the legal hours of sale,
on SALEDAY IN* JANUARY next, all lliat
tractor parrel ol land, situate In tfce county
and State aforesaid, containing TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY ACRES, more or less,
and bounded by lands of Ucard, Holland and
others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash. The
balance In six months, secured by the bond ol
the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises.
M. L. BONflAM, JR..
Master A. C.
Dcc. 7,1881.4t
tstoticeT
SCHOOL TRUSTEES!
THE School Trustees of Abbeville
County will meet the Board of Examiners
on Wednesday 21st Decern bei
next, at Abbeville Court House, eleven
o'clock A. M to transact business of importance
concerning the public school?
for the coming year 1882.
E. COWAN;
Chairman Ex. Hoard.
Dec. 7.188], 3t
f_
State of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
IN THE COMMON PLEAS.
Gerhard Dlerks against Richard Davis"? Fore
closure.
B' Y virtue of nn order of his Honor Judge
Fraser. I will sell at public outcry, at Ab
bevllle l\ H., on HA LED AY IN JANUARY
next, within the legal hours of fale, all th<
right, title and interest of the said Kit-hart
Davis In the onc-rourth undivided Interest Ir
tlmt. certain tract of land i-lluate, lying ant
being In Abbeville county. State aforesaid
seven miles from Greenwood, bounded bj
Hamburg Road. Aiken Road, lands of Tol
bert,Chip ?v j?m- tlicrs. Known a? th<? Bar
rati tract,ami containing EIGHT HL'NDREI
ACRES, more or less.
TEII.MS OF SALIC?Ca?h.
M. Ij. i<Ux> Jl.i. .M , .lit..
Muster A. C.
Doc. 7,1SS1,
State of South Carolina
Abbeville County.
Ex Parte B. Heulah Hunter, Petitioner?Petl
tion for homestead.
'PHE petitioner, B. Heulah Hunter, havim
I claimed I lie right, of homestead in tit
real estate and persona! property ot lierhus
hand, W. C. Hunter, deceased, for tlie beueti
of herself and children,
Notice in hereby civen that the said pell
tinner has this day tiled in nty ofllee her ar
plication to have the said homestead apprais
cd and set oil' according to law.
M. L. BOXHAM, JR.,
* Master A. C.
Nov. 30, 16S8,
| State of South Carolina
County of Abbeville.
IX THE PROBATE COURT.
Ex Fnrle?Amanda Johnson,as admlnistro
trix and Petitioner.
Petition for *-'etr!emeiit.and DKclmr-jo.
VTOTICE is h-ivhv jslvn that Amandi
11 Johnfon.ii.lininlsir !rlx. ??f I lie estateu
Leroy J Johnson. ceased, has applied to
I settlement an I diseharge,
| It Is ordered. That Saturday the "1st of P.e
: cemher next, he tlx d forssMd tcttlcincut am
! granting tlicv'.'.!sjl;;nv as prayed for.
| J. Ft.TJiER I.VOX.
I'robalc Judge A. C.
j Xov.nO. 1?81, -it
i . _
1
[State (if South Carolina
County of Abbeville.
: ProbateCourt?Cltatlo;. for Letters of Admin
lstratlon.
j By J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Judgf
W1IKRKAS, P. B. Speed has made suit ti
me, to grnnt linn Letters of Admlnls
tration of the estate and etlcctx of E/ekie
P. S-.-eed, late of Abbeville county, deceased
These are therefore, to rite and admonisl
nil andsitiiruiHr the kindr'd and creditors o
the said Ezeklel P. Speed, deceased, tha
t!iey be and appear, before nie. In the Court o
[ Probate, to be heldatAbbevilleC.il., on Wed
ncstlny, December 14th, 1*S1,alter, ptibllcatloi
i hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to shov
! cause, if any they have, why the said admin
| Istrution should not be granted.
I Given under my hand and seal this 211th
day of November In the yearof ourLon
one thousand eight hundred and eight;
one, and in the one hundred and stxtl
yearof American Independence.
[ Published on the -Suth day of November, 1SS1
in the Press tmd Banner and on the Cour
House door for the time required by law.
J. FULLER LYON
J udge of Probate.
! November 30, 1881, 3t
!
Chamber Suits
i
: T N WALNUT at prices from Forty (?40) do
I lars to two hundred (Saw) dollars. _Soineo
these goods the linest we Have ever onereii.
J. D. CHALMERS.
I Sept. 21,1681, if
PRESERVE
YOUR BOOKS,
; Periodicals, Newspapers and Mqsk
j State, County and Railroad Officers
and business men generally, supplied
with blank books made to
any pattern.
i IiL families have OLD ROOKS PERIOD
ICAIjS, NEWSPAPERS, MUSIC,
which they desire to transmit to their poster
liy, should
HAVE THEM REBOUND
| Which will preserve thein and will maki
i them look almost as well as new.
I Old Hooks,Ac., should not only he rebound
but the current literature of the present dnj
; should be put in a durable form for preserva
j Hon as well.
This can be done in the shortest posslbli
time, with the best material,. In the mosi
! handsome and durable style, and at a pric<
, which cannot be duplicated anywhere, by
?. E. STOKES,
Stationek, Took P.inju'k and Bj.as*
15ook M vnrk.\rrrukh.
.No. loo Main Stkket,
COLUMBIA S. C
WE WILL FURNISH
Pine or Hard Lumber
AT SHORT notice ami try to pleasf
customers in every hill we till t'oi
tliem. Mill situated one mile from Asl
bury Cliurcli, near the Promised Land.
J C. FOSTER & BRO.
| Nov. 9, iSSJ,
raiuiM
Have in store and to arrive, a
Large and Varied Stock
OF
DRY GOODS,
STAPLE and FANCY NOTIONS,
GROCERIES, HATS, CAPS,
BOOTS, 8H0E8, TRUNKS,
A*'D many other articles, all of which will
be Hold us clOFe for CASH, and upon a*
(JOOD TERMS us nny house in Abbeville.
Give us a look and we will give you a bar*
Haln.
*2. We will ship yoar Cotton or bay it.^*
Chromos.
A LARGE lot of" new Chromos 22 * 28 and
24 x :t0.) on exblblt'.on and tor sale, at
SI.IS each at
LAWSON A WARDLAW'S.
April 20. 18SI.
Received This Week!
Three new and stylish walnut
Chamber Suites at bottom prices, at
LAWSON & WARDLAW'S.
April 20, 1881.
T -TTCT C2T*T?.TviT
ABBEVILLE, S. C,
KEEPS on hand a full assortment of COFFINS?from
the cheapest to the best,
i Hearse will attend funerals, when desired.
He will also Coiitract for the
Erection of BuildingsHe
Is acent for the sale of Sash, Doors
Blinds, Mouldings, SUilr-ralllngs, Flooring?
nnd everything pertaining to house building
April "til 1HS0. tf
W. C. Benet, J. H. Rick,
Abbuvllle, S. C. I>JnetjM31x,S.C.
benet"& rice,
attorneys at LawWE
have formed a partnership for thepnuv
tlce of Iu w. And will practice in all tbo
Courts of the Stale.
BENET & SICE.
Feb. 23,1881, tf
\VM. H. PARKER W. C. McGOWAIf.
PAEKEE & McQOWAN
ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS,
ABBEVILLE, C. H.f S. C.
1T7 ILL practice also in the Circuit Court* of
the United States for South Carolina*
Tn?. r itMA r
JUI1 I ? i(WV, u
Dr. H. D. WILSON,
DENT1STRY>
Abbeville, C. H., S. C.
C3~ Office; Upstairs over the Post Office.-^*
J. Knox & Co.
-AGENTS IOR?
MR, TOM YOUM'S
PURE CORN WHISKEY
TflE best find purest CORN WHISKEY
brought lo this market.
June 22,1881, tf
E. H. KcBHIDE, M. D.
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
v\ ill clvc prwnrt attention to All prac*
* ' t I#.,* It. 11\ ?? rwni.M el rirnir
i Angtmt .1.18^1, 12m *
DAVID H M&8ILL,
.Attorney at Law,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.
WILL practtco In all tbo Courts of tb* .
State.
, Jan 21.I880.tf
I '
; The Best Engine in the World!
THE ECLIPSE!
W1B1 WALTONiAGm
AUGUSTA, GA.
ALSO AGENT FOR THE
B
Geiser Grain Separator,
. Saw Mills, and all kinds of
Machinery.
Tlffpr* 1o Dr. J, A. Olh/rt, R, C, Wall, and
Allen Morngne. of Abbeville.
May II, 1881. Cm
Shoes.
)
1 T ADIKS who want an elegant fitting Sho?,
1 j sliouiil try a pair of otifVuxtom made''
.r/ut/1^ m.tMn(n/i?nc<wl nvnrnaolv fr\r nu
' ^/ha][)don"& co.
Sept. I-I, lP8I.tr H
Blue Stone, < B
, Sept. 27. WJ, 4t KI?WIN PARKER- H
Kid Gloves. n
it INVERT Imly who vnnls a re?l pood Kid |9
1 j Glove, should call for i>ar "Polo"?the W
icst ever olfertd for SI.W. M|
R. M. IIADDON & CO.
i sept. u. issi.tr
Barber Shop, g
TBI undersigned respectfully inform* the
I public thnl he has recently removed his HQ
. Tonsorial Emporium to the hall above Nor- Bfl
woo<l Brother's store, where he is prepared to MB
accommodate Ills customers, und the publlo Em
I generally In hair cutting, shampooing, shavn
In*, dyeing, in the best style, and at reason- n|
utile prices. 9H
Terms per month for hoir-cuttlng, sham HBj
I poolng and shaving, only 81.00. 10
Respectfully,
t Richard Gantt. H
Just Eeceived. I
* NEW shipment of Zephyr all colors and M
A shades?10 cents an ounce at the ?
NEW YORK STORE.
1 Oct. 26. 1881, tf ?
r in
DM
The Artotype.
1 a NEW and beautiful engraving. Coplea IB
/\ from fine steel engravings. The?e aro MX
beautiful durable pictures. Wltb the effect of Ffl
light and shade make a nice article at a low
price. They are worthy ot a place In your
parlors and rooms, In plucc of the high color- HB
ed cheap chromos. BW
J. D. Chalmers. |H
Sept. 21.J881.tr H
' BARGAINS! I
BARGAINS!! I
U'E OFFER EXTRA BARGAINS IN ALL H
'* kinds of K?9
DRY GOODSl
CLOTHING, I
: HATS, SHOES, &C. I
Try us and you will buy your goods cheap. ^ |H|
ayt mi rr o. rn Hi
UUAflLLD QC LU. ra
Oct. 1!), 1881,1m HBj
; H,~ 67 SCUDMYi I
! Attorney and Counselor at Law, Hj
ANDERSON, S. C- B
OFFERS his professional service* to the cit-^H
lzeiis of Abbeville. Parties deslrldr to
; i ('nnsu't with him, may do so at each session HE
of the Court for the County,or by letter atAu-HB
j ilorson C 11. KBH
| ! June 15.1881, tf
j Sleep Well-Spring Beds. I
MAKE your be<ls a comfort and you will^H
arise refreshed. The "Twin Sprlng"^H
r'.i.iKI; The "Boston Spring" 81.00 and W.50;^W|
The "Woven Wire Spring" $8.f<0 to810.00; The^BE
l "Invlgoiiitor" $2.00 to 82.50. The Twin Sprlng^MO
Is an improvement on the town Spring sold In HB
: this county; It clamps the slatssotbat Itcan't^^H
! come oil'; only 23.00 for -18 springs.
J. D. Chalmers. HH
| Sept. 21.1S8I, tf WW
MHQir sfHnnr I
1!1 V k/JLV wvi&A w WMan
PKOF. ANTON HERG wlH open his school|H
of Music in Abbeville, October 1st.
' mruction on the I'lano, Organ and Violin as^^B
well as Vocal Music. Solo and In class, thor-MH
oughly taught. Terms: InstfHmental Murld^B^
twenty dollai? per session of live months. hor^H|
references and further Information, uj ply to^^fl
E. H. Gary, Esq.. attorney at law.' Hi
| Sept. 21,1861, tf MB
^ M