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f \ 1 tie Press and Banner. By Hugh Wilson. ? Wednesday, April 23,1884.1 Eitfhfj-Two Dollars. It 1* with regret that ttp notice the fact ?...? il.?f finfl T.lphrnnnl ntirt filohp uiai iiiy A4WUUUM - ? |? Fire Insurance Company did not pay the fall amount of their policy on Mr. John T. Lyon's house, which was recently destroye<l by fire. We regret the action o: this company in l?eatinp Mr. LyoiJ out 01 eighty-two dollar* for more reasorts than one. Wo have been acquainted \Vith that company for many yeafs, and wo l>ebeve there har not been a day in the lA*t Qfteen years that we havo not had jvVllcy issued by them. In all f<>rmp? transactions they havo acted strictly tipon the square, and have paid their ? _ .-..it * j.nABfliiniiKlf iowe* in lllll niUiwub OII^ J-t>sort to that art which would shield them from a faithful performance of their (contract*. A consistent regard for their contracts and a faithful payment of thcii lossen for all these vcars had so far won tfUr confidence, that we have not hestiated, in private, and through tho columns of this paper, to commend th< company to our friends as tho best and most fair dealing company of which w? had any knowledge; and so far as oui Information goes, it is the only company which hnd uot up to the time of settling Mr. Lyon's losses, boat customers out ol a portion of their just dues. The facts, as we understand them, art somewhat us follows: l?our years before Mr. Lyon's lo*s, the London and Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company issued to him apoli?yol insurance against loss by lire for the sum of $1,200. Mr. Lyon at that time valued his house at $1,800, The company - accepted his valuation as bein# just and orrect, and took hiss money, ami if the house had not been burned it b fair to presume, that the company would still have for an indefinite time accepted his money and the correctness or his valuation of the house. But it so happened that the house was destroyed. Then tin London and Liverpool and Globe actiup on the plan which had been heretofore practiced by other companies, proceeded ? to send here adjusters, who in turn sent . carpenters and contractors to the spot tc scratch among the ashes and to count the old bricks, to ascertain the actual Value cf the property before it was destroyed, We know not by what rillo a pile ol ashes can be ascertained to be worth ?1,020, but it seems that there is such an art, and that now when tho house is nol ' . In existence, that proof is mado that the house which Mr. Lyon believed, and ^ which tho company admitted, was worth >1,500, is not worth more than $1,020, after it is destroyed. This amount wa? offered Mr. Lyon, as a settlement foi f their policy of $1 200. This Mr. Lyor j refused. Tho company then offered him $1,118, or $82 less than was due him. Tht adjuster bulldozed Mr. Lyon into an acceptance of this amount under a threat tc I * resist the payment by law. Mr. Lyor fcnew perfectly well that no jury could W organized in Abbeville Oountj\ which iTotild keen him out of a cent, but the I threat of delay under tho circumstance ol ! his pressing necessity induced him to accept the of $1,118, or $82 lew than was hi? due. In conversation with local acent, in V reference to this matter he said that the 1 Actual value of the house was much loss than $1,800 ; that owing to this fact, and a provision in the policy that the company would pay only three-fourths of th? actual loss, Mr. Lyon was offered $1,02* * as being fully three-fourths of the loss ; B that the company were entitled to a dis? oount because of the ace of building,which they did not get. He is of the opinion thai | the company paid Mr. Lyon more than was duo him, ami this was done rather l-? ??.iltK. H? rtaniAD H1HI1 IU I'C CAIV.1HIV there wan a threat of a lawsuit. Our conclusion about the whole matiei rl?, that persons who insure should be careful to take only small policies. The> may pay a hiph premium on a larpe policy for years, and then when misfortune tr comes, pet cheated out of a portion ol 4 their rights. We would say thi* to every insurer: Make no compromises with any of them. No insurance, company can |T' , find a jury in Abbeville County, tvhicf trill cheat them out of a cent. Whenevci an insurance company issues a policy to any citizen of Abbeville County, in cast of loss, that policy must be paid, unless * the insured allow* the inxurznee adjusters to beat him ont of a portion of it. Southern Hypocrlcjr and National Ingratitude. To prove the hvpocrlcv and hollow tnockery of the Southerner In his loud pretentlonH of anxiety nhont tie education of the negro we think it would only be necessary to call attention to the voluntary action of the distinguished Southern gentlemen \^ho recently went tc a- Washington with hat in hand to beg for & money with which it was pretended we Brv wanted to educate the negro, and to not ; ife'- In the same connection the fact, that only a few weeks before these obsequious gentlemen appeared before the Educational Committee, that many of the member* of the "scarred and veteran legions' BP* that served their country so valiantly in Mexico, went in a body to in that city in the hope that th*>y might induce Congress to withhold no longer, the pension money which was so justly due them. These old men, who had acted ><> important a part in securing the valuable lands which wan ceded to us in ? settlement T that war, received no attention from anybody in Washington. Nc Hrc.* distinguished negro-loving Southern genj? tlemen cared to volunteer his feeble aid *' : to these patriots. Even our Rcpresenta! tives in Congress, except tho lion. D. W. B: Aiken, did not cire to waste Rny of their valuable time in boing more th:?n formally civil to these old men who were not welcomed at the capital of the country whose flag they had so nobly upheld in former y .rs. The cry is that the National treasury ia full to overflowing, and that npproprlagf tions mint be made in order to dispose of R lf. Under these circumstanccs distinR guished Southern gentlemen in the ex?*.f iWaSm rvo*?S/\t!um Ini'ft ft\ T MR uuriitiiuc hi iucii |j<m i</ijoni hum ivfv aw. those who are always ready to sweat against us, joined the raid on the treasury | for ne^ro education. While Senatoi Hampton has been con ipicuously inxiou* [' to furnish the country with literary cot -* ton choppers, it mif;ht Lo interesting U know what ho has done for the Mexican ] veterans, and it might not be amiss foi him to state whether he has made one j? - tenth of the exortion in behalf of th< ' Confederate soldier, that has to pander t< Northern sentiment by helping to fix ar unbearable burden on his old soldiers foi negro education. He seetns oblivious t< the fact that the homes of his Confod>'rat< followers may be Bold lor negro educa tlon, and he evinces no compnnotions foi having used his powerful official and per soDal influence to bring about this stat? erf affairs, which may require a revolu tlon to correct. Will any Northerner, outside of tin lunatic asylums, believe us when we sai thut we are more solicitous about the ed ucation of the negro than we are for thi welfare of our old soldiers ? Did Lee's valiant soldiers ever drearc that their homes would be sold for negri education ? m* Would not every Southern soldier havi branded as a base lie the assertion tha South Carolina would, after the war, sel lsla home for negro education? Yet, i he fail* to pay that educational tax, h< ' * * nuist got out of his houuo. Did any proud a?d respectable peopb ever place upon their books a more un ? ... motnto than which endaneers th? V' 0 - .V JUOl Ol|*?uw # ,, homes of their soldiers tlmt the esteerocc negro may be educated T / Does not every sense of patriotism, o jrratitude, of humanity, and of cotnmor i decency, revolt at the idea of the injus tire of taking the Confederate softfter'i heme for negro education ? B W. 0. Bejtet, "Esq., hn* employed as counsel far the defendant, in B W* ease of Mis* l.<7.T.iA I)r?ivi n, ap*in*l Johu iir?4ct> of promise ? ( rnirri-^i. i I- ! I. J.-XJ ILL ' The Red Handed Cash Turns Philanthropist. Colonel E. B. C. Cn.sh, father of Bogan ' st Caah who recently shot two men in Che-1ol raw, has turned philanthropist and wants J la to borrow one thousand dollars, every I h dollar of which ho proposes to give to 8( tho poor. lie says: s< Cash Depot, 8. t\, April 18,18S4. ? Ed-tor Columbia Rcg\ttcr: : m There is now and will be great destitu- ^ tion and suffering among the poor people I of Chesterfield County, and already there n is a cry for bread. 1 foresaw what was si to be situation ond made arrangements with bankers in your city (or a loan ol tl $5,000, that I might be in condition to assist those in need; but after my son shot ' the policeman, "Palmur t? S?>n" broke n their engagement with me without assigning any valid reason for their , course. Since then, I have tried in vain (in every quarter whore I supposed money could bo borrowed) to obtain n! u i loan-, b(U pur bankers seem "bomb-1 f? i! nroof" acainst all mv applications. 11 n I now appeal to the readers of your paper.! > i hikI beg the Irian of 8100 or $500 or $1,000. | " My note or bond h Rood for thousands of S dollars, and every dollar borrowed shall H I be returned (with intoi-est) before of the Sl end of the present year, ahd every dollar \ borrowed snail be given by me And at my ' expense to the |w>or. I ask no man to 0 (jive, only lend, that I mav give, that will ! cost the lender nothing. It may bo Said or l< supposed I make this appeal and proprt- b sition for ?.fleet and to appease public c sentiment. Not one bit of that. Neither >, T or my son ask for mercy or pity. We ask I j for nothing but Justico aiid we can obtain 11 j that in Cho^terfield "without money and II without price." E. R. C. CASH. Ho docs not say for whom ho desires \ | this money, but it may be inferred that I fjit is for general distribution. As the c Cashes have perhaps, moro human blood >: on their hands than any other family who lever lived in South Carolina, we would " sisuffpext, if lie proposes to compromise | with an offended public, and make prop- K H er reparation to the injured families, i that It would tako a much larger amount ? than one thousand dollars. It would ' tako more than this amount to settle with 5 I the man who now lies at the point of I death, and it would tako much more to 1 make a settlement with the family of the I man who is recently dead. Colonel Cash ! In our opinion will add no laurels to his 1 brow by this desiro to alloviato the suf- jfering of the poor. 0 m ? K : Insurance Rates. c Wr Iparh that Mr. Chaplin, represent- A I itisr the Southeastern Tariff Association, si : while in Florence ? few days njro. raised " i|the already hitjh rates of insurance in , i our town. Florence is rated as if it was I a town without the protection of a fire j, ''department. This is manifestly unjust. ,|\Ve railed upon Mr. Jerome P. Chase. i: 11 who represents ten insurance companies, u } to know why this was done, and why he 11 11 did not represent the facts of the ca?e to [! 1 j the airent of the Southeastern Tariff As- ^ ? sociation. He informed us that he did so ? (| and protested very earnestly, and, he g .! fears, rather vehemently, againstsuch in- ,lt '! justice.?Florence Times. ^ 1 j The enormous profits which the insur- v ' ancc companies boast of having made is 1 1 enough to confirm ns in the belief that n the rates arc excessive. We would Rug' gest that the citizens of Florence, and c ' every other town rcduce the amount of * ! their insurance. A great manv of those t< . jj ' who insure pay on too large a policy, and * ' thecompaniestakethepremiumyearafter < 1 year without a protest, but as soon as a m ' house is burnt they soon prove that they b 1 j have been cheating their customer and ?! propose to pay only n paitof their policy, s ' We see no use of naming any amount In ^ an Insurance policy, if the companies are only to pay what they please. * We need a law in South Carolina to v compel insurance companies to pay the amount for which they receive a premi- * nm. Such a law exists in somo of the States, and where such a law does ex- jj ist the companies And no trouble in as- tl certaininjr the trne valueof a house before * insuring it. But in South Carolina we .\ have no protection, except our juries, ? who always require defaulting compa- t< nies to pay when they appear in court, " and we would advise every insurer to de- ^ mand the full payment of every policy, p Tho companies and iheir agonts area!- j! ways very innocent in taking money on h a house for more than it is worth, but ^ after it is burnt thev find no trouble in e scratching the ashes and ascertaining the ^ value to t>emuch less than thev thought i< - - " . ? i it was when receiving tne premium on j, ri their policy. Colonel Palmer, the njrent of the Soot- h ' i*h morteaee companies has loaned to in- i' d?i?trlons farmer* of this county about n i; 122.000.?Lancester Review, F Ym; and in a'nout five or six years ^ i tnree-fonrths of these borrowers will o t have either lost their farms, or be hope- ^ r To?slv involved. Nineteenths of the t farmers will be swallowed by a ten per J, cent, morteaee. If the Review has any F donht on this snbjert, let him eettheex- / , perienre of some of those "indnstrious J' farmers" who have already been carry- li inc a ten per rent, m irtfmjre for five or ? j six years. The farmer had better sell a h I portion of his land at half price than to j mortpaee the whole for even a small j debt. The farmer at tho npe of thirty j wlo puts ft mortpraee on his farm merely 5" j to raise money to nso or with which to c ' j p iv debts already contracted will never * j pay the debt except by the sale of the 0 ; land. Thoso who prive liens on thoir ? j crops to purchase needed tronds may pay $ I out. and finally become self-sustainine, n 11 but the man who. on a dead level, dellbj eratelv morteafces his farm has only one c , j result to await him. No mortal man can J, i pny ten cent, interest, and relieve tho * i firm of debt. . D I If the farmer Is compellrd to raisa *< j money, let him sell a portion of his land ? ] at half Its value rather than jeopard the ii I whole. A majority of our farmers have p ! trreat quantities of land that yields no re- t< tnrn, and any farmer who pay interest on any unprofitable land must finally be e 't ruined, P What the Staff nf Sonth Carollnfi ? ?> < nnoniu no. h 1. Repeal the clause of the Constitution ? which lfvies two mills for educational n purposes. J 2. Make the present poll tax n sinkinp n fund to liquidate the bonds and reduce J.| j the debt of the State. * | 3. As soon as that useless Columbia ? I ditch is finished, let the convicts be put * I to a useful work in manufacturing goods , j for the State. I 4. Let the State issue from the penitonjtiarv to needy Confederate soldiers, the | shoes and clothing which may bo manu i factured at tlio penitentiary. 1 j . >. Instead of attempting to educate the children of the State, let us issue a penj sion to snch soldiers, Iheir widows and j orphans, as may be in actual need of | help. j The aprerepate taxes of the State, ac- * cord in tr to Gov. Thompson's statement, is r i about $1,500,000. If we cut ofl" $405,000 of t i school tax. and then savo 8385.000 of in- ' ' terest on the public deht, our taxes would c ! be reduced to $620,000, or to a sum but a i J little over one-third of our present taxes, i1 Wo thought it was a ereat relief to tret j < ' rfd of one-half of the Radical taxes, but I! |suppose we could Ret rid of the remain-! \ ; in* two-thirds of the Democratic taxes? j : We intend to support candidate? for tho < Ledslature who are of that way of think- ! 4! fug, anyhow. i ^ 1 Wonder* Will Nerer Cease. < f The town of Edgefield lias gone "dry." < . \ In spite of General Butler's false reason- ^ 5 l'ng as to the wholesome ofleet of the j * presence of the bar-rooms, the town of j j Edgefield has declared in favor of prohl- ^ y bition 'tnd the bars of that old town are \ to bo closed. j If the Legislature would change the < I charters of the various towns, so asto'^ 1 require the license fees to be put into the j -s fj County Troasury, whero the property ij t, (belong*, other town man iwigcneiu>twould close thefr bars. Who wTll say ! i .' that ft is right for the corp orations to pet!J .; the benegt of license fees. Equity andjt J justice it wou^T"seem tons, would de- { I J maud this change of the charters of our ' towns. If our County Commissioners jc f had this money at their disposal they I, , could make the needed ropairs to the f . Court Iforise, without calling on tl'ro tax-j t i payer for a cent, r Query! r Is it not about time to change the law i \ which might necessitate the sale of the jC f .-onfoderate soldier's home for negro edu-J 1 ratlou T \ Groat Scarcitr of Cotton Seed. r Ilseein Uiat our people are la a great rait forcottou seed. Last Fall many of nr cltizons brought cotton need to the vll- ' igeand disponed of thorn at twelve and a alf oent a bushel. Now the same per- 1 jdh are going from farm to farm In jarch of seed to plant. Lienor* are taking application to the store* for the ivance of seed. Tho?e who have seed are no trouble in disposing of them at fty cents a bushel, and we leant that jme farmers are waiting on their neighors to see if any Boed will be left which \ icy can got. When people become so ' nprovldcnt m not to Rave seed, they ced expect nothing else than ruin? Gen. Oor.lonjand Gen. Grant have join- ! il hands in New York, in a most nohle nciertaking?the effort to rnise money i ?r the establishment of n home in Rich- 1 iond for Confederate soldiers. While Northern soldiors draw pensions from ie exhaustless treasury of the United : fnfoa Sidiitherii .soldiers, manv of whom rein perhaps greater need. havo no rexirces whatever upon which to depend. Washington, Ga., Gazette. And Isn't it a shame to Georgia that her wn Southern soldiers are totally negated, while sho is pensioning the negro V educating his children ? The facts ontalnnd In the above paragraph, should, 1 our opinion, bring the blush to every rue Southerner. For Congressional Honors. We learn from the Aiken Journal and teview that Mr. G. W, Crufl will be a nndidate for Congressional honors for fiat District. Ho would no doubt do imself and his constituency credit in the alls of Congress. South Carolina would ave nothing to lose by the election of so ood a man. ? THE DUE WEST SCRIBE. IoIm of Evfnt<*~?A Nyndlcstf Take* Charjce of the Wizard Oil Banlne** - ? Vlcrhl?Eiiormon* Profits A rifting: Therefrom?A ?jjro"? In* torefttlnjr Letter A boat Old Time* nd Old Men. The street* of Hue West are beautiful now. ler many shade tree* nave on their soft robe f green. The innny friend" of f'apt. and Mrs. R. C. harp are glad that they are both convuleint. Captain Johq M. Cochrane Is the popular ,g<ntof the North British A Merchuntile Intirance Company for Due Went. He Is doing good business for thl? company. I)r. E. II. Fdwards. Messrs. John A. Devlin, I C. Brownle<\ and J. T. McDHI wenton the xcuMon to Charleston. They all expcct to uy heavily. The Wlr-ird 011 Troup visited Due West ist Sativdiy. One of our country cousins as "put through" and pronounced hl? "pain i the head gone." before the opperatlon was nlshed. Now, it you denlro a reommendaIon to use Wliari OU apply to Mr. Railroad loblnson. He can furnish it unstintedly. A Dinpnny of stockholders organized and I naranrecd the Troup SoO If they would give j concert Saturday night. The evening wni ery had : only about $45 whs taken In. Five ollars was g^neroudy Klven hack by the Vizard Company, and the stockholders hrld he enormous sum ??r roriy-nve crm*H? mcir, rnflt. Tliey say they were pleased with their i nvestment, and that Wlllouzhby Read wlH ; ereufter be at a discount In this place. A petition slened hy the citizens wan re-' entl.v forwarded to the Hon. P. W.vatt Aiken t Washington, and Due West now enjoys ho luxury of two dally malls. We propose r> vote for the Hon. Congressman hereafter hroufjh 'thick and thin." A man wto, nows how to pat through work with such Ispntcli will do " to tic to." Mrs. j. B. Bonner hns b?en qnlte sick for r>me time past, hut Is better. Hhe hopes to; e able to visit her friends at Troy soon* Mrs. II. E Bonner left Due West for her >rmer home In the West, on lust Wednesday, he took her children with her and Mr. Boner accompanied her part of the Journey, ho expects remaining; some time. Mr. Samuel Aernew liaa four ladle* In his tore who are kept busy with the need leal I the Imo. Due West Is a fine location for such rork. ; MI'S JOMf uni;r? ni i rn.v, mm nct.-u itum* very ple:im*nt stay In towu with her sister frs. J. B. Bonner. The following letter wns advertised at the ,bhevllle Post Offl<e. It was addressed to Mr. irchlf Kennedy. Mr. Archie D. Kennedy of his place supposed It. w?i intended for hi* ddress. and applied for It. On openlns thin; utter It was found that It was Intended for | fr. Archie Kennedy, who died In IKV>? about i I years aco. There are a number of person* ie?tloncd In It who have been dead from 30 3 40 years. The letter Is from an old oolorcd nan who once belonged to Mr. Enoch Nelson, he only person mentioned who Is now llvne. The Mr. Archie Patton mentioned was llled In the war In 1882. The Mrs. Glnsle 'atton alluded to died Just 40 years airo. This ?dy was (he mother ot Prof. E. L. Patton, D. who Is in the State University of Oolum-. la. S. C. She was also the mother of Mrs. J.' '. Kennedy of the Pne West Kemalo Colleee. he Mr. Little mentioned has been In his rave for these thlrt.v-two year*. The other ames mentlone-j we are not familiar with, ill of these parties have bem prominently lentlfled wllh the erowth and success of this ounty. It will nwaken old memories in the, reast of many. Here Is the letter: 'Mairh Iflth. ISM. Mr. Archie Cannady .-Sir: I will drop you lew lines In hopes of hearlnc from you. I, ave written home and can't hear. I want on. If It is in your power, to send for me. 'he last master I had was Enoch Nelson. My ?me Is William Nelson. I want Mr. Archie 'atton to write to me. If he Is still llvlnc, or I? mother. Olnsey Patton. Mr. Billy Roher-' r>n. that did not live far from Archie Little,! wnetl a woman by the name of Hcttle. She . as my wife and when I left, lier cn? had ai aby In her arm*. Irs nnme was Fannie. If 111 Robertson l? dead I want to hear from Ir. Fred or John Pleasant, Tom that lived p on the hill called Ramshorn Field, Dr. "rossly owned the field; William Ansloy 11 v<1 on the rleht hand side of the road colng to ibbevllle Court House. If Mr. William Ansjy Ir dead perhaps some of his relations Is here and I want them to know that I. Wll- j lam Nelson, wants to come back to hi* old omoairain. Be sure and answer thlsossoon * you eet it and let me hcur from my old omc before I die. "Your obedient servant. "Wn.t.iAM Nelson. "Direct to Mr. O. McCall, Elizabeth City, r. C. "P. R.?William Nelson used to belong to oil Mr. Archie." Mr. A. D.Kennedy, of Due West, would he l id to have any Information concerning the rife or dauehter here spoken of. The announcement lant week of the death f Dr. Tatnm Wldeman, spread sorrow over ur little town. Prof, and Mr*. Kennedy, lev. W. L. Pressly, Dr. Wldemnn and Mr. A. . Kennedy, left this place to attend the faera!. Dr. E. H. Edwards and Can'. John M. Cochin* represented the Duo West Lodre at the rand celebration of the Knights of Honor in i harlestnn. They dcscrlhe the banquet as su-; erh and the to&sls and responses simply rand. Mr. Edwin Cox, whose life has been In the 'dances for so lonir, was called from the j^nes of earth on last Friday eventnjr at 4 'clock. H" was burled at Little River on Batrday evening at 2 o'clock. in presence of a irse crowd of monrnins friend*. Rev. R. N. 'ratt. preached his fnnerat. This Is a sad rovidence. A weenlnir wife and two'dauah;rg sit in sorrow hy the heart h-*tone. May a iorclfill heavenly Father heal tbefr wounds. It has becomn the style now, in some qunrtrs. to hare vocal concert* on the Sahbath, ite In the afternoon. This Is doubtless lm'Avlnrr /> ho A* to lt? nrnnrlotv wp ave iumrri opinions pro and con^ The noes fem to have It. A serious nccldent. with a bad consequent appened at Dr. Nathan Henry'* taut Friday. 11 sb Shaw from Savannah. who has been oardlne wltli the family for some months, In rnlkine on the poach stepped on Mis* Julia [enry's hand. In Jumping buck she Ml and roke her thlirh< Thin In a serlnOS accident, * ihl? lady In very o'rt an?l Inflrni. MI*sJlia wn* very much excited over thin occurenceandtlat nleht drea ed that MIssRhaw ra? dead, and In b?r frteht she Jumped up nd ran out on the street *-re*mlntr. Her ilnd was b.'idly arteetcd and her friend* re uneasy over her condition. Mr. R. Y. Mills, of the Remlnarv, h8s been ulte unwell Mince the meeting of Presbytery, lo returned sick from Troy. ORGANIZING FOE THE CAMPAIGN. I"he Abbeville Democratic Clnb Meet* and Reorganises by the Election of New Officer*? Delegates to the Connty Clnb. This Club met last Frld?y nlsht f<ir re-nrpanzntlon. JudL'e Lyon csilled the meeting to inler. and stated theobleci of the meetlnc. UwkI In the last campaign. Twelve or fifteen tew n?me? were added, nod a committee wns tppnlnti d to revise the list. The chairman hen announced Ihnt the election of officers ras In order. W. H. Paris er, Esq., said he was me of those who believed In reelecting a rood officer, and nominated Judge Lyon for e-electlon. The Judire positively declined rejlcctlon. S. C. Cason. Esq.. then mild he would nove the election of his friend and nek'hhor, "apt M. L Nonham, the Vict-President, .'apt. J. W. Perrin's name wn* put forward or the offire. He declined the nomination. I s'o oth?>r nomination* were made. The vote *as taken. a number participating, and Capt. Ho hnm was declared elected. After leveral eeiitlemen hnd been nominated, all if whom declined, W. C. McUowan was fl. | lnll.v called upon, and he concluded to stand or Vice-President. and was elected. Judce \yo" vacated the chair, and asked the Vlco 'resident elect to preside In the absenceof the lewly circled chairman: Then the election 1 >f Secretajy was In order. The former Secrear.v refuspd to he re-elected, and It was with Ilfflcnlty that anybody could bo Induced to iccept the office. Finally Mr. I* W. Smith iccepted the place. Then theelectlon of Treasirer was In order, and after many nomlnalons and as many refusals to serve, Mr. Jones " Mltler wa* Induced to accept the office. The election of delegate* to the County | Convention was next l.i order, but few mpn vere willing lo stand for this race, although ome fifteen or eighteen names were proposed, fudge Lyon would likely have business In his ifflce oti the day the County Club met.andde-i illned. M. P. PeBrtihl whs a member of the County Club, by virtue of being Secretary; Sheriff IjuPre dccl'ned for reasons which no! ieed not give; Dr. H. I>. Wilson was not In! Kdltlcs, und others simply declined to run I vlthout assigning a reason. The delegates; lecletf are: W. t: Benet. W. H. Parker. J. I f. ftlllor, J. W. Perrin. H, T. Wurdlaw, W. i. I>ce, W. C. McGowan. Since thebeglnnlngof the world wepresume here has never been a time when so much nodesty hns been evinced In the matter of ahinc office. If this modesty Is to continue t nmy wen De lenjvn uihi we win nm nave nuuuli patriotic citizens to take the offices. JTlie latest ont, tho "tortoise shell" hat! or misses in white and heize. These' rim up Very pretilv with a single bow of , ihon. R. M. Hadrian A Co. | We are receiving almost daily the Int- > st styles in fiats and millinery trim-i nings. R. M. Haddon Co. j Our stork of shoes all kinds and styles; annot be surpassed. Smith <fc Son. j Millinery! millinery! Don't forget that j re aro affering a lot of it at cost. Smith <fe So*. I I ME JAIL WALLS PIERCED jS wh: * hi 1ND THOMAS L. SHIELDS AT LIBERTY, thi PHl <m Etrapt under Fire of Hnnn'i Artll- ^ lerjr and a Flight through the u,j Storm?A Well Planned and Sneee*?- ?n ful Attempt at Reitae-A Hole C*l In the Waii.ue veu uoor unmmcu p and tbc Prisoner Freed?Farewell t|? Indited before Ike Flijttt. Sh Charlotte Observer. "y, Thomas L Shield*, the murderer of Joseph cm 3. Sit ton. inade his escape from the countv pr< lall 1? this city sometime before daybreak *tt yesterday morning, having been nldcij by u est party of friends, who broke Into the Jail from tui the outside, unlocked tlie door to Shield*" ne cell unit turned him at liberty. The rescue fth w?m effected during the prevalence of heavy on Lhunder storm, having heen well planned wn ind mo*t successfully carried out. The Jail In Ihi this city Is a Jail within a Jail. The four tin large outer walls of the building Inclose a es< square three story structure dlvld'd Into of eeUs. A five foot passage way runs enllrely cu around thin square, separating It from the Int walls of the J ill. Around this square Iron mi tailings lead from the bottom to the t<?p floor. Should ajprisoner get out of hi* cell, all that he would find betwech himself und liberty gfl would be anordlnary brick wall. At the coruernear the rear of the Jail, on the third floor. Is cell No. 'JO, and In this Thos. Shields had been confined since last summer. Next to ?' him In cell 19, Wm. Presslar, a United States prisoner. Is confined; Presslar states that early yesterday morning he heard a sound us of chisels being used below, tho sound continuing for perhaps an hour, when It ceased, and directly he heard the tramping of feet coming up the stair case around tho cell. Hejudged by the sound that there were six men in the party. They rapidly ascended the stairway, passed by his uoor and hailed at , Shields' call. In a moment they returned, passed down the corridors anil quiet once M. - , ?n w< more reignea. i nm is mi mm i ic-w.. w, . about It. He is the only prisoner In the J:?II; that will admit hnvlng known any thingat all (bat occurred, all the others declaring tlint j "J11 they sleep In blissful Ignorance of anything j r" unusual going on in thbjall. tin n* The Hole In the Wall. fo The hole wan picked in the vrnll from the outsldo and wild about three feet from the if) ground. It wan large enough for iwo boyst-i1-. crawl through at once and the wall at the ru filace where the hole wax made Is twenty-five nchcK thick. After having made the hi?le! __ the parties crawled through, went up to;ov Shields' cell and unlocked the door, when all i... retired and galnlhg the outKlde In safety, fled : _ through the storm. How they unlocked the i fu door i* a mystery. Jailor Griffith's keys q-. were all securely locked up and had not been : touched. The Jock Is ft heavy "barrel" lock.j^i requiring a eoinplleated key. The parties ... were caut ious enough to carry off their tools, .. leaving not a single implement behind. From A. all Indications this rescue lias been planned some weeks aao and I he parties were simply waiting for lust such a night as Monday ' night was, when the howling tempest* would J favor their operations by drowning the noise , of their tools. That it was planned by per- . son.H familiar with the Jail and its surroundings there can bo no doubt. Jailor Griffith sleeps in the front of the building on the 1. northeast side and the spot selected for pick- Jr lng the hole was in the rear wall on the southea*t side. Amidst the roar of the wind and rain and the peals of the thunder, a dozen holes mlpht have been pickcd in the wull without vraKinc any one up. m A View of Shield'* Cell. Tl An 0b3eri<er reporter visited the Jail noon ?! after the new* of the escape was heart] and h( after viewing the surroundings, he ascended . the stairway to .Shields' rooin. The door ' opened noiselessly and inside, onla table cover- . ed with papers. a lamp was dimly burning as _ Shieldj* had lelt It. The bed was tumbled up and the cell was the perfect picture of disor- |f, lior. A handsome Raster card. received by ' the prisoner a day or two before, was careless- ? ly dropped to the floor. Over the walls of the cell, In large black letters newly made. the prisoner had marked: "Sing low a? well as pray. A woid to the wise Is sufficient, yon , know." Over the door he had pasted a ? placard Inscribed with the words: "Shields' f Welcome." At another place he hail written ,l a long list of names of witnesses who had tes- h titled against him, branding each one as a bastard. His sister-in-law, Annie Shellds. he called a shrew, and under that Impression, d In large letters, Is this sentiment: "Iftherels a crime of deeper dye In the guilty train of vices, 'tlB Ingratitude. Such Is thatot David H. Shields, as regards his parents. Too, they _ have done much for him," On another part of the wall Is the record of his walking t match taken dally around tne room since lust ,,, a Among the papers on his table the reporter found the following with a plcce of string at? tached. On the envelope was written. "Tims. L..quick." The string wa* evidently meant to make It appear that It had been the means of drawing the note up to him. The handwriting was a clever dl<gnlsnand the note was di evidently flxed up by Shields himself and left fa in the room with the hope of misleading the F officers. It read: "Friend Tom.?I send all your weapons. They are all good ones and I Mi think nil Is quite safe. You may have to pa?l hi the dress. Take good cave of yourself and w don't catch cold. The papers are all fixed 81 and your nnmc Is John Kellou'g. of Virginia. >1 You mint not he caught napping until you b' rcach the steamer, when you can sleep safe hi and sound until you cross the big branch, 81 when all will be well. I)o the best you can re until 1 see you. Until then, adieu." ?> T! ItfdMAffe to the lie me folk ft* tc On the table was an unsealed letter addressed to his mother, in which he said: "I am n. not leaving on account of any Ill-treatment f at the hands of Mr Orl filth, the deputy Slier- {., Iff, for I hove been kindly treated by him and D his wife. I do think his wife Is such a good woman. I wani juu m mnn-n .^ kind to and rememher them for my sake. jr No, I am leaving Mm ply bccause I know con- h flneinent will kill me. ?< Now I say good bye father, mother and all. ,i I hope to see you nil nunln. If not on this eanh or thin world, I hope lo meet yon nil In heaven, which Is n home always, and what we ought to think about more than anything else. I have done nothing that I am norry b for, only on your account. If plnct*<l In like ? position I would act Instantly an before. And " now I mean to bury the pa?t and look to the h future. 1 know I have been ImpoRed on by h those miserable people, but I forgive them all ? and seek pastured new. Jf they don't want * me to live up there, the world Is wide, I can di go to some other people. }> -Once more, irood-hye. Yous truly, ci Thomas L. PntEi.n". "< In nn *>pen envelope was this card and w poem an follows: "To Brother* and Mister* All." d I leave you here a little scrap. j?( For you all to look upon : I, That you may know my sentiments, Pl Before I am dead and gone. j. Give honor to your mother denr, * Remember well her pnln. And recompense her in her ago ? With chlldllkc loveagain. * Be always ready for her help, * And let her not decay: fl Remember well yonr fa'her, alt, Who has always been your stay. T Remember well yonr brother Tom, *"* * - ~ 4 * ? - * - /tvlwan W no inr me invuui ?u w?o his home. And rave over (*11 hi* eoUen yean, To prison and to pain. d God grant yon so to end your davs, ni A* he m?y think It best. That I may meet you a'l In heaven, g| Where I do hope to rest. C Tom. d Ci The Crime and the Trial. a Tho?. I,. Shield* was tried nt the fall term of J"' Mecklenburg Superior Court, last Septemher. J: before Judge Gilmer, on ehnrt'e of the murder '. of Joseph (?. Sl'ton. the Superintendent of '/ the Ore Knoh Mine. Sltton, ns Shields allied, seduced a sister ot the prisoner and re-|P fused t<> marry her, whereupon Shields shot r. him down. The plea ottered h.v Shields nt the trial wiim notMii<tained,nnd the Jury returned a verdict of polity airalnst him. Judge Gil- p mer sentenced him to he hanged on the 10th J of October. 18>"3, but. an appeal was taken to the Supreme Out t. which appeal win argued p three weeks ago. the Ju?tlce? hot havlnir the f ca?e under ndvlsement. What et'?ct, If any '* Shields' escape will have upon tht henrlng of J the case before the Supreme Court emalnslo he saen. y Shield* Write* a Letter to the Char. * lotte Obscrvfr-He (omraentn on J,! the Trial, and Says the Verdlet p Was CnJn*t?.\o Regrets for Kill* B lnjc ftltton. (< None of the communications found In S Shields' "ell, were dated. The following letter nddreesed to the 06*rrtvr was dropped In the Charlotte postofflce sometime yesterdav between 8 a. m.. nnd 2 p. m. It hears no dale ?n,i nrnvoa (hut the esenne bud been nlnnned. and Its consummation had horn dally anticipated by Shields for some time: To the Editor of the Ohttrver: II Pc'ore rushing ont into the cold. cold. ;d world, allow me throueh the column* of|A your excellent paper to bid adlen to my j a friends, and to extend to various Journals and j ri papers my unlimited appreciation and heart- p felt gratitude for their Kindness done me in i p their columns, by commenting so nobly and I a1 eloquently In my hehalf, and I feel very1II grateful to your paper, (the DaUy Obnerver) I rr for the position It has taken, for while It has | n said nrrtnlhir for me. It kindly said little Ifjei anything against- me, which, allow me to relt- |S erate, I have not failed to take due notice of hi and appreciate accordlnely. Now In tuking M leaveof this great metropolis. I must say that ni 1 have done not hlnz to resrret; I am simply tl leaving now because I kn w confinement ei will kill nie. I expect to he ba<-k at the prop- o ertline. I suppose I win be granted a new I trial,as I have had anything but a fair one, though I don't mean to reflect so much on the trial as the verdict, for It was not a Just one and wan not rendered according to the ev deuce elven In the case, and had I not thought. that I would havo eot at least tiu- '' mane Justice I should not have come here.!tr for hy doing so I have been shamefully and t< ' -.1 ? ?.l Kr..l?ll,. ( m nnaiut It upon. I '1 I Under the circumstance*, I don't feel, nnrij' never have, ih?t my God hold* nie accounts-; 'J bfe forkllllntf that miserable dog, fcltton. for;"' If placed In like position I would net stnntly as before. I clnlm that I had a right :w j to the Interview with him. and he was re-: ?' ! sponsible for what occurred afterwards. andj"' not me, for I win justifiable In defending my-, t< self during said Interview. In each Instance |Ci he was the aggressor. When I spared the:" worthless, penniless vaenbond whon 1 lound 1 Pi him In my dwelling house where he had h sneaked to In the dead hour of the night, It's fr a preposterous Idea. In fact It lit too unreason- J' bio to suppose that I sought his llle, after ! j'i that and similar opportunities had I wanted J" I to lake It. I an) frmik enough to confess that j (1 II only did so because I did not want to take {' life, nntl trhsted that matters would terml-;"' ; nate for the better. I did not want to Inflict c' fialnon any one. When I wont to see him, I; f" ntendod to reason with him and offer him:8' ; Inducements, (which, by the wny, he did not IP' deserve) and have no hesitancy In saying that j tl I don't have the slightest Idea where the ln-i?r tervlew or conversation would have ended.! had he not acted so foolishly and attempted j to get his pl*tol to shoo,t mo. Tho?e are the clrcumstanc?s under trhlch he was killed, and I say again that I have nothing to regret so , far as 1 am Individually concerned. One, and ; hi the only thing I do reeret. Is the effect lhat;,u the late trouble has had on my poor ftither and mother In their advanced Bite. I may have to come back to see you soon, ag&Irr, but I r hone not too soon. I ?, i ?' Tomy boyhoo<l days, ta, ta. j To the scenes of my youth. In old Hopewell, i P' ? --I ...wl tr^c. ntlbo furunrull ' Of Very refcpeetfufljv ifJ THOMAS L. SHIELDS. I "< Itn Kblfldi' Reported Brrakdut. |cr About ten o'clock yesterday morning Ml*. f.'r Capp Orr, who liven five nilli-s dlsinnt. arrived in the city with Information that Thomns Shields called at his home ah >ut daylight for J hreakfa?t which was provided for him. After ' breakfast Shields a*ked to he nllowcil to * tnkcanapinthehou.se, bui Mr. Orr reffised therequest. Mr.Orr'swIfc was afraid to re- ?' main about the house a ft Or she saw ShlcldB, and ran oft to a neighbor'*. Mr. Oit nave J" Shields a quilt and told him he could co to i If! the barn and s'eep, which Shield* proceeded 1 J*, to do, when Mr. Orr Jumped on his mule mid {V rode to town with the news. Deputy Sheriff! L" Griffith and a posse at <>nce put out for Mr. |}" Orr's house. In the barn they found the J" quilt and beyond the barn for 200 yards they I'* traced the tracks of a man. The wood* and ,H i da adjacont were aearched, but to no puric, and the poxce returned to the city late Hie uOeriioon. Mr. Orr is certain It was leld?. Shields presumed on former frlcndp ond besotmhi Mr. Orr to protect him for oe days, adding that lie would t>c well Id for It. bhlelda arrived at Mr. Orr'a house foot and earrlwl u valise and un overcoat, inc are dlaoosed to think that this wart all a ic, buibutnata* It may. Capp Orr la cern that Shields took breakfast at hla house, d afterward* slept in his burn. A Reward Offered. Sheriff Alexander offers a reward of 8T00 for ? capture of Shields. In Interviewlhg lelds In the Jail lost summer the reporter tlc< d that there was a peculiarity about hie e* that|would easily lead to his Identity in ?e he ever escaped. One of hla eyes in a mouiieed brown In Color, and the other la n (el ({ray. The people, generally, n'gret his rape, iuiiI express u keen desire for lila cupre. It misfit not be improper In thla conctlon to atiite thai there can be no fsiuli ind with the sheriff or hla deputy, ll b'-inu e of there tilings that no man's roresl^ht oi tch fulness could proven I: If there Is any lit toflml It must be laid up to the walla o! Jail. Immediately upon hearing of the rape the sheriff telegraphed to all quarter! the cnttntry and sent out hundreds of clrlara with description o:' ."Shields and offer : SWJ reward for his capturo by the Aral ills, "BTTTBW TO TTTR ndirirrY JAIL OAiiA/d VWM ? - ? ronfffct Back in a Had Pllght?Thi Ntory of nil Dnwd and Aim lew Wnnderlnjr#? All Dny L?ng In t Creek With Jant Ills Head Oat 6 the Water?A Three Hoars Flgrh for HI* Life tn the Jail?How Hit Father Heard the Jfewri of Hi* E? eape. k'esterday morning at 11:30 o'clock, aherif . E. Alexander and 11.1t Obxervr repnrlo: ?re In thr olllee of the former dlwiiwltlg tin jry of ttie lute escape from Juil, whet rough the window overlooking Churct eet they ?nw u Urifc body of mounted nici lins up to the Couri Hoiice. At their hcai i liomeback wa# a man with a can an lnni n fence rail. Behind lilm was a hack will ur permms >ented In It. Following the had ;rc about thirty Long Creekern and Hope > II men, whltennd colored all carryinggun? le Drocc?slon halted at the Court HoilJe cor >r and there has an Immediate rush or fin iim to the Kpot. Sitting beside Jlin {tender n, on the second sent In the hack, was u fa I mplcxloncd man with hnt pulled dowi er Ills eyes, and who was mechanically root t unions; his well crown beard with tlic flu rs of one hand. It wns Tlioft. L. Shieldo innn whose escape from the county Jai icsdny morn I tut crented such an e.xcltein>-n the city and throughout tlic country. Th ierlff ordered the procession to move on t< ejnll and It went off at a trot. Arrlvlnga le Jnll, Shields was helped from the hacl id escorted Into the building, when thejln e, Jangle of the deputy's keys wem lieurc! ie|tuavy Iron door of the dungeon swun >en and wh n ll closed, the man who ha dden us such a Jubilant "ta, ta" the day bt re, was behind it. Am Shields and his cap rs entered the Jail, the darkles con fined I le cells; struck up the tune: "When Johr le Comes M-.irchlng Home." Shields ap fired decidedly crestfallen and his eyes ha wild, confused look, while he tottered abou id seemed as weak as a child. A Talk With the Prisoner. Shle'ds shook hands with the reporter an lUtnblod something about "a deVll Of a fix. lie reporter at once saw tint shields wns ur >r the Influence of some druc. the pupils < Is eye* being contracted lo the size of pi tads, ht8 voire wns thick and lie was gent! ly unsteady. "I am too nick to tnik," h lid, "and don't know that I have nnytliin lterestlng to tell you. I don't know how >t into th'> country, only know that I walk I there. The d?n rascal that cut the hole I ic wall for me didn't cut it bl* enough and >t fastened. Then they hud lo pull me on id in doing this they skinned my hand an ?clfd my stomach. 1 don't know Htiythln tout myself after I left the Jail, but a fe 11 < as to meet me outside of town anil carry m vnv. If he had done this ax agreed I nev< ould have t>ccn caught." Shields would n< II how ranny men, orwhothumen won lat rescued him from tli? JitlI. "They cam ire. dug the hole in the wall and took m it." was nil that he would s.iy. "How did they manage to unlock yoi xir?" asked the reporter. "That," he replied, "i?a trick that lie nev< en before." He wns exceedingly non-committal and no Ithetandlnghls stupefied condition, held hi mgue with a caution thai whh admlrabl i an unguarded moment, however, he r< arked that he was troubled about one thin; id being asked what It was, r-plled: "I lost my prayer book somewhere and 1 Nitalncd a letter telling ull nboul It." Story of the Cuptnre. Shields wns caught about 8 oclock yeste ty morning, lying in a pleco of woods wltl i 200 yards of the residence of Mr, Gree espcrman, who stepped out to his hnrnyar iw that the gato was onen, ana pimsin irougli It, he proceeded to the wools t unt filsstrny cows. Jvi?t n? he entered th oods, lie saw shields lying under a trei ileitis dtil not see h!m, and quietly retrea lit, he sent word around among the nelgl irm Mrr Jim Henderson soon arrived an Imself and Mr. Fesperman went up to wliei Melds wan. Seeing only two men he manl sted a defiant disposition and refused to t iptured, swearing that he would die Arc he two men were trying to persuade him li i subjection, when a large body of me rived, and Shields at once submitted to n Pt. Securing a hack, and placing the prii tier In It they prnreeded to the city, Shieli ared lynching, but after a while ho bocan: assured and felt more at ease. Ho bi'gge r. Irwin to give him some morphine, bn iir the doctor rffused, Shields continue sgglng for morphine, when Dr. Irwin, tal ig a close look at him, remarked: "Yi live already had come, haven't you! Ifes." Shields replied. "I took twenty grulr lis inurnlng, but the effects have died out Drank and Dniixcd. Surprise Is manifested by all that after h rllliant escape from Jail shields should hai ipcrlenceil sneh an Inglorious capture, bi '? far ?* ImiiInnt? i?nf. illfi hotter I Is Judgment, and lie was scarcely started n Is way before lie was muddled nnd onnfun nd In no condition to fake cure of hlmse / hen he left tho Jail tho ruin wan pourlr own In torrent* and ?l?%yliirht was ttlin?> reaklmr. Shields and his party had a mix iter start than they Ind counted on, and tl ucronchment of daylight n^cessliated the inanition. They eave Shields a bottle hlskey anil bade him Ood speed. In cons ucnceofhl* Ion* confinement In Jail h rnln whs In the proper fix to be easily a l?*d by ardent spirit*, and before he knew e haif taken too much. He was also provli J with a quantity of morphine, with whl? n occasionally dnsed himself. Under tt (Toots of the whiskey and the riruirthe drai eil hlrrself about, not knowing where 1 'a* or where he was bound, with so little li Llnct left that he w cnt from one house to a ther, talking u'-ont hlmsHf to the occnpanl nd strolled throuch the open fields m 'oods In broad daylight. When found In tl 'nods near Mr. Fesperman's house the cmp ask was taken from his pocket. 'he Fngltive'n Wandcrla;* ? Tl Ilnnd that Fed Him Deliver* Him Over to the Officer* of tl Law While He Nlept. Shields arrived at Mr. Orr's honsejustabo a\ break and knocked at the door. Mr. O sk -d who was there, when shields repllei It. Is a friend who wishes to have a little pi inal at?d private con vernation with yo ome out, plens?*." Mr. Orr re?l!ed th:>t I Id notcoMiemit in the dark to have prlva inveri -tlons with anybody. " Well, then "l""t ' ii rn v?m n Mnson ?" Mr. 0 piled tknt he wns n?t. "Then there * i *ebe>Uinir nronnd the bush. I nm Thoin hlHds. n friend of yours; I've hntkon fro tH.nnd X want yon toirlve me some brow tut." A lengthy colloquy endued which nily ended by Shields flnnily brine ndml il. He wa? L'lven hi* breitkfsiBf. and sent le bnrn to sl*ep, when Mr. Orr hastened ic city with the news. When the nfJlcr rrlved, Phle'd* hnd gone. After lenvin* M rr's burn, Shield* made h's way through tl old* to n piece of woods. wh<?re be rerniilni ntII dtirk. when he went to the hon?e of M 'rank Little, and stayed all nltMit. Mr. LIM - * ? - ? ??? tkA K/v.. I crippled nun nmiu imil un ?< > ...... i toll (he news. hut. sent word to (ho nelg ors ns noon as ho couid that .Sh'.elds was If-lmposed gue?t a? hi* house. Shields It [r. Utile's onrly Wednesday morning ar alkod to the house <>f Mr. Green Fespermn tvo mlie?. distant He pnssed through M e?permans harn yard, and leaving tl ntos onen, walked Inio the wools noar b hero he lay down and where he was soon j Rrwnrds dlFcovered and arrested. hleld*' Father llenra the ?*?. lip nnd HIh Diinichlem ure Gremi Affected?The Panning Crowd?t? t s Grocery, and Joke the O) 71 mi. Early yesterday morning as sounds of pe le wore searching the Hopewell country f ic prisoner. Mr. A. C. Shields, with his tv aurhters, wns comlnir to the city In a huge t James MeDonald'sfgrocery store, they ni hody of men and Mr. shields cheerily as] J what was up. "Oh nothing," Dr. Irwin r lied with a wink, "only this Is a populi lace." pointing to the grocery. Mr. Shleli nd his daughters were In pleasant spirits, e rely unconscious of what the gnthcrlng icn meant, until Mr. McDonald told the o >an and his danehters that Tom Shields hi leaned fioni Jail. Stunned at the news, M hlelds turned his horse's head nnd drm nek home. His daughters, particularly Ml [ollie, were greatly affected over the new nd the men looked on them with symp letle henrts. Thl? little Incident Is of Into <t as It clears the father of any knowled;; r complicity with his son's escape. he Grave |Almo?t In Nl|fht? Landi nam Comes Near Getting In Ii Work. ' After Shields had been locked op. the shi f. l-earlng that he appeared to be unoer tl lfluencc of h drus. dispatched Dr. Brattn ) the Jn.11 to examine him. Shields hnd bee i a close cell for about thirty minutes whe physician arrived. Dr. Dratton foun iat lie hnd rome none too soon. Shields w? Inn on the floor in a deep stupor, his fa< nil hands wero purple and bin breathlr mid scarcely be detected. Vigorous effbri ere at onee taken to save his life and at tt rid of three hours, the effort, was found '.o t jccessful. Two nepjro men were employe > whip Shield's naked body while the ph.vs an attended to the other details of the re >ratlcn process. For a time Dr. Bratton de aired of saving the man's life, and for Mm ours the men were pulllne Shields buc orn the open grave by main force, as it- wer l the nockot of Shields' overcoat that ha pen taken away trmn him as lie entered th ill. wns found a bottle containing n sma uantliy of some solution of which latidi um was the principal Ingredient. Shielr (id drunk four ounces of It on his way to th ty, and Its effect was fust beginning to Ij It as he readied the Jail. Shields, whll tide In a corner of the Jail talking to the r< f>rter. went fast asleep. This Incident led t le call for the physician and resulted In &a\ ig Shields' life. It Wan a Cold Heart that Dtd >'c Feel a Totich or Pity at fthiel dn' I?erable Condition." Shi fills appeared to be mere rational aft< b had recovered from the effects of the dm mn he was when first Interviewed In til ornlne. It was at six o'clm k In thca/te: x) i when the repot tcr called to see him. H as miserably sick, his hair was dlshevele id he looked like a mad num. I'oorShlelds was a cold heart that did not feel a touch r ty at hisdfplornble condition. Ulter inli y was graven upon his rnuntcnanco, hi :es seemed bursting from their srekets an ^ was look weak to stand alone. He seeme have a better recollection of what had <x irr?d, and said : "The inan who unlocked m, II door was a sharper who stopped a fei tysiitoneof the city hotels. Not one tnm a thousand could have done it,and to exor ate Mr. Oilfflth from Name. I am going t 11. sometime, how he Id it. After the pari; >t ine ortt. they tufned me loose In the rail id told ii>e t'> shift for myself, leaving me ti >1 away as best I could. I was Ht a toss ho\ proceed, bu? stumbled1 along as best- I couli the uarkness. All day Ton!.'. Tuesday, afte nvlng Capp Wrr's. I lay In a croek near b.v Ith iiolhlnu but my head out ot water. A pht 1 went, to Frank Little's and you knov e rest. Neither iny father noran.vofthi ml'y knew of my escape. I took thednii kill myself In the event of capture "ml on wish that I had suoceeded." In Shields >cUet was a small leather purse ocntalnlni '*20. It won making wet M *?? i atrip or clothing he I?hU on.bl? body- 0 b > I that when tils, rencuer;. loft hlm. he was^w i lutely mo wcuk mm ne tuuw ? _ I one foot after unother, and 11 wax doubtleus In I the effort to stimulate hlmaelf with the whiskey and morphine that he overdid the thin# | and made himself le*s ublc than ever to gut . out of the country. He was terribly proatrat'ed from the eftccu of the drug when the reI porter bid him adieu, but Intimated that he mlKht tell aomolhlng more after he gels better. A TALK WITH SHIELD#: 1 lie Fe?? Better ttad Has A tltearer Rcfoileetion of HI* Bouoadtlc Trij* "He Thinks Me Would HaVe Hade 1 His ?M!*t)e If Ills Friend bad not been a Tfaltor?His Father Visits Him. An observer reporter spent nil hour With ThoS. L. Shield* In his cell at the county Jail T yestmlny afternoon. The prisoner had com> pl'tflp recovered from his recent ordcul and > talked In an animated manner, hut was cnu tlous not to say any thine that would Impil cate himself or others. Being In a more rat tlonal in? Hl, he retracted some of his statements recently mailCi especially about taking the poison, lie f>nys that hu did not mean to commit suicide, hut took the drugs to induce . sleep, of wiiicn ne was in un-m. i>?n. .nvUty grain* of iiior|<lline and a numbet- of opium pi lift was the poison with which he drug god himself. After leaving I he Jail he struck otr for a certain point where a party was lo i meet him and curry him oft, but he does not know whcthcu he missed the Way or whether he went to the right place And the parly wns f not there. Anyhow, he fulled to find them, t but for all this, he says thut ho would hrve succeeded In malting his escape had lint Capp Orr proved n traitor Hiid told on him. Mr. O r i romlsed to lei him stay about the premises all day. by which time he would have been rested and refreshed, but from his poslT Hon In the l?arn. he saw Mr. Orr get on a r thule and ride oft: The negro ht)y who took a the mule to Mr. Orr told Shields that Mr. Orr i had gone to town and then Shields left the i barn and hid out in the wood*. He says he i did not ctay at Mr. Little's more than twenoy i minutes, lie reconsidered bis etatcmcnt ae bout lielng in the creek all day and said that i what he meai.t lo say was that he was In wac ter and not able to keep any thing but III* - nend dry. i. In answer to the request to toll how his cell ' dooi was unlocked, he hesitated awhile, but afterwards told ull lie knew about It, ''In the first place," he said,' my cell door has been r looked every day and night without fall. i The patties Same provided with some sort ol instruments, and some explosive apparatus. - lr n>-v on*<?ii in their first attempt to Open the <loor, ihey intended to brin?< the exploI slves into usi< and blow open the lock. From t the inside of the ell It whs Absolutely ImpoS' e slble for me to see therti working at the lock. 0 and honesty. I do not know how they did II. t They worked lit It for a Ionic time making n It noise about like thls"--nnd the ptlsottgr, Wlih - a knife blade, ground Into a brick* the blade I. At the same time occasionally clinking a if ngalust an Iron liar. "Afier working a t It foi d some time," he continued, "they finally sue cevd' d lu opening the lock, and as I stepped out, the man who was working the lock pul n the biowingup machine in his pockct. Ii t- looked in his hands something liken pair o. ' shears. I did not get to see It good, lie hat d on a rubber overcoat and slipped his thinpi t under it. 1 did not sac his instruments at all only got a glance at the thing lie broughi alone to blow ihe lock open with. Of course I had to pav them something for getttnir m< ,j out, but I (lid not pny them much." shleldi stated that he did not hear them while tliej were cutting throuuh the wall, so silently whi ,C their work done. He was accidentally awaki n at the time and did not know ol their pics r. ence until after they were In Jul I. Hownuli ie not say bow long the escape had been plan ? ned, but says he wrote the letter the Obatvei } received while the Journal-Obtcrver was belni .. published' and that was last summer, abou n the time of his trial. He refused to stab 1 whether he made the proportion to the par .? ties,or whether the.v made it to him. bu II - ..... .... t..L ,ir (] irO'll lux e>usi?r .< ? ivr?.>v. ... e cuine Impressed wltli tlie Idea that the ailven * ttirers tn some m.mner Intel communicatee ,e with Shields and proposed to get him out 1 )r he would pay thein. whl<Jh he agreed to do ?nd the plan wan finally arranged mid put In B to effect. Shle'ds says that the envelop l(I lound In his room by the reporter, with i l0 piece of strln* to It. and con tit in I up referenc to a dress, weapons, the mime lie wiih to it* lr sume. etc., was actually Juggled to him In hi cell. He whs to get the tilings mentioned,liu >r there was n failure somewhere. Tills was al ' he would tell at present, "hut sometime," H . said, "I wl'l give you the wbolethlng." I? Shields received a visit from his father yea ,, terday morning and tho two were In conver ' Nation for some time. The old man was vlsl \ bly affecied and tear* trickled down hi '* cheeks as lie said: "Good-bye Tom; now be [t good boy." r. The Press and Banner n ABBEVILLE, B.C. g ie Wednesday, April 23, 1884 ? Happy Marriage- Nice Wedding. "e According to previous announcement the m.image of Miss Marie C. Gary o t. Abl eville and Mr. J. M. Eaaon, Jr.,< l- Charleston, came otr last night in th n Episcopal Church at half past eigl J* o'clock, tho Rev. Mr. Hanckel, rectoi i8 officiating. ie The church had been beautifully doc fd orated, and the lights were arranged 8 'J a< to lend an additional cbarin to th whole. At the appointed Hour?eign l(i o'clock?the guests began to asnombh r" and before tho arrival of the wedding pai 'y? nearly every seat in tho spacion church was occupied. Master Frank Tompkins of Edgefielt lR ami - Miss Agnes Gary, preceded th ,e bridal party on their entrance into th nt church, and they opened the gates of e\ nf ergreens and flowers which stood acro.? " the ailse, and irr. mediately in front of th chonal, where the ceremony was pei ,g torined. ?t The ushers on this interesting occasio 'h wero: Colonel Orvillo T. Calhoun an j? Mr. L. VV. Smith of Abbeville, and Mi or Jonn G. Evans of Augusta, and Mi e. Henry Dottererof Charleston. 1h The hrido and groom* were married b tho beauiiful service of tho Episcopti {. church and the whole ceremony was gon >1, through with in a very few minute' ie when the wedding party marched dow 7- tho aisle and out of tho church in the lo lc lowing order: [}" The groom and his bride?Mr. an t? Mrs. J. M. Kason. id' The bridesmen and bridesmaids: Mr. Frank B. Gary of Abbeville an l,J* Miss Virginia Eason of Charleston. Mr. J. Mongin Smith of Charlesto >e and Miss Kate Gary of Newlierry. d Mr. Daniel Miler of Charleston an it M :ss Mamie Kinard of Columbia. Dr. r,. P. Dotterer of Charleston an , Miss Carrie Lou Treutlen of Columbia. rr ('apt. N. G. Evans of Edgefield un I: Miss Lnla Wilbur of Charleston, r* Maj. Earnest Gary of Edgefield un u* Miss Uosa C. Chapman of Charleston. f'? Mr. R. L. Palmer of Charleston an ,,? Miss Willie Eason of Charleston, rr Mr. C. K. Marshall of Charleston an Miss Bessie Kinard of Columbia. Invited guests assembled on Magazir If. Hill at the house of Dr. F. F. Gary, tli A- lather of tho bride, when a most eiyoy* !l- bio evening was spent?barring the ii J? clement weather. Among the guests from a distance w [P> noticed Mr. VV. G. Eason, of Charleston rtp Dr. T. P. Gary and wife, of Florida; Ma Mi Hugh Farlev* Spartanburg; and Miss J '[ H. 1 'ompkins, of Edgefield, and Jt>hn I ,{? Young <>f Laurens. h- The wedding presents were many an ? valuable, consisting of every cunceivabl thing in silver, ami many beautiful to let articles. Among the presents was -r' sparkling diamond pin, worth seven ie hundred dollars. y. The supper was an excellent one in th lf> every particular, and the manner i which the bio was dressed was partict ~ lar pleasing to the eye. The canes na ly heen ornamented by Mrs. Law301 ,p whose skill at that work is acknowledge Id by all. The young and handsome bride Is th only daughter of our townsman, Dr. I "* F. Gary. Her happy disposition an p0 pleasant manners will "make her an adoi y. alile qneen lor the man whose heart an et hand she has won, while his sterlin '* worth and manly qualities will he a fai ^ exchange for her sweet attractive gram l8 The wedding party arrived in Alibt n-: vilie on Monday evening in a special cai of which has been retained until to-day F?> ; the purpose of taking them back t Y ! Charleston. Owing to a defect or brea; 0 in the engine the train did not arrive un nn til alter dark. m, ? t m r" Sidden Death of a Prominent Citizen I Dr. A. T. Wideman of the Troy neigh I borho'^d, took sick Tuesday of last wee! ? j between sundown and dark, and died a ; half-oast eleven o'clock, aged sixty year [ lie was taken with something like paral er! ysis, and it is thought died of that diseas ie or something of that nature. He was ii [n J his usual good health, until s few hour |{J; before his death. On Monday he was ii id | Abbeville Court House, and on Tuesda ts lie went to Troy with Mrs. VV.4C. Brad :e j ley, Mrs. Thomas Thomson, and hi '* daughter, Miss Sallie Wideman, to se <e; tlieiu off on the oars for a trip to Balti >*: more. Soon after his return homo, ho be d j came seriously ill. Miss Sallie re;urnei H as soon as possible, after receiving a tele ?lgram, but Mrs. Bradley and Mrs. Thom .6 son continued their journey to Baltimore k where the latter was goin.; on account c her health. ~ I)r. Wideman was one of the wealth; II citizens of his neighborhood, and was al i- waysa prominent citizen. Ilownsall hi Is; life an Associate Reformed Presbyteriai 0 i and a communicant at Lower Long Can |? J church, where he was buried. >.| Although he was a regular graduate o o medicine, yet he practiced very little, ex ' jeept in his oivn family, and the familiei I of bis tenants. He gave his exclusive at >t tontion to his farming interests, and diet possessed of considerable property?rea I and personal. !rl Dr. Wideman was the father of oui K Representative Mr. W. P. Wideman, wh< c with one brother and a sister coiistituli rv his whole family?Mrs. Wideman having j , died several years ago. >fj As we gave much of the particulars o *" the trial of Thomas L. Shields at Char,1, lotte, N. C., for the killing of Joseph G d Sitton, formerly of this county, we give >; full particulars* as given by the Observer y I of his recent escape from jail, and hi* J capture and return to prison. The letter.1' which uro published g'? to provo thin lit 0 little dreamed of being brought back sn y soon. The argument I'oV a new trial in ? his case has been made before thoSuv preme Court, but llio decision has not yet 1 been announced, though the Charlotte r Observer says the impression prevail* ^ that a new tri ll will be granted. v' Mrs. W. J. Lomax. died at her home e at Lowndesville. last Monday, after q-nite ? along lllnesy. She was a sister of Mrs. ^ *F. W. McMastcr. of Columbia- She r ! leaves several children. ' ! I A Pic-nie Excursion. There will bea good opportunity on the 1st of May for the school children of Abbeville, Hodges, Greenwood and NinetySix, to spend a delightful and profitable day in sight-Meing in Columbia. A special train from Abbeville to Columbia will be run foi the accommodation of the hcIiooIh, and any oue else who wishes to spend u day pleasantly in our beautiful capital city. The train will Leave Abbeville 6.00 a. m. Arrive at Abbeville 10.25 p. tils Leave Hodden 0.40 a. m. Arrive at Hodges 9.40 p. m. Leave Greenwood 7.15u. m. I Arrive at Greenwood 9.10 p. in. Leave Ninety-Six 7:42 a. in. Arrive at Ninety-Six 8.40 p. in. Hound trip tickets from Abbeville, 92.00; trom Hodges, $1.75; from Greenwood, $1.50; from Ninety-Six, $1.25. There will be ample uccommodulions j furnished by the Railroad Company. Entertainment at I'okcsburjr. Be sure and go to College Hull and wit-1 ness the grand performance of the Aine-; ten re Dramatic Club of Cokesbury, April 2oth instant. The amount raised will be ! Appropriated to the churches. As they are working for a good cause we hope thoy will bo sustained by our Abbeville ' friends and those of the surrounding country. Doors open at M 1'. M.; per-; , fonnance begins 84. Admission fee -5 cunts; children lo ccnts. Stock Exhibition. Dr. W. M. Taggart, Capt. J. E. Brownlee and other stock raisers in this county have arranged to exhibit a nvinber ol fine colt* at Abbeville on .Sale Day. There | will be exhibits from Hodges and down : the lino to of the railroad as well as from the Savannah side. There is nothing so I ?* U-* i.. ?*rt {innpiivonionf IIIUUIJ 1*7 UD UCOIIVU MO UJJ 4<ll|/*w*v.?>v?? in our stock. The Perefcorun Company ol' Anderson will have one of their tine stallions iu town. Dad News for the Negroeti. Attorney General Melton lias struck from the docket the indictments against ; our peoplo tor violations of the election law*. This will prevent car loads of negroes from getting free excursions. . The Rev. R. L. Ilarpor *nd Ills devo( ted wife left abbeville hist Wednesday for . Mississippi. . Mr. Harper has been an lu1 valid lor nearly a year, and during ail [ that time the members of his congrega1 lion were untiring in their attention to him. True to their generous instincts the Methodists on his departure raised h | handsome purse for him who had labori ed so faithfully and ably among them. ( Mr. Harper was vory feeble, and it i& I scarcely hoped that ho will ever be well 1 ngiiiiu t Mr. Johs Kjcox,oneof our most suc.? cessf'ul merchants, went off about three - weeks ago, without making any great J noise about it, ami last Wednesday even4 ing he brought home a handsome bride ? from the city of Louisville, Kv. He and - hin bride are now at the Commercial Ho1 tel. May they have good health and a ' long lile of.happiness. Mr. Knox is tht f architect" of his own fortune, and wt L know of no one who is more entitled to b the atlections of a handsome wife. i Prof. Samuel A. Hill, of Allahabad India, who wtu on a visit to this plact - lust Full, having got an extension of hi: | leave of absence lor six months, a-ill re( turn to America about the tirstof nexi June, for the purpose of consummating e that whieh the bachelor editor of thi ? Press and Banner has never been able ti e do for himself, viz: to marry. The lad3 g is a resident of Pittsburg, Pa., whoso ac t quaintalice he formed wnile 011 board tin I steamer to America. e Mr. E. Edwahds, one of our moM 1. progressive farmers, died last week, am we unintentionally o:uitted to mentioi ' the fact. Mr. Edwards was onceamer * chant at Abbeville, and had some expo rietice in teaching, but it was at farming that he succeeded best, lie leaves a win and several little children to mourn his death. * W. 0. Benet, Esq., will deliver tin ~ annual addressat the Comineneemgut o Keidville Female (College, in Spartan l:tirg county, on the 24th June next. Hi: ufcentanre of this invitation will a^ain as last year, prevent his attending tin . Due Went Commencement. A shipment of green peas and straw berries was brought to Abbeville las , Saturday and the supply was exhaustei f in a few minutes, the strawberries wcr >f sold attwerity-tivo cents a <|iiart and th c peas in the hull at ten cents a qusrt. Owing to indisposition "Rotator" say '? that he has nothing further to say tlii week, but that he hopes to have some thing next week, which we have n< ? doubt will prove to be interesting read ,t ing' > Trial Justice Hodges sent Mac Jones t I jail on the 15th, charged with beating hi s wife. Owing to her condition at th time, and the severity of the blows, it i 1 uncertain whether she recovers, e Mancfx McKei,i,aii has a tiook c ? sheep, which are allowed to graze ev ery day on the fresh grass about towr is Quito a number of our people bav ie bought nice lambs from him. r" Mrs. Talbebt, mother of Mr. T. N Talbert, died suddenly at her home ne? " White Hull, last Friday morning, at a ' advanced age. She was sick only a fe\ r? minutes. Many of our citizens send their cattl to graze on the grass on the uncultivate s lands. They are watched, and seldor allowed to trespass on the growing crop* ?t Committed.?Trial Justico Hodge i\ committed to our.jail on Friday last. Ai j. tliur Hamilton and George Fuller chary ed with burglary and grand larceny, d The Supreme Court Is in senior Messrs. Noble, Benet, Parker, Cothnu Cason, Gary, (iraydon, and perhaps otli d ers of our Bar are in attendance. Col. J. T. Robertson and CnpL N n L. Honham spent last week in C'harlesto . as delegates to the meeting of the gran " lodge of Knights of Honor. j Mbs. Daniels of tho neighborhood <i Lmvndesville, was severely burnt a In (l days ago, whilo making soap. She Is I a critical condition. d On consignment at wholesale pri'-es1,000 bushels corn, car load salt, car flow d at A. E. Rogers' store. All goods spc cash on delivery. '' ' ttn.bL onttrtiMir] in inil ni u dUIIII IJtrilljr 1UUIIM, IWIIIMIVM J a charge of assault and battery within e tout to kill one Alewinc, baa been re leased on bail. l* Messrs. Wardlaw ?fc Edwards hav '* finished the improvements on their ston which makes it more attractive than ere * before. / Col. S. Wallinoford returned to In )* diana last week. He will come back i ^ the fall, and bring with him a drove < mules. d Rev. Jas. L. Martin, will preach ? le McC'ormick, next Sunday ; atTr<>y, Mor i- day night, and at Verdery, Tuesda; a night. *1 One of Capt. L. W. White's fine cowdied a tew days bko, and Mr. Morse loe e his fine Jersey a week or two ago. " David Weston, charged with stealin T Cromer's hav trave bail last Saturday J1 and was released from prison. j Rev. J. P. Smkltzeb, D. P., wil preach in the Presbyterian church, < e this place, next Sunday. \ Mr. Mi:Gettioan has pold his net d bnr, and now devotes hi* whole time t the Palmetto Saloon. f' Mns. Wm. Gordon, Ihe mother of Mr ^ Samuel Gordon, of Santuck, is Tery lo\ r of pneumonia. ,1 Jvdgk ('OTHRAjf came homo las 1 week, and will now have a rost from hi ^ judicial labors. oj Mr. Thomas P. Cothran, Mr. Wad k S. Cotluau and Miss Clarkie Cothran ar i- sick. Thk hard times has put our people t hard work, hard living, and true ocono i. 'ny. Miss McGowan, of Spartanburg, i k visiting Judge McGowun's family, t Mr. Thomas M. Christian is puttinj 1.1 a new awning over hi* bar door. ' Prof. E. L. Patton, of Columbia, wai ? j in Abbeville county last week. g Miss Brooks, or Jtageueiu, i? un , lt visit to friends in Abbeville. v Means Chapel Club will meet nex - Saturday, 20th, Rt 2 o'clock. s It is said tlint the whisky trade is suf 0 fering from the hard times. Mrs. A. R. Rucker, is quite sick al |j her mother's. Rkv. Mr. IIanckel was in Newbern . last Sunday. ,'f The Labanon Democratic Club wil meet April 26th at tliree o'clock for re y organizing and other business. By ordei - of the president. s j J. L. Gihert, 1 Secretary, ej The Duo West Democratic Club wil j meet on Saturday, April 2r>th, at 2 P. M fl F.* W. R. Nance, Pres. , I The Smithville Democratic club are re. quested to meet at Evans' Mill on Satur j day, April 2flth at 3 o'clock, P. M., to re i/ipirnnir.e and elect delegates to attend '! meeting of the Central Clul?. rj J. L. WHITE, Pres. > i W. E. Henderson, Sec'y. *1 ""Attention Democrats.?The Cedar > Springs Democratic Club mill meet at the \ regular place of meeting on April the 26th, I to reorganize and elect delegates to county f convention, which meets on Salesday in May. A full trirri out iffddsired. W. Maoill, Vice Pres. i John Lyon, Sec. . Democratic Club No. 2 "frill meet in the 1 Courthouse on Friday, the 2.'>th April at 1 8 o'clock, p. in. ? EDWARD NOBLE, ' | President. 1 G. fl, Moore, Secretary. New goods-cominir in almost every day c at R. M. Haddon A Co. j Over 11)0 pieces fine lawn and jaconet embroidery* with insertion to match, r Spanish lace mull in prink cream, blue and white. All over putling for combining with white lawns. R. M. Haddon Co. ** v v " ".' Xnsurance and Collection Agency. TMPXTT C DADUHrCIT.T. DJU1KI. O. DAIUl nuiJiJ ^Represents the following Companies whose assets invested in H United States amount to $16,000,000. >' Home of New York, $ 7,492,761 Merchants of Newark, N. J, 1,221,964 Rochester German 575,000 Liverpool and London and Globe,) 5,671,930 Invested in Eurone, over J 20,000,000 Lancashire of England, 1,466,316 Consult Toitr Interest ttfid Insure Tour Property-. u ruxm sum J.J. .L.1U.J _-LJJ.11 I . *. 1 Ul-J.-gt Saloon Well Stocked With Pure Goods. The Bt Brands of Good Old Bye and Sweet Hash Corn WhiskieS Hand Made Bonrbon, Apple, Peach, California and FrenJ Brandies. Sweet Catawba, California & Sherry Wines, td Best Champagne, Gwinness's Extra Stont Porter, Bass, Co'8 Pale Ale, Draft and Bottled Beer. Also, a fine Lii of Tobacco and Cigars. . * Call and See the Most Handsome and Best Arrange House in the Country. 3J THOMAS McGETtlGAJT, | Proprietor! WHOLESALE AKD EETAIL J COMMISSION MERCHANT BROKER & C9UKT0B I Dealers in Grain, Fionr, Meal, Bran, Meat, Hams, Hay, 8 gars, Coffee, Bice, Grits. Irish Potatoes. i FULL STOCK OF HEAVY AND LIGHT GROCERIES ALWAYS ON HAND. 8 I .A clol prices on t'ocxlt gitld In packmfcs. I have Inrjre consign menu of foodiereryw nnd cssn miilcc it to your Interest toils) some buntness with sne. Thanking one and all ' yollr llberul patronage iu the paM, will make every effort Id the lutare to give mtlstectio A. E. EOGEBS > F*b. 6j lKSIj tf \ : School Books! School Books L \ We have on hand a Large Stock of School Books adopted by tb? | STATE BOARD OF EDUCATIOl FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS | We Will Bxoliang^e Almost any Books used in the schools heretofore. We also keep in stock*] Lino of i Stationery,. SLATES, &C., &C., ! ! H. W. LAWSON & CO ABBEVILLE, 8 C. . s Nov. II, 1S-S3, tt > j~ NewDrugSton ft ; W. Ullii A CO. ii i. ^ FT AVE Just opened n new and elegantly fitted np DRUG STORE on ?h? Marshall H rl Corner, under the ./VeM a'id/former onic?\ and lire now receiving and will conllni * receive 111! their ?uxk la complete h full line of | Drags, Medicines, Chemicals. Dye Stuffs, i l Also, nil the popular PATENT MEDICINES kept In a flrsl-clans Drugstore, all of whic .' warrant to be fr?*sti imd good. \V aUo utfrr a well nelected slock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of [; Colognes, Foreign fend Domestic, Handkerchief Extrfl d in trreAt varietv. Handsome Vases. Lamps, 6c, m r Our Hup of BRUSHES AND SOAPS Is simply complete. Every vitrlety of HAlftfl 11 NAI^, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRUSH SOAPS from ihe Itne?l toilet lo^-t * eat. 1 MR. JOHN T. LYON, vho?e long experience In lh<? Pro? huaine** In tha firm of H law ? Lj'on. no wpII known, will ?>< cumitiinily In iHtendunctt. All PRESCRIPTIONS - fully compounded at ail hours, under (lie supervision of DR. THOS. J. MABRY. r> Oct. 17. 1883, tf it . \ B. K. BEACHAM, Agent FOR TIIE SALE OF n Sash, Doors, Blinds, Shingles, Laths, Flo ? ing, Ceiling, Lime and all kinds of Wo ' Working Machinery. J Oct. 10, 1883, 12m " 53 x/i M "IT STANDS AT THE fili FT*< CJ 'The Star that Leads Thea ' c O 3 pH O THE LIGHT-RUNNING I ; J-- S 8 -g DOMESTI 1 " ^ w 1 s ? S3 S cj Tfl trade Is a fact that cannot be dlsputfl e .r. H H MANY IMITATE IT I NONE EQUAH 0 The Largest Armed. B ' w The Lightest Running, n The Most licuntTinl Wood W<H m ?And 1* Warranted? ?*g m TfS To be made of the best material, 11 Unrf . To do any And all kind* of s ^^^1 W ^ ^ To be complete In evaryl^H Ay ? * FOR SALE DY | S,24 <? J3 E M. HADDON & (fl 2 _ Abbeyillt, S. I a j UU ^ Agents wanted In unoccupied territory. I Xd w dresa B 1 - n.iMP?TTn q w nn t M Tf\ m v L/V/iUU U. U? VVlfH r": JS f Richmond, V K? ?3 March 28.1883, If : ?0 fl <J 03 For Sale. * pH u} 7 > . * FINE JACK. If not ?old by the hd PTT A MARCH, 1 will Bland him at my ( J pSj ?> * ^ P1 J. F. COLEMA! CO r/^ ^ Coronaca,G r ^ QP} JaD. 30, 1884,U ffi *? ? 'J! HATTIE ADAMS. j U XJX A T THE DF.NDY CORNER. Keep* i .? cia.-c ReHBuruni-. Hot meals i I w hours. Call and sec her. (Jan.30,] I S ? 2 i I SAMUEL C. CASK lJ ^ Q : Attorney At 1j&\ ' JZj ;?* H ABBEVILLE, 8. C. No. 3. O Nkal'8 New Law BuiM)ifl O U Will practice tu all the Courta of the 3; " S3 Jwn 2, 1*H. o ^?ga . FN | Alwny* in stock large quantities o vm ^3 I con, Molasses, cron, meal, flower, etc Q) W F 3 Smith 4 8i i > 'TS eS ' . .S Making Arrangemen L J gdfl l/"K ,ne ocnrni ui I'eiBuua w?.? ~.n_ U^j ^|J I economise by havlnir their SADlS ^ mid H.\IINKSS REPAIRED on nn.l* the Ut. of Mareh. I will he remly to dH Ready-made Clothing. Our stx k isj *uch work with neatnws and dlspaieb. lartfcand handsome. Smith <? -on. THOS BEGGtfl The fit of our clothing unsurpassed hy job. yth. 1?M. tf I any. Smith a Son. ? - - j Hats ] Hats!! A full line at Smith it A full lino of whito qoods, lawns, m gon< ^ 1ms, Ac. Smith a