The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, August 01, 1883, Image 2

Newspaper Page Textrr. u^rr. ^rr-T.. The Press and Banner. I5.v I Inii*3i Wilson. Wednesday, Aug. 1, 1583. . Mr. Haniitirft\i I.i*i J. r. Mr. Ilammett. i*iositJciit of tin- rioiJji'Otit Manufacturing Company swie time at;o wrote a Icticr to the in reply to our article or. factories. From the fact that many of the readers of the Jfrtlittii' (1<> not see the /Vc-v.c ttinl />Vcm;??v, wo will ask hiiti to pardon us for ta?;in.y; the IllicitV of eopviinj that letter into our t | j-iper, which may lie fomnl eisewiere. While we have received some jibes from those who did not assume to answer our article, yet Mr. Hamti ett sfa'.e.s solii) lads, with pei led fairness and courtesy, i .In our reply wo sh^il endeavor t<? lio oqualij as fair and entirt Iv as r> pectfnl to him, as he has been to us. Thenis no man in the State for whom we have a higher rejrard than for Mr. ilammeit. "We know that lie is personally incapable <){" Ul>U:?ing UK' tllgtl ini lIUpoM'U tipt li liiin by virtue of the iti11 *>r!:tnt of'.icc which he holds, and we that no one may forget for a moment that is a system, and not any particular management, t" which we have reference, and to whijh wo are oppo>cd. Mr. Uammott says that "the village nf Piedmont contains ebout 1,1<"? inhabitants," and tliat "more than a dczen families in the mill, and living; in tin; village, own their own land elsewhere and prefer to rent it, as tho girls prefer to work in ihe mill * '* * than to hoc cotton and [ <-orn in the hot snn, and live as hard " * j t/irit rhtxs of jiKip/r till Again, he! says: "We Ik. ve .several families from Abbeville county, who moml Inrr, mf rental law!." We hear nothing of the J importation of anybody from abroad J to help make this l.eantilul village.! Then, has not the village <>f IMeilmon: been built up nt the expense of the arms? If so, and the country has Wen deprived of citizens at tIn* verv fountain head of our wealth, we fail to see wherein the State is benefitted by assembling all these people at Piedmont, mid uc fail to see wherein Ihe same citizens are now any better, morally, socially or physically, than they would have been nt their own homes, beneath their own vine and tig tree. The condition of the "renters" of which Mr. llammelt speaks so harshly is not so uniformly hard in Abbeville county. Some of the richest men 71 ow in Abbeville eountv, commenced firming since the war mi vnlnf /"ml, nwl w'ili'ntl ion/ cip't'tf at all. except the' muscle and the will to succeed, and we tan give some of the names of the men of this class who have succeeded, if it is desired. S in e of tin* lies! property in this town ar.d eountv, now belong to men wno nan mi mmii-v .n mv <>i tlie war, and who were c-*?rnj?? I? *! to make t?rms with the landlord ami Iht* merchant by which thoy were enabled l<> make th??ir first crops. Mr. Mammett says "that the moral re-: fctraintsand influences" upon the citizens of IMedinont "is not excelled I?y any section of this State containing l,4en people, Abbeville, town ami county, not except< (!." Iti this statement we fully concur, for it must be remembered that all this beautiful village of Piedmont belongs to tile Manufacturing Company of which , Mr. Hamnvtt is the President, and that no far as the operatives in the null and the citizens of that village are concerned, ho has more power over I hem than has the Czar of Russia over the subjects of that despotic country. If any citizen of Piedmont is objectionable to Mr. Ilnm-i inott he or she is immediately sent a.\..y. without judge or jury, except per!:j"! the malicious tongue of th?* slanderer! who may artfully obtain the ear of the of- i ficors, and who may be ever ready, for a; real or an imaginary cause, to assail a i v. i>a!c and a defenceless woman. We pre utime, possessing all tlio purilvand virtue, wliieh Mr. Ilatnmott claims lbr tlio citi-J 7.3!)s of Pie<!mnnt, that they are not en-! lirelv exempt from the common frailties of poor fallen humanity. If we are correct in this matter, does not any woman, or man place his character in joop-i iirdy by entering an institution soi <lespoticallv governed that where even (he mailgnity of an evil spirit may move the President to degrade a woman who; 4x*ay be as pure as snow and as chaste as ice. That there is danger to the char-' actor of women in any factory, there ran be but little doubt after the declaration of 2VIr. ITnmmctt, in the following words: j. "Jf there is a ,\i?i//c f/ivl i/i the Mill, t.r. ton the premise*, whose virtue is i/ues'i<itird, it is not known to the oJIicers, and i! there was, the other yirls would not por-': mit her to stay there, and work with' them. The;/ ir-tuld ew.ue to me immeduitfly with the eonnibtiiit ami v.j,rest that she be icHt owfi/, I'rfrieh / +/t'j>tl<l do <tf j Now, we know that Mr. Ilamniott Is as good a man as there is in the State, and "we also know that lie would lie as far as any man in the world from doing aiy injury to the humblest living creature,' but we would ask in all seriousness, it' 1 this is not a fearful power with which to ' invest any man? As Mr. Ilammctt 1 lias cited Piedmont as an example, and lias instituted a com par- 1 ison between that village and the 1 town of Abbeville, may we not ask if the 1 authority which he lias over Piedmont 1 would not be appalling to the citizens of 1 Abbeville? Suppose, for instance, the Mayor of Abbeville were endowed with : authority to deprive a citizen of the privilege of earning a livelihood at honest toil, even though that citizen should fail to come up to his standard <?f morality, ind then suppose that he was invested 'with the further power of sendinsr from our borders all persons a^aiusi whom malicious neighbors miuiit brinu complaint? Would that not he a despotism greater than was ever practiced over any people on the face of the earth. cscrjtt factory hnmU f Mr. Hammett's array of figures as to tho membership of the churches, the lemperaneo organizations, and the Christian associations may or may not mean anything. If the President of the company were to intimate that every operative, or citizen, should join the church, he would be more effectual in inereaMir.; {ho (lumber of church-members than could all the preachers in Ameri-a. So *vith the Sunday schools and Christian Associations. There is no reason why the name of every man and woman at Piedmont should not appear on the rolls of \h ?sc organizations, ii" the President dejsi.ed such a record. Mr. llammett talks of diversified industries being necessary to the success of a people. This is strange language coining from a man who has control of ? * town as populous as the village of Abbeville, and whose entire population, men, woinei. and children, except the merchant, the preacher, and the. teacher, is devoted to one pursuit. In the town of Abbeville the citizens are free to choose their own pcrsuits, and each of the many bu.sinc.is enterprises which are conducted here, are controlled by men vho are five men, to do as they please? i r.ro lord of the manor, and as uutr.im- ! moiled as the President of the United States. On the other hand, is not the very presence of any citizen at Piedmont entirely dependent upon the whims of tradueers, and the sutfrance of the inanu l'acturing com pany ? We were real glad that Mr. Ilammett has had such good luck in finding compe-': tent and reliable tneu to operate his machinery?the only wonder to us is, that with all the valuable material available,! of which bespeaks, that he does not give! the Superintendent's place to a native I Jioine-tutored man, instead of toa(!oor- l Ulan. ! < We would also refer to the liberality of: i Ihe Piedmont manufacturing company to- i l ward educational and religious purposes, < of which Mr. Ilammett speaks. We,l commend the company for this liberality, l and only wish that every other company I may do as well. Hut 't may not be'! amiss to show that the State of South j< * Carolina has been good to that company, \ as well as to evory other manufacturing I com[ any in the State, and we will show i to what extent our wise leglstalors have 1 exerted their inventive genius to avoid i the express declaration of tho Constitu- i tion of the Stale, In its otlbrt to protect t th? from the machinations of t trmig corporations, which would avoid jg ' 1 ?~? - - i ii i mil ii I Piedmont Factory, why was it that wo in IheSoiilh have so often twitted the North with the charge ol cruelty ami barbarism in their treatment of factory operatives? Mr. Huinmctl says that he pays out annually tu six hundred laborers in the1 factory tin1 sij.greg.ite sum of SloO,<.'00. and each of the girls earn from ?15 to SUO a month. There must boa mistake soniowiu re, as SIGO.OOft would give only iloii to each operative, even if that amount was equally divided. Mr. Haminett takes great credit to the Company which he represents, for the enhancement of the lands for iiiles about IMcdmont. Kvcn if the factory had. brought about this wonder, which we do not admit.it Is not an unmixed good* I The great majority ot our people own noj land, and if the establishment of the lac-1 torv has placed the price >>f a home be-1 youd their leach, we fail to see wherein j that pari of our population is benefitted.; On the other hand nine-tenths of the ?r iii.i inmI iln t1111 win11. to sell. I tin' payment of their taxes. In Article!!, section of that instrument wo find that "All taxes upon property, real or persona!, ' li il! lie I.iit| upon the a'-tind salmi! of t5it*^triip:?|-ly t;.\e-.i, u> the samo shall h? laiiivil bv an s-mcnt tmufoi :h;.- purp-jsu of i .yin_r such tax." Article !<, section I, of the Constitution sj eeiiie. I: siya t!iat " The (Jenerid A<seml ly shall provide by 1 i\v forannifonn and ennal rate of a sessment and taxation, and shall pro-. scribe such k nidations asshall secure a j just valuation for tax.uionof all property, real, personal, and possessory, ex- ept minis and uiinintr el lints, the proceeds of which alone shall he taxed; and also un ill //</ xitrft /no/irrtif !><" I'j'i'ijyff)! fa/ :mr tin' in:i n if/"l/, i'-l filliiinn/. ///re-' ' / //, xr'riifijii-, rt'fii;i(iiistiiri'hrri{<ifil<' i>;wSection ">, of tiie same Article enumerates the exemptions, us follows; "It shall lie the duty of the Ceneral Assembly to enact laxxs for the exemption front taxation of ail public schools, colieircs, and institutions of learning. all charitable institutions in the nature of asylums for the infirm, deaf find dumb. blind, idiotic and indi:;n mt p-Ts.inx, all IM1111 If Iilnancs, eiiurclic.'i, and burvinx grounds; lint property of Usso.-ij lions and siu-jetics, although < ?;tct-t<-1 u itli charit'iblc objects, shall not ' c exempt from State, County, or uiuiii<*i|?:il taxation ; /Y??r??/e//, That this exemption shall iii ( extend beyond the buildings aid premises actually oceit.tied Itv sui-h schools, **oIlexes, institutions of Icaruimr, asvliitns, libraries, churches, and Initial grounds, although connected with charitable objects."' So much for the words of the Constitution. lor the law as to thn Assessment of Property. The citizen is require:! to li-t for taxation his property as follow-.: ''1st. All the tangible personal property in the State, owned or jontrolkd by him. "2*1. All the tangible property owned by it;in or other resident <tf Smith Carolina, ami ttmlft* his control, wliich may be tem;i*ir.!tily out of th" Sta'e, hu> is inIftiJi'il / '? '>< iut-i I'li' S'nlr, All tangible personal property owned or controlled by him )r'i:'r,'i //"'// li'iiw hi'iit .<< .</ 'in/ <</" fin' .s"rifr |or sal**, ati<l not vi"! <-"l i ; ami " itIt. All the moneys, credits, investments in bonds, storks, joint storl; cumji-iit-is, or *it!i*'i v\ ise, owned or controlled by him, whether in <>r out of this State." j Does the render who can understand the reading of plain Ihiglish see how these great Manufacturing Companies avoid the payment of taxes? Wo think not. lint as a matter of fact, the inventive gonitis of the cross-roads politician?i who prates about building ujt one j part of our Slate by amassing the capital! of our citizens, and by withdrawing peo- j pie from other sections?is equal to the task of making a poor law, but which hasi served the capitalists so well. Asa mat-! tcr of curiosity, we will cite the law, j which has si) far, enabled tlie.se capitalists! to evade their just proportion of the bullion of the I'overnment which Protects them in the possession of their property, j while virtually giving them despotic! power over their subjects. Head the | law : "Any person who, since first Jan-: uarv, i>7J, has invested, or luav invest,, capital i:i the manulacturo of cotton, wol-1 ten, :i:mi paper fabrics, iron, front iron j ores, n>I ajrricul'.nral implements, within tiiis State, shall, for the period of ten years from the date of his investment, he entitled to receive fro in the treasury of the Stale, a sum equal to the sifr.nregate amount of State, and, from the County Treasurer, the a^Te^ate amount of County taxes, h-s-; the two mills lorj school purpose-', and from the Treasurers j of all municipal corporations, a sum j equal to tiie ajwivgnte amount of muni-1 cipa! taxes, which shall h? levied and collected upon the property or capital cmployed or invested directly in such manufactures or enterprises; not including herein the tax levied upon the land upon I which the fa-lories may be erected. The -*uu! of motley so to he repaid, to he lixed I and determined hv the Comptroller (Seneral in accordance with the tax returns, i f/ir ,V.(f*' fii.r to hi' jn.tiil hi) f/n' S'lifr 7Vf'C.v- j on h wtri-iiiil, ini<l t/u' County (a.r\ in/ thf County 'J'mi.turrr, iiuilcr the unlet' j of flit' Ctr.i/i'mllcr f/fttttntt.'' Article 2, Section of the Constitution, says: 'X > money shdl be drawn from the I Treasury, but iu pursuance of an appropriation made by law." Now, it will bo soon that the Piedmont .Manufacturing Company, together with all other Manufacturing Companies, j so far as wo have heard, have taken advantage of a law in direct violation of the Constitution of the State, ami violations so plain that if the matter was brought before the Supreme Court, that the State otlhrers, who have paid to these corpora- j Hons money without the sanction of the CoiiAi.it ution, wjuld be restrained from the further improper waste of the peoples money. When the Constitution of the State says that "no money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in pursuance of an appropriation made by law,'" how is the State Treasurer to justify himself for paying money out of the State Treasury merely on the warrant of the< "omptr.iller-<General, "and the Coun"tv tax by the County Treasurer, under "the 'trtk'rnf the (,'oinpt roller-General." ft' it is ecutendt d that the refunding of the tax money to Manufacturing Companies, is under''an appropriation made by law," we shall deny the allegation, and will prove that .such is nr?t the case. The Constitution of the State recognizes the cilices of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, etc., and the laws of the State fix the salaries of these ofiieers, and yet these recognized ofTicers (?t- the State cannot | ilraw their p:iv from the Treasury until there is annually a .-pecitic appropriation made by law," and the Consti-I tution provides that "no bill shall liavej "the force of law until it shall have been ' "read thro ? times, and on three several i "days, in eac-h Mouse, has had the great j "seal of Sate afiixed to it, and has been ! ">i'.;iied in the Senate Mouse by thej "President of the Senate and the Speaker! "of the House of 1'epresentativcs." lint still, after the Constitution has.sot eaiciu'ly guarded the Treasury that its' own rceo^ni/.ed Executive and Judicial i officers cannot draw pay lor actual ser-' vices rendered without "nil appropriation | tna.lv I?y law," these monicd corporations are allowed to draw money almost at will and without rendering any service at allj for such money. In no other case is the] simple word of the Comptroller-(Jeneral j aide to unlock the vaults of the State Treasury. Why the exception incase of; those w ho do not even preterd to render an equivalent fort lie money thus extracted from the Treasury ? When the Comptroller orders the Treasurer to pay, and when the State Treasurer honors such drafts drawn against the express provis- ! ions of the Constitution which they have' sworn to ohev, are they faithful to that! oath, or just to the people whose servants ' they arc? Hut in spile of these plain provisions of! the Constitution of the State of South j Carolina, its trusted oflieers have j been for years squandering our mon-1 ey, and these boasted institutions, which are to build up our country by de-! vastating and di-iiuantling our farms, ' while depicting the public treasury, have connived at the unlawful act of our public servants?putling money into their own pockets, which, under the express! l?*rms OI uie v ousiiiuiion, uunmso iu uir, people of the State of South Carolina. i The State assesses the real property of j Abbeville village at ?-.'<>0,000. On this: property Abbeville nays tlie State annually about 82,'100, while the Piedmont Manufacturing Company who own a town of equal nmnhers as regards popu- j latum, awl have some fr?(K),()()0 invested' there, pay perhaps six hundred dol-i lars for .school purposes. They thus save} over ?2,000 a year for ten years, which amount, if put at interest from the first j year until the last, would he sullieienl to make a respeetaljle endowment for a per- j pctual school. Let it be remembered !vy the public; lii.it the operatives and other citizens of! the village of Piedmont, under the law j quoted, aro compelled, under oath, to: return for fixation, the true value ofj their personal cHeels, while the magnificent buildings, and splendid machinery t?ay not a cent. The fact confronts! these people, whose chief capital is their labor, that they pay more taxes to the State of South Carolina than does the Company lor whom thoy labor. ii ii nut <MU ui unii'r, auuuiu imuj :o tisk one question. If all cotton factories are as safe and as desirable retreats "or women Mid children, as is the Piedmont Factory, why is it that every State nakingany pretentions to manufactures, snact special laws for the protection of his class of our people ? I If all factories are as go oil places as tho l k' and if l!io taxes on tho-p who do not want to sell has horn increased in the ratio of the selling price, then nine-tenths; of tin: owners of the land have suffered a idirest injury by sneh enlianeeiuent of value. It matters little to the owner of a farm, who expects to live on it, whether it is of -Treat or small marketable value? the productiveness of it is the same. So, all of Mr. Iiaminelt's boasted benefit in the mattei of the enhanced value of land dwindles down to a doubtful quantity. ISut we have been led away from the subject. Our objection to factories is, ' that ours is a thinly settled community, i and that it is better for our people to stay 1 on the farms than to congregate as laborers in factories; a woman who goes into a factory becomes, so to speak, a ' mere machine, learning to do only one I tiling, while n the same woman remains jat home she learns the duties and work of a womanly life?the life, which nature land the laws of our civilization intended jthat she should live. We cannot see 1 how factory girls are to learn to sew, to 'rook, or to keep house for the husband , which she should have. Wo also object to girls going to factories because it es-: tablishes ease between our own race, and we think their entrance into lhe?c in- j stitutions often lessens their chances of proper marriages. We think it I well for capitalists to let factories' alone, for with an honest administration I | of the National <iovernment and the Con-1 jstitutional protection which the State guarantees to our people, capitalists can j find better investments for money. It isi cheap money, and not cheap labor, which i [enables the Knglish manufacturers to! compete with us. The Hnglish capitalist is satisfied with from two to four per, cent, while the Southerner wants from J ten to twenty per cent. The difference in j the demand for interest lies in the laot! that we have little money while the Englishman has more of it than she knows i what to do with. No new country can compete with any old country in matin-; lactures. The difference in freights,' which cvcrvoony iuiks aor.iu, is mu merest nothing. As tlie capital stock ofj no factory in the South had any apprccia- i lile value before the war?and before the j days of protective tariffs and tax-dodg-! ins;?so will they have but little value when these impositions on the people are removed. Again expressing the highest regard for Mr. Ilammett personally, and giving further assurance of the great respect which we entertain for his superior management of one of the best cotton mills in the country, we would ask pardon of the reader for inflicting this long article. We know that the popular utind is almost a unit against the opinions which we have j expressed on factories, but they are our j convictions, and we utter them with due, deference to the public. We have no ambition of being victor, merely because of victory. If we know ourself, we only hope that the right may prevail. 11 through any ellbrt to convince our people1 to the contrary, it should be made more; clear, that we need a factory in Abbeville, j we shall be more than pleased. 430* ! The Abbeville Hlirh School. i The election of three teachers in the Abbeville High School will take place on Thursday of next week. Much interest1 is being felt by our people in these eloe-! tions, and it is hoped that the Trustees' may lay aside all personal preferences,: and act solely for the good of the whole j people, without reference to the personal claim or inllucncc of any teacher, other than that which is based upon his merit i and his ability to till the place acceptably and profitably to our people. On the other hand it is to be hoped that our peo-j pie may be a little yielding in their prof- j erenees and desires. A school to be conducted exactly in accord with the wishes; of every child, and of every parent, is a| feat which has perhaps never been ac-] cotnplishcd. For this reason let us not be too exacting. At the close of the last session, (here was something of a ripple because of the deficiency of money with which to pay the teachers, and many complaints were, made, but. as far as we have heard, those' complaints came in a majority of in-1 an assessinput. Wo believe that anuui-j Iter ot'our people criticised the Trustees lor their election of Mr. Heal 1, and ox-i pressed opinion as to his fitness or unlit-1 ness for tho position, while they them-; selves were not interested in tho school i except in the most remote degree. W hile some of those who contributed little or nothing to tlio support of the school were much exercised about the matter, a ma- i joritv of tlie members of the old organi- i /.at ion paid their assessment, and joined tho new organization, pledging them-; selves anew to make good the deficiencies for the coining year. Another matter, which is to be disposed of at the next meeting of the Hoard of Trustees needs practical common sense action. Wo refer to the matter of the regulation 01 luuiou ieos. rue Dli^li grade teacher, or tho principal of tlio j school, is, as we understand it, employed tnainlv and chiefly, if not solely, to loach the higher branches. Last year the assistant teachers earned a much larger amount than the salaries which were paid > to them, but according to the division of labor, which gave only the higher classes j to the principal, he had only a very few] scholars in his room, and then owing to ! the very small fees which tliev were re-! quired to pay, the principal's salary had to be made good from the overplus earned by the assistant teachers, and from as-; sessmcnt upon the members of the School Association. When tho Hoard of Trustees of any school in a small town like Abbeville will undertake to teach tho languages and the higher mathematics for a month, there is only one result to be expected?a deficiency. The fees from a dozen boys in these branches at a month would not begin to pay a j teacher's salary. We suggest, therefore, j that if a teacher is to be employed for the specific purpose of teaching these higher' branches, that tho fees be increased to a figure, which in the aggregate, would ap-1 proximate tho amount of the salary of! the teacher. The memlinm ??f ?i><> Association pledge themselves to pay' tlie deficiencies of tho wliole school, but , do not willingly undortake to make good deficiencies created from known violation of plain financial laws. Those of our citizens who want to give their children an education in Greek and Latin should be willing to pay a reasonable fee' i for the benefit. We think, as a rule, the members of the School Association would i not like to have their money appropri- j ated entirely for the benefit of a dozen or j 1 so of boys who would like to learn j j Greek aud Latin, and who may be per- I fcctly able to pay their fees. The mem- j bcrs of tho .School Association while be-j ing willing to divide their money with ' those who need their aid to obtain a high- ] or education, would also like to see tho ; \ poor who may be unable to pay, receive i a portion of tho benefit in the way of the J rudiments of an English education. :: We learn that for tho three places of 1 teachers in tho school, that there are <il-j ready about sixty applicants?about fifty t of whom come from the State of Virginia, t No application for any place has been ' ( made by anybody in Abbeville, and it is j understood that none will be made. Of fi Lho forty-fivo applications for assistant J :eachor, only ouo or two aro known to b0j.s S. _ ' HIMII | ! ! II < IIIBH IIW IWW T j from Abbeville county. W/.? will in all probability have an entire change in the teachers. Whether this is tor the better' remains to be seen. j, The Roads. j General Ru tier's tirst letter on the public roads of the country may be found -j elsewhere in this week's issue of the! J'rc.ix and lltnnwr. It is nuvely introductory, and seems not yet to have touch-1 ed the subject in away to briugabout ...... noitlle nv<?i?lAt ??? tllO ?1 I P1V I fact tli> matter is bun;; s.gitated, i which agitation may evolve soir.e good. j! If we may be allo.ved to put. our say in jLhejinatter, we would oiler a simple sug-' J gestion w hic-li (-('iilti be easily carried ' out. If nothing more was done than to j till the mud holes,and to remove the i loose stones lying in tl:e road in so manv 1 places great good would be done. When a citizen goes driving in a nice new bug- i gy. which is as elegantly painted as the ] piano that goes into a lady's parlor, it is . painful to be forced to drive that beautiful vehicle into a mud hole which might i be tilled with a shovel in three minutes, j j In going to Due West Commencement ' i dozens of the nicest vehicles in the conn- , tv were soiled in this way, and recently I we went driving in one of the nicest ve- i ! hides in town when we had not gone far , before we wei<i forced to drive it through , ;hii ul'Iv mud hole. And on the road from hero to White Hall there are an in- < numerable manlier of loose rocks to jar , and break every buggy or wagon that'; j travels the road. Even in the eorj orate ! j limits of I ho town of Abbeville maybe' j found loose rocks that have lain in the' i road, which have been run against so of- , i ten that their original sizo and shape are i not to be imagined by their present ap-j| pcaranco. j; <a>? j i Arc the People to be Driven to Dos-., peration ? We think it about time to stop savins;' that the condition of our puldic roads isj > an index to our civilization. That old idea has been bandied about for a hun-! dred years, and within the last ten years, ;' we think it has been said about twenty | niillion times. Can't we get a rest otiji that idea? Another matter about whielnj we think the citizen has a right to eoin-! plain is the eternal agitation of the cub j ject of tlio "Negro as a laborer," and the I necessity of importing German gentle-' men and Scotch scholars to black our! boots and curry our horses. Another matter which has become an intolerable boor is the discussion of the duty of the State, or the people, to givo "encouaage-1 ment" to immigrants to oomo hither, h This is a free country, and the immigrant J, who wints more "encouragement" than j Is oll'ered by the excellence of our soil i( the beneficence of our laws, and the j health of our climate is not worth his!, weight in saw dust, and it would be bet-! tor for us if he remained at home. Can't j we get a rest on these worn out subjects ? I We are sorry that General fluller lias! taken up the latter subject. He had bet- , ter, in our opinion, stick to the roads or better still, to his legitimate duties at j Washington whore he has ncootuplishcd j] more good for South Carolina than liasi every Senator from this Slate sincc the:, war. 11 Tin: .1 nrfrr.son IntrHif/rnrrr of last week, no doubt through our want of per*! spicuity in a recent article, entirely jj misunderstood us. Our remarks about ; "poor wit," etc., was not applied to that j | paper. The reference which we had to!1 the fii/rllif/rim-r was as to the correctness j i -? - : .."I ! i W1 tin* ti' mi uiiiuu in uu ui uv iu >> mi ii I ( Imil been copied into that paper. At the j! conclusion of the article, we mentioned ! the fiifrl/it/'-tircr by name in prefacing!: the extract from our former article, j! These wore the only allusions to the/?-j' trlh\(/ciirrr. We knew at lite time, that'i the typography indicated that the article'1 was an extract. !| ? ? 11 Mr. II a in met t's Letter. [j We And the fullowinir paragraphs embodied ; in an editorial in the AhhcviHcMrilittm, which . i that paper credits as being an extract from ' j a letter to the editor from Mr. II. P. Ilain-j motl, l'resid 'iit of the I'iedtnrtnt in inufaeiur- I In^ company : "The village of Piedmont contains nhotil ' l.tim lidi.ibiiati'x. a'louMiiH.i of whom work in ; tiie Mill, in point o: mora is. retiyiom inHu-: enees, the virtue of the females, and moral iv. j ' str.unls ami influences, il i? no! execlleil by . any section of this State contaium-; I.ion p?*. -! pie, Abbeville, town ami county not M?pled.; There ale three churches, widi a inc'iibcr-j ? ship of more tlian li'M. A Surtlay-school of'j I'.Vi scholars. Teinperancfi oivuniz ilioii-j o: . moie than .'IV) m>'iiiin-rs, and :i Young Men's ! Christian Association wiliia inemli- r?hip ot" < ;il?nit '> >. We keep it day school all I he year..: absolutely five of tuition lo everybody al i Pie-lmoiit with an iivtTasc altctiilance ot * about 101) scholars, tfiii^ht by Mr. A. K Mi.ler!| and his sister, of iMie West. We have a circa- i latinsr uurnry unuer iih;?*iish"sj?? hi uif wmrn i t a?-lu*r whiHi is very jieni rally iv:h|. The.'. Piedmont M.iiinlaelui ne_' Company pays n">i i per :i 11 ii 11 in mi account of minister-salaries. ; i They |iay the entire salaries ??f hosli tlnji school leac'teis. a id tliey pay for the cir-'tiliit- 1 ins: in?n?r>. In point of morals (In* popul i- t lion is no: exeeited in any other ptaee in this j Slat'', or any otli'T State. I' is the rarest J i thin;; in Uie'woi lt I'eceinhor and lie; year previous, there j was not a single person belonging to nur vll-j lace ninler i li?* inll'ienoe ol wliislc *y. Some; fanners from the n- i^lil>0i li0'iil eanie into our I villageilfi'nl;. Inn lli y were not sympathized; with l?y ?>ii r peop'e, hut looked upon with eon-; j tempt. If ttnT?* is a single trirl in the Mill, or t on our premises, whose virtue Jis r|ucsi|n>ied. j i it is not known to the olllccs. ami if there |\ was, the oilier silris would not prcmit her tot i stay there, and work with them. They would ! 1 come to me immediately with the complaint,' and reijuest tint fhe lie sou I away, which J j ; should do at. onee. i We pay the operatives in the Mill. (exc!u- t sive of salaried otli?*er.?t over SPM.eoi in money t per a<niim, for their work. They live as i pleiit IfnI and have as ureal an abundance ol f the pest quality of food as any ol her people in i the State, rieli or poor. They dress as liieyjl want to, and always have money in their i tllll'lfel I <"111 i:t !(|IV lillle Ilill l llW > >li:i funn |.|ip girls in the .Mill ill live iniiiulcs. _ i There are more than a tln/.-'ii families in Hip a Mill, and living in our village. who own iheir j i own land elsewhere anil r? nl it. because I In* I girls prefer to work in the Mill where tin*' t work is light, ami where Ihey set sood pay j ami gd it. regularly, than to Imp cotton aii11 live. Many of our jrii'Is ; make one dollar a day I he year round. Their j s averagep iy i? troin ahout ! "> to per mouth. I s It Kali "hiis/i" ahout working under an over-1 seer, ami tor rieiiieapitalists. Their work i>]n liulil. 'I'liey work fewer hours than farm ] li laborers do. Tliey are treaicd as kindly as ,a as any family t teals their ehihlreii. We have n several families from Abbeville county, who j n moved here oil' rented laud where tliey tried ' li to make cotton and I hey could not he induced i to so hack. Tliey have had enough of il. Noi laborers in the slate, and I beileve iiillii 'j Knifed Slates, have as I i 11 to liveon, or to live for, as poor renters at the South, trying a to make a living raising cotton, li Is the J worst form of allied slavery upon earlh. No n people live as hard, have as little to eat. or ! dollies to wear or comforts in life asthey.lt 1'hey work hard nil the year, a lien on the i; crop is generally exacted. They pay from linjii to i.'id per cent, per annum lor money to buy J i provisions under their 1 i< n. li At I'iedinont we are all South Carolinians, fi I have not. and never had a Yankee overseer e in the Mill. '1 hey area!! South Carolinians and (ieor^ians. I am paying them from ii ."dill to Si."1"' a year for their work. The Super- r, iiitendcui is a'< b ortian, to whom i pay ~2.un' |; a year. They were all factory boys and iiave | b develo| e.l and grown up to be men in demand p Piedmont is a nursery and school formaiiti-j tacturers. I eon al now organize a Mill wit li, t Superintendent ami overseers from our hoys t< we have educated there, wi'h better material i ! Iian any Yankee* ku peri liter dents and over- \ t seers that I ever saw here. No country ever g bfcaine rich and prosperous who followed I: only one pursuit, labor should be diversified,' n and everything that tin- country is adapted to s utilized. The people will never get rich rais-'ii ing cotton u'one. I do not believe thai anv y fanner in Abbeville County who has raided fi anil still tlicy persist In it. J.hii I ill the im- |i mediate neighborhood (if I'icdmout, wlii'ii I v commenced to linilil there, that could not r have been sold for more than from S'i to si! per! ncre, will now readily bring from #-ftt to SVi \\ per acre. The land In tin* whole country; i around for at hast live miles distant, has h doubled In value in eon-ciiuenec of the build-! v jUK of ttie Ticdinont Mill." # Ilntr^nffP licjnilnfions. I. Orders have been issued by the Associated " Railways of Virginia and the (a retinas. to " the effect that. commencing with \iigu?t 1st, [' l>s:t. no pi?ce of baggage weighing more than " ii-Vi pounds vvill he accepted for transportation ' as baggage. If parties with baggage wei'jli- s Im; more than the specified amount insist il that a passenger is legally entitled to have 11 his baggage carried thev arc to lie informed 11 Hint if they will divide their baggage so as to bring each separate piece within the specified weight It will he checked, otherwise thev are I' simply to tie referred to the express company p nr the freight agent. All passengers are en- " litled to have I VI pounds of bajigaue carried Rir thcin, while all weight in excess ol that ! ' imount coining under the foregoing rcgula- * lions will li<' charged for at excess baggage . raten? heretofore. The railroad employes will , linii this rule with delight, as it. will relieve tlietn of a great, deal of excessive lahor herelofore imposed on them by d rutin nets ami .. pleasure '.(jurists. j H Miss Kmri'ft Ilolloway, step (laughter of pi Mr. M. S. Hale, of Ninety-Six, died Tuesday ii morning, at J.raaicy s, 01 lypnoui lever, in ? I ho I'll ti year of her ace. Miss Jlmiiiii whs a hi lovely young lady. She liaii Just entered 01 ipon the enjoyment of her vacation from li U illinmsion Female t'ollcire, ami was visiilnir If Clativcs al iiradley'.s when she was seized I: villi a spell of fever to which she speedily w ell a victim. Her remains were carried to rc Vineiy-Six where iliey were interredyester-, lay.?fibtltitla A ryu*. ? ? 1st J">iKn.?At Valley Mills, Texas. on the loth B, nstant, Mrs. Francis A. I,atini<r. sister of our M ownsman Mr. A. McNeill. His brother, H. V t. McNeill, lona and favorably known in di h.s place and Ninety-Six, died on the22dof r<. December at the same place. In March foi- si owing Mr. Lalimer the husband of his lately di teceased Mister went to Ills rest. Thus In a ol pit shortmonths be ha>- been called to mourn Li ho loss of three members of his family.? at '<ilvda A ryits. I ilh Our Railroads. iIOYEJIENTS AMONG THT I50NDS AND HANDS OF STEEL. !'iic Augusta tunl KiiDMvillo ami the City's Iiiiorpst?The Matter Drill i:i?. r .lup'ixt'l f'iu'h.licit.] The T/kroniftr has ln> interest ill 111" present lon-l iimvciiicut oi'iliO A tijiasia mill Knox. 1: 11 Kiiilri) til I < 11I a transac!Inn. sis well is :he ii'.'.iril Kir ihc disposition of put.lie iiml rivate v.dt.-s so deeply all".-*?tii?*r oiikts. I'll is paper iia? t'iiiM toe op.nions of )cad:n i inanciers :i 1 ra. 1 ;* ! ?i i i to ihreilcet liiat in- present ?ii-i'*? i i i11njl'itfil fur iin* hinds, '>, cons.(| -riiii ilit- !'a?!! I i: t they liaVi-ali' a'ly capcd t<vo iii'cic.si. in-'ailmc:ils, n very nil* one, anil ;lii> idea has found Hill I'aitii in 11*' ii :i in tier ill' hiiids liciiiif suit! ia Hie nark ct. The C.'ily's .Money Interest. The-e arc, however, <|iic.s|inns of pu'die nicrc>t which siniijcsl themselves siromjly ia Litis ?:.ai tied ion. ami appeal ;or pratlcal soluloil. It will lie rcmcniDcicd thai Ihc city of Auuustn iit-nreil the cninp ctioii of the mul iy sufi.-etiOin.-x titty thou-and dollars. thus I'.iitiu^ i lie hrid^i; wero-s lie- river ami niafclei possible the isslte ol ' "I'.'IKI-ll should I a vi- licen 1,1 wi?wort 11 m'lion.|s. The ohect uf the city was prnii'irily to secure the i!iilditi? of I lie rotilsoliial the eniiimcrcc of l!l>'city ini'/ht he hcc.eiltled ill every branch, mil so hum as pussiM:;, eontimic iheciiier|iiisc under the control ol'local nianaueiiicnt mil local iuila-nee. II was lirnily h -licve.l loo that the coined Ions with Sp irtanhur?: mil the Savannah Valley line vv.iiihi rnaile. Thus the eity stood spoa-or for the solium enterprise and endowed it intheheir',lining wiih lite. I.aM January when the Ill's! default was made, and the I>irectory tt iis 'asiinK ahoiit for some way to protect, the property, it may no! p-m-rally he known thai [here was lor:.it" 1 a syndicate ia Ainrasta and Savannah to luiy up tut: roail a! a forced sale nil sacrifice?sin, i.'hU). ili-lie vim: that I lie :o.d was worth ii'.'.ioli uio:e than this, and tnat II Civen a Chance It. would prove its own value, if not earn its i . ..i. i. .. ;11,,. (.|| v uicilii caine Ol i lie ro-eue. Mayor unci the I'it.y Cntimtil ailk-a';eed t lit; I'resident ral.-c I SI,'Hi I, ami llolllePS ill :d"l I.SMI I MMI'lll < !' hotld< U'lTC Jl"r ll.ulcd t-> keep trick liiciii' hollds? mil presfiitin them I'm* U.v this means ihe crisis was Iidcd over, ami since that 111:1 > <li? road has even surpassed ils hesi iis rc:!ui'iii?r iis tl. 1:11i:iir deht, mceiin:? its current expenses and J laying up a small r< serve ftiiiil. On all siilrs, it is admitted that the line has lieen conducted Willi can* and economy and Ii:iik1Ii'(I ?il!i skill and prudcucc. Tin; President lias lifi'ii Kxeentive ami Siiperinlenili'iil alike; li: s savc.l al. every outlet ami mail*' every mile of ihe track pay. The ro.id lias demonstrated lis full value ami Hut manI'-rcinent has v 1 ntlic.ili-il iis opacity ami li?siwmiIIllness. I>111' lint enterprise was handicapped in Iliu hctiitiuiti;;. The luiii'l Is iic was mil snlliciently larite, ami ninuoy h i I l<i he spent In linish liii'unulinn So that the ninpany has u'zaiu.at theeiul of t.iie sec mil <ix ni'uiihs, found iiself iniahle to meet ils interest. Will .11 ore Help Come ? The question Is, will the eity one" more itonie to theanl <il? the enterprise? l'tviliahly not. It is a question whether I lieelty has any leiial right to advance money to pay this Inierest. It is a cleaver question whether she eau all'nrd toadvanee litis interest If she liail the right. Attain, the ease is nol so urgent as hei'ore. Tin* hotul-lioMers, who were indiieed to take the homls hy the city's subseriiiiion l-i the capital slock of ihe road, will mil now stiller. ! lu-y hoiijiht. ihe hondsatsO imd !t and are oU'ered to-day in open mhtkel Ci. The r?i.nl is not apt to lie sacritleed even ;il forced sale, for reasons we shall emleavo.' to make plain, and the eity has ii in its power to extract proper ruarantee-i for Ihe I'ily's safety in the event of a loteign eiii'poration steltim.' control of it. Tl'.e eity is slill pecuniarily inleicsleil in the road, heyoml the outsiaiiditi'.' coupons representing Ihe advanced in I crest, Inacit'al value she has reapcttl more than four limes this amot'.tit in Ihe henclits which the line has brought to i ii? i I-...I.. ..no Iiniivriv of her eili/i.'lis : in the Brain and j>r???!it lias invited to lliis market; it) tin* trot ton it. has piled in out' warehouses ami in tin; avenues developed lor every line <>i' merchants in an unexplored section of (iiorcia and Carolina, in tIn; sinu'ie arlicle of wood alone this /o.id ha* worked heavy and inestimable advantages ? ?.!ut-inir il sl-'iOjH-r cord in this city and j;ivintl the poor and the rich cheapcr and better find. So that if the stock wa* swept out of existence to-morrow, the city may not feel that the erisls in a'i extieme one or thai her < :?peiiditnre lias Ijeen in vain. So with the smaller stceU-holdeis. Our Hope* and Fours. Were the Clyde lino or some combination unit rely foreign to Aituusta to control the Augusta and Kt;o\villc, 111'* city niislit loose her trade all alo:i[{ the route?even to I lie river? uid we may say thai it would tie better lo continue the road entirety iti Atiiitsfii'scimirol ; lint in tin' probable event ol i:s passim; away rrotn lis?for we>ee little chance lor its beim; avcil now?Mich a combination as theS >nlh 'artdina, or the i'ort I {ova I or tin' Central iCaiii'n id ini'-'bt lurm IOj?et il, would still se iile for Ain!ii*l:i the local business and a arse part of th*- benefits of the line. If. when tiie 1 iin:* came for the property to be closed int. it was found that thcie was siill a prohibillty of a sacrinceor that the pr.-per unarintees a^-ilnst unjust discriminalton were ivanlln??, it:e eitv as principal stock-holder, would ti^'lit the foreclosure in the t'oiirls. or ini'-'ht, in such an enieifjeney, st:ivt> off the rouble by atrain inccliii:i the interest. As none of these trouble* ate inipcudiiij anil as Iheie does no! seem to lie any a-are.i for tie; li'.iiiill oltlers or fiiemls of the road, it is not l-roha'de that the*A?/"*?/'w will be disturbed until October, when the propeit.v will prohlilly follow tile ill iff til the bonds. Whether >r not the city will tie pioteeled to the actual iiuounl of its slock in the morltpttfe sale, remains to be seen. Private stockn .1 dels have |i|t)liably discouiltcil the lapse of their stock, aiistied that the money lias been well spent. At the same time, it the municipality can be Iiiiiemiiilied, so 11)ik-Ii tin: lu lier l'ir us all. A JiixKirs'laoKV. Why Mo Xoarlj Killed a (ltrirytiiui; in a New Mexico ( oach ami A[!?l(?^izi'<l. Tin* seat of honoritn:l |?!r;?v!?r?' in :i Journey ivcrlund is by tin* ili iver, iiiul i i* always i sitiiiii!i!i' for i!. anil the one who suet d> in >ceurinC it is-rrg.-inlc'l a> a lucky icilow. I ;ol ji-ll in my omili si lor a seal on loji anil on1.11 my* el I recent I.v in i I. ni' tin* >1 Willi i i-l'-i^y n iiii iiiul a mail whom I ionic lor a niner,"ilurlvjj a lriji In >'ilver ?'i:y. N. M. I'll.- Iili-ai-licranil i sal on 111- l>;.I |; >. jit :ill(I lie nati Vi' mi! [acini' us, lie was diesscd in Ii.- if^r.la:ion cosiumro! ilit* country. Iiark mills ?lueV. ill hi- licit! uji ny a m.\ li-'oti'i* buckled around tJ -1 waist, nine lianicI sliirl, li iininu iv t necktie ami a cai sum>ic!o. A Ii 11 he wa-stiici; in Ills Imol ami no airiid n \\ inela -Iit rillc on f In* seal lie-idc iim. Taking him nil in a I, he wn> al> ?nt us i!y looking a specimen ol liumaiiily as I lav.* met. As iiic sla.e mind alonjr, Hie uiacr I;?nkciI <mt the w-iudir.r as if in deep lioiiiilit. '1'iic (ireie'ier an 11 cutfr. il Inlu rtuivci's.i'loll, during which hcusked my harness. I told Siini, w lien lie iiske i: "I'o the ureal papers liny lip-rary arUcles? " Ves. sir, when they uie d." 'Jo they pay lor thorn liberally ?" "They do when llicy mvcpi Incaillel-'S." "Wed, I liave?oI some very interest|ii?sul>* eels I eollld wrilc uIhjUI," Ii? eo:i:iuu<".l, as lie slasr.-jolted aio;:!i over the roic^h n.irl, nakiiu i' a III He hard to (lis: i.iu'iii-h w ha! lie vassal ini;. '"For live years I wa-a iiiiKsiunii y at Ninm, and saw many strai.gi: and starting things." "\Vliat were these scenes you refer to?" I "\Vcll. tlx- punishment of criminals wasex!! . ?! in?!y strange, iin*l is won lit' of dcscripion. When a person is con vietcd of a crime here lie Is t: U<-Il out lll'OIl I 111' Jillliiic Miuarc or execution. His neck is Ltari <1 well down 11 ton the >houidcr> ami tin* executioner dips ils fltiucr in mtiil, ami willi II makes a mark i];on tin- neck of the doomed man." "Wlial kind of mini?" should! the miner n a voice like u I hunder clap, while lie dialed t tin* parson savagely. I noticed thai., Iionuh lie kept peering out of I lie window, le had followed our conversation for some Illll', 'A sort of yellowish mini," replied the iieacher, evidently disturbed l>y the miner's ook and manner, hut he continued: "'i'iie executioner ilicn takes his heavy i word and with one i|Uick and decisive blow cvi-is the victim's head from his body."' "it's a lie." ye led the miner, in tones that iiiuhl have been heard four miles. 'The i mys do occasion I ly hanji a horse thief there, lid thctown has a pretty bad name, but tliey ever cut people's lieinls oil'. There ain t nly oik; sword in the whole placcanl tiiat i' longs to a inilllia captain and wouldn't cut I lie head oil of a turnip." "i'.ut i was a missionary there fur live' oars,*' meekly interpo-ed the miuisti r. "And I was a barber there for seven years, nd I never shaved you. neither.'' ".My friend that can: ot bv; for the people' icvcr shave tlie;c." "That is another one of your Infernal lies;' licy're as clean a shaven set of people as thar -in the West. You're a llicc man to be ylv-: iij: ilii: lowu a i.ao lllimc allcr you nave leu I. If It weren't kind ni acin tin' I"; shion In lit a person IM Um.ric yonr In-ad oil of y on iir your li. s,"cried tin: miner gelling madder very in i nu ".My dear friend." said the minister iniplnr- , m:l.v ami i-viij. nll.v much disturbed lor his a lily, "I here certainly must lie some misnice, Ynu (In mil mean lo say yon were a arher In tin- 1111111'>111 ui shun, where the; icopli* never shaVc "t'h! I IhoiiKht you were talking about 'licyeiilif." saiil the miner, aslieicll back ill-' u his chair disgusted. I was 11 it* only man who seemed to enjoy his amusing ineiileiii. ami even I foumi it policy lo show as lillle disposition to Hiilh as possible. The stai>e I'oih'd on tor! uiles after it occurred, and not a word was poken hy any one. The miner looked more ntenlly ilian'tver out of ih" window, and I there was not all expression on his siolled i ice to tudicilc what his Ihoiuhts were. The [ ireachcr looked as intenily <?ul from the op-i iiisite side of Hie stiuc and 1 .spent my tiinei aiehimi the miner, looking al the strunge enion through which we wi re pas-ins;, etc. i Al last the sia,'<'diew upal a stition where , ( were lo el aiifie horses and get sonic din-; h r. Wc u"l (ml. walked about to .-licleh our ; .'iisjaiid then went toward t In: I it tie la vorn ,'hcre wc were lo |jc| soiiielhliii: to eat. As ,-e approached the miner walked torivard, ml, iulressin^ tiie minister, said: "say, aKiner, I iiiii a right rough sort of ti feller, til I iiiimii to do the si|Uitr' liiiii!!, I kinder vershot the mark this morning about the iissiona:y business; bill, ye sec that I lived p lo i 'heytnne, and buried as good a wilej nere as ever e.i uic into I his count ry to help a nor devil make a livilli; and keep him! iralght. Wc got along right well up tliur, ] ml were happy. We had two as pretty lois s ever come of man and Woman. 1 was ii'^niY i nciii iiii\?, aim I in' null' liner's eyes with (oars a> lie spoke. I l!nt. my iloar .lane ilii'il, mnl soon iuv luu ri'liy lialn-s l.ill.nvcil her i<> luaven. 'i atir e.. tranter, il then- is Midi a lliiim as prop.e: cilia anjjels when tln-y ilio, I liaveL'ui three t' llli'in as suri' as sIkiiiIiii'. Thai's what i It'll nit' sti wlit'ii I I bought | hi'i-rU you Kivoi heyiuica harti uaiui'. l-'urall I'vojiot in llici mill lu tlilult ah Hit Is three little firav^s in lat 'iir t'lwn. You don't blame me, I know, rt'eellu' kinder hurt, hut I wants to ax your union an explain why I tlareil up so." Anil as the poor tellow linislwil speaking ii! to:us could he seen n-Hing down his ii i'Us. lie turned away as if to hide IIn ui. ill we were hotti deeply uopecs-ed with In* nthoiie story, arid the ininistfreely loralvcl iin fur thesceiie he madr in the coach. l-'ive liiiules later all three ol us were sittfiitij. ound tlii- little talili- in tlie tavern.and no nc who had not In'tird the story of the miner's j fe in Ch'*yeiUH: would believe Hint sin-h a inter, generous 11111 111 s i v tr In art could lie! idden within this rouuh, ruile type of theild life of these Territories.?AV-ic-l/i .#-/c< fur- < '.ijiun tie nee I'ltihuhlji/iid 1'rrtx. ItKfr.siis Pavmkxt.?C'oniptroller (ieneral oney has demanded a sett lenient from Mr. , 'J'. Lawtou, Into TrenMirer of the County, j. r. I.uwton, through his attorneys, Messrs. 'urren & Warren, refuses to pay the balance ; je Ihe State,claiming that It was lost by tin? ibhcry of his Mite and that he is not re.?pon- j blc therefor. Immediate steps will no juht be taken by the State anil county otll- 1 nls to recovet the nmount due from Mr. ' iwton's bondsmen. The case will come up 1 the next term of court.?Hampton Guarin}, f>?r travel- j i Iiiji from a oily In:i town, or fiotn si viIt-i | In liiiinli-t, wo may prcsiliilo lliu people lo In;i ! horliariuny." j Tins .'fiitimr-nl was uttoreil liy a I'ron?h I I wiiluroi ilislitii lion aliotii. iho 11:1 I < 11 o of Iho i 1 -tli ooitmy.suii.ollilii;; nioro than a hiimlroil j yours io.:o. Now, wliilo wo havo a?>mio "laoM i lios lor ire vc'iin:; from a oily Inn town or from a viI.?jo to a liamloi," I am alia hi in parts of t' -tin try, iiii.I iioiwofii a mi in lift* of our "oilios ami towns" t:n?l * vil aiios ami lianilols," wo I nvi! not, such "faoi!ilio>" as will , t.il.o u* utic.!// o"t ()< iho onto^ory omhraooil j in tins swooping sia'oim-iil. I am -"iro I slioiial fool im'iluoil to rosonl tho iiiiputatlnii oi "i arli irisrn'' it It >h- ill I ho apt lioil In I!iis looalily,;>:111 y.-i it "faoiliiio< for travo.ii'g" Is In !) ooii>irnoic.l a> rol'ori in;; lo }> :> ;it: liiirli* ways, anil tin y :.ro to ho tin; nioaMire of our i,........... i ;c,i i,. 11 I ilnti'i soo lioW 1 could wcil c-capc the inipe r'liiiclil. Many j >!' our hi-, h ways ari! | >u >> t s<* roads only in; : name. We mar.aac to get over tlicni alter a i: i -11> i j. I?n f they cannot Ih-raid to furnish (' r.tfilillt s lor I raveling." In many places lli'-i i" location Is faulty, I heir construction | worse and (licit* m;<iniit<-r supcrlalively . bad ; ainl il makes uni' feel like a "liarh.-irlan" ! nr heallien, whatever may lie his pretentious to a ei vili/ed exi-tcnce, every lime he I ravels j over a "chronic ease" of hail road. I havej tii?*<l lo IIi:<1 some way out. of the "old ruts" I ami at tlie same time adhere lo our present j I system of public roa l-workinz. it- have tint succeeded. J do not tielieve there is a way I 'out except by chanai'ig the law. The force! provided hy law is strong cmni!;h in nuniheisl | ar.jU muscle, hut the maehitiery for utili/.ina j 'tlie force is defective ami iiieilicncioiis. II j 1 does not operate eilieieiiIiv. Von may hind I i;ether ail army of I lie best (kilting material in llis world, and. however skilful ami] aide tin- general, without organization and i discipline they will ho no more elleetive lin military operations than a molt. Yon may assemble up.:n the public highways of Sonlh t'aii'Iilia a hundred thousand or n hundred 'ami lit'ty thousand of the ino.-t stalwart laborers lo l>e ton nil. lo work and keep them in repair, and if there is noother inducement lo make them do the work Well than their own volition, and ? 11 - - presence of an overseer or sit peri nt i mien:, i hey had almost as well he at j home, 'I'llere is tealiy no other inducement j Under our s.\ si esn, unless 7011 take Into ac-j count this sentiinciit of patriotism and 'lie meagre penalties provided in the statute. I'atrioti-m never worked a road lit for a aoal | ; to tiavel Iroiii tin- days when the Unman consul" and pra'tnrs made their emliirlim "ways" to the last spasmodic eliort.s on the Horn's) I Creek Mills in this county. Ami I lie "potisi!-; j ties" have few terrois for the avcraae road hand. We place in the hands of our t 'utility ('oininlssioiiers a huge machine without tinpower to make it operative, ami yet expect] them lo give us good roads. They simply cannot do it. if each one of them was an expert. aeeoin|itiolici[ as .MeAdaiti <>r Tulliiiiril, and would devote every worklm; day In the I year to 1 his business ami no ot iter. ! It was a part of my purpose originally to I in ve ai ven a synopsis of t lie road laws of sev- j oral of the states as well as our own. lint, I ti in I upon examination of the statutes it.; Would occuny more 01 your space i 11:1.11 1 could properly ask for, ami f sliiill, therefore. ] content myself with ilif luiiiliiii! features uf our own statutes ami such reference to others usoccas'oii may ret pj ire. I was in hopes by this liuii- lo have had tin* number of 111i.es of ' public roads in this Stale, hut as.vol few replies have heel) mada hy III" several boards of eotuity eomiiiisdoiicrs to tin: rjucstion that I took the libt rty of submitting sometime sinee The proees* of procurdig the in formatio i appears to me very simple. Kvery coun-i ly is ill vided into "road districts." overseers j are appointed over every seel ion of road, ami ot course i-aeh knows how many miles lie has: under hisMipervisiou. Soil. it it would only he necessary to net returns from the overseers | and a<ld them lip. I do not can? that the report* he more than approximately correct, tor! my purpose ln:i>king this information is to form sotue estimate (which can only he up-1 pro?:Imalej of the cost of maintenance under a uiven pl:m. And my Interrogations about bridncs and terries were propounded with the same view. Ilovvover, I have no douot this iuforinaiton will he foithconiluj in due time, and in the meantime (in my next communi-: cation; I will address myself to the consider-j at ion of our own statutes. In the interest of an intelligent consideration of thi<i|iie>tioii it would he very desira-j hie to know how many persons are liable lo] road duty in South Carolina. Taking out the] inhabitants of cities ami towns, who are not] liable, but an? taxed either in 1 heir pel sons or; property or both for the expense* of the municipality. the number of road hand* omrlit to; heulmn*t C'|ual to the. number of voters out-j shlc of Incorporated limits; but more on this branch of t he subject hen alter. I am fully alive t? the diflicnltics in my] path in the treatment of this subject. I realize how the consideration ol any economic juesiion in till*and oMn-r Southern states is cmharri;.-seil an-l complicate I by 1 lie lietero"eneoiisiiess ot the population; one c ass pay!!! _' a large poriion of the ta.-c*, and the other very llitie. ye! ail *harln>: aiike the beneiils of public expenditures or improvements. I am fully conseion* of how prone our people are to regard with distrust propositions Icoking lo the abandonment of old and limchoiiored met I oils, or tsiake Innovation* upon settled customs ami habits, and how j"aloiis!y the* w.iScli any movement likely to le-tllt in an increase of lavil ion. I hi* i* a* it shotiid lie. It i? riitht and pr #p-*r that we scrutinize carely the Impt slrg ol taxes and appropriations of public nion -y. for in that way alone can of (in r <; ivitii ni'-nt. I uo f.rtlier. t> 1 way that no i'Iihiiuc <>! Inw Is JusiiiluMe that isliot KiiMaim i! iiv Miami mason and I!cxini*neics of lh>' Imlilit', and no iucrcaxc i!> laxa.ion is jusiitiali.c nvcr mill ahove the ivtua! dcnijiuls of lln> public service that cannot lit* clearly shown to he ii'.temled hy conipi'iisalory advantages to the pi op!i\ I appreciate inti nios; cmplriUc import all tiic.-e dit'icul;io- an I many moiv. i>;it si f aiilc d:s".is.?inn of a jiri-.il t|U"slion liU?* Itii? can result in no li .rin, Tl.c need of improvement ainl reformation i- admitted on all sill?-;. Ii i> imi'i ly an I't'oiioniio (|in slion an>l iris no elements that can give it a political or parly trouiple.Ninn, and on lliat account Is lince worthy of theh-st I bought and carncsl rcilcc!ion of every citizen wlio ha* an interest in iii?- improvement and advancement of hi* Stale ami Mi" I'lcvaiion anil c union uml liealtliiui progress of mankind. I-'or myself I (Mil liopu io do no more than call public atleiiiion to a licit er of viiiii important."' Io every man. woman ami ehiid In tin; "'la;e. i If I sic ft-eii in doiic/ Hint, aid uet th?*m to thinking about iI. ultd 111 I lie smallest decree promote amom: tl.c people a more thoroicjli ni.tti, so to sj eak, iilni examination iiitooiir countless resources and possibilities oi development, I ,-iiall Ih? more lhan couipetisait'd tor whatever lahor, limcaml rejection I may have lie?toweil upon this roa I ipiu-lioii. The people at last inibl si tt'e it lor themselves. My inters; is theirs ami their* is mine. so Hint whalevcr ultilinn is made. if any. li t it he made in a spirit of rundo:'. ami with a single aim !<> i lie puMic prosperity. M. C. KL'ILKU. T?ie Nt-irro iis a Laiic.m*. f.V/ " < f'ntirirf.] There was an earnest discu-sion of the labor <|ii<'siion in (lie Africa it ti ral meeting at Alal ioll. on Wednesday. A number of p"nmilielit m.Mi snvi' their views upon the sul j -ct, ami while it was lieneivl'y concede ! that the labor of i in- negro is iusiid'.cicnt, no plan was suggested liv which his place can be supplied. Senator I'.uthr tool; an extreme and rather ra?h view of ihe subject, we think. wiicn lie said that there lias been no time since Isii'i w hen '.lie labor ha- been more iiiitrnsi worthy t h::i llnU', and that "we eon Id safely s; hi re I wo 'bundled Ihiill^and of tin; negro laborers." No one wi.l deny thai the negro, us a rule, is slotliful. Ijiioi'ati! and liitilllei'eul to his own b; st interests, and that the lie-jro fn''iner is not, as it general thing, a progressive farmer j He h ild- to the old method- and does not keep pace wit h the seielitilie theories of the present (lay. lie I a? li"t learned tin- vauu-of economy in bis dounstie and business rela-, Hons, arid yet the stubborn t'aet stales ns in Hie faee that he is tlie only laborer we have, anil thut it is absolutely impossible to do ] without him bud as lie is. Ii is liitle less than trilling with a gie.it economic i|Ucvtinii. to sty that we can spare two htindred thons-i and ol nemo iaborer* without pointing out i I some way by which their places con III besitp-j ! pii.'d without delay. It would lie a blessed iliing lor I In- State if We could exchange this 11limber of colored people for a:i e |t:al number ! of Ihrilty ami inlelli-ient white agricultural luhnicrs, but until the State adopts a better immigration policy, and until the people here are ready to extend more il-itlerim; indue.;nients ti*> while settlers tlian have ever been . otlered iii 11 if* pu>t. I !i<> si *rk*ultural prosperity of I In* stall* vill largely depend upon the "in-. ctHirifiil' lahor ot tl r lieyro. Col. 1 >11111*11 ii. iin* President of tin* AsjrlenlHi ml Society, ami other practical farmers oft li?r?f experience, say that hi* is a I'ailuri* as a li-iiiinl. This is doiiliilcss true in a majority! of eases, ii though many in?t nu*?*s could hej cited when* the nrgro lias heen siii*i*i*s-.ful as an independent farmer. i>ut ^raiitinu that lets osily ;i micccss as a roinmon lii'iorer or **tli 1*1 liaiiil," thi n ii't him In* i*iiij>loyitl as siieh am! let ilii* truantry system lie aholislieil. The ureal tioiihh* with many ol the fanners in this State is that I hey are afraid of llu* sun I ami uant to;j*-t into some easier employment than titling ine soil. Thi-i? not tui-iia-s. A merehiiiit hikiIiI not lius' the maui/--uicnt of his aiii-iirs to his e>il?s anil poller*. an>l neither should the farmer xvlio is alive lo I?i ?, interests leave the eoiilrnl of his t riiiim; operations lo his ii;m>rau( ami iineilneateil1 hireling-. lint is in*j;io lahor a fiilure? I'iii|iiestion*1 alily ii t!oe* i.ot eotlie lip, in titili?y respects, loj the demand* of all iifje of advanced ailienl*1 tliral developments. alld when let! !o itseit it falls far >hort ot what mole inn lli**''iit lahor in ii: Ii t aeeomplish. In spile of all this, however. then* liiis never lieeii within tie* history 1 of tin* Stale it mule prosperous era than the pre-cnt or tie* iniiiieiliale past. A eurren! of new lite has le ell infused into riirinirlcuiture. We make larger erops thail ever hefoie. NVej have more eottou to sell ami more hreatl lo; eat. Wc have no lahor st rikes, ami wherever there is an intelligent supervision of the! farm the returns ot the .soil are lar;:e and the pro- peiity of tlie planter assured. We Mould hail with di'liihl tie* eoiiiiu;; of coin I white immigrants, Itui we waul to see Ilielil eomilUI he|i*ie we ei ipple our own interests by in>i-1ilia that tin- negro must Tlio Survey. 1 I'ickr/is St n/itn!. f '"lift. Kirk, wiili hi* corps ui enaiiieers rcacheil Kasic.v last Sntiil'ilii.V, <'Otii|>l>'lill'i, we. suppose, ihc survey ui ilit* "Maiik movement' route l?y (iri en villi*. We lc.-irti thai hetlhl lint un nearer (irccnviile than two miles, ami cro?seil iiii- ,\ir (.jut- Kiiatl near where the public I'oarl Itos.i this place l.y I'ox's liriilue! Tosses l!. !!(? lin n crossctl tlie Sallhla l i ver at la^on's 111 In Km*ley. 'I In- reason, ?> 11 n.|<-r>l:in !, I'nr nut ?<iln;j ui-aior < iri-oii viMo I haii In-iiiil, was to save i! i -1 a 11 < . The route sii''vcycil, il ' is saiil, i!icrcuses llii' tli-liimr out Ihco'il route, niin-ui' ten mill's. Thecorps will move towal'ils llii' III oi 1111 i:i us tills Wck, hut how larthej iiiti'iiil :;oiiiu \vi* <lo not know. Then* In lllll Hull' Work to llo ll.V till' I'TIJiitll'l'l* Oil the oli I loiiti', i llii' oiii- ti| on wlilrli Ihi- road, will hi- huili, if suli-:-liii^ obligations aiul common sense is to govern the actions of the companyl ill llii* Slate, hut tticri'is much to ilo in North ( urolina. ami w c .-uppo-i- t'apt. Kirk will go mi Willi licit work ai this time lltty KaNinu* in Audcrsuii. (.1 iiilrrxmi ./ iih-ii"/.] (Mir ctlicii'iil Coniily Aiiilllor, Mr. T. .1. . Wi'hh, [iniorms as il.at from ilie lax returns , tuaile this year lie estimates llini (lie iiuiuher , ot hoys iu Auih'i's in county is increascil lioni live to leu limes the number rcluriicil last' year. The c.\aet iiumher relurneil this year " calitiol lie 1'i-turnei 1 unlil the si' -!r:icl is com |'letI il. probably some time in Se|ilelnl>er, hill. Ilie Auililor is salislieil thai it w ill not he less than live times I he iiumher leiurncil lasi year which was 7,717, vuiueil at H.'i.iKi. l-'ive times tills woulit he :>s,7"."> l|oj{s of the total value of ?7!i,!'l"), or in other wonts il sues to wi #?%* iii*it v ii,iiti'vini hi111 \- will In* nearly as inilc|H'inlciit <>f IIii' W'ryt tin Hit- un a 11 ? lion next year its il has t-cen this year on Mm; corn t|iifsiinn. "Now itii: mil* hrnw? limuui with victorious wreath-." <>hl Anderson tins ilctcrmim-il to livu at home ami board at the same place. 1 Mr. James M. C.irwile died at ! o'clock Wednesd iy afternoon nl Ills home, l.cvel [.ami, Abbeville county, nIt<*r about two wecke severe i 11ness from tyi>holil It-vcr, aaed j ihout t?! years. lie Hawaii exemplary mem- ], iter of ttif* nnpilsi church, ami was highly cs- j, co hi ft I liy all who knrw him. lit.- remains v ivere Interred at Utile Uivcr church oil Thurs- l: lay morn inn.? -'t lulrr.unt Journttl. It is in order now to plant your second crop, o jl Irish potatoes. I CONGAPtEE Co 11 mbin, S. C. Agent for s-a r r 4 t ^ r ? KJ LI iY 1 ^VIN '? PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. *|MiKSF. WORKS WKUI-: KSTARLtSIIEO J in IIT by M? ssrs. Geo. Sinclair ami James Anderson ami purchased by me in the year l.s'iii,am) from that time till now curried on Miecessfidly by myself, .My fri?nds ami customers will hear witness of the lai'ye ami stupendous jobs executed by me. It \;jis nt niy works win-re tlie liinrest and almost only job of lis class ever ext ent ed in this city wasdone, viz.: tin making of the pipes for the City Water Works in the year IKK In the branch of ltKI.L FOCXWXG. I can say that I have made life lamest hells ever cast in the State, Mich as the bell for the IJliy Hall In Cnlumhin. Mv stock of p litems for AIM 'IIITKITI*IlAi. WoRK. COLUMN'S for Store fronts. Is lar-'c ami various, ami in . U AI LINGS for Halconies, Gardens and Cemeteries I have the lamest variety and most modern patterns; niany of these are patented and I have purchased the rmht. f'?r this State. in the machine line I can turnNh my patrons with SI'KA.M KNGINK* and BOILKRs of any sl/eand description. .My CIRCULAR SA W M I LLS have carried oft' the prize at every Slate Fair held in this city, and In their construe!ion I have taken pains to combine simplicity with ttin most useful modern Improvements, and may (latter myself that my CI RCCLAR SA W MII.LK tlml favor with every sawyer who understands his business. The many orders I am steadily receiving for I slrGAK i'AXK MlliijS prove that the public I appreeiiite the mills of tny make, and so it is I with my GKARIXG for IK>RSK POWERS, GfN WHEELS, GRIST MILLS and other , MACHINERY. i I nave tlio manufacturing rlyht or ninny I'ATKN'Ts, such as cm slinks for HOCK COTToN AND HAY I'KKss and 1 lir?-?* or four 1 iHeront KKKO CUTTKIiS and other Imptoni**n!s. I will he pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price list or estimate. ! >l.v prices arc moderate, and I assure the publh'tliat they are lower even than those of Noithern manufacturers fi'd that my work will compare favorably with that of any otlier maker. Address John Alexander, Cosf!,\i:r:n Ikon Works, Columbia, s. C. J L. CLARK, FOR THE GOOD OF THE CRAFT I HAVK COXCMJDKD TO GIVK MY j whole attention to my Shop. 1 shall give it OOol> ATTENTION. IP any person wishes to have his \V A TCI IKS UKPAIUF.D Hrins them in. I have all the tools and ma terials to do it up in the best of style and at the lowest rates possible. If you want .voui clock repaired brills it in and it will be done rifjlst. 11 you want your .1 KW'KI.UY MENDED Hring Hon. If you want your SEWING MAC11INI-: MKNDKT) i Tills Is the piaeeto>rel it done in tholiest oi order. You can haveany pieeemaile ncw.ot the old one repaired. If you want your jinn or pistol repaired this is the place to have it d-ine. All these articles will be repaired in the best of order at the Lowest Prices. (Jive me a trial and satisfy yourselves? TERMS CASH. J0H!J L. CLAEE. I vt niTT n r\ r\ t\ n MYV illHl|t> ?AT ? -AND; 1 ^0 (>^ ^,e style prlntJ t * " W CUXXIXOIIAM &. TEMPLETON'S. r n PIECES Bleached Muslin, nt lowcsi Oy pi ice*, itt Cl'NNIXUHAM & TEMPI.ETOX'.S. ALAiUJE assortment of Jeans and Cassi lucres at Ct'XXIXOHAM & TEMPLETOX'S. nfiiiTS, Shoes and Hats in Innumerable D sly|fs :ind prices, at CCXXIX< iII AM it TEMPI.ETOXS. TPvUXiCS. Trunks. Trunk*. Trunks.at CUNNINGHAM A TEMPLETuX'S. RE A l>Y-MA DE CI.OTHIXG, all the latesl cuts, at CUXXIXGHA M & TEMPI.ETON'S. EVEPYTHIXft in tlie grocery line?Sugar Collet1, Tea, I! iee, Molassc.', Tobacco, ClieCM.- and all shelf aoods ;it i CCXNINU11AM & TEMPLETOX'S. THY our s pound to the dollar Cotfee. You will And it excellent. t'L'N N IN'ill A M & TEMPI,ETON'S. ROAIj Hakimr Powders, the purest made, at CUNNINGHAM ?V TEMPLETOX'S. />M II r.' liAel til.lfK- .???,! /*. *? ? !?.?* ? i kept. (i" a! I! arts, at tVNNIMillA.M A TK.Ml'LKTON S. DHKSS iiDOlis in varied stylos, at ('I' NX I X<>11 AM >V TK.Ml'I.lOTON S. Sept. 1;!, lK-'J. If DR. F. F.GARY HAS moved (o Alilicvilln for f lie practice of medicine. and oilers his professional services to tIn* public. i 'alls durum tliodaymay ho left at tlm office o'" Col. Ktjjfi'lu; I!. <iary or at Itie former ivsidunce of Judge MoGowan, now occupied liy 1 >r. i iary. Jan. ::i, I.ns:!, 12m iF. KTTiRSEL Boots and Shoes, Harness and Tanyard. BUST material used, line workmen employ ed,custom work made promptly, and at tllciou'cst I'ottom prices lor cash. Hides always tioii.ilit :tf the highest market price foi cash or in exchange tor leather or work. January -js. ISNI, |y. \VM. II. l'AItKKIt W. C. Meti(>\VAX. /* rr ti ?_ r-T _ n Atn /* u? ct met!ru w nn ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, A1:lis:VI1.1.K, C. I!., s. c. * ?' II, T. |- -:?4*i ice also in I In- <'iron it Courts o 1 ? llie Ciiitcll Stiilr.s for Suilth Carolina* .Iiiii 7. l.ssn, tr W. J. HOG EES, | Merchandise Broker, OKA I.Kit IN CHAIN, I'l/U'lt. MKAT-. j IIAV. I5IJAN AMI < iU< M'Kltl Ks. All i communications cither liy win' or mail an|ironi|>l'y. I. li. IioCKSSrt will utlviul j to ollioo liii.siiu .ss when I it in absent. W. J. ROGERS. 1 .Ian. l'i, !Ss-j, |y Children Carriages. I r) A I"r \ N. new ami pretty styles AKo.a L lol of Hows Wiii'miis?(run ami \V??otl,ut .). I). (,....I.MKiW it CO. March 11, iss.1, tf O KI.K-ISA Is INC I'.tick wheat at ?> ( I NNINOIIAM iV TKMIT.KTOX. March 11. !;> >::, tf Just Received. OVKi: |aa ItASKKTS?l.iinch Maskots, Market Itaskeis. saidiel Jtaskcts. Key ISaskcts, Nnisei v I'.askets. IS. M. II ADDON >t CO. Fell :>. |ss:5, tf IK von wsiii i 11 nice spiitn; suit call on CI NNIN'i.lIAM A Tl.Ml'LKl'ON. March li, I'Vi. if Paragon Axle Grease. IMIKImsI in insirkrt. Which I will sell cheap 10 dialers l>y III'1 pack nut*. 11r*t: iI rice IHciits, in- three liir cents nt tiicAlsoii corner. 1 llns. liLt.iis. , .March II, lss-{, If Baskets, Baskets, Baskets. N utv.it varieties at i: m. MAimoN co. , March 21, lsx:i, tf Shoes, Shoes, Shoes. I A I?f I'S I'ine siuic*. I'hi Id roll's Fine Shoes. j J .adies alul Children's Slippers. H. M. IIAJilxiX A CO. March 21, |ss:i. tf I ifKLLIMHOUSE FOB SALE, ! \VKKY convenient DWKI.I.INfi Ilol'sK with eight rooms, hall and piazzas. Iiaseui'iit rooms, pantry, closets, Ac. splendid allien, stah I is and other out houses, uood fell, and liea at I In I [lower uardeii, situated ear the business portion of the town. Cor terms?apply at the J'rfs.i ami Manner tllce. June "0,1SS3, "ia h~. - ' ^'.4 ?. ,. - . ? V V'? The Place to Get What You Want! ! : jCHRiSTIAN&WiLSQN ALWAYS in store, a complete stock of FANCY GKOCKUIKS, OANNFI) i GOODS and CONFECTION ICKIFS of all kinds. The best and cheapest ClGAItS and TOBACCO. The FINliST WINKS and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey I For medical purposes a specialty. Also, j Choice Liquors of any kind for medical purposes. i Give u:s acall. Satisfaction guaranteed. CHRISTIAN & WILSON, Abbeville, S. C. ; Nov. 10.1S81, tf J. Knox & Co. ?AOKNTS Kin? ! MR. TOM YOUNG'S PURE fidRN WHISKEY best iind purest CORN W1IISX KEY brought to tills market. ; Juno 22, 1581, if H D REESE, 'i ABBEVILLE, S. C.. REI'AinS WATCHES. CLOCKS, ANT Jewelry in Hip best manner at tlie lowest prici-.x. Long experience urn! eloseappllnil Ion lo business merit consideration from those huvltirr work to be done in his line. lie keeps .Icwelry and Silverware lor sale. | Feb. 11, IHft.), l'Jm l. W. I'kiuun, T. P. C'otiikan PERRIN & COTHEAN, Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. Marshall P. DeBraM, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. | BAR BOt SHOP HICHAUD (JANTT. Is now prepared to d< ii! 1 wink hi bis department in the lie.-l j manner and at rca-onaWe elm rues. Menthlj ' i customers tthavlnir. hair eiitiliij; nnd shamn.w.io.. VI ,7. ,....,.>1. 1J.I... O I .....I .till I1" iii^iim iioiiruuiiu |iui ;ln the best condition for i'j cents each. Simp under tlirrprcaa and Banner office. March 15,18.SJ, tf Call Soon. TO make way for a Kail supply ol every kind of IIAlJNES-i, 1 will sell my pruwnl ! stock ill ^rrat'.y reduced prices, at the t.lncln .: tiutl Repository. TllOS. liEGGS. ; May hi, !;?{, tf A Bargain. 4 LIGHT fatnl'y Untouch. sliahtly dam \ aged, can he bought chenp by railing ai the Cincinnati Itepi.sitory. The damage wli not interfile with the wear of it. THOS. BEGGS. May Ifl, 1383, tf For Sake of Variety. OXI", Brewster Side Bar Buzz}',one Timp kin Side Bar lint;fry, wllii steel axle* n i! j Tin s, ns good as the best has l.een added t< i the stock of the Cincinnati Repository. fa! soon if yon want something nice for a Sum rner evening drive. . TIIU.S. BLGGS. May 10, lv'o, if All the Rage. ] * MOXGST the stock ol vehicles In th< | [\ (ineinnati Repository is a twowheelei I 'oa<! l'iiacton. It only wants a trial lo ?nak< it the most desirable one horse vehicle in use THOS. BEGGS. | May if, I8S.-!, t f J. C.NEWMAN. ! IF you want nice homemade harness, go tf 1 .1. C. Newman's .shop in Knox's building Abbeville,s. C. , May 2. |X;j.l, tf i . 5 fflM COPPER Vfik, i "5sTIE2 j bliii^HisKxi i Cjilars. \' NICE lot nl e: Irsi lnrjreaml Iienvy ilraft ?"<ilInrn. Just ik-cIveil ami for sale at tlic ,I i.'inclnnatl Ucposltny. Gs> 'j Apt I' 11, lES3,lf" '** And Still They Come. JrsT received aaother lot of those nlor smooth "uguy Harness, which 1 ran sell at tin' wonderful l<w price or Ten Dollars pel set, at the ClticlnniU Iteposlt"iy. ; THUS. DKGtiS. June C, 1883, tf Just Received. 3 CASES of Mllliicry, new styles for Sum ir.vr and very; heap. K. M. IIADDON & CO. i May Si, 1883. tf < j j Brest Collars. ' | rs r Hio thlni for a stvlMi ovpntnir <!rlvo, I iit vai-lotKpnfeeK, tit tlieC!hciu?:;tI Kcios; ii"ry. TilO-i. i;K(iUS. Julie 0,1SS3, tf, ";D!J i , - ^ i r 1 j : : *J ' a m i T r* ! j i> i I ' " A' .r.y i 15 ;-M 12 ? ''-ia . * * !<- ,' ; J !M, i .. ,> I for :C I P' ' <Y OF j M- ' j ! ' Lit ! e>.. j. im c< mpi.: J 'r KjtictJ. \ s M !rtis our l.-'-i- * ? Co. 1 S?V. . .1:1a, Ga ! ' ! ~-J}. I Ir-S?-;-:'. |.; ?* :^ -- | ?>&&. ??-: m -'.^rTRtxrirs , xm.v.V. ; ?:::? WTftB to vV.'tt v ;< ;r.<! Vi'ojms | 1 '* J fs*'" * " ' I MliM ' v * v;:m<. if ?tcU : ' * * '* ? i< ! < < . r*l ' .* i * ?!'? (Krcc* : :N : }* > ; < : v?jic and re? ; t 1^ S" . . ;':V Ml CPi'RPISTS . J ' - ' >: K??P5-KS. .[ ' "-v.fr i-'rop. j v. -? a ">2 J). ; L? ^3'S HC<f*5Ca.tfD CIVILE POWDERS : NVx I No !t->?i ..will .11? rt iv.m< nr J.r.vo Fs- I vr.:t. -tit. IVv.! ; .. ?r- ... 1 I ! . ! i!-ji-wwi;i. :: . i . imipRA. ! i < v ,, > . i* k..wi\ ! . : I j ?'* <* vr.ll . : .M -I't.'v OI tlitlaC I n'i?I ri , ;??n Miry per <vu:? ur.t! ?:.au?; t.:c butler ?rw Sii i ..;v-ot * l'?? :/"? I\y wf?! rurn rr j>:rvont almost cvkuy Di -i-.\.-i' to '??:' ?? F!?>? ?- - ? tit'.'.ire siihuvi. I.? r- H ? k?? v. ii.:. i;t v:. actio*. j l avti* r. r^~7S, rrcprictor, ? EALTIuTOHi:, IXD. ! 1 '3uggy Cushions. > Jl'ST i "ived a job lot of I'linny ami Cat- ' ria^<.-'*"n-!it>ins, which will be sold very low tor esf'i ni tin' CINCINNATI KKPOSITOKY, r T. UKGUS, Agent. Jan. IT If .Silks and Satins. ] ri'IIK I li'""1 "fM-k of silks, satius, Ottoman r I sill-,. Hrorailc Silks, Figuteil Silks. Ae. a All polofcio oo tounil at li R. M. 11ADD0N d: CO. | Marcba,tr^f. " 1 ? Notice. I IHAVK Just Unshod repairs on my MJ]^| and Imv? both WIIKAT MILf.S in | tlou ayaiij, unil wow up with my Kri m. nv.vnrjM I .tnly :3.im If LOOKOfrl jSavauuali Valley Railrofl PURLIC mrctlnj;* Ji> tho InfrrMif of WIUII.III >mnti i.HI II UHU UI1> ? lir>I<] in Alibevlllc County al the follow^H . times and place.": I At I.owndoville. July .10th, ISH3, lit 10 A.^H | At Riley's School House, July 31st, 13&t^H 10 H j At Mt. Carmel, August 1st, 1S83, at 10 A. j At Dr. filbert's, August 2?1, 1883, st 10 A. j At McCormlck's, August 3d, 1883. at 10 A.^H ! At Troy, August 3d, 1883. at 4 P. M. MB lJy order oi the President. J. E. BREAZEALE, Secretary S. V. R. R. OV^H ! July 18, 18S3.2t ilHI POOR 111 O'-'kick County Commissioners, July llth. SEALED proposals (or the malntenanee^H the paupers or the County during tl'e^^E piling two years, commencing on Novem^Kj 1st, l.WJ, will be received at this office ur^H Monday, the Uth day of August next, on wbB ; day the bids will tie opened and thccontrJKB 'awarded to the lowest responsible bltldHft Hi Hid with approved security will be reqnligS The contractor will be allowed the use of JH Poor House farm. K i Specifications may be seen at this office,a^V .| copies will be furnished on application, liy order of the Hoard. ' j JAMES G. KLUGH.9 Clerk U. C. G. dfl j July 11,1883, it Sheriff's Sale. I i G. \V. Connor, F. W. Wacener A Co.. and o^H crs against B. C. Hurt?Ex ecu t lone. M| I I? Y virtue or sundry executions to medlre^l I -L> ed, In the above stated iwe, I will .sell HI ' the highest bidder, nt public auction, wltt^B the legal hours of snip, ill Abbeville Coi^B i House, on Monday, the sixth duy of Aupo^B I IHsjI. all ihe right, title and intereatof B.^H | Iiart, lu the fol.owing described real estate,^! WNo. I. ONE HOUSE AKD LOT, In the toifl of Cokesbury, containing SEVEN (7) ACRES, H more or less, nnd bounded by Mr*. M. and street*. No 2. THE MILL TRACT, containing H > THREE HUNDRFI> AND FIFTY (?| L ACRES, H more or less, and bounded by Saluda II G. W. Jones. Tolllson and others. 1H 1 No..1. THE PUCKET PLACE, containlH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY (150) ACRbH more or less, and bounded by M. Wllllan^B W. Z. McGheeand others. No. i. THE TURKEY CREEK TRAC? coutalnlng ( TWO HUNDRED (200) ACRES, VH more or less, and bounded by C. L. Smltb.^^M . Z. MeGhee and other*. No. r,. THE WARE TRACT, contalnlngM ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY (lflj) ACR^H morr or less, and l>oun?le?l by Sa'u^ksIUy^l Estate S. Daniel. fork and other*. No. ri. ONE LOT,In the town of Cokesba^H couta'nlng H f * ONE-HALF ACRE. I j more or less, on uhleh Is a WOODEN STO^H I HOUSE, bounded by o. W. Connor, A. Alk"ii and others. H Levied on and to be sold as th* property P.. Hart to satisfy .the aforesaid Kxeculio^B and eoxi. TERMS CASH. J. F. C. DrPRE, Sherlfl Abbeville Couuty^B I Into II IC<1 ft ' State ol mulii UiuhB Abbeville County. ^Dj IN THE COMMON PLEAS. V i Mary A. Olive, Plaintiff, ") PummonM against . j for . JosIaIi 8. Wl.H.f.wt Adinlnistra-1 tor of the Estate T. 0. White, f Completing deceased, ami In hi* own right] not Berv^H and others, Dcfenduuts. J |H To the Defendants Josiah 8. While, Carter* White, Rachel N. While, John J. White,? la Pitman.and Roxanne. Eddleman. \ I \rOU nre hereby summoned and required B answer the comiilnini In this a<-tloo.' which a copy Is filed In the offlcc of the CU>^| of raid Court at Abbeviilo Court Hou?e.niM to Kcrve a copy of your answer to the anS complaint on the subscribers nf thelrofllceS A libi t II e ('mil l IIoiiS<>. South Carol Inn, wltfl in twenty days afte;- the service hereof. rxclH si ve of the day of service, and If you mil answer il:e complaint within theilmo AforB said, th<> Plaintiff in this ac'lon will apply the said Court lor the relief demanded tql *? i comnlulnt. * B peiuiln ?fc COTHEAW, Plaintiff's Attornckyi.l Dated 201 h Juno, 1883. Jj j [L.S.] M. 0'. Zeiuler, C. C. p. To Joslnh S. White. Carter C. White, Raebfl X. White, John J. White, Olbi l'itman anH Koxaniw Kdillemnn. H Tuke Koike That the summons or wblcH the above Is n copy has this day been ! with the complaint to forecloses mortgage^! i he real estatl* of Thomas C. White, dccease^H Minuted in >:;id State anil County.) In the Jl?v of the CicrU of the Conrt of CoiotooH 1'lins for ?ald County. H -ijiii June, ISS3. M. G. ZEIGLEIt, C. C. P. I June 27,1883, Ct TO CONTRAOfOR^I ! 'run buildinjrofn Church for Ehenezerc<gB >! 1 a relation, seven miles east of AblteviBB j vlilti-.-e, will be let to an acceptable bidder. '! is desired that the contractor shall go to woi^l as soon as possible. Church to be ?) by -10 feet in clear. and ) feet between tloor and over-head celling. I floors by 7 feet, "J aisles, 3 rows of Mm | made w It'll slats like streetcar Keats, 10 wIdH lows filled with fitflitt-eii lights each, 12 by ! Inches, blind" to each. House celh-d tlirodifb^l out. with pulpit and alter, covered with fotmH i hi-arl pine or cypress shingles. J# IncbefH I lNili_.it recess five square in shape of bay wluH (low. with 2 windows In it. Material ati<M j work to he first-class. Building ComuiUtee'lM now ready to receive bids. Plans and spccifiH cations of the Church. B I. A. KELLAR, Chairman, Abbeville, S. 0r" i July J, 1RS3, tf AfeFiile District Bible Society THE sixtieth Anniversary Meeting wll be In Id In the Bnptlst ('hurch on the h?t?C i Wed ne-day In July, tilth) at IO}<! o'clock A.M. , Kev. \V. M. tirier. D. D., preacher. Addresi by Thus. p. f'othrnn. Ksi). The meeting of the Directors will he held ill the office of A. BorSi Esq., President, at 10 o'clock A M. WM. H. PARKER, Recording Secretary. ; July 11,18S3, tf | ' Farm to Laasg I 'rilE Ot'FFIX HOMINSTEAD, near Abbc-H JL vllle village, containing H 655 Acres, B Is offered for KENT. If not disposed of befq^H SAI.EllA Y IN SF.lTEMBKK.at that dxt^H| will lie nirored to the highest bidder. ford^^H year, with (lie privilege ot extending tne lc^^H lor three years. The place Ik Misce|>tiblRfl^H improvement, and ihls presents an exrellenTV opportunity for an enterprising farmer tO*H make a good bargain. I C. W. Gl'FFINy Osceola, Mississippi County, Arkansas. June 'JT, I ski, tf READY FOR BUSINESS.] J. A. BrookJ nAS returned his ENGINE to bis GRIST^I AND FI.OUK M! 1,1. ON CALHOUN'S I CKKKK. and is prepared to grind all GBAIN I that may be carried to him. I J. A, BROOKS. | June 37.1SS3. at 1 Stray Mule. STKAYEI) irom tlip undersigned Inst Saturday night, 2kl June, a bay, bare-fooled, MAKE Ml'I.E, about live years old. Any" jne ilndiux her will please noili'y SANDKHs CRAWFORD, Abbeville C. H., S. C. June 27,1SW. tf INSURANCE [ KEI'KESKNT THE CONTINENTAL JNI SCUANCK COMPANY, of New York/ vhicli has <>!.mined license to Insure in#biK Mate. This Is a first-elass Company und will ukc good risks at minimum rates. J. T. PARKS, AGENT, Abbeville, S. C. .Tillv 11 1SV.T Jt . j rV you wnnt sometlilng that will bccomo I L your horse, s:o to the Cincinnati Reposlto- J y. ami uet one of those nice rounded brlUlon fl ikI maitlngalcs, also riding whips for both fl idles and gentlemen. TIIOS. BEGGS. I April 11,1SS3, tf ? ?1

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