The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, March 26, 1884, Image 2

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" 1 lis Press and Banner. i.,. " ~ * * ' l?y Ilujfh W ilson. Wednesday, March 26,1884. pnywHi!?jLmM>ii nacwacK*KommtznarwtrmmBmaBC?j* The Sialic Convention. Various of our oontomporarips of laic 1 ivf Iwen <iiseusMin: the propriety of w -iking nominations for yiuto olliocrs at the same time situ! by the same dclatfates tli-it meet t<> nominate candidates for l'loetors i< r President ami Vire-Prcsiilfiit. In tin' siiii,>Unovs of the heart? of tli/.v ??>i>to l?;iV0 Vlll iwmv. thought that tin' people had so'jiethiiifr to Kay alii.-ut when nominations should he tuadc. but the chairman has -riven themt<> understand that ! e settles Mich n at ters in his own way, and by reten ia e to his official notice it will bo seen tr.at he lets ordered the delegates to nominate a ticket?and we presume ho means the old ticket?wheh the convention meets ? to nominate* Electors. So that little matter is sett Is d. We know n?t whether tlie Executive ('cn.inittcc intends to re-establish the old j Ian cf conducting Democratic cam* piu^us, which brought defeat systematically and uniformly to our phalanx, but it really seems thai tiiisis theirinter.lion. In the days when the elections in variably brought victory to the Republicans, thv -self-appointed leaders of the Democratic party held their caucuses in somebody's back otlbe, planned magnificent campaigns, and foretold {glorious vi< t??ri<*? which they nevei won. Finally, these wise 111**11 concluded to invito thy peoplo to participate in the elections. Wo all know the result of that experiment in 1ST*!, and we all km>w the good which has followed to our people, and to tlie* colored people. They have been guaranteed end vouchsafed peace, and the enjoyment of their rights as citizens. We h ive had a just and equitable administration of the laws, and all have enjoyed a perfect quiet, with low taxation. Political or party oflicers must not forget that thev cannot marsl.al independent voters in the same way that they once commanded the movement of enlisted so' liers. The freeman in his heart resents any effort at despotism or disrespect coming from his leaders, and he will not long endure ollicial contumely from political tyrants. The strength of ' the Democratic party lies with the great mass of the people, and political olllcers who think they can successfully eonduct a political campaign without their hearty aid and co-operation will very likely be eonvin.-ed of their error when it is too late. Why order the delegates to nominate a State ticket before tho people have had time to think of tue matter? I)o tin gentlemen composing the old , ticket fear a canvass for the choice of the people? Do they or the Kxeeutivc Committee propose to take a snap judgment and have themselves re-elected without the expressed desire of the people? The order of the Chairman of tho Executive Committee seems ominous. While no man stands higher in our estimation than the present Governor of the State, yet we have seen no reason urged why he should bo rc-noininated without the consent of the people. It has been urged that he has made a good ollieer. Granted. Wo say more. He would make a good officer to the end of his life. lie has discharged the duties of that office as well as any man could do it. But suppose that he was more than all this, and admit that he is infinitely better and wiser than any other man within the borders of the State, does that authorize the Chairman of tho Executive Committee to order his renomi nation ? It may be denied, but we think not successfully, that the chairman has virtually ordered the re-election of the old ticket. At 4he present writing wc prefer tho continuance in office of the present incumbent, but it is too soon to nominate him. Wc haven't had time to think of the matter. We haven't had time to reason together. Lut more than all this: There is a vital reason why no nominations should be made in June. It is too soon to put a ticket in the field. Every defeat that was ever brought to tho Democratic party was partly the result of a long rare?and every '? - - victory which we have won was in a short, quick and energetic canvass. If it is a settled fact, that, before we have hail time to make up our minds as to who we want, that nobody but the old V office holders are to bo effected by the race, what is to cnli-t the enthusiasm and party support of tho people? No one who knows anything about the politics of this State will deny that a ticket brought <uit ir.ueii later tnan jiiiic, wcnmi command inure strength than any ticket ' which might be put out so early. A new ticket and new men would enlist o new zeal and do mere to enliven the public sentiment to the importance of the occasion. But it' the prestige of former victory is only to ensure perpetuity of olllce to the lucky holders, then we do not know but that the chairman of the executive committee is right in ignoring or seeking the will of people, when he orders the re-election of the old ticket. "Old tickets," seem to be the rage, though the South not long sineo entertained very pronounced views on the question of "third terms." WinnsboroN Sliaine and South Carolina's Ingratitude. Miss McDowell, whoso death is mentioned elsewhere: in these columns, left as! her only near relative a Mrs. Sloan, a sister, who now lives in this place alone and 1 almost destitute. Mrs. Sloan is a widow Jady without children or near kin, old and very feeble, and is. altogether a worthy (subject of a liberal and Christian charity. Particularly does she merit the benevo-i Jeiice or assistance of the good people of Winnsboro, when it is remembered that she lost her six and only boys in the Confe<le:ate army during the late war. SIm has given so much for the country?will the country t?ive nothing in return?? Winnsboro' Xrirs nu-' IlcroUl. The above paiagrapli tells the whole story of Confederate ingratitude to her soldiers, while it kindly throws the veil over cur excessive fo\e for the negro, which is expressed by the lavi-h expenditure which we make for the education of his children. Winnsboro lias contributed perhaps, thousands of dollars for negro education, while that couur.unity neglects a poor old woman who did more for her country than did the most famous Spartan mother. Winnsboro boasts of her schools and is / proud of the enormous tax which she levies for educational purposes, but she lets an old woman, the mother of six Confederate soldiers, sutler for the common necessities of life. But no matter for that, the "esteemed" negro must be educated. W'e must levy an enormous tax on the little property of Confederate soldiers to educate negroes, and then distinguished Southern gentlemen must volunteer to go to Washington, hat in hand, and beg for more aid in the noble work. Northern men and Northern citizens pension their own soldiers, but we turn our i a~k on the disabled Confederate sc 1dier, and those dependent up'.n him for a ... t.,,,.n i,i th.-it u-i> mav the ?IIUOI.^li ... . .... ? more liberally educate thn esteemed negro. Such a course must win the everlasting gratitude and sincere approval of honorable ami high-minded Northern gentletiien. The (.'onfederate soldier is indeed an orphan when liis own .State and his own former comrades in arms cast him aside to starve in order that the esteemed negro may be educated. Education is more important to the negro, than is bread to the Confederate soldier. i m While Winnsboro boasts of her schools, and whilo communities in other sections point to her example with prido, Northern He^nblicans, Southern traitors and infamous renegades may always depend upon car loads of educated negroes from Fairfield to respond to their call for witnesses in any effort to send South Carolina gentlemen to the Albany penitentiary for no greater offence than that of voting for Hu^h S. Thompson for Governor of the State. This condition of affairs must indeed be gratifying news lo the most devout negro \torsliipporof the North. The fact that a Confederate soldier's home in Winnsboro may be ??l?t for negro edncition must bo nil that the fondest uegro lover i jnwwtMww.fKWWi.nn ?"oywj n mi m Sontli Carolina. Wo have received tho valuable Iwok IsI sued hv the State Hoard of Agriculture of South Carolina, which is intended to show the resources and population of tho State, as well as the institutions 'and industries of her people. From a hasty ; glance at its pages we form the opinion that it is an excellent work, and one ad; inirably suited for the purposes for ! which it was intended ? inducement ,of immigrants to this State. While are free to say that tho book would seem to be an excellent one, wo . ;'.vo as ready to say that we have no sympathy with its object. If strangers vol 1 uutarily come to our Slate, \vc would ; Wcivomo them, invito thctn to seats, 'and ask litem to .stay with us^ but we a to ' opposed to the plan of going into the highways t-* decoy them to our bordera. U'e hold this position, as we think, for the host of reason*. Wo are a pcor pco; nle, and our valuable homes would command very little money, even though a i stramrer should co:i?o to buy them, n?:d if the stranger should eomo And buy a farm he sends away an old neighbor, an | old friend or relative who takes hi* mon; ev and goes elsewhere with it. The farm ! has merely changed hands. In such ' cases our own people arc hurt. | If a poor laboring man comes horo wo cannot expect him to bo satisfied. Wo have already more laborers than we can employ. Consequently laboring men can do better elsewhere, and we do not want to bring here people who will conclude that they have been cheated, and who ; would afterward form an element which will be among us, but not of us, in either sentiment or interest, In bono or blood. We have a most excellent country, but we are not ready to vacate tor the capitalist, nor are we ready to induce a laboring man to come here, when we know that he can do much better by going elsewhere. We talk much in a vague way of tho desirableness of the prosperity of South Carolina, without once discriminating between tho difference in the increase of our own citizens and the bringing ot si ranger aliens to our doors to occupy our houses, and to cultivate our lands. South Carolina's growth bv the in ; crease of her own people, and South Carolina's mitcrid prosperity, when it means the thrift of her own sons, is quite a different thiiif* from the bringing of foreign eapitai to buy and live in our best house-!, to eultivato our best j lauds*, and to absorb our most desirable water powers. What matters it to us if the assessed wealth of .South Carolina were ten times greater than it is to-day, if that increase was held by strangcis. The extraordinary increase of papulation and the unnatural increase of wealth only adds to the difficulty which the laboring man finds in making a comfortable living. For every j stranger gained in the farming community wo lose an old neighbor. This is our country, and wo should hand it down to our children, and they in turn ] to their children. Let South Carolina forever remain in , the hands of South Carolinians, even 'though our tax returns shall bo small, and our population sparse. South | Carolina in the hands of South Carolinians is woith a million times more to ' us than South Carolina would bo in the hands of foreigners, even though its asi sessed value should bo a million times I greater. Shall wc be Fol'cver Robbed, During the campaigns which have preceded, If our memory serves ns rightly, ! the burden of some of the o:ators was an 1 n* mv.^vion nf <>xtrfMHO ntlxietV about I>e Igro education, and in soino instances, i careful statistics had been prepared, and | poured into dull inattentive ears to j show how much more the Democrats had I done in this way than tho Radicals. : Now, what we want to know, is, did the Radicals ever give anything for negro ; education ? It is true that tho camp followers ol'tho political stripe, combined : with Northern adventurers, and by the force of Federal bayonets wrested this government from its rightful owners, and j by the aid of these s;nne baj-oncts, put corn field negroes in tho Legislature and in the olllces of tho State, which these 'Northern adventurers did not want, libackcd by Federal bayonets they at once proceeded to confiscate our property for every conceivable purpose, and in their liberality of other people's money, devoted much of our money to educate the negro. The proper question among j the politicians should be, who confiscated more of our money for educational pur' poses?Radicals or Democrats? As far as we are informed no Radical community over taxed itself for negro education. But the Radicals were very liberal with | our money, when they had tho Federal bayonets and tiie forms of a legal enactment to make us "stand and deliver." ! Let it not be forgotten tbut the Radicals 1 in this State never gave one cent to negro education, (uon} of tliem brought a | cent here with them,) but they joined (: tho crowd that robbed u.s by tho force of Federal bayonets. Will our people, now say that they are free, and still submit to | this monstrous outrage? The strangest part of the whole proceeding is, that whilo tho negroesaro getting perhaps more than a quarter of a | million dollars annually of our money, j that anybody should object to an appropriation twenty or thirty thousand dol| lars in higher education at the State Univorsily. lie it Understood That, whilo wo opposo public education in general, and negro edcation in particular, wo would liavo it distinctly understood that wo are, as heretofore, in favor of treating the colored race liirly, and shall continue to urge that he be treated humanely when brought into Court. While tho officials of the (Jovernment of South Carolina are notoriously anxious fur the confiscation of our property to educate an alien race, we think they could much better serve tho ends of justice by overlooking the prisoners now confined in the Slate penitentiary. A large per cent, of tbetn. in our opinion, should bo restored to their freedom, and if half the energy was exploded in seeking objects of executive , clemency as has been manifested for th e education of tho race, much substan! tial good would be done. When wo oppose the levy of taxes upon our property fur the education or the negro, we mean no enmity to him. Hut merely urge that he assert his own manhood ami educate his own children, lie is as free as the ; white man, and has an equal chanco to 'work, and ho should not place himself in the position of a public mendicant. Mis freedom and self-respect arc more dear and important to him than education, and the cost is much less to us. The Liberality of ft Uood People. ! Tho A-ssocixtc Reformed Presbgtcrian of last week announces the fact of an unexampled liberality. This furnishes one more proof that they can build a fine J church if they only make an effort. For our part we would sooner see them stop all missionary work lor a season than to put up a cheap church. If thev would appropriate their contributions lor other iiiirnoses to their church, tlx work would bo done. Tho Presbyterian says: The Agent for the Seminary Endowment, Kev. J. T. Chalmers, visited ns on Tuesday. Soei nthat many glory after the flesh, we will glory also. There was some concern on the part of a good many lest our new church enterprise, which is taxing tho congregation heavily, might I prove a very serious hindrance to the work of the endowment. Our pastor gave us an admirable preparatory discourse on alms-giving on Sabbath, and j swept away the refuges which some i>l us were building for ourselves. The agent I found an audience ready to help him fori ward in his work. His earnest and stirring address left really nothing more to j i e said by way of exhortation. After all, I however, we thought the congregation ; would scarcely be aide to come up to the subscription of some others as reported j in these columns. There was a general hid prise and intense gratification when it . was known that the amount was over 1(83,000) three thousand dollars! When it is remembered that this congregation is strained with a $.*>,000 church, and proposes to meet all the Synodieal assessments, we think the reccrd acredjiiablo one. Hut we iorbear, least any (should think of us above that which he ! secth tib to be, or that he beareth of us. ic wmiiUI f 1 Mi The Egg. ! The Erskinc Student has a very learned j treatise on the egg, from which wo quote: "You wil fien out by cxpercne, if you j dont almidy no," A*c. Wichout discuss-1 ing tho propriety or impropriety of printing articles, tho spelling of every j word of which is an oH'enco to thoEng-j lish language, wo would deny tlio right of any body to ppoll "will" with only ono "1"lien" is no proper way to spell j"find;" the leaving oil'tho final "e" in experience was in violation of any recognized rule. "Aireddy no" is pronounced exactly as if properly spelled, 1 and the change of spelling in this instance, is meaningless. Educated gentlemen when writing, if they choose to do so, may spell words as thoy are pronounced, but nobody has a ri?*ht to misspell "know"?tho host educated scholar and the most illiterate citizen nronounce that word in the same way. Therefore, if the educated citizen is making un effort to reproduce tho language of an illiterate person he iun?t not misspell such words as "know," "already," "iind," "will," <?c. There are, however, instances when provincialisms with ail their violations of grammar and rhetoric hiay be properly printed, but no man is ever excusable for misspelling workg which every man on the continent pronounces in exactly the same way. The Ih-jlnayrc Law. Wo present to our readers a copy of the drainage law as amended and now of force in this State. While there may be, ami 110 doubt are, instances \Vhero obstructions should be removed from the streams, wo know that thero are many, very many, instances whero tho landowners best interest would dictate anything else than such a course. If all our streams wore straightened and all obstructions removed from our water ways 1 > -?- 1 1 1- 1.1 nil our v;illi;iUiU uouuim inuun nuuiu 1 soon be lost. It is owing to the obstruc- ' : lions, and the .serpentine course of our streams, that we have any bottom land j in this section of country, and it would j j seem that this law would have our poo-j i plo destr >y their richest cstato. The on- i , forcemont of the law is, besides boing injurious to our citizens, iniquitous in that it ^ives a neighbor tho right t-> "nose" i around ami interfere with the plans, and j it may be, the l?c>t interest of the land-1 i owner. Ordinarily, whero questions' arise, there are two sides to the matter in | dispute, but in this instance a quarrelsoino and intermeddling neighbor is i , tho sole judge as to the amount of log-1 ; pulling and raft-moving that should bo j : dono. i We blame nobody for tho passage of this law. At one time wo thought that it' j was a good law ourselves, and approved, it, but after more inaturo consideration, ' J wo believe, if it is enforced, that it will j work greater injury to our agricultural interests than any law 011 our statute; books. 4^ War. We noticod last week that the journal-' ' istie war between our Laurensville friends' | of the Herald and Farmer was waxing ; hotter, and as we have received neither of their papers this week wo look for the i worst. Tho two ollices have doubtless ! engaged in a pitched battle, and we fear i that editors, typos, devils and all aro now I weltering in their gore. It is too awful ; to think about. | Since the above was put in typo wo have rcceivcda copy of tho Merchant and Farmer, two days behind time, and wo see from its eoiit nts that tho decisive battlo has not been fought, but that tho war is progressing briskly. Our ago hardly entitles us to tho privi i lege or giving auvice, nut u n uiu, wu I would say to our esteemed friends, to ! 'drop tho controversy immediately and j for all time.' Newspaper disputes afford I amusement to the readers, just as a dog- j 'light on tho street would call forth t.io ; hurrahs of a crowd, but awake no more jsympnthv than if editors were inhabi; tants of the planet Jupiter. It don't pay [to quarrel, unless one can do so and not j get angry.?Sumter Watchman and Southj ron. | After careful reading of all tho quarrel, : wo have concluded that neither of the gentleman have mistreated their custom- j j ers. We thought from the beginning that I each of the editors were gentlemen, and j j now we know it, since each have certified and proved the rectitude of the conduct 'of the othor. It is a goxi time for an jarmstice?If not for peace. Tilden Sure to be Nominated. [ The Anderson Intelligencer does not | often joke, but it got off a good one last | week. One or two more pieces like this i and we will withdraw our Egyptian j mummy from tho race: | "Our contemporaries who have been! abusing Mr. Tilden may as well make up their minds to see him nominated for | President by the Democratic Convention in Chicago,* unless ho dies before that time or positively refuse to serves. Tho' 'drift of public sentiment is strongly in : his favor, and there is scarcely time enough between this and tho July C011! vention to change it. Wo believe ho j will be nominated and elected, and it is ' fortunate that we have such an available candidato at this time? otherwise there would be great danger of the most serious troubles in the Democratic canvass." ! ? "Away in the desert, where the young ; hungry whelps cry for lack of meat, an j unseen hand feeds them," but in tho j South the old Confederate soldier, must I | go hungry, because tho esteemed negro j must be educated. It is much more imj portant to educate the negro, than to feed | the lame and disabled Confederate solI dier who has about "played out." When | the Confederate soldier was undergoing | the hardships and dangers of camp life ho ]ittle thought his comrades would doj scrt him and leave him to starve, while I they were educating tho negro with a ; lavish hand. Good Sense. I The editor of tho Saluda Argun gets off sonie good points in tho following paragraph : t "A publisher has no desiro to continue j sending his paper to a person who does | not want it. lint when a subscriber stops : his paper without paving back dues, and 1 has not tho manliness to send the pub, Usher an order to that effect, then tho ' publisher begins to lose faith in mankiwY We -sec no necessity nor good reason fir nominating State oflicors as early as | June, the time for the State Convention ! to meet to send delegates to the National i Convention sit Chicago on tlic 8th of July, j Wo are, therefore, of the opinion tliat it , will bo better to have two conventions, i one in June to nominate delegate* to Chi! cago, and the other .some time in August to nominate State olllcers.?Xcwberry Xt'ivx. And so say all of us. The Newberry News. Mr. K. II. Anil, who is so well known to the people of this community, has as-1 sumed editorial control of the Xcwberry1 Xcw.t. Mr. Anil knows how to use the pen, and we shall expect him to make a good paper. j Thk money which has boen expended i in public education since 18G8 would have i paid the public debt of South Carolina. If our interest account could be stopped, 1 and tlio education of tho nogro could be finished, our taxes would bo less than j half what they are now. I If we can spend a quarter of a million I I in educating tho esteemed negro, we ; should like to know why we can't give a nnnuinn ?r\ t lift Hi*1111]fvl ( '<>11 ffiflprjlt I? SOl diers, their widowsand orphans? ! B. C. Bryan of Edgefield is dead. He was tbe Commissary of the Nineteenth) | South Carolina Regiment, and was as good a man as ever lived in Edgefield icounty. It is all a delusion to fetate that our peoplo are so anxious about Hocuriugtho services of literary corn field hands, that I they would willingly add a third to their j taxes. One-third of all our taxes go for the education of our people. Tho taxes arc : paid by the white people, and tho esteemed colored brotl>er draws tho money. ! I Northern soldiers, recognizing the ! ingratitude of the Southern States to| wards their soldiers, are contributing tcr ' their relief. ? m m m One-third of your taxes go to educate the negro. If you do not get an educated cotton chopper, it is your own fault. a SHALL COUNTY OFFICERS BE ELLIQIBLE TO RE-ELECTION. E( Demand For mi Unwritten linn* 011 j1,'] the Snbjeet--Faelllty with which pl< any Citizen may become Famil-j ' j iar with the Duties of an Oflleer. j(* i K'lilor l'rrsa anil Manner: ! I"1 I The announcement m Shoiltr DuTre ns a. I candidate for reflection hais revived a ' i thought which has oiteu oecuried to me of " ' late yeans, and It Is this: that the laiw should ; tw ! be so amended ns that no one could hold the l K'j j same oUlee lor more thun t wo terms consceu-i j lively. Enatully ais gooil nnil validargument!*, "* i In my opinion, can lie produced against the,0' [ principle oi electing state or County olIlcersiQ1 ; for more than two terms In succession as ran lie against elect lug the President for a third ( hi term. 1 am aware that, as an argument in favor of electing un olliccr for two or threei | terms, It is claimed that It takes one the ' urent r part of his tlrst lerui of olllce to rightly comprehend the duties thereof. This 1 unhesitatingly pronounce the merest linn- ' ; sense?unless it be that the ulllcer-cicet Is totally unlit for the place. J'J I veinure the assertion Ihait any man with ?' ordinary sense anal ;a n average Kncll.-h edu-jth cation. ean so inform himscif as to the duties i '! of any of our County olllces, within the space i of from one to three months, as thai. he|w would he ablo to execute thesnme Intelligibly i and satisfactorily to till concerned. I In the ahseiice therefore of any statutory law on the suhjocl, I submit that it would he ' w n good iilea for the voters of Abbeville Conn- w ty to adopt as the unwritten law upon the " subject?thai heren/tcr no person thai/. b>> rtliiji- j to //, ut/t 9? iullrn fur Mtn'r t/uLll LlUO I j It ran in auccv.isioii. A* the most of our county officials hi-.ve al- | J',1 ready been elected for two or more terms I j would suggest tliAt this would he it good year i sl' 111 whleh to Inaugurate this new order ofj thing<. The same can lie tloue at our next i election without working any hardships j wl.atever?unless it ho in the ease of the i Clerk of the Court. I believe ll is pretty generally conceded that he has not much more than mode a good living out of his oiflcc, owing to Ihe fact that he has a very large and | "I necessarily expens've family and of such iisj1" precludes their being of any assistance to{tat ; him in (he matterol making a suppoit. 'l'his| c.| j being the cast1, and, furthermore, as he is : t.c physically. <|iil(e a dt-lUate man. It might bej well enough to make an exception In his:1'1 ease, and mvc him one more term. Hut as to i the others of our county officials, the clreum-! el stances are altogether different and which I i |,( can fully demonstrate. At any rate I herein, make the proposition to undertake ll, pro- i * I vided any one or mo.e persons shall, through j the columns of the J'rris mut Jinnnrr, Indi- at cate a desire to have ine do so. Rotator. in THE PENNEY CREEK MUD HOLE. 1,: st If There 1m Anything Worse Than n | " Mml Hole, It 1* a Road CatiHwiiyed; with ,Pliie I'olos. -Nlioulil a Roatlj . Tlint In <?ood tor Ten .lfontliH In ^ the Year be Forever Npolled? f0 Editor I'rrss a?ui H-inner : l>< Dear Sir?In your last Issue there appears a l'' card over the signature of "II." which I think needs a re>ponsc. and as the Road coin- II plained about is in my division i will, will) w your permission, gtve some explanation j which I think the citizens are greatly entitled j1,1 to have. The Road spoken about Is rather a peeuliar kind of soil and there is a hundred places in the County of the same kind. For 8 tli or 10 mouths in the year the roads are smooth ( and firm but when the winter rains and .. freezes set in become miry. The place spok-1 en of by '11.'' lms time and again been | brought to (tie notice or tne supervisors ana j strict orders given to have It crosswayed. I t|j The overseer has refused to do so from the I fact that lie could not get timber. A short I. time since the supervisors made a contract to have the roml crosswayed, but alas the contructor repoits that no one will let him have the poles to crossway with and the Commissioners will be compelled to use the strong arm of the law to gel timber, but few consid- r cr the great dlllk-ulties we labor under In J, keeping up the roads. There is no public *-'i duty It, app? ars to me, that people generally dread so much ns working the roads, and I p am sure no nan in Abbeville County is more I u pleased than I am with goods road; but how to have tliein is the great problem. One will!.. say the present road law Is good If enforced | v ?there is the rub. Time and again parties. have been reported for fulling to work the roads and upon the least frivolous excuses | u. they have lit en acquitted and the tax payers I ? saddled with the costs mid where one dollar 1/1 has been paid into the treasury lor default, ten dollars has been paid as costs by the I County, and In many Intanees fabulous pi prices arc asked for pine polrsund when the Commissioners desire to make small changes in the road bed from tifty to two hundred CC dollars per acre is asked for laud and constantly we are compelled to have a Jury to fix the price at cost to the County lor both timber and road bed. There Is great defect some where. "H." can see at once the diflieul- n< ty, and li the tax payers wereealled upon to foot the bills for repairing nil the mud holes that appear In the roads in winter the curses would be loud and long and the blame would n be at once saddled upon (he Couuiy Com mltssioners for waste of the public money. Times are very much changed with regard to working the roads. Half the hands have no suita- 1 fr ble tools and It is not practicable for the I. county to furnish tools as there is no one to take care of them and they are squandered. I | am clearly of the opinion that under the Gj present system of road working, complaints I will be general every winter anil If llie Com- j mlssioners could control ihc weadier then they should be held strictly to account for'j,. bad roads. Hut "II." may rest assured thatj.1, the Penny Creek mud ho;e will be mended as j1 soon as possible. Yours respectfully, U. M. MATTISOX. ' ^ THE DRAINAGE LAW. c:Whlch Authorizes mi OflicloiiN nn?l f .Meddlesome .Neighbor to Require I'm to Destroy Our Best Lnnds. : hi Some important amendments were made y< In this law at the last session of the Legislature. We give the act as It now stands on (he j htatuto book. I pi SEi'. 1178. All land owners and all peisons i Q having lands leased for a term of one or more ; years, of the counties of Anderson, JJeaufort, ] [ Chester, Greenville, Oconee, Union, Fairfield,' til I.aurens, Pickens, Newberry, (except IJroad, I Knoree, TyKer, .Saluda and Lltile Hi vers in ,, said counties), and Abbeville (Hard Labori551 and Wilson's Creeks In said county), shall re- (' move from the running stream* of water i upon their lands or the lands In their posses-' ,, siou all trash, trees, rails and timber during, '- l the months of March and September In each j year. ! tl | Sec. 1179. Any person convicted of vlolallng i ' the foregoing Section shall be deemed guilty . Vi of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished i w by a fine of not less (ban five nor mure than H fitly dollars, or be Imprisoned not less than . ten nor more than thirty days, at the dlscre- Hon ol the Court before which the case may I be tried." Sec. 1180. The cutting or felling trees across v or into any of the running streams of said : 1 counties shall be deemed a misdemeanor . to .11,(1 iiiiv m?rsfin nr noixins so conviclcd shall ' 1 be punished by a line of not less limn tlvej nor more than twenty-live dollars, or linprls- cc on men t for not less than ten nor more than i I tlilriy days, or both, m the discretion of the . ! Court. j Sec. 11S1. It shall he the duty of the County ' th i Commissioners of the counties therein nam-> pi ed to sec the provisions of the abeve .Sections ?, compiled with; and in ca?e of neglect or re*, ' tusal on the part of any land owner or per-j sons having land leased lor a term of one or K more years to comply with Its requirements, | the said County Commissioners shall, upon . complaint being made to them by any land a owner or renter Intrusted In the enforcement I of the provisions of said Section, notify sueh I ,, land owner or lessee to proceed within tll'tecn i ? ' days to comply therewith, and upon failure' to do so ihc said County Commissioners shall' i. Indict, or cause the said land owner or lessee, so neglecting or refusing to be indlctcd, under ! the provisions of said Sections, j 0| I THE AUGUSTA BANK ROBBERY. } j"',1 I < | The Thieves Snfely Lodged In Jnll! C and the Money Recovered. Augusta, Ga . March ?3.-The money stol- j C: en yesterday from the clerk of the Commer-ibi cial Hank was found this afternoon In an out-' 1' house of a dwelling in this city. Last nlght.l at 10 o'clock, a special train lelt here for A I-1 lendale, with the olllcers of the Commercial $1 Bank and police ofllcers, In response to the ?1 telegram from the conductor ot the Fort Hoyal train that two suspicious persons had boarded his train outride Augusta. They were arrested at Allendale and held In cus- . : tody until the arrival of the special train. ri The prisoners arrived In the city of Augusta | at 2 30 o'clock. They gave their names as I Simmons and Watklns. They had keys and blank checks in their possession. A cleigy- c( ! man on tlie train overheard a conversation I between the persons orrested. One said to I the other: '"Don't forget No. iciH, one street in from depot." Alter the arrests at Allendale j L | the clergyman mentioned to the conductor! i his having heard the above remark, and on | | this clue the police went to work and found . jy | $2,110, sixty dollars less than the amountij. stolen, hidden under a plank in a house in j the yard. The robbers registered yesterday at the Globe Hotel as from Aiken, S. C\, un-l y< > der the names of G. "Watson and C. II. Sim-1 j mons, but it is believed they were travelling | under assumed names, as no such men live at; cc ) Aiken. The prisoners are In Jail here. A : i diamond ring and $211 were found on their persons. v< - - gi THE STATE CONVENTION. cc Official Call of the Dcmocrntic Ex? j at ecutive Committee of South Car-j olinn. ri CoM'MniA, March 17, 1WM. | A Convention of the Democratic parly of; \ the State of South Carolina will be heldnti Columbia, on Thursday, June ICth, 1881,at 12 o'eloek M., in the Hall of the House of ltepresentatlves, fur the following purposes: j 1. To nominate Candidates for Electors for I President and Vlce-I'resident of the United 'ai States. I 2. To elect Eighteen Delegates to represent | I the State In the National Democratic Con-, at I ventlon, which will Meet at Chicago, on July i ?, 1K8I. i 3. To nominate Candidates for Governor u, jand Lieutenant-Governor, and other State:' ' OtllCCH. t. To elect the State Democratic Executive I Li Committee to serve for the ensuing two years, j '). To transact such other business as the ! Con ventlon may deem proper. . II Each county In tlio State will,bo icpresented ' In the Convention by twice as many Dele | gates as the number ol Its Representatives in | a ! both branches of the present General Assem-i - \* The county fcxccuuve committees are i charged with the duly of making arrange-1 ments tor the election of Delegates to the wi Cenventlon In accordanco with the rules In force In the several counties. Hy order of the Committee. James H. Izlak, Chairman. j Willie Jones, Secretary. ri < m The Work Goes Brarely On. Erskinc Student. rfi Rev. J, T. Chalmers, who Is soliciting subscription* for the endowment of the Theoiog- i leal Seminary of the Associate Reformed t, Presbyterian Church, vlslled this place a few j days ago. Dae West responded nobly to the ' good cause. Over three thousand dollars Sc was subscribed. We give below the contributions of the two Colleges: foi FEMALE COLLEGE. Teachers $ViO 00 Students 273 W) an tni EIt.SKINE COLLEGE. ,-g. Teachers 8-13:2 f)0 Students 210 wj 1 Extraordinary Efforts in E<lucaiimr the X??trro. ^ Sencca Free Press. ^ Oar much-loved neighbor, the Abbeville ? Prrss and Manner, in publishing the remarks , Governor Hugh 8. Thompson and Hon. A. ; Coward before the Congressional Committee in: on Education. makes some very forcible re- , marks upon the result of our extraordinary C01 efforts iu educating tho negroe*. ? *' . : w. Round about McCoruiick. lit or Press and /tanner ; I'lie society of our town has received n flne <1 i Lion In the persons of Mr. and Mrs. J. \V. iiikc. Possessed of nice social qualities they "use mill charm old nutl new file nils, branch's Hotel, 11 large, commodious house, Hearingcompletion. In iIlls building the tier of A. i'\ M. have engaged a room, nml n-x-forth expect to hold therein their onthly meetings. There Is some tails of organizing a loJgo of nights ol ll(jnor. There are fifteen or 'only of the best citizens who would be nd lo be connected with the order. Some of the merchants are doing a largo :n business. Wagons, carts and all kinds vehicles are continually carrying oil' large lantltles of poods. Jt Is no unusual sight to e twenty,yea, forty wagons and carts waltg to tie filled. i'lie olllcei s of the Methodist church forllin irrent year arc : Stewnrds. P. L. Stukey and A. Crelghton. Secretary Church Conferice, J. A. Crelghton. Class Leaders, \V. f), oirov r? a. Harmon. J. It. Peeves. E. M. tinier, Clem. t'orley (ientlemen usners, | iiikih Cothran, Jr., .fames W. I'enKe and itlis Chamberlain. No church can boast of nilcr. more poliie, or gentlemanly ushers an the throe who hold this office In this lurch. They will IIltd ample play for the corclse of all the functions of tholr office hen ihe District(,'onfercneo convenes and < n brinrc <ha/lime, Irt seating ths inige coneirations that worship here. The Union meet lug of Ihe flaptlst church ill be helil 1-cre next Sunday. No doubt n| irc crowd will oe attracted by the meeting. | lc hospitality of the people will cause them | entertain the visitors In the best possible | miner. riieschool of iills town is prosrc-sina flneiy.! ider the charge ol .[. S. Mcl.ane and Miss own. Many pupil- testify to their great ccess. Riveucend. MeCorntlck, S. C'., March 21. 18mI. Familiar Thoughts, A sleeping Italic! Can imagination call < !> a handsomer, a sweeter picture! Toj ie foiitl parents, at least, the world con- j ins none fairer. Imagine that self-same lerub battling with ten enljio feet ofi lie*. Oh, what a very demon have we: icii ! ?m ..t...l?an>a s?l%!I#I Mia rrwv. I i no merry, m.ui.-?Fmu v locked lad*, the pride of his mother, tho >po of tho household ! Ala-, that a stubbed" too, a sprained ankle, a lin>r half severed within an hour alter the quisition of his first knife, or an aehg ear in tho wee small hours, should ako that proud mother sigh for the j tppy past when she was hut a maid. The young lover! How proudly he [ ops along beside tho idol of his heart. | ut why that spasm of anguish that liitsi or and anon athawrt his manly coun- | nance? Does ho regret tho troth they! ivo erstwhilo so joyfully plighted? ay, gentle reader, nay. His heart throbs j r her alone, hut he is wearing his new ; >ots and his pot corn is doing a little j irohbing on its own account. .Seethe bride and groom at tho altar!' appiness! Devotion! Hliss! See them j hen a few short years have passed. Neil-1 ilgia ! Dyspepsia ! Peevishness ! Quar- ] sis! Divorce! Heboid the patriarch* tho honored fa-: er of loving sons anil daughters. Home! j hildren! Friends! Wealth! Pity'tis j iat Rheumatism should spoil it all, but1 'en so, iny friends, even so! What a blessing if tho blight side of' ese pictures could be kept to the front, J id it can bo done. Wizard Oil will do; , "A /I it coftfa i.i a dollar a buttle" And Speed it Lowcry keep it fjr sale, j -w?? I Molasses! molasses! another ear-load! st arrived, cheaper than ever boforo. [ dl and see them. Smith A Sou. Ai,l. it costs is a dollar a bottle, at \V. S.' )lhran ?fc (Jo's. Underwear ! Underwear!! Ladies' j iderwear. Great bargains at Smith & i >n. | Wizard is not hereto do the talking,] it we will do our best for you. W. S. Jill ran & Co. For Salk.?One lino milk cow. Ap-! y to Miss Lizzie C. Cater. 4t* | Portatjlk sawmill for salo in good mdition price 8125 dollars. T. N. DALLI3, 2t Map leton, S. C. Landreth's are the best?LatidrethV iw and fresh garden seed on hand. Smith it Son. Drosses cut and fit or made to order in I 10 latest Spring stvles at | R. M. IIadd n it Co. Builokrs. by buving dressed lumber! oni Mr. 13. *K. Beacham, will savei oney. Rkapy mixkd Paints, a full variety, 'colors, in pound or gallon cans, cheap, id for tho cish at Speed it Lowry's. j Rkmkmher that VV. Joel Smith it Son! ive still on hand a lot of millinery that' icy are selling at co'sl. Call and bo cured of yonr pains with bottle of Wizard Oil. All it costs is aj illar a bottle. W. S, Colli ran it Co. A splendid assortment of plows at low-i it prices for sale P. Rosenberg if- Co. A full lino of all styles of plows justl reived at Smith A Son. J 20 pieces checked muslin just received ; id to arrive at 10, 12, 15 and 20 cts. per: j. P. M. Haddon it Co. | Ik you want a pair ot nice Argosy sus-j jnders, the best in tho market, go to; unningliam it Templeton. Wizard Oil men aro gone, but left! leiroil with us. W. S. Colli ran it Co. If you aro in request of gentlemen's: iminor underwear, at low prices, give' nnidnghatn it Templeton a call. A ll it costs is a dollar a bottle at, W. S. I nth ran Co's. R. M. Haudon it Co., aro receiving icir stock of Spring goods, which, for mctv and style, will compare favorably: itli any they have ever shown. Mrs. ] addon has been in New York for near-1 two weeks selecting her goods in per-! >n. IF you wani a lame* uunict m ;n:? ork cost, go to Cunningham it Templen i If yon want a nice fan at New York' >st, go to Cunningham it Templeton. Use Darby's cough drops, they will ho' hiii<l useful in relieving all diseases of 10 throat and lungs, and invaluable for j uhlic speakers and singers. Sold by peed it Lowry. Ukt your dressed lumber from Mr. B.I . Bcachain. Frksii lotof Garden Seeds?three ccnts paper?at W . S. Cothran <t Co. Fresh buckwheat How at Parker <? ill C. C. ('. A certain cure for chills to be id at Speed it Lowry's. L:idies, wo have just received 100 pieces' 'calicoes, bleached and brown bome-l >un, percales, ginghams, chantry. Ac., | r early Spring wear. li. M. I lad don it j o. Alt. it costs is a dollar a bottle, at W. S. j otliran if- Co's. Why will you sutler with corns when j in's corn solvent is so available, it has! een tested and its virtue is unparalclled. j o be had at Speed & Lowry's. 10 lbs. standard grrnulated sugar for! .00. 11 lbs. standard extra C. sugar for .(in. ]'2 lbs. collce 0. sugar for $100. Plows at 6c per lb. at Parker itliill. 1,200 bushels corn in stock and to ar-j ro Look out the, market is advancing. A. 10. lingers. | Garden seed of over}' variety, just re-1 siveu by II. W. Lawson it Co. tf A full line of tobacco, cigars, eigarotts: id snull' always on hand ut Speed it; owry. Iflfl irmau nonrl hllttrmq "i0 ir.MOSS iot! ry buttons just received at R. M. Iiadjn A Co. 8 pieces black eashimere oOc to ?1 per I. just received. R. M. Iluddon A Co, Torchon laces 33 to 75 cts. dz. just reived. R. M. IIaddon A Co. 1000 yds. white lawn 40 in width at the ?ry low price of 10 cts. per yd.?a bariln. R. M. lladdon A Co. Land roth's fresh grrden seeds just relived at II. W. Law son tf- Co's. A new lot of school books just received , II. \V. Lawson A Co's. Try a frosted cocktail at (J. \V. Gnr-i ck's Bonanza. 3f> barrels Irish potatoes just arrived at: . E. Rogers. Ji;st received a car of New Oileans! o lasses at Smith A Son. i Plow steels! plow steels! All kinds' id sizes on hand. Call for the capatial, tho best 5c. cigar Parker A Hill's. A fresh lot of cigars just received at jeed A Lowry. Try Cleopatra cigars, sold by Speed A i ->wry. To arrive, Florida syrup at Parker A I ill's. Garden seed 1 garden seed ! at Ward-; w A Edwards. Buy your Irish potatoes from Wardlaw j Edwards. Bulst's garden seed at Wardlaw A Ed- i iirdfl. Onion sots at YYardlaw A Edwards. Try a Now York tardie at 0. YV. GarL'k'H. Car load hay just nrrivcd. 81.25 per! indred lbs. A. E. Rogers. Black kid gloves in nil numbers just ceived. R. M. Iladdon if- Co. Fresh dried prunes at Speed it Lowry. Stnoko the Bull Dog cigar at Speed it >wrp. Chew the pure Virginia leaf tobacco. Id by Speed <? Lowry. Use "Van Ruskin's- fragrant Sozodont! r cleansing and preserving the teeth, j hardens the gums, imparts u delightful | d refreshing taste and feeling to the: nuth, removes all tartar and scurf, ar-, sts progress of decay, tlx*. Sold by i iced <t Lowry. Mr. J. F. LivrxosroN returned lrom i orida last week. Miss Isaacs is on a visit to Miss I irks. Persons in want of large Jots of luni-i r would do well to call on Mr. 13. K. tacham. } reat bargains! great bargains! in I illinery at Smith it Son. \ larue lino of ladies' underwear at st. Smith it Sou. The Press and Banner. ^ ' 1 > ^ AUliEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, March 26,1884. New C'ai'riasjp) Wajjon ami Bii^y; Shop. Mr. W. G. Chapman advertises this j woek his new carriage, wagon ami bn^gy shop, which is in the new brick building on tho Marshall House lot. liy a thor-i ough knowledge of the different branch- { os of his business, and by strict attention i to the wants of his customers he hopes lo, gain a share of public patronage. All work will lie done under his own per-' sonal supervision, and customers may! depend upon his promptness and eiileiency. Machine Shop. Messrs. Seal, Mclwaino A Co , havoi just put their machine in operation for' planing, cutting and dressing wagon timber, at tlioir new shop on tho Kurighlj lot. They are getting other machinery and in a littlo while the public can be! served to any sort of timber and great numbers of vehicles of every description will lie put up in future than over before. Mr. L. II. Russur.i, killed with a stick a rabbit hawk ami a snake (black runner) clinched together on tlio ground last Monday. The hawk, no doubt, had attempted to kill and oat the snake, bi.t when tliev wore found the snake had the advantage of the hawk, as it had wrapped itself twice; around one 01 the hawk's wings, and! three times around its neck. The hawk j only had hold ofthesnaKo with theclaws of one foot. Mr. Kussell thinks the snake; would have killed the hawk if they had never been found. The snake was about, three and a half feet long. Cor.. Ei'OKNiv li. Gauy withdraws from , the Money Loan Association. Jnconsu-j quence of the destruction of tlio Court; Mouse, he finds it dilticult to trace titles! to the satisfaction of the company which he represented. It will thus be seen that! ono good has resulted from the burning' of the records. Our farmers should raise' their own provisions. The mortgaged! land may bo set down as a loss to the plan-j t r. The only question being as to the! length of timo ho will be allowed to occupy it after mortgaging if. Tiib latest news is brought to us by1 the C'harlot te Observer. It readies here; at two o'clock, while the Charleston and . Columbia papers do not arrive until alter | live o'clock. Nearly every day some of! our merchants avail themselves of the! Observer to nolo cotton quotations, and j other news. The Observer is an excellent, paper, and we should be pleased if more' of our citizens were more intimately ac-j quainted with it. Mr. GkoiuikC. IIodcjrs. will make the' race for School Commissioner an Interest-: ing one. Mr. Hodges is a man of ability I and education, and his success at estab-j lishing a first-class school at Ninety Six is to bo set down to his credit, lie is I thoroughly identified with the business j of teaching, and his whole soul is in that: line. Pass in your five dollars, and let us put vour name in the paper in connec-1 I.I. .I._ I.w.l. i,ni.r I.,...,I. I 11UII Willi IIIU UIJICU i/II U lllUil | lights am .set. This is one of the years! that we would sooner be printer than can- j didate. Wo are waiting tor the money toi come in, but candidates who do not ex-1 pec t to be elected will save money by. putting their names In only one p.iper. I Tiikre's magic in a pretty foot, And the! 1 idics know it. The next thing lor tliein to do Is to learu whore there is a pretty shoe. Let them examineour advertising columns, Club-footed men j may also learn to find shoos that will; give their pedal extremities a handsome appearance, if they scrutinize our columns. Tub South Carolina Collegian?J. A. MeCullough, editor in chief; L. W. Parker. D. D. Towers. It. P. llamer, D. A. G. 0:itz, editors: Prof. It. Means Davis, Alumntia editor. We have received the March number, for which the editors h.ive our lha'iks. Mr. J. Cowan, Dry Grove, sleeps with the printer's blessing. Ho has been a reader of tl e PrexH and Banner from the beginning of tho world, and at the t>rosent time owes tho printer nothing mt gooc'-will. Tim Columbia and Greenville Railroad; authorities havo made a righteous verdict for Chappell's Depot. Let them stick to if, even if they have to close tho depot. See what Editor Blake says on tho subject. Tim ICmkhir. ,Student.?Editors: P. L. Grier, J. T. Henry, JJ. M. Miller, T. H. Stewart, T. II. White. We thank them for a copy of thou* excellent little paper,, which isquite readable and neatly printed, j Dr. T. C. Griffin, formerly of Cokes-! bury, S. C., died at his homo in Lake City, Fla., March 10, 1884. lie was one of the*most useful citizens, and his place cunnot be easily lilled. Dr. JaMks Boycb is in receipt of some handsome chocks for the endowment of the Theological Seminary. Recently he! received one for twelve thousand dollars' from San Francisco. "Rotator" has a word or two to say about the re-election of county o Ulcers. j We do not endorse his views, nor do i we propose to discuss the question. A cong riw ati on at' meeting was he'd' at Our West last Tuesday for the purpo.-e j of raising funds for the endowment of the Theological Seminary. Xkxt Tuesday will he "All-Fools'I Day," and you will be authorized to play | off some of your original jokes on the first gudgeon you meet. Prof. Hoon lias sufllciently recovered from his recent illness to resume his du- ] ties at the college and at the Sunday i School. Thb man win wants to ruin his neigh-1 bor's bottom land will Hud the legal plan fully described in another column. Rbv. CiiADhBs Todd, a recent graduate at the Seminary, preached the morning i sermon at Duo West last Sunday. Capt. Mattison turns a big bug loose in "H.'s" ear, and threatens to causeway Penney'* creek mud holo. Dr. T. C. Brown, Statn Senator from Newberry, was paralyzed last Friday. \ His whole side is affected. Editor Houan of the Saluda A rr/u>i, was in town one day last week. His paper look as neat as a pin. We are to have a Convention in June. See orders of the Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr. L. L. Guffin, formerly of this! piace, uut now 01 Luaneston, was in town last Monday. If the citizen sees an office which ho would like to have, he should let the people know it. Foil fear you may havo noticed the [ the fact wo would say that rain has fallen recently. Captain 11. C. .Sharp of Due West i? quite sick, and Mrs. Sharp is also in bad health. Thk Associate Reformed Presbytery will meet at Troy in April. Thk Wizzard Oil men loft for Anderson on Sunday morning. Thk Wizzard Oil concert notted ?18.00 for the Abbeville Iiilles. Tjik woods will bo full of candidates in a little while. Mr. Hi:rkkn Lythgok was in town last week. "Kivf.iidknd" throws light 011 MeCoriuick. The Shields Trial before the Supreme Court. ! Charlotte Observer. Yesterday was the clay set for hearing the! argument of the counsel In the case ofj Thomas L. Shields. before the Supreme Con it at Halclgh. Gen. It. I). Johnston and the Attorney-General were ?o impeur for the pro-e- ' cutlon of Shields, and Judge \V. i\ H.\ nnrn for the defense, shields, li will he remember-1 eil.was convicted In Mecklenburg Supeilor> Court, last September, of the murder of J< s. j (>. Sltton, and whs sentenced by Judge (ill-, nier to be hanged the following October, but: Ills counsel put In an nppeiil. At the last ; term of the Supreme Court the case was not reached and It was consequently deferred un-: til this term for a hearing' The general feel*! I,.,. tlmf Omililu will lin irpti ii t oil II ii it u; t rhi I The following members of the PhllomnIheaii and Euphernlan Societies are llielr rep- ; resentatlves for Coninte.icement. on Tuesday night, in Lindsay Ilall: From the Phllomathcun, 1'. L. Urler and .1. T. Henry, Senior Orators ; T. G. 1 Joyce, Junior KssuyUt; ('. A.| Tcague, Sophomore Orator. From the Km-; pheinlau : Senior Orators. It. M. .Miller and ; T. It. Stewart: Junior Kssayist, M. I!, (irlcr; i t-ophoiiiorc Orator, Oliver Johnson.?Krakine Ntwlvnt. Colonel It. W. Seymour, one of the oldest member* of the Charleston bar, died In that city on Tuesday, after a brief Illness, aged S3 years. Just received another lot of Cinciucntti; btipjiicM, which will bo .sold cheap to cash : customers. 'J'hos. J MARKET ItEPOltT. COKKECTKI) WKKKLV DV LIILL C O T T O X B U Y K It s And Dealers in General Merchandise.1 AmiKVii.i.k, February lit, ISM. J cw.vrttY ritonrcK. Cotton in good demand. Cotton, Mlddlint; it (<? iu I Cotton, Good .Middling " 10 Cotton, Stains 6'; " K}<* I Corn " '.? | Flour 6.00 "'. *) | At en I > .-> " 1 .'Ml I Fo lder I.'hi " l.i> jitu t.tfi" I"> " -l? Kgps' 1" " l-' i ! j ckockitlk*. Huron 11 Ob Sntfur f "10 I' c.niL'e i j'i;; l* j J i-J^ H \ -i Plow Slocks l.ii " 2.t'? jj Nulls I " '? si Molasses -Jo " "hi it N. O. Syrup -10 " <?-"? k Florida Syrup HO Suit 1.00 " 1.35 Steel I'lows 0 per lb. " ' ' " , , a % Wagon Bridles. WITH or without blinds. For those who ** aieat>leand willing to pay for a good article, home made and liund htltched, I will keep a supply on hand for sale. THOS. REG US. March 19.1SSI. tf Blind Bridles. OF the cheapest quality and lowest prlcr>. j ^ THOS. JiEUG-i. t March 19,1SSS, tf c The Improved; m ins,. With its Improved Attachments is King Over all Machines. 'PIIE WHITE stands In (he front. It Ic.tIm! I I he world in put lit. of durability. In feat-j ures of media nir.-il constru-ttun. In new and ? valuable Improvement*. For light running () mi! i lies anil for great range of work with the I embodiment of all tin- latest itnpio\eim nts I IcnoMii to sew log Machine mecl-nul>m. with H elegance of ili-slcn and bi*iinty of llnish the While stands without a rival. The Improved i w; ito is the .Mac'iliie of the future. Til 10 WHITE Is n inn it fuel u red hy an old company who have had an expedience of over tliiriy years In the manufacture ot' SewingI Machines. THK WHITE is the most simpleconstrtict-1 ed Shuttle Sewing Machine made and adjust I- -p hie throughout so thatany lost motion cult be Ji taken up In an instant. TilK WHITE is the lightest running, anil J3 ma le from the best material. _ THK WHITE makes less noi>e than any x> other Shuttle Machine, hiiU has a larger space _ under the arm. U THK WHITE hnsan oscillating self-thread- _ ills shuttle and a self-setting needle. It has a (; strong feed on both sides of the needle. THE WHITE wl I do all kinds of work that a] any Machine can do. The White will do work i that no other Machine in the world can do. I /\i THK WHITE hems, and sews on luce, and ; J Inserts Idas trimming at head of hem ull In 13 one operation. ? THK WHITE does welt coritlng. and scol- -p lop hindliiL'. THE WHITE docs dress trimming, fold making, coat binding, and the only Machine in the world that does hem-siltehlug without the use of paper. The hen: stitch attachment reduced from -10.00 loil O J. THE WHITE has an automatic bobbin winder?every bobbin wound as smooth asa r spool ol thread, and an automatic lake up and li? sel:'-banding. THE Will 1 E ruffles between two bands on the edge of a garment, or through the centre ef a garment. With the above and other ranges of work too numerous to mention the WHITE stands without a peer. P THE WHITE Machine has heen tested In Abbeville county over seven years and is warranted from live to fifteen years. The shuttle carrier Is lined and warranted twenty-five years. In order to demonstrate the above I now challenge nnv one of my competitors to meet me In a public contest. TIIK WHITK Machine can hp run success-1 JJ fully l>y electricity, an advantage that every delicate lady will appreciate. Willi the bias fold cutter, button-hole attachment and electrical motor combined with the above the WHITE Is king of Machines. The Machines and sample work may be seen at the si ore of Miller Brothers, Abbe- 4 vllle, 65. Respectfully. r ai J. L. SIMPSON, Agent. y' P fi.?Ry order of the White Sexvlnsr MncliIne Company I would warn nil parties nuainst purchasing Ihe While Machine nee- dies or attachments from any one exeept the Company or their authorized acenis, as such * won in be frauds. The Company would lake j C It as a favor if parties would report to them;^ directly any or all persons outside of their, K agents who oirer their neediees or attachments for sale. J. L. S. Jan. li>, 1884,12in CONGAEEE ^ lltoi WORKS, Coumbin.S. C. Agent for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR. i. riMIKKE WORKS WERE ESTABLISHED J in 1817 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and Jamen ? Anderson iiih! purchased by me in the year lH.'ni,ftml from that time till now carried on successfully l>y myseir. My friends and customers will bear witness of llu* law and stupendous Jobs executed by mc. it was at my works where tHe largest and almost only Job ; of Its class ever executed in tliiscity wasdone, j viz.; the making of the pipes for tbo City Water Works In the year iKjs. in the brunch - * of Ri?LL FOUNDING. I can say that I have made the largest bells ever east In the State, such as the bell tor tbe City Hall In Columbia, My stock of patterns for ARCHITECTURAL WORK. COLUMNS for Store fronts, Is | largeand various, and in RAIIJNOS for Bal- j conies, Oardens and Cemeteries I have tbe largest variety and most modern patterns; ; many of these are patented and I have purchased the right for this state. In the machine line I can furnish my patrons with STKAM ENGINESand BOILKRS |of any slzeaud description. My CIIt(:UI<Alt| | SAW MI LLS have carried oil tlie prize at every Slate Fair held In this city, and in their construction I have taken pains to combine simplicity \vi;h the most useful modern Im- | provemc-nts, and may (latter myself that my i I CIRCULAR SAW MII.LS tlnd favor with ev-j rc ery sawyer who understands his business. 1 The many orders I am steadily receiving for; | SUGAR CANE .MILLS prove that the public. J appreciate the mills of my make, and soil Isi with my GEARING for JIORSK POWERS, A I GIN WHEELS, GRIST MILL* and oLher!w MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing rljjht of many j 1 PATENTS, hucIi as castings for ROCK COT- C TON AND HAY PRESS and three or lour; .di Keren t FEED CUTTERS and other implements. I will he pleased to send my circulars to any applicant, together with price list or est I mate. N My prices arc moderate, and I as.-uio 111'1 pub-1 * lie taut tlicy are lower even than those of(c Not them manufacturers, and that my work I. will compare favoiably with that of any oth-| er maker. Address j,u John Alexander, = Conoabee Ikon Works, Columbia, S. C. > 5! ffl s3 a- < w 5 S 8 S 6 ps a- ^ ' 2S s of ? :: C*h o CD I !v 5" ? S3' ? s ? OQ 05 S a . s* . - H UJ .i be 2 B 5 CD P m. ?.! P > ? I ego r 5 & CQ H ? ? o ? 11" Sf ^ ** NH ! ? h0 ? 2 A a ^ w j - s 3. h r P g, S O I 5 ^ *z* 1A S, oa 50 " ? SS S IS, ^ o ?L i ? hrt o H m pr cc ? wi j Always in stock larjit' quantities ?>f l>a- y^j on Molasses, cron, meal, llower. etc. J? Smith A Son. Making Arrangements. noil the t?i n? ni of persons v.li?? wIsh to I P economise by having ihrlr SAHin.i.?* n(n mil IIAUNKSS KKI'AIKKI) on t.n.l nlu-r ^ t] heist, of Marcli. I wilt la- rosuly to ilo all ucb work wltli neatness mid dispatch. | j THOS. BEGGS. , ?ly ^ob. L^tb, 18S-1. tf ' ars Insurance and Collection Agency. ^ benj. s. barnwellJ <cpresents the following Companies whose assets infested itti# 'nited Slates amount to $10,000,000. Home of New York, % 7,492,751 ii Merchants of Newark, N. J, 1,221,964 Rochester German 575,000 Liverpool and London and Globe,) 5,571,930 Invested in Europe, over j 20,000,000 Lancashire of England, 1,455,315 Consult Tour Interest and Insure 2our 7*ropertyi nf.ntf.nntat. house =^X3XT1D= J HO MLHEm SlLHi Both Houses "Well Stocked With Pure Goods. rauds of Good Old Bye and Sweet Mash Corn Whiskiet and Made Bourbon, Apple, Peach, California and French randies. Sweet Catawba, California & Sherry Wines, th est Champagne, Gwinness's Extra Stout Porter, Batflj o's Pale Ale, Draft and Bottled Beer. Also, a Fine iH f Tobacco and Cigars. Billiard and Pool Tables in BH f NEW SALOON. Call and See the Most Handsome n est Arranged House in the Country at No. 1 O'tfgfl THOMAS McGETTIGAW Proprietor. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL * | OMMISSION MERCHANT BROKER & COLLECTOR : = 1 . v A ealers in Grain, Flour, Meal, Bran, Meat, Hams, Hay, Si gars, Coffee, Bice, Grits, Irish Potatoes. i i FULL STOCK OF HEAVY AND LIGHT GROCERIES ALWAYS ON HAND. 81 I clal prlren on goods sutd in packxges, Ihavelapgeconrtgwnenteof goods every M id cnn innke It to your lntcre<l loilo some biiKlnes-t with me. Thanking one and nlfl >ur libcnil patronage in the pu*>t, will luake every eil'ort in the lutare to give vntlsfectMH A. ?. ROGERsI Fpb. C, 1S8I, tf v School Books! School Books We liavo on hand a Large Stock of School Biioks adopted by the >TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOB THE NEXT 30 DAYS We Will ESxob.ang^ Imost any Books used in the schools heretofore. We also keep in stock a F luc of Stationery, $ SLATES, &C., &O., TT W LAWSON & CCL no w v ? w -v ? - -w ^ ^ _ ABBEVILLE, SC. I Nov. 11,1883, tl % s. mm t co] TAVE Just opened a now and elegantly flttwl np PRUfJ STORK on the Marshall III Corner, under tlic Pres.1 and Jiomtrr office, and are now receiving and will contln|^| celve till their siot-lc is complete a full line of \ hft. rlin%mi/tnla 1\tta /rugs, iueuiumes, tiiCJiiitaxs? JUJ? u?uu0) w ISO, nil the popular PATENT MEDICINES kept in h flrsl-clnsn Drug Store, all of whle arrant to be fresh and good. \Vt also otli-r u well selected stock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of olognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief Extra in great variety, Handsome Vases, Lamps, &c, Onr line of HRCSIIKH AND SOAPS N simply complete. Every variety of HAIR, T0< All., FI.ESII, SHAVING AND SHOE MIL'SII SOAPS from the flncst toilet to theci t. M It. JOHN T. I. YON, who^e long experience In th* Drug business In the Arm of W w a- L.run, so well known, will tie cons'antly in attendance. All PRESCRIPTIONS IIv conn onnded at all Imiuis, under the nupervlsiou of DR. THOS. J. MADRY. Oct. 1?. 1883, If B. K. BEACHAM, Agent FOR THE SALE OF ? v t\ oi, i*lrt>1 Afl Taffc* Vlft/fl DclSflj UUUrtf, JJUUUOJ cmugicoi iMVbuo) * *vw ag, Ceiling, Lime anc" all kinds of Wol Forking Machinery. I Oct. 10, 1883, 12m H tate of South Carolina, J "IT STANDS AT TIE HKiW Abbeville bounty. B obatecoiirt?auuion iorLettcr?ofAdr?in- 'XIiq Star that Leads Them J. Kn.uus Lyon, Esq.. Prouatk Judge. t'lIKHEAS, John V. Strihbllnghns made THE LIOHT?Ut7NVIXO \ suit io mc. to grant him U-ttersof Ad- lllb L1U"1 nlstratlou of the estate hud effect* of S. T. ^ mmmm W rj mm illsirc, Into of Abbeillle county. decensed. II |y| 1 il C. 1 f fll hescaro therefore, to cite and admonish all B Ili^ (1 singular the kindred uud creditors of the i mmJ \J *U J?f K/ d s. T. Wllhird, deceased, that they j and appear before ine. In the Court of Pro-1 TPHAT It Is the acknowledged lender Le, to he held at Abbeville ('. 11.. on Tnes- 1 trade Is a (net that cannot be dlsput^H > , the51 h,day of February 1?4,after publl- ,, vv TMrTiTV IT , vnvp fhita^B Ioii hereof, at 11 o'clock In the forenoon, to MAN i IMITATE IT! hONE EQUA^H )w cause If any they have, why the said The Largest Armed ministriition should not be gmntcd. | The Lightest Hnnnlng. liver, under my hand and seal, this 2.iul . The Most Heiiutltul Wood WcM day of January, n the year; of our -Ami Is WarrantedLord one thousand eluht hundred and j To be nindc of the best materia], eighty-lour and In the one hundred To do any and all kinds o/work, ami eighth year ot American Indepcnd-1 To be complete in every re^^B eiice. ubllshed on the iSlrd day of January, KM, j KOIt SALE BY the Prrsii mul Runner ami on I lie Court _ _ __ _ _ _ ,i<nir r?p the time required by law. R fVl W ATI Till ra (V* J. FlLl.KK l.YON, * < Judge 1'robate Court. ... ... an. x. iH?4. tr Abbeville, S. ? , Agents wnnted In unoccupied territory. For Sale. drew ? DOMESTIC S. M. CO^B FINK JACK. If nnt s<?l<J by the 1st of .MAltCil, I will stand lilut at my Mablcs RlcbmODd J. F. COLKMAN, March 28,1888, tf Coronnca, S. C. ~ State of South Garolil HATTIfi ADAMS. Abbeville County. T T1IK DKNDY CONNER. Kcersa first IN TIIE COMMON PLEACH i-iiivs Hi'siiu.rniii. Hot n>cn s nt it I Jrs. fail aiuueo i.er.^ jju,^ i?u Notice to Creditors. AMIIFI f! n&^nw .A.LL persons having any deman^B rilVlULL Ul unuuilj ' claims against the estate of A. Fle^H A-ttorney At Law, I Cromer, deceased, are hereby notifl(H . T T, ? ,, present ami prove the same before AJitJhN I LLiv S. C. ... t ... ... t x. . ' invollice at Abbeville Court Hous^H No. .1. o Ne.vi.s Nkw Law Ulmi.dio. *, . ? , . II practice in all the Courts of the state j or before t,lc hftU of Marcb? 18W hi. 2, issi. ; be barred. HH " ! M. L. BONHAM. JR^H To !3E^_oxi"fcB I Ma?^ JU I jftn. 23, isg4, et HP [VK a<??'I Kooms, Stable timl (ianlni. j ~ Apply to -#?? maj. tho.ma.s m:t;c;s. I 1 Debtors add Creditofl L fresh lot of French and stick candies 1 . |B t received at Speed <f- L?? wry. T>LR.SONS holding claims amin^M .aiidrKlfs garden seod and onion sots ' *- estate of W. S. BASK L>, uece^^B V, just received and for sale bv Quarles 1 uil1 present the same to me wlthoi^H 'ho mas. * lay and those indebted to the estate make prompt pay met to j^H ust received. 2cases millinery, latos *JNO. T. BASKII^M les, hats, feathers, ribbons, laces, col Exccu^^l , Ac. K. M. Haddon A Co. Jun, 23,1881. 3t