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t the Press and Banner, j Br HueIi Wilson ami II. T. Wanllnw.! Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1832. i?P flit* F.in Organization of the House oil" licpro- i scn'ttilives? Election of Speaker? The Stock Lav;?The War Against the Railroads. The "General Assembly of South Carolina, r;<.et in the State House yesterday ai I twelve oclock, with nearly every mem- j bcr promptly in his seat. The election <>f! a Speaker of the House elicited consider- i able interest, and the friend* of the re-1 specliVo gentlemen whoso names had j boei'i mentioned in connection with thisj high oVfieo were aetivo in their behalf, j - In the lobby of the principal hotel in thej city, 'whero a very full representation was; had before the meeting of the General i Assembly, the names of Messrs. W. II. Turker, of Abbeville, George W. Croft, of Aiken ; Knox Livingston, of Marlboro,! were withdrawn from the ra?e. The House was organized by calling Charles H. Simonton, of Charleston ti>! the Chair as temporary Chairman. After i "takng the Chair ho left it to nominate his, colleague James Simons as pertna-", iient Speaker of the Iionse. W. L. Maulden, of Greenville, noini-i nated E. 15. Murray, of Anderson, f ?r thej position. George \V. Croft, of Aiken, nominated } Goorge Johnstone, of N'ewberry, for the J office. These were the only gentlemen whose, names were put in nomination, arid uponj the call of the roll, it was ascertained that j the vote stood as follows : James Simons 71. George Johnstone 2"?. K. 13. Murray. 20. Mr. Simons having received a majority! of the whole vote, was declared elected i on the first ballot, and was conducted to the Chair. Mr. James Simons, the newly elected ! Speaker of the House of Representatives is a native of Charleston County, and a son of the late General James Simons, \ who for many years held the position of Speaker, and discharged Us duties with j honor to himself and credit to the State. \ Jlis father was always regarded as one! of the most polished and graceful speak- j iers the in State, and wo think it a par tollable pride in his son to desire to attain ] the position which his lather filled so! worthily and acceptably. Mr. Simons j lias been frequently called upon to act as | temporary Speaker, and his familiarity | with the rules and requirements of tho of-1 fico had doubtless much to do with indue- j lng his friends to present him for the of-1 fico to which iio was elected on the first' ;ba!lot, and we arc sure that all our Legis-1 la tors will accord him tiiat respect and, "deference to which his ollice entitles him. j Mr. Simons is h middle aged man about j forty three years of age, and unmarried I The ever-recurring question of repeal- I ing Iho lien law, is again agitating the i minds of many of the Legislators, and it; "will be one of the important questions to j be decided, which will, as a matter of j 'course, be settled, as it has heretoforei been, that it is an evil which must be j continued for one year longer. The opposition to the stock law seems to have subsided, and it is quite likely t that tho matter will not be mentioned at! tliis session, except as a matter of form, I whereby some member may technically | fulfil his promise to havo tho law repeal- j od. That question excites no interest,] and the subject is seldom mentioned in ! 4he lobbies. The great question of tho day is the! Railroads, and the great danger to lie ap-1 prehended, is hasty Legislation on this j subject. There is in Columbia a very i ?trong sentiment against the Clyde syn-j dicate and the belief is prevalent among| tho members of the General Assembly I that the railroads have raised their rates: of freight to extortionate figures, and that the welfaro of the country demands' that the iron hand of the law shall ho j laid on this rich corporation. As there is : ? spirit of communism in the heart of thej great mass of people, and as this prejudice has been lately appealed to by vari-J <yas newspapers,- as well as by the j Charleston Cotton Exchange, the meiM-j bers of the General Assembly should be on their guard, so as not to allow them-j selves to act hastily or unwisely. The proper nnd conservative thing lor thej Legislature to do, would seem to betoj appoint a-committee to take testimony j from both sides. If the Railroads aroj acting arbitrarily to the detriment of the; count."y they should be brought to a! realization of the power of the Irw toj force them to conduct their business fair-j ly. If, however, the cause of complaint j 11 llj V?VI? ?. lUl'Miv v.*? v j palpable wrong on thoir part, they vhculd be let alone. The cau<e of complaint which comes from Greenville and 'Spartanburg seems to be solely upon the, ground that the Railroads refuse. to dls-1 <aiminate in their favor. Under the new j order of things, Greenville and Spartan-j ijurg pay the samo freights as neighbor-j ing towns, and this they dislike. In fact,1 this is the real cause of complaint r.hieh coinos from Charleston. The probability j then is, that Greenville, Spartanburg and ! "Charleston will unite in an unjust war against the Railroads, and it is feared that with their combined strcngth.together with their influence, they maj* precipi-s tato hasty and un.Tise Legislation.} We think it about time stop discrimina-j tions in' favor of Spartanburg, Greenville, i ?itnl f!hni-lostnn. _ License or >To?Liccnse. Tho most prominent question now be*! fore tlie Abbeville public is the election J next Friday, which is to determine whether we aro to have licensed bar-1 rooms in town during tho year 1883. The question is viewed by our citizens from every conceivable standpoint. Some contend that the revenue paid into the i treasury by the whiskey dealers is neoes- j sary to meet the expenses of the govern- j ment of tho town; others say it will i drive away trade; others that it will raise the tax on property, and increase | the commutation tax for road duty ; oth- j ers that without license there will be! more drinking and disorder than with li-| r.Mcfwl ?.'ir? mid it is claimed that if drinking is to bo done, that tlie town should g?tthe benefit of the license; others contend that if tho bar-rooms are shut up, thoso who want whiskey will get it anyway, and that the getting of whiskey surreptitiously has a demoralizing effect on those who deal in it; others think the closing of bar-rooms is! an infringement on their own personal, rights, and an unwarrantable interfer- [ enco with the business of the dealer J in whiskey. On the other hand it is alleged that ;!ie bar license is reduced to a figure so low j that the combined fees received from all tho whiskey dealbrs will do little more than pay ths salary of the town marshal, who might be dismissed il the bar-rooms were closed; others think the sale of liquors has a most demoralizing effect on : 1 our citizens, wnospeuu tumi-u uiuaicj , whiskey, which ought to be spout iti the, payment of debts or in the purchase of, comforts for the respective families of j those who drink; others seem to blame j the whiskey dealer for nearly all our ills,; and chargo nearly every evil to his call- j ing; others think the temptation ought to bo removed from the weak, and that temptation should not bo in the way of the young; the temperance people an-; ?wer the charge that the taxes on proper-1 ty and commutation fees for road duty j will bo higher without license than with it, by the assurance that the ladies of the' town will guarantee to make good the de- j ficiency by voluntary subscriptions of money collected from our citizens. There is another division of the temperance ad- ! vocates, who appeal to their fellow-citi- j zens in their own behalf, to remove the i temptation to drink, which is afforded! them by the bars; others believe that the' advocates of license are mistakfn in the! opinion that the town will suffer 1n a business point of view, and contend that tn-: morals of the town would be greatly improved by th? closing of the bars. Oar white oitUeas ami Lufciuea* mca, ^ ' ?i&kita, u -j.'--- - . mammm*Bu*wc?mi*mMUaWHWN waxaw ? J are very much divided in opinion on this' matter. Many of them rogrotth.it the question has been made, as they foci at a loss, as to how they should vote. Many | good men who would vote for license dis-1 like to place themselves in antagonism to, auv movement in which the ladies are soj much interested, and which lias for its object the public good. Others again arc so evenly divided in their own opinion that they dislike to take a stand on either side, and for this reason they are puzzied ind hesitate to declare themselves as being on either side. Some of tho warmest idvocates of the-closing of the bars arc good customers at tlse.se establishments, .vhile other citizens who do not drink express their determination tr> voto for license. Other good men who do not spnvn the social glass, |?ut who never go to a bar-room, will vote for the licence. Upon tho whole it seems that a larg"j number of the most temperate men in I town wi'l vote for license, while an equally larga per cent. of thoso who <lri?ik will vote to romnvp the temptation. The colored people seem to he taking a lively interest in the election. Many of] this class of our citizens, if we are not mistaken, are deeply impressed with the idea that their children suffer from the sale of liquor in the community, and ; a great number of their parents be-J lievo tho insults, and tlie assaults, I which arc offered or made upon individ-j uals of their' race, by white men areattrih-j utablo directly or remotely to the use of' intoxicating liquors. Theyscem to think j that if the bars were closed that they) would be subjected to fewer indignities and insults than they are at present with open bar-rooms. The colored preachers join their white brethren of the pulpits of town and are using their best efforts to promote the interests of the 110-liccnse ticket. It is generally conceded that the colored citizens hold the balance of power, and because of this belief evory effort is twins made by the respective parties to win , the colored voter over to their way ofi thinking. The argument licit the tax up-' 011 property, and commutation for street duty, would he iiiI* r if tho licenses were withheld, made a perceptible irr-l pression upon th?? "dry" or no-license | colored citizens, and it is with a view of! regaining the Io*t ground on this point I that the ladies have undertaken to pay) the deficiency necessarily occasioned by tlie refusal to grant licenses. By the payment of the deficiency occasioned by the license, it is contended that the questions of taxes and commutation need not enter, and it is claimed that every citizen may now cast his vote, exactly as his conscience or inclination may prompt. ? 4^ ? ? The Lirtirensvillc Herald Begins to Talie nti Interest in Election ltd urns. j Our good friend Crews, of the Lnnrcns-1 villc If era hi, delayed tho publication ofj j the election returns of his county for three weeks, and in tho same issue seomsi disposed to complain at the News and j \ Courier for an error in reference to the j vote of that county on the new county question. If we were going to remark I 011 any fact connected with the returns j from Laurens it is the length of time, tho: Herald required to ascertain and publish a true statement of the election in its own ' county. We looked anxiously for two or three issues of that paper, that we might learn how our neighboring county had none on that question, but never a figure diil we see, until after the whole matter had been about settled. Although no question has created more Interest in tills | section of tho county than the new conn-i ty question,yet tho fact remains that aj large'per cent, of our country exchanges i have not yet published a lignro in connection therewith. We have been almost totally dependent upon the enterprise of the News and Couriers for whatever information we have. We copy the following from tho Tmu- j raisvHte Herald of 21th instant: "Tho .Www and Courier of tlie 1 Sth instant, contained a table showing the majorities for and against the proposed amendment relative to new counties, as far as heard from, in which Laurens comity is set down as givingonly 2.'?3 ma- j iority against the proposition. A glance i at the figures in another column will show that this county gave a majority of j 1,-40 against tho amendment. This shows that the people did not favor the t new county proposition, as the State Ex-! ecutivo Committee had all the tickets for) this county printed "Yes," making it I necessary to change the "Yes" to"Xo,"j so that those who thus voted did so mtol- j ligently. We are not disposed to find} fault at this lute day, out it would seem' the State Committee were rather disposed J to take "breeches hold" of the people, byj having the tickets all in the ail'innal'ivo. I The Xcws and Courier gives returns from j twenty-four counties, showing a majority of 538 in favor of the amendment. JJut j we are not inclined to think its figures! correct. It made an error of J,(K>7 111 its! report as to tha vote of this county. The Legislature. Tho General Axsonibly of South Caro-i lina met in Columbia yesterday. Our mom hers, we presume, went down on j Monday. Without giving a reason fori the faith that is within us, we would say! that we havo no fears of any probable Legislation which will lie elfectcd at. thisi session of the law-making power of South ' Carolina. >\ 9 are mreaiei.eu wun 1101 laws which will work to our injury, and j wo know of no laws of which wo stand j in need. Wc have faith in the conservat-1 ism and wisdom of that body which will J be too wiso to bo aggressivo, and too j>a-j triotic to change many of tho existing] laws. Except some little practical work i in the reduction of tho expenses of punishing petty crimes,and in regulating thefees of Trial Justices there is little to do. j We hopo that tho greatest moderation j will bo exercised towards the railroads. Wo have now the best roads, and the best accommodations which wc liavo ever had, and the sentiment of this country is decidedly opposed to any retrogado movement 111 tlie accommodations to tho travelling, or in the expedition of the carrying of freights. General Janus It. Chalmers. General James R. Chalmers Independent candidate for Congress from one of| the Districts in Mississippi, although undoubtedly elected, has been most unfairly counted out, and the certificate of (-lection given to Col. Manning his Demo-! cratic opponent. The pretext for this is, that it was alleged that there was an error j in the printing of Chalmers' name. Ifj the Democratic party would stand before the country in an enviable light they: mn^ repudiate any such reprehensible) tricks. The next Congress cannot afford I to give countenance to such unblushing J efforts 10 defeat an opponent. If Manning has the proper spirit of pride and self-respect, wo are of opinion that lie| will not present himself in the Houso of j Represontativ es with a certificate to which! he and every other man in America' knows ho is not entitled. Tlio Democrat- j ic party cannot afford to give Manning the place which indisputably belongs to Chalmers. ???>? fijve Thanks Un1o tlie Lord. To-morrow, Thursday, wi.'l be Thanks-! giving Day, and those ot our readers who can do so, should attend Divine worship in the morning. After that the presencei of friends at homo to participate in a good dinner with members of the house-1 hold would be appropriate and enjoyable, but there is a more important matter, j which must not be neglected. If there j is an infirm or an aillicled neighbor who is too poor to buy the necessities of life, the test way for you to express your] lliunks to that Lord who lovcth a cheer- J fill giver, is to j;ivc Mich iutirin old poison a pair of ilanucl undershirts, a pair of overshoes, or something else which would be of inestimable good to him or< her. Remember that old people are sensitive to cold, and that some of the.se shiv-j ering old folk might be glad to got even j a east oil' garment. Don't forget the poor at your door. A plate of soup and a kindly word would be worth much. Mr. W. T. McDonald lias opened a' nice lot of the choicest confectioneries, j He invites the ladies to inspect his stock.! The Hon. R. W. Barnwell died at lihj home in Columbia last week, aged eighty i years. The License Question. Last week wo matle a statement of facts j in reference to the necessity of a small i additional tax on the property of tliO| town to make good the deficiency which would l>o occasioned bv the failure to col- j levt the license fees. That statement was j made at the suggestion, and in the words, i of a leader in tho temperance movement, who desired to Jet the voters know all tho facts. And for publishing that statement, in compliance \v it!i tho request ?f an acknowledged leader of tho temperance movement, we are set down as throwing cold water on the dry side of the question. While on this subject, it tnav not be I amiss to say a word. The argument about tho revenue de-1 i'ii'nl IV,.m t!ir> linr-rooms. ha?; 110 clleet 1 oil u-j. If our people<touS>1 bo induced to be temperate, our tax might bo quadrupled. The talk of driving away trade l?v tho closing of tho bar-rooms is without cU'eet on us. (>?r citizens are tint governed in i their business transactions, by their love of whiskey. They will go where they ean get the best bargains and tho best accommodations. The argument that whiskey dealers would be knocked out of employment is without force. The man who lias the capacity and the capital to succeed in selling whiskey, can succeed at selling other merchandise. If the bar-rooms woro closed to-day, the thirty thousand dollars now spent for whiskey, would be spent for other goods, and these satno men who now sell whiskey would bo found exchanging groceries, clothing and farm supplies for tho very money which tlievi now receive for intoxicating liquors. The abuse which is heaped Cpon liar-j keepers front the pulpit is without other i eilect, than that of convincing uf, that they are a badly treated class of men. | Senseless abuse of anybody from tho | pulpit or elsewhere can not have tho ef-1 feet of promoting temi>eranco, and those of our people who have the good of their i fellowman at heart, may just as well I realize this fact at once, and ceaso to J waste their energies in this way. It. is said that thero will be more, drunkenness without lieenso than with license. This may bo true. "Lot him! that is filthy be filthy still." Tho great j and main object of temperance societies; is not to reform the drunkard, but to pro-1 vent bovs and young men from forming I habits of internperanee. And so we presume it is with the good ladies of Abbeville who are so anxious to closo the barrooms. They desire not so much to prevent sots from .wallowing in the mire as they wish to save their sons and lovers from learning the evil habit of drinking. "lie that is righteous, let him bo righteous still." If the temperance movement should be carried by a mere majority at the ballotbox, will the refusal on the part of our town council, to grant license be of any real .benefit ? Will such a refusal promoto temperance, when so largo a proportion of our people demand that the bars shall be kept open ? ])o bar rooms in our town injuie so-1 briety, temperance, or good morals? Should temptation be removed from j the presence of those who love whiskey ? i These are questions which every innn ! in tho town of Abbevllio will be expect- j ed to answer next Friday, and eery voter should put his hand upon his heart and answer as to his God. While tho writer hereof has tho gre&t - ?i.s . ??,1 \ est aoiiorrenre or wm?$Ku^r unuuui^, auu j has not during his whole life time drank I as much as one tumbler full of intoxicat-: ing liquors, yet we confess being perplex-' ed at being called upon to vote on tills j question. Our groat fear is, that the no- | license sj'stem will not bo sustained by j the public. A law to be of benefit, must i have the moral support of a majority of j our citizens. With this support, we bo-j lievo it would be a great blessing to with* I draw the licenses. If, by any means at our command, we! could create a healthy sentiment in this j community on the matter of drinking, wo should consider it an achievement of which the greatest and best man in South Carolina might well bo proud. But morality, temperance, and religion must bo' fostered in the hearts' of our people, and i not established by logal statutes. Where-! in is the consistency ol crying out against bar-rooms, when wo neglect to instill j temperate principles into our children?; Uur mothers must teach their sons the evils ami tho dangers of tippling, as well, as the disgrace of drunkenness, and they i must also teach them that they thoui-1 solves aluno are accountable and respon siblc for the habit of drinking. No abuse | of the liquor-dealer will excuse any motlKrr from teaching her children the' necessity of slmning the habit of drink-[ ing. Nor will an}' abuse of the whiskey- ! dealer, excuse the minister of tho gospel j from guarding his flock from the habit of taking whiskey. Nor will any such' abuse excuse any boy or man fur drink-j ing. When wo say that it is the duty of mothers to instill into their children i principles or habits of temperance, wei merely state this was the rule which governed tho parents of the writer, and no! son of theirs over drank whiskey, and one! of them went to his grave at tho age ofi twenty-five without over having tasted) it. 'Knowing that their sons havoi not learned to drink, we are firmly ini-j pressed with tho opinion that parents! themselves are, in a large measure, res- j ponsiblo for the drunkenness among our! boys. When our boys are taught by the; precept and example of their parents! to abstain from the use of liquors, the I public will demand that the bar rooms be closed, and the necessity for their ex-! istenco will cease. Wo expect to voM tho No-License: ticket. ft -O* T . a C IirXJIfClVU lillUUI nvinuila It lias heretofore seemed so popular to denounce the railroads, that we expected j by last week's editorial on the railroads to j bring down upon our heads, the imprecations of a people full of righteous in- j diguation. But conscious of the correct- j ncss of the position, wo felt it our duty j to speak out, and now, much to our fiur-j prise, we ara cordially endorsed by some; of the best and most prominent citizens of both the town and the count}'. From | private letters addressed to us, we take I the liberty of publishing two extracts. In doinr so, wo feol that wo violate no! confidence. Coming from the sources which they do, they are most gratifying. They are from opposite sections of the county, the first being as follows: ".Nov KM R K11 2:!, 1SS2. "While, as you know, I dillcr from you in some tilings, I also heartily differ' with you in others. Your last editorial j on the Kail road question does you great credit in my judgment, and I think will! do good. What you say is exactly true. Just so long as Charleston managed the Railroads, and managed them miserably,) everything was fair and lovely ; but now | \Y I It'll SIIU IS* J/KIIV.U III nuuiv v.unhvM; , with other places, in other words, when J there is no discrimination in her favor, I everything is ail wrong and she clamors for restrictive legislation. Her policy from beginning to end of this Railroad business, lier own management of them, her enormous salaries received, her supreme indifference to their final sale when they were utterly run down, hor steady refusal to help forward in any way the great 1 tail roads projected in various parts of the State, all these things mark her whole policy as thoroughly selfish. It will be a great calamity if she manipulates the Legislature to restore to anv extent the old regime. As you say, we! do not want to go back to that." The second, though short is no less gratifying and assuring: "novkmbeii 2"), 1ss2. "Your editorial this week on the management of Railroads, especially the (J. ?V U. Itailroad, sounds liko 'tuighiy good' j sense to us." The Barnwell dwelling will bo sold' next Monday. This is 0110 of the best houses in town, and a rare opportunity is ?r, <rph ji homo. The defeat of the new county Amendment; was a severe blow to aspiring politicians.! There were many who favored the movement from good motives; out Iho basis of the mat-' lor was political aspiration.?Xewbcrry Jler- \ aid. <?? Now Is the time to plant shade troes. Nine out of ten trees carefully transplanted in November will live, and the expense of doing ko compared with the comfort la having them Is nothing. A Preparing for the Future. AllDRESS OF THE STATE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. The People Urged to Maintain the Organization of the Party, and Prepare by Training and Discus si??n lor ilie complex issues 01 iuu Future. ItOOMM ok Til K KTA.I.K ") I'KMiTHATIC Kxk<m*tivk CoMMITTEK, r Col.rMIIIA, S. November IHS'J.) T<> the I'of.lr of the Utah:: Tim State Democratic Onmiittce congratulate the people of Eolith Carolina on tin; success which uttriidid the efforts oftlie Dciritneratie parly to elect their candidates, ami preserve intelligent,i just anil economical rule in the Slate. It. Is especially gratifying lo the committee to know that peace reigned throughout the Ktale on ch-ciion day, and that Ihe conduct of the election, nmlcr the stringent provisions of: wise laws, is uuassuilcd and unassailable, j Willi Ihe exception of a single county, where Ihe Democrats p|nc?d 110 candidates in litej He'd, the whole Stale is in Democratic hands,! and .six of the seven f.'ongrc?smen are thereg-j ular candidates of the Democratic party, j There is undoubted cause lor rejoicing in such a triumph as this, especially as, for the first Mine t-inro ISTii, a determined endeavor was; made to defeat, the Democratic *party by! joining til;- laliorsoi'a few malcontent whiles to the voles ol'the ignorant and prejudiced negroes. The political campaign on the part of our opponents was marked by vulvar virulence, and by unscrupulous vituperation of lite most eminent men in the slate. The whole Demo eratic parly was arraigned and condemned for imaginary misconduct.: and it was broadly asserted, in defiance of the facts or in lgnoranee of the condition and I lie needs of Ihe State, that lite Mine had come when the Democracy should be removed from power, and be succeeded by combination of contradictory elements which, animated by the expectation of public plunder, had undertaken to oppose and defeat the Democratic party. The most shameful part of the whole business is that the ollicersof the Federal Governnient, who are appointed forthepublic service and whose wages are paid by the people, gave unhesitating, unremitting and unscrupulous support to the anti-Democratic candidates. The election fund which was raised by assessments upon the tens of thousands of persons in the Government service was used freely in south Carolina The demagogues, who pitted themselves against the candidates of the Democratic party were sustained at nil points by the otlicers of the United States Government., and by ihe money niched from the lean pockflw. Ciu'ni'.iinnii! i'lrti'1/l! ? U'hDthi?r TlOOP or well-to-do, wln-thcr men or women?In every part of the country. Great as the difficulties of the |io!iticiil situation were, the Democracy have elected their candidates ns the lawful and legitimate result of a jnst|adtnlnistration, wise nominations and liberal principles. It. Is also a welcome fact that the manner in which Federal patronage has been aliased is admitted to have had much to do with the political revolution in the North and West at the November election. The Slate Committee, however, cannot be unmindful of the circumstance that there is In the plenlliude of our strength an element, of weakness, and that the party should prepare In time for a context thnt will be more severe than that through which the Democracy have passed. The platform of the Democratic party adopted In the State Convention last August announces, in general terms, the principles which should be the rule of our political action and conduct. The Democracy In that platform demand economy with efficiency in the conduct of thegoveriiment, popular education as the bulwark of free Institutions, honest home rule, fair trials by impartial juries, reform of the civil service, the prohibition of assessments upon the public servants, for political purposes, for any reason and In any disguise, a reduction of the duties*011 Imports and the sacred maintenance of the pub-: lie credit., National and State. Here is the chart for our guidance, and if our path bo Illumined by the declaration that what we most, desire Is "justice and equality in the Stat, s-oas to ensure harmony and good will between the races" and thnt. what we look to and work for is up "Indlsso nble Union of Indestructible States," we cannot go aMray and shall be proud of our position as Democrats and as members of the parly which represents ine great. pnncip:es 01 Ainmcmi iinnaw, The Ucmocralic party is thesoulof action. It has confidence in man and an abiding reliance in his hlglrdeshny. It seeks t.:c largest liberty, the greatest cm'. lis object is to buihl up the great interests of tho many to tlie least detriment of tho few. It remembers the past without neglecting the present. It establishes I lie preselit without failing to provide fur the future. It eares for the weak and permits no Injustice to the strong. It is the pioneer of humanity and the conservator of nations. Il fails only when it ceases to be true to itself. We recall here the essential principles of Pemocr-atic.faith as declared by Thomas Jefferson eighty years ago: "Equal and exact Justice to all men, of whatever slate or persuasion, religious or pollilfnl' nenrrv coiimii i'ce. nnd honest friend slii|> with all nations, entangling alliances Willi none: the support of tins Stale Ciovernments in all their rights, us the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against antiitcpublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in Its whole Constitutional vigoras thesheet-anehorof our peace at home and safety abroad: a jealous caie of the t'iniit of election by tiie people, a mild aint sale corrective of Abuses which arc lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence In the decisions of the majority? the vital principle of the republics, from which there Is no appeal but tot'orce. the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism; a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for tiie II st moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; Hie supremacy of tiie civil over tiie military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment ot our debts iiod sacred preservation of tiie public f.iith ; encouragement of agriculture and of commerce, as its handmaid; the diirusion of infi>rmution, and arraignment of all abuses st the bar of the public reason; freedom of religion; freedom of the pre-s; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and irial by juries Impartially selected. These principles form tiie bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an aire of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of nnr political faith, the text of civil instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our Mepsnml to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safely." A more forcible exposition of IVmocratle principles is no where to tie found. Whenever and whereever they have been the uusdeof the party the party has been successful, and Its success honorable lo itself and useful and advantageous to tiie country. In tiie judgment ot tiie State "Committer*, tho aelivc organization ot the party in this slate should be continued, in order that tiie Democratic clubs may tic in full vigor w hen tiie time shall come lor eulerinu upon a new poiilieai cainpuuh. The Democratic clubs can now be ma le pol it leal schools, so lo speak, in which the principles of the Democratic party in tliejr practical application shall tie taught and explained. A generation of south Carolinians has grown up since the secession ( 1 t 111' r*l?llC. i11111 I Hum; wnii imiu mrt .^xii mv liahl whence llrst uuii of I lie war was flred in Charleston IIarbcr are now oi full ago imd capable of easling their vote at popular tlec1 ions. They have grown up In the midst of turmoil and excitement. War was their cradle, reconstruction their nursery, revolution the attcndm! of their early youth. For them, as for many who are older, the name of Democratic has no special significance, beyond its local and limited meaning as the designation of those who posess the Intelligence, the experience and the property in the State. It Is Indispensable to the welfare of the Democratic party In South Carolina and a paramount necessity for t"r>e maintenance of stood government, that the young people of the Stale, and the older men besides, shall become Jamiliar vlth the democratic faith as taught by the fathers ot the Republic, and shall see in the Democratic party something more than an agency for preventing misrule and for seeming decent government in tlie State. The whole people should he made to understand that only by the assertion and supremacy of Democratic principles can the united States be maintained as the Republic of Republics,and that only throusrh and by the Democratic party, which has been from the beginning the party of the people, can Republican Institutions in their fu:l vigorand tlliclene.y lie maintained and preserved. There are many complex questions that must tie decided by t'ie people at the next election,and It Is needful thatthe peopleshall pas* upon them deliberately and inte iigentl.v. The State Commiltcehope. therefore, tiiat the Democratic clubs throughout, the State will be made the means of instructing the people, so that every uood voter, by the discussions In which he shall participate and the expositions lie shall hear, will he Instructed as to bis own rights and the rijrhts of tils neighbor, his obligations to himself and those around him, Ills duties to the State, and ills duty to the Union which our fathers In the original Thirteen States formed and cemented with their blood?the Union which, under Democratic guidance, filial! bo the home of liberty and of progress and of comfort for all those who by birth or by choice, have the privilege to be cailcd Americans and free been lost, by a Heavy nuijon iy. It Is gratifying, however, that the proposed amendment lias been lost, and the committee ban. J11 this particular cast), received ajui?t and merited rebuke at the bauds of the Democracy of the State,- ^ J J men. James F. I/.lar, Chnlrinun. a. D. Bryan. J. Otf.y Kki:I?. fi. w. Citoi-r. .ino. 15. Kit win. 1). 1*. Sojourner. ('. J. 0. llursos. K. B. (Jary. Geo. Johnstone. K. It. Mi riiay. ('.St. sinklek. Wm. Ml'XItO. 15. I'. i'OI>D. wi i.i k J on ics. c: i i.ks. J. 1'atter.son. T. Stoiio Farrow, .Tno. \V. Wii.i.jamson. J. F. liHAMK. J. 1>. Mcr.uoah. Wm. Elliott. Jos. 41. Karlk. F. \V. Dawson. To Prevent Rust In Wheat. The following method of treatment Is said to he n sure preventive of rust in wheat. It was tried last season l>y one of our sturdy far-l mors, and proved to lie.a sueces. Success in grain growing is of vast importance to our country, and we think our fanners do well to give this method a fair trial: l*?e No. Sou hollo add (Calvert's)-1 ounces to two gallons of water?cost of acid, about S'J ?IhlHunanlty is sutllclent for 4 bushels of seed wheat. No bluestone oranylhlng else Is required. Method of application?Spread a sheet or] large cloth on ihe grand, place the wheat | thereon and spread It out well; thbii apply the mixture-through thc'nozzle of an ordinary j watering pot, taklngcare to distribute the solution fairly overall of the wheat; then mix the wheat thoroughly with a shovel, bo that j no'seed will escape being saturated or moist-1 ened with tiie mixture; if this Is done at night the seed may bo sown the next morning. There isjno rear of the carbolic acid destroying the germinating power of the wheat. In' the event of rain setting in and preventing immediate sowing, it. can, with safety, be kent a few days without injury. "At all events.''sa.VK u farmer who has tried Hit* remedy, "so sanguine um I of the result that I propose sowing at least ten actes (if wheal,; subjecting the soetl sown to treatment No. 5 carbolic echl, and I would strongly advise f:irtners to freely use the acid with their seed wheat this season." A Merited llcbttkc. [Kirshdiv Gazritc.] Tn sending out tlekets for the Democratic voters in Kershaw county, nt the late election, | the Slate Ksccullvt; Committee furnished no; tteki ts to those iieiuocratlc voters who wish-] ed to vote against the proposed amendment,: to ttie State Constitution relative to new! counties. Tin? press in many counties of the i Stale had brought to the attention o/'the vn-i tors In their counties, sometime before the' election, the fact that the committee hud de-j termlned to print no tickets opposing this proposed umeudmeut. Jt appears us if the; committee, far-seeing in their political wisdom, had determined that they would he the people's masters in this important matter, aw'. the people?the Demociats?of South Carolina must vote its thecomtnitteedictated. Here in Kershaw, had the proper tlekets been furnished to the voters, the "new county! amendment" would beyond a doubt havej Thoughts for the Month. }JY W. L. JONES. November is the wheat sowing season In the colton lielt. Sowings usually beaiu dnr' ing October In its northern part and rtin Into It^cembci in the most southeily districts. Wheat is j\crop not very highly sidipted to the region in question, not enough so lojustt- , fy its being made a very prominent money ( crop; still It tills, and ought to have, n place on every farm. I.aiul Is ?n aoundant nnd cheap, and the labor requisite to rnakett small gr.iin crop so small, thsvt every farmer ean well afford to have a moderate crop of wheat, even if risk of failure be great compared wit h localities farther north. Many a poor cotton Held, which. If left hare, would wash and leach through the long winter, would bo much the belter off tor the levelling and smoothing add irreen covclng. that a crop of wheat would give it. Admitting that its soil would lie depleted to some extent by the plant food approprhtled by the wheat, it is probable that mis WOllIll WO iuiiy UtlMSI. l\Y UK: iu-a ... touts l?y leaching had It been left. bare. This 1 Is a point it Is very important that farniciB j 1 should never lose sight of viz: the heavy loss,' hy leaching, of nitrogen nnil lime, in nil bare 1 soils in winter nnil spring, when ruins abound, i Some growing crop should ever occupy tlic land during those months, Grass and gra'n erowin-/ regions have a marked advantage 1 1 over cotton and corn countries in that re* ; Rjieirl. Other tilings being equal, the lanilH of 11no former do not deteriorate as rapidly as those of the latter?lh?y do not wash, they do 1 not leach, and they arc not so devoid of litis I runs ax the latter. Fortunately It Is true?and I our most advanced fanners are beginning to see it?that, by intensive fanning they can 1 raise equally as large cror*s of cotton, and at , I the same time lceep a 1 rgo portion of their (lands under small grain, grass and clovetv I j l!Ot to return to wheat krowing. Wc have said that every farmer should raise] some wheat?enough at lenst for home use, Incjilriing the hands employed on his farm. ! When his hands demand high wages on the plerv of high price of provisions, let him he able to meet it, in part at least, liy cheap J bread, I-'or t he hardier red wheats can he raised very cheaply. Perhaps, where land Is so abundant anil so cheap, (as it Is away troni I hi! town) as' good a plan as any Is the old fashioned one of sowing a good many acres < with little or tio manuring, seeding lightly. , say three pecks per acre. Where the yield ; under tills plan Is five or six bushels only per jn<-rc, the cost will not exceed fifty ccnts a j bushel, and we verily bHieve that In most. < cases the crop would be clear gain, the entire expense of It being offset in the prevention of washing, and leaching, and In keeping the soil supplied with hurnu*. Tho?e with very small farms or near cities, where land is inoro costly, would do better, perhaps, to sow a few acres and manure very highly. That Is the most certain method of raising wheat, but not the least costly when land Is abundant and cheap. This is illustrated in the inability of the English farmer, with clear land and 11 high manuring, to compete with tie American fanner with cheaper land and no manrtr-j ing. in all arable soils not completely ex-j ha listed, there is a certain supply of available plant-food, variable of course In quantity. .Sometimes the mineral predominates as compared with the organic, especially nitrogen. lilt* UIIJIXl 111 IKKIl.-KIIU Mini.. .X,.,..,, plement i lie leastahundant available element and establish an ei|Ullibrinm among tlicm. Or in plact ot manuring, one mny plant pnch crops as have special power to get the deficient. elements out of tlie stock of sncli substances always present in large quantity In soils but unavailable. Wheat for Instance ami the cereals generally can cel. the mineral element? out of the soil more readily than they can get nitrogen ; whilst, clovcr and llio leguminous plants can get nitrogen more easily than they can obtain the mineral elements. We express these facts by saying thatnitrogen is the dominating manure, or that which is most needcil by wh'-at.; andphosphorlc acid and potash the dominant manures for clover, if therefore one proposes to manure wheat a little only, themanure ought to be almost wholly nitrogenous, and for clover ought to bo almost wholly mineral ? cotton seed or cotton meal, which are very nitrogenous manures, ns all know, are excellent for wheat: even so little as ten "bushels per acre producing a decidedly good effect on ordinary thin land lightly seeded. CM" course In heavy manuring, the Ideals not only to supplement tin? supply of available materials in the soil which are relatively deficient, but to furnish all the elements of plunt-fiod which are necessary to make a crop In excess of that, which the natural capacity of the soil wij.li its weak points strengthened, Is capable of producing. In this case it will not do to pick out only one substance, as nitrogen or phosphoric acid, or potash, and add only that. All that, are ever deficient in the most depleted soils must be added; or to change the expression, whenever manuring Is carried beyond a certain moderate limit, then "complete" manures are called for. The soli ceases very largely then to l>e an active factor In the results, and becomes merely a receptacle or ,\f ilr.ivtclf trtfi f nr I ti 1 nil! nf U'hi/?h the surplusage of crop Is to be manufactured: ihc soil becomes a machine through which sunlight ami heat are to convert phosphoric! acid, potash, lime, magnesia, nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, etc., Into wheal, corn, oats, clover, etc. Suppose Ihcn one desires to raise sny 30 l)U*h'-ls of wheat per acre: knowing the natural capacity of the soil lo bo say iO bushels per aero, he must add at least as much, In fact a good deal more, of such elements as a wheat crop in excess of 10bushels woukl takeaway from the soil. We say more than a crop would take away, because a crop never gois and never takes all the manure .applied to it. From experiments by Mr. Lawes, running through thirty years, not quite one-third of the nitrogen supplied was recovered in the crops under favorable conditions; but I he loss of nitrogen It is true, Is greater than that of other substances. In the case supposed one : must apply at least 30 pounds ol available! nitrogen, li pounds of phosphoric acid. 20 J pounds of potash, 7 pounds of lime, and 5 j pounds of magnesia. We said at lea*t those j quantities, under very favorable circumstances, they might sutliee to produce."(i bushels of wheal, but under average circumstances it would probably take three times those quantities to do It. All efforts of this kind to give formulas for producing a certain yield of any crop, aie very unsatisfactory; we do not yet know enough: still, It Is by constructing thetn as best wo may. from a knowledge of tho composition of plants and of soils, aiyl from the limited experiments in thisdliecHon. that we hone lo make progress; Itlsa move In the litu\ of progress, though It may I not. be the shortest ami most direct line to the point aimed at. it Is line to sow oai.s now In the northern portions of the cotton belt; still If from any cause one has failed to sow u lull crop heretofore, It might be well to risk additional sowings now. Seed Is abundnnt and cheap and the labor of putting in small, and one can atl'ird to takethe risk of winter killing, as if this should occur. It will l*e known lii time to sow over again towards spring. In our experience l:i middle Georgia, oats are decidedly bettor every way, sown before the middteof October: alter that, we have found iltbest to Wait 'till January before sowing again ;hut we would risk a crop sown In November quite as soon as one sown In Fcbinary, though many farmers think February ai very good time to sow oat". There in a common impression that if oats are ploughed in deep they stand I ho freezes better, i'his 4s true in a certain sense. Two Inch's is ns deep as an oat grain should ever be covered?If the I grain Is much less than two Inches from the I fresh ploughed surface, the soli Is liable to I wash away and settle so as to expose the crown ot the plant too much to cold. If I covered much Jde.-per than two Inches, the plant is so weakened In Its prolong effort lo reach the surface that It will never be as strong as H ought to be. This point has been fully settled by many test experiments. In the usual method of ploughing In grain, with scooters or twisters, part of the grain Is covered pretty deep' two or three inches, and I other portions at all depths, from that men | tioneil, up to the suriace, some 01 uie prams remaining on the surfaco. A good plan is to I use a good c-ist turn plough which completely I Kirns over Its t'liriow anil net. It to run two | Inches deep ; tbis will secure the covering of all the grain; to very nearly Mho Manic depth. We repeat here a surestpm thrown out In a previous numner: in sowing In autumn or early winter use grain which has bien sown for several years previously In autumn or early winter, anil In Fowlt-g In spring sow grain which has been sown for several years in spring. Grain which has beon sown in autumn for several years acquires a constitution ii t? ?! *. K..?t?.r tlmn ! tlml raised from spring sowing, and the latter i acquires the habit of maturing In a shorter period under a higher average temperature. In other words plants require habits as wtil asitnimals, and we ought to observe closely aud take advantage of thes If we would be successful. Sowings of clover or grass not completed, had belter he deferred now 'till towards spring. The plants of these are at first ton small and tender to withstand very hard,; prolong fieezes. Ills wed also not to pasture too closely, now, fields of these already established, (..lose glazing weakens plants and renders them less able to withstand cold. They may not be killed outright, but they mill not. have the same vigor the next spring. Fields or these set apart for early spring grazing'should not bo pastured; very late in | the fall, and should have also to top-dressings now to start them oil' strong and vigorous as soon as excessive cold Is over. Well-rotted stable manure, aud mixtures of phosphates wltli nitrate of soda?oU pounds of the latter to 100 oi ihe former?will be found very excellent lor the purpose. ConTerliiiff Heathen and Catching 'Possums. [Augusta Chronicle and Constitutionalist.] The Legislature of South Carolina has had Us attention called, and very properly, we .think, to a gross evil that needs correction. 'Possum hunting is no doubt an Inalienable right of the American citizen, of both races, but. when to get the "varmint1'a tree lias lobe felled, we hold that there has been a trespas on another's property uiterly.unjustiflable. ? South Carolinian, who has sutiered the loss nf < many valuable trees in this way, appeals for 1 | redress to the lawgivers and lawmakers of tt)e Commonwealth and should be listened to remedially. He says: "One of your arguments ' "in favor of the passage or the stock law was "the growing scarcity of timber and the ne"cessity for Its conservatism. Can you not , "stop this further leak ? Paring 'possum' sea"son the nightly destruction of valuable tin*- 1 'her throughout the state, if itcould he ascer "talned, would. I apprehend,amount to thousands of dollars. Von affix a heavy penalty | Mo Hip crime of burglary and why ? Because "theolTence Is committed In the nltrht time | "ami when 1hr> owner. If he attempts to proi "tect fits property. Is unsupported and may be "taken at disadvantage. Does not 'possum' j "hunting as now lawlessly conducted meet "the same conditions?" The Legislature may reply to him, ns Horatio dhl to Hamlet, that to reason thus Is to reason eurlously: tint we think the victimized I proprietor lias right and Justice on his side. We relish possum, when fattened and eooked like our friend the Colonel understands the I art, hut. let the animal be taken without damlace to our neighbor or his properly.' Our Southern woodland is growing more and I more val.table. and we do not. want, to eat a / l twenty-five rent possum at the expense of a ' fen dollar trpe. That would he equivalent to the ratio which Is said to exist. In converting a heathen, which Is set at ahout ?l(),noo. when, | In the majority of eases, the convert Is not I worth ten cents nltorward. If might enliven I the (ieorgta Legislature and cure them of [ their colds to get up a good old time debate on a law prohibiting possum hunting, lllegltl- t I mately pursued, anil making the wanton destruction of a tree on another man's land a felony punishable us In the case of burglary. ? ? Romody for Clilckcn Cholera. Here Is a remedy, or preventive, of the 11 [ chicken cholera, whli h T have 8ucc-s?fully | u^ed for two years. While my neighbors have been losing nearly Ihelr entire llnnk, mini' have been healthy, and I have never hail a case to my knowledge; Take a barrel, : saw it asunder In halves, put. about three quartaof unslaked lime in one of the halves, : lottether wlih a half a pound. or pound (to ' suit the neccs' Ity.) of alum ; fill the barrel with water; when slakedanri settled take from one pint to one quart (as the case requires) put In every pail of water given the fowls to drink. The lime will answer for the second I half barrel of water, but the same quantity | of alum should be added as before. If continued dally during the sickly season, I can from my experience assure your readers that, their fowls will not be troubled with chicken cholera.?Rural A'cui Yorker. Toilet Preparations. TjOMATiR,Sulphur Soap, Military Shaving "j 1 Soap, Yankee Shavins; Soap, Tooth Pow- J ders. Colognes. EDWIN PARKER. \ Sept. 13,18.S2, It ' rpAPE WORM SPECIFIC. 1 Eli WIN PARKER. Sept, 13,1882, it. FIN ? MARES! A LOT OF REAL FINK MARKS ON hand, which will Ik* sold low lor the . usli. or exchanged for mules on the best of x*r ins. WALLINGFORD & RUSSELL. Sept. 13. 1SK2, tr NEW GOODS ?AT? CIIIIII -AND liPIITMI I c A PIECES of nil the latest style prints CUNNINGHAM <t TEMPLETON'S. eft PIECES Blenclicd Muslin, nt lowest jU price*, nt CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S. A LARGE assortment of Jeans and Cassiineres at CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S. BOOTS, Shoes and Hats In Innumerable styles anil prices, nt CUNNINGHAM A TEMPLETON'S. TRUNKS, Trunks. Trunks. Trunks,at CUNNINGIIAM ? TEM PLETON'S. Ready-made clothing, aii the intesi cuts, at CUNNINGHAM &. TEMPLETON'S. EVERYTHING In tlic grocery line?Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Rice, Molasses, Tobacco UUcR.seand all shelf goods, at CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S. TRY our 8 pound to the dollar Coffee. You will find it excellent-. CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON'S. ROAL link Ins: Powders, the purest inatle, al CUNNINGHAM ?.t TEMPLETON'S. THE best Shirts and Collars we have cvci kept. 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Am, guns. pistols. wattiies oh other articles left In my sl?<?p lor repairs, vlilcli have tier it in my shop for one year. ,v 111 he sold SA1.KHAY IN JANUARY next, o pay bill for repairs. JOHN L. CLARK. Nov. 15,1882, tf Mjpn TltEASritKIl'S Ofi ick, AnBEVILI.K, S. (J.. Nov. 21, 1SS2. VTOTICK Is hereby given to ScIhkiI Teachers Li and all'persons holding School Claims, hat I am now prepared to pay all such in ull. J. W. PERRIN, Treasurer Abbeville Couuly. ' Nov. 22, ISSi COMPANY, MERCHANTS. :nts for IIOMAS SMOOTHING HARROW. THOMAS | HROW. A MKHH 'AN HARUED FENCE I'ANDAItD SCALES. s folt end and Avery Plows. SATiK m HART AND HARDWARE : SOLE AGE LA DOW rULVERTZIXO DT^f HARROW. T FILVDRI/.ING HARROW, LANK IIA WIItE, BUFFALO S" AGEN'l Genuine Farmer's Fri FOll STEEL BULLTOXOUER. SCOOTERS, TWIS' FULL LINE Or' CARPENTERS, MA?'Hi: TOO LS, 11U IIS, Sl'c) K I> STATIi AG KEMP'S MANURE AND C SHOWS SPREADER WHILE DRI] HART & bj^BE -DEAL Window and Hot ] . Rough and Dressed L ! Hinges and Sash Ketch I ~ Office: Over A. SI. ? Sept. 0,1SS2, tf \V. T. WIIHLESS, Late of Sibley, Whcless & C'o. WUKLES COTTON FACT93 AND ( [ OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE: ^L"U.g"U.s ? Agent3 for the Daniel Pratt Prompt Compliance with Instruction! - tnents. Liberal Advanc August a, 1SS2, 3m* . geo. It. sibley. SIBLEY $ t cotton : t ||AGENTS FOR T A.TTOTTS , SPECAL ATTENTION o!Satisfactioa Guaranteed. Qui oi 01 August 2, 1882,3m hmsw I Nos. 350 & 35 ?DEAL! 8 A LTi Kl?;ns OF GOODS SUITABLE TO h' i\ occupy the large and commodious Kfo CO. Give U6 a call and you will find our stucl f LADIES, MISSES, C] "We nrc agents ISEWIE MACHINES, OILS, HI II When In n;arit exainino our?. Evorythlnz \\f I the hircc patronage bwtoweil upon ns l>y our I ir | tinuunccof the .same by FAllt DEALING ar Kes] March 22,2*82, tf The Place to Get What | You Want! CHRIST f/N WILSON \ LAV AYS in store, a complcto stork of xIL FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS and CONFECTTONERIES of IJ all kinds. The host and cheapest CIGARS and TORACCO. Tho FINEST WINES and LIQUORS. j! Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey J For medical purposes a specialty. Also, i1 filioii'o Liouors of any kind for medical )! purposes. )j (iivo us a call. Satisfaction guaranteed. ' CHRISTIAN & WILSON, > Abbeville, S. C. I Nov. 10.1881, tf JAMES C. KLUGH, ' .A-ttornoy at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. r| WILL practice in all the Courts of the State. '? [Jan. 1,1S81,1-ni Paas Dyes, Paas Dyes. WILL dye egg*. any material of woolen, bilk, paper and feathers. Will not dye | col ton. Paper o cents eaeh,(i papers for lij cents. EDWIN PAUKEIt. -March '?1, 1SS-', tf AS PREDICTED! L. H. RUSSEL'Sj iW BRICK STORE IS Ruilding upa profitable trade. Mr. lvUbscl's long experience in tho LIQUOR TRADE Enables Jiim to dinti.sh tho GRFAT DIFFERENCE between good and inferior articles. lie always buys direct front the Mann'' 1 * M?,* thfi! 1 famines, iut"iru_v ..... goes to the middle man, tliis he gives to iris customers. Fanners will find this a good place to buy lino ) SWEET MASH COM WHISKY| Direct from the Mountains of ?i j Carolina and .is PI' 1J JO a> iho \VA1J'.l?i that dccsend from the Blue ltidge. IIE IS ALSO FITTING UP A SPLENDID BilMani Pool Parlor. Remember tlio NEW STORE n door to .the Court House. April 2(1, 1882. For the Many. T")ICHTEIl'S HARMONICAS, A. D. nnd C.. I.V Russian Gut Violin string. E. A. D.tiud G., Fiddly Hows.- EDWIN PARKER. SiMarub 22,18&.\ it IF.KM, SHOVELS. STIST.VOOPRRS AND BLACKSMITH >. HI.US, KEKINED AND SWEDES IKON. ENTSFOR I OTTON SEED SPREADER. LLING. IT ALSO BROADCASTS. ' CO., Charleston^. C. ACHAM, EE ITSTBed Sash, Doors, Blinds amber, Improved Blind es. [ill & Sons. E. T. YARBROUGH, , Of Abbeville County, S. C. IS & CO. COMMISSION MERCHANTS. NO. 727 REYNOLDS STREET, Revolving Head Cotton Gin. 9 Relative to Disposition ot Consign* :cs on Producc in Store. WM. M. JORDAN. ; J 0 E D A N, FACTORS, NDHE BEST GINS, TA, G-A. GIVEN TO WEIGHTS, ci Sales aid Prosit Returns. >NALD '& CO. il Main Street^ RS IN? THE WANTS OP EVERY ONE. WE NOW re hfiisp formerly occupied by JiARNVVKU. & ; lull and complete. JIany nice goods for tlie hiidrun anp all. ! for all kinds o( SEDLE8 AND ATTACHMENTS! >?' )! truaranU-cd a* represented. Thankful for friends and tli<? t>ul>ll<\ wo hope to merit a eonid STRICT ATTENTION to our busluess. pectfully, W. T. McDOffALD & CO. Hcrcules Glue. ALWAYS READY ? mends Glass. China, Cioehcry, Woo.!, vie. EDWIN PARKER. Mutch 22,1S:"2, 2t TEMPLETON, ?IIAVE RECEIVED TIIEIRSpring Stock, ?and are prepared to serve the public? DRY GOODS, CROCKERY, GROCERIES, CAPS, BOOTS AND SHOES. I April 5,1882. tf FELLOWS Compound Syrup of tho Hypophosphites. EDWIN PAKKEIt. Oct. I, 1SS2, 2t. Ti'MEiiir. White Mustard Seed. EDWIN PARKER Oct. I, ISS2, -t. jSIA i li j TTaVE on hand almost every variety of i CARRIAGES, RUGGIES, i AND WAGONS, i which they oiler to their customers on the most advantageous terms. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.1 i With the best of workmen in every brnnoh of j our business, anil an bumlnnt supply r>f j lumber, ami other materials, we are prepared 1 to iio all kinds of repairing m the very best! manner, at the shortest notice, and on the j most accommodating terms. All work fully | warranted. SEAL & McILWAINE, Washington Street. Abbeville, Feb. 22, ltW L. W. Pebuj.v, T. P. cothltajf j PERRIN & COTHRAN, | .Attorneys at Law, ABBEVUiLE, S. C,> , Jan. UlSW, BARBER SHOP. RICHARD OANTT. Is now prepared to do all work in his department In the hc>t manner and hi reasonable charges. Monthly customer* shaving hair cutting and hamfMjoIng SI per month. Ra?org honed and put n the best condition for 25 cents eauli. Shop under the Prtu and llannet otllce> March 15.18S2. tf "h7s. scodday, Attorney and Ccnnselor at Law, a vnr,v'sn\T. k. n. OFFERS his professional services to the fitl/ens of Abbeville. Parties desiring to consult with liim, may do to at each session of the Com t for the County,or by letter at Anderson C H. June 15.18S1. tf SPEAKE & BRO. -AGENTS FOIl TIIE FAMOUSEclipse Traction and Portatable Engines! THE WAYNESBORO ECLIPSE 8EPARA TOR, SAW MILLS. COTION GINH. Al j bo, THE AMERICAN FRUIT DRYER. Purties wibUliiK the above, address SPEAKE & BRO.. Kinard's T. 0., S. C. Mr. JOHN KNOX Isonr only agent to sell the Eclipse Engines nnd Stjpnrnlor? and Amcricau Fruit Driers In Abbeville County. SPEAKE <fc BRO. Mnroh 20. 15m Mining CON GAREE WWW WORK! Coumbi^, S. O Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL' EVAPORATOR. I rPIlESE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED | J In 1M7 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and Juraes Anderson and purchased by me iu the year liSOH, a:id from thai time till now carried oil H I snccessfully by myself. My friends and cus- H S tnmers will bear witness or the large and *to? pendousJobs executed by me. It wan at my EH works where the lar^t and almost only Job H of Its class ever executed In thiscity wasdone, H viz.: the: making of the pipes for the City H Wat?r Works In the ycur lK5rf. In the brnneh of HULL FOUNDING, I can say that I have H made (he Inrirest bells ever cast in the State, such as I he bell for the I'lly Hall iu Columbl*. M My stock ot pattern* for ARCHITECTS11A L WOHK. COLUMNS for Store front*, Js l:<r<.rer.nd various, and in RAILING'S for Bal- |H c.oiiles, Gardens and Cemetcrlek I have tho IB lar^e-t variety and most modern patterns; many of these are patented and I huve pur- W9 chased the right for this State. Iu the machine line I can furnish my patrons with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS H of any tizeand description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have carried off the prize at evcry Slate Fair held in this city, and in their consti uetlon I have taken pains to comblno simplicity with the most useful modern improveinonts, and may Hatter myself that my H| CIRCULAR SAW MILLS find favor with ev- BM cry sawyer who undei-stamls his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for SUGAR CANE MILLS prove thut the publlo appreciate the mills of my make, and so it Is with my GEARING for HORSE POWERS, H GIN WIIEELS, GRIST MILLS nud other H ! MACHINERY. H I have the mnnufuctnrinpf riiiht of many I PATENTS, such as rnsilngs for ROCK COT'TON.AND IIAY PREisft and three or four different FEED CUTTERS and other lmplcnienls. , I will be pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price list or estimate. My prices are moderate, and I assure the pui>lie that th'-y are l-mer even than those of Noiliiem manufacturers,nrrt thut my work i will compare favorably with thut of any othec maker. Address dUUii hi CActnuci j am | Conoauek Ikon Wouks, Columbia, 8. C. Annual Meeting. ALL persons holding Bills, Account.*, or demands of any kind asainat the County of Abbeville, which have not heretofore been presented to the Borrd of County Commissioners at special meetings held during tne year are hereby notified to deposit the same with the undersigned on or before the "first.day of^^H November next, so that they may be examined and ordered paid at the Annual^^H Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, the seventh of November, 1SS2. IHJ T. P. COTIIRAN, /"HJ Clerk Board C. C. A. Co. Office of County Commissioners of Ab?^^D Vilie County, Oct. 4, 1882. 6t PHOTOGRAPH GALLEEYI i 1 N DUE WEST, open on WEDNESDAYS, I I Mn ilin niurnitii!.! and on SATURDAYS iu Ken neday's store.' JOSEPH F. LEE. H Oct. 4, 1SS2, 2t IH State of South Carolina,? Abbeville County. H| IX THE COMMON PLEAS. Ex parte Mrs. F. A. Gable. Petition Homestead. NOTICK is hereby given that Mrs. F. A. Ua^^^H ble has tiled her application with me I have a homestead setoff to her and her I nor children, in the real estate and pt-rsona^H^H property of J. W. Gable, deceased, late ol sali^^^H State and county. II^^H And that 1 will on 28th October next, point appraisers to set oil" said homestead, M. L. B0N1IAM. Jr.. Oct. 4,1SS2, It Master. G.^ANDEESOBrrH Mlaver and Plasterer. HI ?J -- OFFERS Ills services to the people of bcville. His prices arc reasonable, lils work Is guaranteed to be good. Give a Oct. J, lSSl?, 6in FOR RENT. I JTbe Central Hotel at AIM^h Ifj offered Tor rent. The hojel Is new, well arranged for the buidness, I location In the central part of the toi^^^BB j makes 11 especially desirable to men in ; mercantile business, Possession given on i nr.-1 oi January i\v. JOIIX A. DEVLIN^^^H I Oct. 4, is?.?. tr HHH| State of South Carolin^H Abbeville County. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS^^^J Ezeklcl Harris, rialntltT, James A. Armstrong, Martha A. Shirley, wife or' John Shirley. Jshel N. Harris. wife of K/ckit'l Harris, Margaret K. Koblnson, J.011I** K. Morris, Copy W. i'. Armstrong, Hush .J. moms. Armstronjr, Mary M. liowen, IlelleO J0I111 II. Armstrong. Win. J,. plaint Ilnr(on,.Iohu W. Hurton.Janc Scrvcd^^^V^H I?arby, Luther Copeland. ArCopeland, Sophrnnla jiurton, I.ula K. Howen. Win. ('. Howen. Hugr?: Bowen, heirs at law of Elizabeth Armstrong, deceased, Defendants.J '!' "> Dip DpfV-nlnnts. .Tamos A. A Martin A. Shirley, label N. Harris, K. ifoblnson. Lenle K. Morris. Win. C. siron^, 11tiLfli J. Armstrong, Mary M. John li. Ai instroiiir, Wni, 1.. Hurton, Ihirton.Junc l>arby, I.uthcrCopHand.'Ar^^^^^^H Copeland, Sophroiiia Burton, hula K. Ro^^^^^H Win. ('. Dowen und Hugh Bo wen. You arc hereby summoned and requlr<^^^^^^H answer the complaint in this action, tiled In the oi'.lcc of the Clerk of (,'nm^^BH Pleas, for the said county, and to serve of your answer to the said complaint subscribers at their ottice, Abbeville House, within twenty days after the hereof, exclusive of the day of such ser^^^^^^H and if you fall to answer the complaint in the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in Hon will apply 10 the court for the rell^^^^^^H uianded In the complaint. To John W. liurton, absent Orfond^H^^^H Take notice that n summons of whlcl^^^^^^H above is a copy has this clay been tiicd,^^^H^^H complaint, in the ottice of the Clerk Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville PARKKII & MCGOWA^^^^H Plaintiff's Sept. 27,