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- * ->?: y ill 3 Press and Banner. ABUEVILLE, S.C. ! * _ _ . | Wednesday* Nov. 26,1884. | Aboni hi Debt fur Land. I VVhilo every family should have a homo r>f thoir own, it is no less true that any man <vho lias a home, or a farm, should j gx> in debt to buy inoro laud. Even ; if a man has the mon&y with which to j pay cash for surplus lauds, tlio invest-j ment is generally a very poor one, which entails an incalculable amount of worry and anxiety without an adequate reward. Tlman whn h:iv? horns* and a stifllptencv of land, should neither go in debt or spend their cash for other lands. Every aerc of unprofitable land is a dead weight on tho resources of the owner. Olio of the principal causes of the finBn-; lial embarrassment of our peoplo lies in ho fact that many of them own hundreds of acres of land and cultivate only a small fraction of the area. No man can afford to lot four-fifths or more ol his capital lie | idle, and it is absolutely positive and ut-| K ter ruin for any tanner to keep a live rjfci mortgage on any farm where so large a W*" per cent, of it is unprofitable. ^v> As a servant nothing is so faithful and1 true as a mortgage, but as a master no tyrant is so merciless or inexorable. Every winter our people aro tempted lo go in debt for lands which are offered at public outcry on long credits, and the history of the past shows that such snares have in many instances proved the rock J on which tho little crafts of de.uded pur-! thxsers have been split, and where tho accumulations of a lifetime have been, lost. Money cannot be made suddenly. In j agricultural, countries the increase in' "wealth is only by slow processes, and the man who has reached tho age of thirty j years, and has gained not more than a few hundred dollars is foolish if he risk it all j in tho purchase of a large tract of land ! which he has not the capital, tho mules, j the wagons, a year's supply of food, and ; enough ready cash to meet current ex-j pensfsof making a crop. Tho writor of this is tho owner of a: small farm, and ho knows whereof he' speaks when he says that ready capital is ns necessary to the success of farming' operations as tho laud itself. ? The mau who puts all his roadv cash as ji payment on the purchase of a farm, and is left without money with which to carry on the work of making a crop to meet the next payment is suro to make a fail- j lire, and, in many cases, alter suffering; tho tortures of which only those who arej tho servants of a mortgage have any | knowledge, the purchased land is sur-! ronderod and the cash payment forever j lost. Then lot him who has a sufficiency of land not buy more, but let him lend his xnouey on a mortgngo of his neighbor's real estate where there is a safo margin. Let him, who is pressed for money, uot mortgage his whole estate, but instead, lot him sell a portion. It is better to have any small number of unincumbered neres than to have a whole township on which there is a mortgage. The desiro to own largo farms has wrecked more farmers than any one thing 1 clso, and wo have no doubt that every reader may recollect instances which will verify this statement. Don't own more land than is profitable. Kvory dollar which is put at interest yields an income, and every acre of land should do tho same. New Judicial Districts. "We believe it is proposed to create two now judiciat districts in this State?making ton instead of eight as at present. Tlio necossity forthis increase of officers, it is urged, lies in the present crowded condition of the dockets. We Inlly agree jn the opinion or bolief that "something inn3t bo done," and wo would suggest lhat we go to the root of the evil. In the first place, reduce the number of Trial Justices; and in the next place, pay them a salary. If this simple thing is >. " done, we will need no increase of Circuit Judges. Tho Trial Justices will cease to burthen tho Courts with trifling cases which are unworthy of the attention. Of v one thing we are certain to our rnind we can conceive of no more ridiculous proceeding than thatof a thirty-five-hundred dollar Judgo and a fifteen-hundred-dollar Solicitor trying two negroes for a little fisticuff fight, which might nevor have I come into Court at all if the Trial J us- | tiee had not mado a fee by committing the parties to Jail. At the last term of! our Court considerable time was taken lip trying two negroes on a "cross indictment," and neither were convicted, and if they bad been really guilty of tho charges rnado against them, no public! good would hayo been conserved there- j by. Instead of lacking on great additional expense for other Judges and other Solicitor let us try the plan of reducing the Trial Justices, and pay the continued officers a salary. If that does not work, why not extend tlie term for holding Court at tho various Court Houses. We know that tliere is a greai, demand . in all parts of the State for public office of any kind, and wo should be pleased to see all aspirants for office succeed in getting good places, if it did not injure the people. But every new office is an additional burden upon the tax-payer, atid wc hogo no '.ash change may be made, ~lorsrfig to .he creation of an office for the benefit Df any particular man even though he may bo a proper object of public charity. If wo create an army of; Ly*?' Judges wo reduce the honor and dignity | of tho position in the e^act ratio of the j | increase, and it will not bo long until j there will be a general cry for a raaeo in ! f their salary. Ton Circuit Judges at $3,600 a year, and ten Solicitors at big ral- j * arios ana conungcuis, wouiu run up mo cost of Judges and Solicitors to about) $.">0,000 a year. This increase of expense,! wo think, may bo avoided by merely; striking at the root of the evil by paying | Trial Justices fixed salaries instead of, fees. At present the Slate is virtually of-1 fcring u premium to its petty officers to-! gather up as many cases as possible, % without regard to merit. jjfV' m , ? Peacc and Good Will. The Democratic President has been i elected and the Democracy of A.bboville county, rejoicing in tbeevent which promises peace and good will to all men, has proclaimed amnesty and forgiveness to all political offenders. County Chairman "7?~ Benet, acting upon the generous spirit of his own address to the people of Abbeville county which appeared in the Press and Banner of last week, has interceded , with the prosecutors, in behalf of the col- j ored people who committed a breach of! the peacc at Cedar Springs on election day, and it is our pleasure to Btate that the white men, who had just cause to punish them for their grievances, havo complied with the wish of tho Democracy in this respect, and have stopped all proceedings against the violaters of the peace and the election laws. Tho warrants of arrest have been withdrawn, and tho parties are discharged and invited to join with us iu1 our rejoicings for the prospect of good and honest government, and the return of peace and good will among the men of both races. Tho parties against whom charges have been made for disturbance of the peace at Cedar Springs may give themselve no further trouble, as all such prosecutions have been discontinued, except in the case of W. W. Frazier, who is wanted, fe * ' " i "I'll Turn the Table: Who'll Turn the! Good Old Man of the House." The Seneca Free Press had a column or two last week, on the turn table busi-' liens, with incidental reference to tho amiability and sweet temper of the Kco-\ tree Courier. The intelligent public of Oconee must be highly edified at the sight of live or six full grown men quar- j rolling about so infinitesimally smallmatter as an iillo and meaningless re-, mark about tho railroad turn table. The Presidential muss, and Elaine's tirado against the South, dwindle into nothingness when coin pared to tho turn tablo business. j fel' w ? rwiiiwii ypmmwmmmmrnmmmcm Antc-Mortoni ObJtuarics* A new addition has been innde to tlio literature of South Carolina by the publication of a book styled "Historical and Descriptive Review of the State of South Carolina, including the Manufacturing and Mercantile Industries of the Cities and Counties of Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Ncwberrv, Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Sumter, Union, Camden, and j tho County of Kershaw, and Sketches of j their Leading Men and Business Houses. | Volumo III." There is some information j of a general interest in this book, and it is well enough printed. Its chief value, however, it would seem to us, would be to a printer b3rause of tho ante-mortem obituary notices which it furnishes. In a printing offico where the printer has hopes of living longer than tho parties to whom it refers, it will be valuable as occasion for reference to it may arise. Tho book is profusely illustrated and will occupy an hour of the reader's time in a very picasaiu manner, wnen re nas a spare moment in which to store his mind witli valuable information as to tho country and its "leading men and business houses." The devices for tombstones and their inscription has exercised the skill and inventive genius of the human family for untold ages. Many years ago, tho idea of placing a lamb cut in marble and plac-j ed over the grave of an idolized child commanded tho greatest admiration, and was considered the acme of retired taste, and which was tho subject of many a laudatory newspaper paragraph. Following up the beautiful idea of a sleeping; lamb on the grave of a child, we get from this book tho idea of placing other animals on tho graves of grown up men. For instance, we find a ferocious locking bull, a rooting ho<:, and a capering horse, on different tombstones, while bore and there may bo found an accurate and life llkoness of him whose memory it would perpetuate. As a contribution to tombstone decorative art. and as a history of tho "mapjof busy life" in tho counties to which it refers, the book is a good ono, and ono which we hope may be found in our library till tho last page of recorded time is written of us. This book is not sold except on subscription, and thoso who may ehance to get a copy should hold fast to it. A Word to Those Who Want to Buy Homes* As this is the season of tho yoar when farmers are making their arrangements for another year, and when men may bo in search of homes for themselves, wc hope it may not be amiss to offer some suggestions in roforence to the buying of a homo. In tho first place, wo believe in a majority of cases, that it is an error for a poor man to buy such lands as are exposed to salo on a credit by publio officers or private citizens. There are generally a great number bidders at such sales, who bid recklessly, and run the prico to such figures that men with money cannot afford to buy. Capital is conservative, and does not as a rulo, bid against those who have no money. For this reassn the solvent inan should avoid credit sales. Another serious objection to poor men buying tracts advertised at public sales exists in the fact that very seldom does the number of acres suit his purse or his ability to pay. Better to bargain with a neighbor at a private sale, even at higher price, when tho lines may be run more to his own liking, and when more suitable arrangements as to payments can be made. There are hundreds of men who own large tracts of land who would be glad to let a purchaser make his own terms. Lands whfch are sold by public officers are generally sold at tho suit of the crodtors or legatees who want the money at the time it becomes due, and when a failure to pay would dispossess the purchaser. When lands are bought from a neighbor ho is generally willing to give as much indulgence as may be needed, and is willing to take payments at any time, whether they are large or small. Another important consideration is, that if a neighbor sells land he usually gives a warranty title, which administrators, executors, ageuts, and court officers never do. A man who buys lands under order of court does so at his own risk. The fact that it is done by order of court is notice to purchasers to be on their guard. Better own fifty acres in your own right, than to buy five huudred acres, and give a mortgage of it. Nearly every body in this country owns too much land to make it profitable. Change of Judicial Districts. A plan is on foot to ro-district the State and form two additional Judicial Districts in South Carolina, and tho Legislature at its present sitting will bo called to act upon this question. If the plan of reducing the number of trial justices, and j otherwise throwing trifling cases out of court could be tried and should fail to give the desired relief, then tho division which is proposed is, we think,- a good one. Except in tho Black District, whore it is one hundred and twenty-five thousahd, the population in any one of the nnnr Tiuliniit T^iufr?i/?la rlnnu nnf nv_ ceed one hundred thousand. In that District the population is almo3t exclusively of the black race, and it is a notable fact that there are fewer cases on the criminal dockets in this Circuit than in any Circuit in the State. This fact, we think, proves conclusively that the negro, if left to himself, is not a violator of the law. Pay the Trial Justice a salary, and they will have no inducement to pander to the anger and malice of his white neighbor, and fewer negroes will be brought into Court, and the day is not distant when manly men will ceaso to como into court to settle the merits of little personal fisticuffs. We are glad to state that we believe the last Court at Abbeville was a model one as regards its verdicts and its sentences. The juries had the nerve to do their duty. The grand jury threw out trifling cases, and tho pettit juries, without fear, favor, or affection, rendered correct verdicts, and the Judge meted out sentences which were entirely in accord with our convictions of justice. No man was spared by either the judge or the jury bccause of his race, and no man was convicted or punished because of his color. But notwithstanding these lacts, much valuable time was taken up in the trial of aqoac wKinh micrlif nnf. liui'A """"ft found thoir way into court if the trial justice had been a salaried officer. Lot trial justices have a fair chance to do the proper thing by the people and the Stato, and let all of our Courts act as tho last one did, and all will bo well, without tho expense of additional judges and tho increased machinery of justice incident thereto. Bcnct and Blaiue. At tho same hour last week at which Mr. Bonet, County Chairman, was writing his address to tho Decplo of Abbeville County, assuring the colored people of our intention to treat them fairly, honorably and generously in every respect, Blaini) was making his bitt?r harangue in Maine, seeking to stir up sectional strife and race prejudice. We know tho roader has read County Chairman lionet's assuring adiress, and now we want him to turn to another column and rcaa tue vue muttering of the man who aspired to bo President of the Republic. Ilead it and thank tho Great Ituler of the universe that ho will not bo allowed to exercise, the despotic and cruel power which his malevolent heart would prompt if he were President. I Gknkiul J. B. Bratton, of Winnsboro, has been nominated to fill the vacancy occasioned in tho Fourth C'ongres- j sional District by tho death of James II. | Evins. At the expiration of the short term, \V. II. Perry, T2sq., of Greenville,: will succeed General Bratton. Am, tho Southern newspapers aro industriously laboring to allay any foelings of distrust the colored man may entertain as to his future political and civil liberty Ht the hands of the Democrats, while Blaine is cruelly seeking to oscilo bis lcars. , I v' ' rroliibltioii. Tho ft'lends of prohibition are reported to bo making active efforts to secure signatures to a petition praying the Legislatnre to submit thoquostion of prohibition to tho people of Abbeville county. As a matter of course the Legislature will not disregard tho wish of any considerable i number of petitioners, and wo suppose j there will bo no difficulty in securing signatures. Tho mere signing of tho pe-' tition does not necessarily bind tho vote! of the signer. Even those who oppose i prohibition may bo willing to submit tho ; question to the people. We are inclined j to tho opinion that tho friends of temperance would meet with less stubborn resistance now than at any time in tho past. UL'llt' > U UiU LUI1I |M;uuui1 i<* on wiin, and the profits aro so short in the salo of whiskej' that not much of a fight would bo mado to retain the license system. It is not to be denied that some of our best young men love a drink of whiskey, and if the closing of the barrooms would remove temptation from them and save them to the country, it seems that we ought to make the experiment. There can bo no doubt that during election times there is entirely too much drinking. If the people will it, the tornptation may N) removed from thensons, who have not yet formed their habits. It is said that drunkards will be drunkards still?license or 110 license. Granted. Temperance organizations and prohibitory laws aro not intended toreform the drunkard. Those organizations and these laws are intended to save the young from forming the habits of whiskey drinking, by preventing tho tempttation to these habits which is furnished bv tho public sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage. Drunkards may bo found anywhere, and will always be lound in any country, but i: cannot be successfully denied that prohibition lessens the sale of whiskey, and removes a great temptation to drunkenness. But in case our people are still determined to license tho salo of whiskey, wo say lot us demand that the license lees be put in the treasury of tho couutj*, wheie they properly belong. Going to Leave Us. Quite a number of persons about White Hall seem determined to leave Abbeville and go to tho West. They nave chartered cars to take them and their luggage to Arkansas, from Greenwood station. In consequence of this move on their part they are selling all their cattle, horses, mules, and other personal property, which is being bought by their neighbors. Wo are sorry that they are going otf?sorry for the hardship which their act may entail upon them individually, and sorry for tho loss which tho county will susi-omni-dl of mmh onnrl rutfKftns. Itttll III U1W iUUIUTUl W* W*?W.. | If each of these industrious and thrifty! farmers would buy small farms and settle in our own county, we are sure they would do well. Their departure is owing to the lact that a largo por cent, of them have been renting laud, which will be sold this Winter. The departure of these citizens, and tho desiro of many colored men to go elsewhere, together with tho fact that muny thousand acres of land will bo sold this Winter must have a depressing effect upr on tho money value of farming lands. Unless our superior lands, and the low prices which must prevail shall induce industrious and thrifty farmers to cotnc from the poor high priced lands like they have in Anderson there must be a continued downward tendency in the price of lands. The poor lands of Auderson county are a great deal higher than our own good lands, and these people who aro going to A rkansas mav not find a bed of rosos in the* remote districts of that malarious and thinly populated country. Tknnksgiring Day. To-morrow (Thursday, November 27,) has been sot apart by the Prosident of the United States and by the Governor of tho Stato of South Carolina as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise, and we hope that the day ma}' be properly observed as becomes a grateful Christian peoplo. Let the churches be opened in the morning, and after a cheerful service, let the poople return home and eat the biggest turkey on the place. Let every household prepare a better dinner than usual, and then let the young people be invited to meet together at the house of some neighbor .to spend an evening in pleasautry and honest mirth. We want neither that cold mournful worship nor that dismal observance of the day which shall cast a gloom over tho spirits and joyousnossof Ka t'AO r\ f? T of i t 1 iQ rnollv fl HflV of VUO JWlUlft. JWVV *v WW *VM.v ? J thanksgiving. We have every reason to be thankful, and wo know of no reason why wo should not join for an hour in prayer and praise. After laying asido all business cares, let us spend the remainder of the day in innocent pleasure-and merriment. As evidence of our appreciation of the loving favor of Him who loveth a cheorful sunshiny heart, let us forget for a day the troubles and sins which doth besot us. Obstructing Railroad Progress. The city of Angusta tries to prevent Preident Raoul from connecting the Augusta and Knoxvillo Railroad with the Georgia system, thus forcing additional levy for tho transportation of freight from one road to tho other. The matter was taken into Court, where tho rail- { road gained the case. The city of Augusta appeals to the Supreme Court. There is no use of kicking against a natural law of justice and right. The roads, by all means of equity and justice, should bo allowed to connect, and it is J useless for tho city to set up obstructions ' for the benefit of the draymen or tho city railroad. ?The road will be finally con-! nected. Charleston managed to stop the j cars out of town for forty years so as to j give employment to drays by taxing our I cotton, twenty-five cents a bale, but the' march of progress by competing markets compelled tho old foggy city to yield at last to the inevitable. "Blessed Benefactions." Under the above heading tho Augusta Evening Neus, acknowledges contributions for the "factory poor" of Augusta from North and South. This cry for relief to tho poor factory operatives has been going 011 for a long time. When wo remember that Abbeville county has onethird more inhabitants than the city of Augusta, and when wo know that no public appeal has been made for charity for any class of our people, it must convince the most skeptical that it is better for a woman to be somebody's daughter or somebody's wilo, than it is to be a poor dependent factory girl or woman. It is well enough to own profitable stock in a factory, but the condition of the poor helploss creatures who wear their lives' away amid the grease and dust, tho din and rattle of the machinery of a factory, is enough to oxcite sympathy from a heart not made of stone. Cleveland Speaks. Tho A ugusta Chroniclc and Constitutionalist, of Sunday, reports an interview ' with Cleveland by a representative of the i Boston (Jlobc. The reform Governor | gives expression to somo calm, dignified , thoughts on the situation, and ioreshadjows a prudent, conservative course in the i administration of tho Government. He iivit it will lio his aim to irive tfm United State ii safe, economical and conservative government. lie strikes the i key-note when he suys that we should devote our lives to things which tend to the substantial welfare of the country and all of its people, and he closes by saying that in this event, every man should feel that bo lias a part to porform. New York's refoitn Governor bids fair to make a splendid President Fortunate is it for our country that her interests will be under the control of such a man. * Unsaleable Flannel. The merchants of Camden have a large lot of red ilaunclon hand, which they cannot sell. The Camden Journal says: "Several of our merchants have told us that it is almost impossible to sell a red shirt to a negro now, cither as an undershirt or ovflrshirt, no matter how low the price is. The cause assigned is, that it is j the emblem of Democracy, which they hate with all their soul. They look upon J a red shirt now as poisonous to the touch, j and shrink from it as they would from; the coils of a rattlesnake." I lluilroad Meeting. A preliminary meeting consisting of the council, and the members of the former committee on survey, was held in the Court House last night, Judge Lyon, chairman, J. F. Miller, secretary. A resolution was adopted calling for a public meeting on to-morrow night, (Thursday) to which all of our peoplee aro invited. The building of a new railroad from Abbeville to connect with tiio Augusta and Knoxville Railroad will be considered. The proposed new railroad seems to bo an absolute necessity, and all persons having the futuro welfare and prospcrit}' of the town at heart are earnestly requested to bo present to-morrow night at half-past seven o'clock. Arrangements for securing a charter, and the appointment of corporators will be effected, preparatory to a permanent organization of the company. Our people now seem to be in the proper spirit for undertaking this most important enterprise in which thoy cannot afford to fail, and it is earnestly hoped there may bo no further delay in prosecuting this work which is of such vital importance to us as a trade centre. It is a notorious fact that there is a great discrimination against us in the matter of freights, and it is not to bo denied that unless relief comes to us, and that quickly, Abbeville ma}' suffer beyond an early recover}'. The means of relief s.re within our own grasp, and it remains to bo seen whether we will make an effect to do a reasonable work, and thus put ourselves in a position to accept the liberal propositions which will be extended to us by the enterprising authorities who control the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad. Here is Whore the Explosion Took riace. Judge Ransom, of Magnolia township, in tlio last week's Issue of tho Medium, gavo a most doleful account of farming operations as seen by him. The recital was a great strain on him from the begining, but he burst his boiler and stopped tlio machine, when he said: "I think it is a perfect absurdity for newspaper editors to bo preaching that this is a good country and that farming is profitable when nearly every farmer you meet is down in the mouth, despondent and out of heart. They all know there is no monoy in farming, that we have hard times and the situation is getting worse every day." The editor of the Press and Banner does not pretend to know much of farming, but ho claims to know enough to know that there is money in it. Let us see a man who lias pastures, and cows, and hogs, and colts, and who sows oatst wheat, and barley, and who plants enough corn to feed his 8toe:;, and we will show him a farmer who is making money, but show us a man who plants nothing but cotton and who neglects his pastures, and fails to sow turnips, while he houses his stock in a fence corner, and wo will not have much trouble in showing the Judge a cotton planter who thinks farming a poor business. <?>. Don't Hold Big Farms. Experience has proved that large larms do not pay under the present system ol labor, and repeated trials havo shown the error of leasing lands to careless and improvident tenants. For this reason, we would suggest to our people to take a practical view of the matter, and enquire if many of them could not without perceptiblo injury to themselves sot off a ou3-horse or a two-horse farm from a corner of thoir land, and se]l the same to a needy neighbor, who maybe industrious and thrifty ; and who would finally work out the purchase money. By doing this the owner of large tracts of lands would realize a profit on every acre so sold. Tho cash payment would be loaned to somebody else, if it was not needed to pay debts, and tho interest on tho credit portion of the purchase money would bo steady and sure income. Jury Commissioner. There seems to bo a lively contest for Jury Commissioner of this County, and most of our citizons havo boen called up" '?? HMin to on tm. Uii VW 91^11 {Jcviviuno. luu viiix.v *o ui> titi portant one, involving the life, liberty and property of our citizens in tho drawing of proper juries. Good juries are our safeguard. Bad juries may be something else. We hope our Legislators may consider every petition and then award the place to tho man who would make the best officer. Blaine's spoech shows the true man in all his mental deformity and must convince every true Southerner that we have missed a terrible scourge in his defeat. Let ns give grateful and hearty thanks for Cleveland's election. TriE News and Courier failed to put in an appearance bust Monday evening, and tho mourners went about tho streets. Suppression of Truth. (Avguia Chronicle.) Mr. Bi-aine ha? the faculty of misstatement and knows how to suppress truth with diabolical cunning. But Juki as his hypocrisy and mendacity were discovered In the Mulligan correspondence, so the keen eves ol newspaper and other critics are detecting the miserable fallacies of his recent tirade, which, although It contains little that Is new, fairly bristles with much that Is false or misleading. Mr. Blaine professes to have immense sympathy for Southern negroes and proclaims that they have no representative in the Electoral College. Mr. Blaine does not care to state that several millions of white Democrats have no such representative tn the ultra Republican States, 1-Jast and West. Our Richmond contemporary, the Dispatch, computes the number of such white men who arc voiceless in the Electoral College at 6.000,000, as against l,.r>00,i!00 negro votes in the South, and. turning Mr. Blaine's argument against him, says: "Not a solitary elector from either one ot a million of Democratic votes. Why do not. these Democrats rise in their might and claim their 'rights?' Why should all their votes counted for the arch-traitor Blaine? Why should they be made to support a man whom they dctesi? .So that we ? i.. *t? 11. . ?Thu Ill mil I m\y ill .111. Uujii;ibg f <> ?<-. ?>.V course of n(T;tirs 1 n the North lias crushed out the political power' of tnorc than six millions of while people, and'tarnsferred It l?y violence (deputy marshals, supervisors, Federal ofllctals, &c., etc..) to others.' And these six millions of people are Caucasians, white men, men of Mr. IIj.aink.s own race." We have, from lime to lime shown, that but for the negro hi lance o! power in several Eastern and Western States, the Democratic party would have elected Its Presidential candidate In place of Hayks and Gakfikxd' beyond thejiowerof an electoral commission or the use of mon<*y to defeat the will of the white men of the Union. Wherefore, the amassing spectacle has been presented in the past eight years of t?vo Presidents who owed their seats to about 150.000 negro votes in a few pivotal and close Northern States. The Republican party Is responsible for the conflict of white and black labor, North and South, If any such antagonism exists at the expense of the superior nice. It does not become any old-time Abolitionist or latter day Republican to abuse the Democracy of the South or the Union on that score. Weol the South are not responsible for the present condition of the negro as a citizen or a free, competing laborer. 'l'tic Republicans are to bliinic tor all these things, and the white working men of the North, unless grossly doped or wilfully ignorant, nt*ed not go lar to find out what party Is accountable for the very condition ot uflairs Mr. Blaine rallsutand denounees. Hut the monstrous part of Mr. Blaise's harangue is that which seeks to s. w seeds of discord and revolt anions: the freedinen in thlsjsectlon. If they are not naturally grateful they arc not Instinctively revengeful. None but an incarnate Ilend would seek at this time to array the two raccs against each other, especially when the white peopleof ihcftnuth were never so anxious and willing to do everything In their power to be friendly and hclpiul to the poorer and weaker class. A Quaint Old Bill. The following ctirlons account for restoring a chapel was engraved in French on a watch chrystal in the Swiss Depart merit of the Vienna Exposltlou. The whole was placed on a scroll, less than ar> Inch square. A painter had been employed to repair a iiumbi'r of pictures In a convent, lie did it ami presented his bill in full for 5'J francs and 11 centimes, to the curatc.fwho refused to pay It, saying that llie committee would require a full detail. The painter produced it us follows : Corrected and revised the Ten Commandments, 5 francs and 12 centimes; embellshed and renewed I'ontlus I'ilate and put a new rlhlwin nn his hnn net. 3 frillies mill (i centimes: put a new UUI on the rooster of.St. Peter and mended Ins comb, 3 francs, 20 centimes; replumed and glided llie left wing of the guardfan angel. 1 I runes, 20 centimes; wnsh'd the servantof the High Priest and put ciirrnlne on his cheeks, 5 francs, 12 centimes; renewed heaven, adjusted two stars, glided the sun and renewed the moon, 7 francs, II centimes; reanimated the flames of purgatory and restored .some souls, 0 francs, fj centimes: revived the flames of hell, put a new* tail on the Devil, mended his left hoof and did several Jobs tor the damned, 14 francs, 10 centimes; put new spatter-dashes on the son of Tobias and dressing ou his back, 2 francs- cleaned the cars of Hftlawn's ass and shod him, 3 francs, 7 centimes; put earrings In the cars of Sarah, 2 francs, 4 centimes; re-bordered the robe of Herod, and re-adjusted his wig, 4 franes, 4 centimes; put a new stone In David's sling, enlarged the head of Goliath and extended bis legs,:J francs, 2 centimes; decorated Noah's ark,.'I francs; mended the shirt of the prodigal son and cleaned the pigs, 4 francs, 9 centimes. Total, oil franes, 11 centimes. Fred Douglass Is Imitating Mr. Maine's oratorical malevolence. The prospective loss of ills ofllee maddens the old beef-eater. Jle should Imitate his colored friend Italney, of South Carolina, who says: "Were I In a position to si oak to the 0,010,000 negroes in United States I would say to Ilium: 'Posses your fouls In peace. Your liberitles arc not la danger.' " X- ??? r. T- ' ' . - ; . ' ~ ~v-u>'p..'-.?. BLAINE'S RAGE. * j 18 THIS THE MAN THAT TAKES HIS DE- j FEAT CHEERFULLY?' " " Slanders the Sonth to Fire the North* cru Heart, and Empties Himself of >i Good Deal of Bile on General j Principles A number of Mr. Blaine's personal friends and neighbors serenaded lilm Tuesday evening at his residence in Augusta, Maine, and in reply to the remarks of Mr. Herbert M. Iteatli, the gentleman chosen to express the sentiments of those who called upon him, he took occasion todeliever the following anmunly and venomous speech: Ills Thanks to Ills Supporters. Friends and Nolgnbors? The national contest is over, and by the narrowest of margins we have lost. 1 thank you for your call, which, If not one of Jo.vouh congratulation, is one, I am sure, of confidence and of sanguine hope for the future. I thank you for the public opportunity you give me to express my sense of obligation, not only to you, but to all the Kepublkuns of Maine. They responded to my nomination with genuine enthusiasm, and ratified it bv a superb vote. I count It as one of the honors and gratifications of my puui^Micu inu puny ill Aiaine, aner slruggllna hard for the Hist six years, and twice within tluit Deroid losing the State, lias cnmc back in this campaign to an old fanhloned 'JJ.OiW piurr.lily. No other expression of popular confidence nnd esteem could equal that of the people among whom I have lived for thirty years,nnd to whom I nm attached by nil the ties that ennoble human nature and give Joy nnd dlglnlty to life. After Maine? Indeedjalonvr with Maine?my first thought Is always of Pennsyl vac in. How can I tlttlngly express my thanks for that unparalleled majority of more than 8'),(XX) votes?a popular endorsement which has deeply touched my heart, and which ha*, If possible, Increased my n (lection for thegrand old commonwealth ?an attecfion which I Inherit f.om my ancestry, nnd which I shall transmit to my children: but I do not limit my thanks to my states or birthplace. I owe much to true and Zoalous friends In New England, who worked so nobly for the Remtblican pariy nnd Its candidates, and to the eminent scholars and divines who stepping aside from their ordinary avocation, inndu my eause their cause, and to the loyalty, to principle, added the special complement of standing ns my personal representatives In the national struggle. Across the Continent. But the achievement of the Republican cause In the East are surpassed by the splendid victories in the West In lhat magnificent cordon of Slates that stretches from the foot hills of the Alleghany to the golden gate of the Pacific, beginning with Ohio and ending with California. the Republican banner was borne so lofty that but a single State failed to loin In the wide reclaim of trlumpn. Nor should I do Just Ice to my own feeling If I failed to thank Republicans of the Empire Stale, who encountered so maiiy discouragenir?nl< mwl nliHtnr>ip?a u'hn f?n?o frnw within and foo< from without, and who waged so strong a battle that a, change of one vote In every twothousand would have given us n victory in tlie nation. Indeed, the change of n little more than 5,000 would have transferred New York, Indluna, New Jersey and CunoftctU cut to the Republican .standard, and would have madethe North rr solid as the South. My thanks would still be Incomplete If I did not recognize with special gratitude, that great body of worklnginen, both native and foreign born, who pave me their earnest support, breaking from old personal and party ties, and finding in the principles which I represented In the canvass the safeguard and protection of their own fireside Interests. The result of the election, my friends, will be re| carded in the future, I think, as extraordinary. Drawing the Sectional Line. The Northern States, leaving out the cities of New York and Brooklyn, from the count, ! sustained the Republican cause by u majority | of more than 400,(/*)? almost half a million, ' lntle d of the p >i.U:ar vote The < itle-i of New I York anifcHrooklyn threw thelrgrcuistrength | and Influence Willi the Solid South and were the decisive elements which gave to that secj ttou control of the national government. Speaking now. not at all as a defeated candidate. but as a loval and devoted American, I think the transfer of the political powerofthc government to the South Is a great national misfortune. It is a misfortune in producing an element wnu-n cannot insure harmony ! and prosperity to tlie people, because It Introduces into the republic the rul" of the minority. The IlrsL Instinct of an American is ! equality?equality of right?equality of prlvlege?equnlliy of political power-thateqiiHlliy which says to every citizen: "Your voto Is Just as good. Just ai potential as the vole of any other citizen." That cannot be said today In the United States. The course of affairs In the South has crushed out the political power of more than six million American citizens, and lnv- transerred It by violence to : the others. Forty-two presidential electors are assigned to the South on account of the colored population. More than 1,000,000 legal ; votes have been unable toelect u slngleelecor in these States. Where they have a 'majority of more than 100,0J0 they are deprived of free suffrage and their rights as citizens are scornfully trodden under l foot. The eleven States that comprised the rebel confcileracyihad, by the. census oflR80, ; 7,000 000 white poople and 5,300,"00 colored population almost to a man, di-slre to support the Republican party, but by a system of cruel Intimidation and by violence and murI dor, when violence and murder are though ; necessary, are absolutely deprived of all politi leal rower. If the outrage stopped there It would be bid enough, but It does not stop there, for not only Is the negro population disfranchised, but the power which rightfully and constitutionally belongs to them is transferred to the while population, enablng the white population of the South to exert an electoral Influence lar bo yond that cxerled by the same number of white pocople In the North. Making A Comparison. To Illustrate J ust how It works to the distraction of a fair election, let me present to yon five States In the late Confederacy and five loyal States of the North, possessing In i each section the same number of electoral I votes. InlheSonthU.be Mates of Louisiana, i Mlsslssppl, Alabama, (Jeorgia and South Car! ollna have, In the aggregate,-I8electnral votes. ! They have 2,800XKH) while people, and over ; 3,(!0,000 colored Dcople. In the Noth the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and Cail! fornla have likewise, In Hie aggregate, forlyeight electoral voles, and lliese have a white population of 5,0J0,tl0i>. or Just the double five Southern States which I have named. These Northern States have practically no colored population. It is, therefore, evident that the white men ln\theseSouthern Sa:e?, by usurp, Ing and absorb'ng the riuhts of the colored men, are exerting Just double the political power of the white men In the Northern Slates. I submit, m.v friends, that such a condition of affairs is extortionate, unjust and detrimental of ttie manhood In the North. Even those who are vindictively opposed to negro suffrage will not. deny, If Presidential electors are assigned to the South by reason or I he negro population, that populatiou ought to be permitted free suffrage In the election. To deny that ciear proposition Is to j afllrm that the Southern white man lu the Southern States Is entitled to doubt the political power ol the Nouthern white man. It Is to afllrm that the Confederate soldier shall wield twice the Influence In the Nation that the Union soldier can, and that the popular and constant)} increasing superiority shall be concedcdlo the Southern white man In the government of the Union. If that be quietly conceded in this (generation It will harden into custom, until the budge of Inferiority will aMach to the Northern white niun ns odiously an ever the Norman noble stamped it upon theSaxon churl. A Demagogue C'ompnrison. This subject Is of deep Interest to the laboring men of the North. With the Southern Democracy triumphant In their Slates and In the Nation, the negro will bo compelled to work for Just such wages as the whites may desire?-wages which will amount, as did tiie supplies of the slaves, to a bare subslstancc, equal In cash, perhaps to thirty-live rents per dny.asan average over the entire south. The white laborer In the North will soon feci the effects of this upon his own wages. The Republicans havoalrcady seen, from the earliest duys of reconstruction, that wa'.'cs In the .South must be raised to the Just recompense of the laborer, or wanes In the North ruinously lowered, and the party have steadily worked for the former result. Reverse influences will now be set in motion, and the condition 01 atlalis will be prodneed which years I a/.o Mr. Lincoln warned the free laboring I men of the North, will prove hostile to their I independancc, and will inevitably lead t<> a I ruinous reduction oI wages. The mere difference In the color of the skin will not sulllreto maintain an entirely differe'U standard of wages In contiguous and adjacent states, and they will be compelled to yield to it. So completely have the colored men In the South been already deprived, by the Democratic party, of ttieir constitutional and legal rights as cltizcnsof the United States, that they regard the advent, a I that party to National power as the signal of their downfall, and arc affrighted necause they think al legul proj tectien for thetn is gone. J A Frantic Wave of the Bloody Shirt. I Fe*v persons In the North realize how completely the chiefs of the rebellion wield the | political power which has triumphed 111 the late election. It isa portentuons fact Unit tlie Democratic Senators who come faun the lulu Confederacy?nil?and I mean all without a single exception, personally participated In I lie rehelllon against the national government. It Is a still more signicant fact thai In these States no man who was loyal to the I United States, no matter how strom;a Democrat lie may he to day, hasthesllghtest chance of pollilnal prominence. One great avenue to horior in that section is a record of zealous service In the war against the government. It. is certainly an astounding fact tlint the section in which friendship tor the union in the days of its (rial and auon.v Is still a point, cal disqualification, should now rule I over the union. All thts took place during I the lifetime of the generation that fought the [ war and elevated Into practical command of the American government, the identical men who organized for Its destruction, and plunged us Into the bloodiest contest of the modern times. I have spoken of the South as placed liy the late election in possession of the government, and I mean all that my words imply. Tlic South In Control of the Government. The South furnished nearly three-fourths of the electoral votes that defeated the Republican parly, and they will step to the command of the Democrats as unchallenged and unrestrained as they held the same poxlilou thirty years before thccivll war. Gentlemen, there cannot be political inequality among | citizens of a free republic. There canot be a : minority of white nn-n in the South ruling i the majority ol white men in the North. I'aI trlotlsm, self-respect, pride, protection for I person and safely for country all cry out against It. The eery I hough I of It stirs the1 , blood of men who inherit equality from the, I mUrlnw U'tin llml Klmul nil t'l v ill. inn I h rmti I iiikI from the liberty loving patriot* whocame, to Delaware with William Penn. It bccoines the primal question of American munhooil. ! It demands a hearing and a settlement, and i that settlement will vindicate the equality of | American citizens in all personal and civil ] rights. It will, at least, establish the equality of the white man under the national governI ment, and will give to the Northern man who | fought to preserve the union as large a voice i I In the government as may be exercised by j ! the Southern man who fought to destroy the union. Noincthing Personal. The con test Just closed utterly forbids my discussing the late of the candidates whether successful or uns;,c e.'-siul. IJiavedlscusaed the | issues and the consequences of that contest' ; without reference to my own defeat, without! j the remotest reference to the gentleman who I Is elevated to the I'resideutcy. Towards him I personally I have no cause lor the slightest ill will, and It Is with cordiality I express the wish that his official career may prove gratifying to himself and beneficial to the country, and that his administration may overcome the embarrassments which the source ol Its power imposes upon It from the hour of its birth. Don't come to Anderson with the expectation of attending to business on Thankeglving Day. Our business houses will be closed, i ?Anderson lntelligcnca\ ' 3':-^ r. ;* " r! _I1 li-?!."1 ? g-.L!!1' A Tribute To Woman. Oar Chrlstnin nnd soclul civilization has recognized the proper status of woman unci piitced her in her true position. She hus been eulogized and sonnetlzed by poets und orators, sometimes in a prodigal and extravagunt manner. Much or it she richly deserved, while some of tiwas meaningless and fulsoino flattery ; but thai was not her fault. She did not demand It, nnd only tolerated It and submitted to It as a gratuity la the line of mistaken kindness. Since Ciirlsialnlty and free institution have set theirplgnet seal upon the queenly brow or woman, she has been a guiding star and leudIng factor 111 every movement and enterprise thut have bud lor their object the amelioration of the ruceund the ndvuncemeniof all the nobie ami Immunizing clemeiitof our nature, home writer has truthfully and beautifully suid the three Mottcfct and sweetest words In our language are Mother, Home und Heaven. We should not, however, ullow ourselves to be led into foolish extremes In this mutter of partiality to the sex. Hllnd adulation and unreasoning encomium are not what u refined and cultivated lady would desire. Sho In satisfied with her Just deserts In the position where nature and education have placed her, uml she asks uo more. lier rclgu Is mild and her sway beneficent wltnin her legitimate domain, but outside of thutste is not at home and is llubie to do hurm rather than good. Her dual empire Is the masculine heart and the family circle, und there she Is, or should be, supreme. No divided sovereignty or rival powershould intervene between tier aud her willing nnd loyal subjects, liut If, In un evil hour, she should forget herself, and overstep tho prescribed limit, and strike for the supervision of man's exclusive domain, men sue ih mat at sea without comp;i*s or rudder, aud liable to be driven on the nhoals auil breakers of a house divided against Itself, a disrupted ai d disorganized empire. In tills new and untried field she Is conscious of being an intruder, and hooii becomes lost in the devious und winding paths of doubt and uncertainty, and IIko a wandering star that shoots wildly from Its sphere and plunges inadiy across tho track of other planets of a wider orbit and greater magnitude. If she, in her mistaken ambition, over-leaps tier province, and sei/.es the weapons of masculine warfare aud attempts to conduct an offensive campaign on a foreign Held, she will find she Is rousing an opposition with which she cannot cope, and Inciting a storm she cannot control, and disaster defeat may be the consequence. Within her prescribed and aproprlate sphere she Is Invincible. Imperial and supreme, and all the combined power aud Influences of the sterner sex can never dislodge her. .She can sonr to untrodden heights and celestial climes unattainable by man, but at the same time she can desccnd to deeper depths of moral obliquity, and when she (alls It Is Lucifer?to rise no more. It has been said that If Christalnliy, religion, and all the finer feollngs und senllinenls of our nature are ever driven from the world, woman's heart would be the last fortress that would have to be stormed?the Waterloo of tho world's hope and heritage. Cleveland mid tho Courts. Within the next four years four of the Judges now on the Federal Bench will attain the age of seventy years, wtien they may retire with a continuance of salary, but will not he required to do no. The probability Is that tucy will prefer to give up their arduounjudlcliil duties. it Is likely, therefore, that President. Cleveland will lie railed upon toappolnt at least four Supreme Court Justices, and he may have the appointment of still more. The ranks of the lower federal Judges are also thinned out during every administration by ago, death and resignation. In the natural course of events the selection of a number of these will fall to the next President. But more than this.?It will be tho duty of Congress, ad its next session, to rehevo the supreme and other United States court# from the vast amount ot business that now pressea upon and cripples thorn.?Of the variousplans of relief brought forward the most acceptable is that embodied in the bill proparedby Judge Davis when in the Senate.?This plan has received the general approval of lawyers, Judges and the public. It passed the Senate losi year, but was not actea upon by the Il.iuse. It Is the measure that Congress Is most likely to udopt Should It becomc a law In its present form It will call for the ap polntmentof eluhicen new circuit Justices. The next President will therefore have the selection of an unusally large number of federal Judges. It is fortunate for the welfare of the country that this important appointing power Is to be exercised by Mr. Cleveland Instead of James Q. Blaine. This may be a soreldlsappoiritnient toJuy Could and wme others who would like to have a potent voice in the naming of Judges, but to the people ll Is a cause for congratulation.?New York Jlcr aid. A Negro's Tactics. Fort Qainex <Oa.) Tribune. Some time since West Gordon, a negro who lived a quarrelsome life with his wife, came to a conclusion that she did not cure anything for him. Therefore he decided he would tc>t her fatthfulness. In imitation ol the white man, ho secured a plow line, which he fastened around hi* neck. Seeing it did rot wring ber heart strings to any great extent, he went out near the house and pulled down a stout sapling, to which he lieu the rope.? West said In answer to a question from our reporter; "BossI had no noilon of commit tin, suercide, hut den, while I was lookln' to slo whiH the ole woman was gwlnter do, my holt on the tree gin way, and dar I wus, with my tongue out and my neck twisted all onesided un1 most clioklu' tcr death. I thought the ole fuss hug was gvvlnter leave mo hangln' thar, but she, arter what seemed always to me. come outcn de house will de axe, and lookln'at me said, 'You old fool, I'se got er good mlnter to let you hang right dar.' My, now de sweat rolled outen me. She then commenced cuttln'and powerful slow she wus, I tell yer. When I got<lown, I made up ray min'tcr stay down and fuss It out wld ber. It was three days afore I could git my neck straight. I mout er known de ole womnn would er took her time 'boutcntiln' me down, as she alius wus slow. Mars Tom, I'so learnt somosence and am gwlnterfnss, an' fuss, an' fuss wld her afore III make out I'se gwinter Some one calling our reporter, ho loft We?t muttering, "Yer wi>n' ketch dls nigger foolIn' will a sapling and or plow line no moV' Fewer Elections. (Kcrthavo Gate lie.) Wenre disposed to the belief that the business Interests of this country are being materially atlectcd by the frequent recurring excitement Incident to political campaigns. In tills State Die popular mind Is each alternate year drawn to polities, greatly to the; neglect of business a Ha Irs and those Interests which pertain especially to the advancement and development of our material resources. We are not the advocate of Ion# tenures In positions of public trust, hut we do believe that a change In the terms of State and County officers would prove beneflc'.al to the State at large. Why not extend the terms of all State and County officers in IhlsSlAte to fouryearsT The people would then have a breathing spell between the times or turmoil and excitement Incident to every campaign. and{much vnlua| blu time could be saved and devoted ta more material benefit. South Carolina Is safe In the hands of honest lawmakers, wise and Impartial ndmlnls tralors of the law, and an Incorruptible Judiciary; nnd so she will remain for years to come. Cleveland's election guarantees that the South will no longer be harassed by Federal office-holders who will prostitute their office for the advancement of party purposes. No longer will there bo need of red-shirts nnd the attendant enthusiasm which characterized the campaigns of'76, '79, and *80. The masses want to settle down to work now, and UL' micvcu ui |;yiiuu3 tui ot'iitv ocut i,\j vviuc. Improper words of Endearment. (.Associate Reformed Presbyterian.) \Ve referred r.ot long since to tlic frequent use of such expressions us "Dour Jesus," "awcet Jesus," found In many liynins, especially those designed for children. The point made was, that these terms savor too much of fondling, and tiiat the Psalms have greatly tho advantage in their entire omission. T,,e St. Louis C'hrlttain Advocate speaks to the same purpose when it says: "JJow wiiile we ( believed such terms of endearment as those I referred to are unbecoming, and that they ! should not be used In reference to the risen Christ, we would respectfully ask, is there any scripture.any passage,eltherin the Old.or in the New TYsiament, which justifies this manner of speaking? I)o any of the Inspired writers make use of it. even in the poetical Scriptures? The Apostle Paul speaks of God's dear son?but this is spoken or, and not to Christ, and by no meatus authorizes us to use the word when speaking to Him. Did Daniel, a 'man greatly beloved.' use such words ? Did John, me beloved disciple' who doubtless loved Ills Master as fervently as ever man did. ever use them? when on the very verge ot | glory Ills words were not terms of endeurment, ; but 'come Lord Jesus.' Until we can find authority or precedent in the Bib:e for the j use of such words 111 prayer or praise, let's be done with them." The Meu Who want Post Offices. (Carolina Spartan.) I Our country is not bankrupt as to putt]Ic i spirited men who are willing to serve licr in I her olHees. Leaving out Charleston and Coli ambla. there areabout forty postolllces In the ; Suite that pay owr S.'OO a year. Our statistici iau savs there urn, up to this tlnio 'ill) appili cants for t hese places. He classifies them as jtoilows; Superannuated old fellows,47; dapper young fello.vK, worth about three for fifty I cents, 91; political trumps, ready tor any Job that will Rive them clothes and feed, 1'2U; gen I eral dead beats, HI; men out of business and j would do none If they had It. 84; professional! men who arc dead failures. 61; women, 1:5 ' men who have a I way* had business and whu ] make a pood, honest living,5; unclassified, lor want of information, 56. Our stutlsLiclan i may be a sort of cynic, but l)is figures are 1 worth watch Inn as men come to the front all lover state with their petitions for appointments. [Ju belief. : There is no unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod j And wails to tee It push away the clod, He trusts In Hod. I Whoever says when clouds are In the sky, ; "Be patient heart; liuht breaketn by and by," Trusts the Most lllgh. ! Whoever sees'iieuth winter's field of snow j The silent harvest of the future grow, Uod's power must know. Whoever lien down 011 his couch to sleep. Content to lock each sense in a slumber deep, Knows God will keep. Whoever says, "To morrow," 'The unknow,' "The future," trusts the power alone He dares disown. Tho heart that looks on when eyelids close, I And dares to live when life has only woes, God's comfort knows. | There Is 10 unbelief; And day by day, and night, unconsciously, The heart thai livcshy that faith the lips deny, Ood kuoweth why. - When Jacob and his sons were about to go down into Egypt, thev had little pieces of furniture and other property which could not convcniently be taken with thein. But what need was there that they should be concerned for these? About to find a home In that fui land, and to be provided for by Joseph and Mioblnis h I mm?l f f.ltav mill Id not. fn*?1 tl?o want of these trlllcs unci might well leave them iichliid with all cheerfulness. We have hope that we are ere long to remove, and that to a better country than the patriarchs were foing to, even an heavenly. We believe that, n the many mansions of his Father's house. Christ, our.Ioseph, Is preparing for ur, and will very soon take us to, an abode of all fullness and blessing. As about to depart to that home, why need we be careful and troubled for the little things we have gathered here? We can not cany any of these with us. We shall not have the least need of the smallest or greatc?tof them in that uood land. "A'so regard not. your stud; for the good of all the lund of Egypt is yours." An agricultural exchange ad viRes farmers to commence turning their lund so as to tie best ben ell ted by the winter freezes; stubble land, especial ly, should be turned over bcrore Christinas. Columbia yeoman, of the 11th lust.; "Our Fish Commissioner, Mr. C. J. iluske, received yesterday 4,000 German carp, which will ho distributed In Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Chester, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Edgelleld, Fairfield, Greenville, Hampton, Horry and Kershaw Counties to applicants now on tile. \ Other applicants will bo supplied durlug the i scuson, as rapidly as possible." , 8 i??t?mrnm? Master's Sale. | .Charles P. Roberts, as Administrator, I against Lula It. Wakefield, and others. 33 Y virtue ofjin order of sale mado in the above stated caso by the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st day of October 1384,1 will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on 1st day of December 1884, that being Sale Day, within the legal hours of sale, thefollowlng described property, situate in said State and County, being of the Real Estate of W. M. Wakefield, deceased, to wit: All that lot or parcel of I land, in the town of Ninety-Six, having ! a depth of I j Ninety-Four Yards and a Width of JHfttr Vorrlo All VJ AHAUOl and bounded by lots of W. H.Perkerson, J J. A. Moore, and others. Also, that lot or parcel of land, containing One-Twentieth of One Acre, more or less, and bounded by lands of W. j H. Perkerson, the above described lot, J. A. Moore, and by Cambridge street. TERMS OF SALE-One-half the first lot cash, the balance in twelve months, securod by mortgage. The whole of the purchase money of the second lot cash. With leave to purchaser to pay nil cash on both lots. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. L. BON HAM, JR., Master. Nov. 7, 1884, 3t Master's Sale. A. F. Calvert as Administrator, etc., against Martha Hagan, ct al. 33y virtue of an order of sale made in the abovo stated case by the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 3rd day ot October, 1884, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on first day of December, 1884, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, situate in said State and County, being of the Real Estate of George Nickles, deceasod, to wit: The two story building in the town or Hodges with tbe lot on which it stands, containing Three-Fourths of an Acre, more or l<ss, bounded by lands of G. M. Hodges, and W. A. Moore, and by the Public Streot. Also, that tract or parcel of land, containing Two Hundred Acres, more or less, and bounded bv lands of J. A. Ellis, J. F. Keller and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, ; balance in twelve months with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of premises. With i leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. L. BONHAM, JR., Master. Nov 6, 1884, 3t Master's Sale. , Joseph Ellis, and others, against Margaret McAdams, and others. V ?r .. ..J.. nnl. m.rln In x viibuc ui 4111 uiuci VI nmo uiauo ? ? the above stated case by the Hon. A. P. , Aldricb, Judge Second Circuit, on first day of Noveinbor, 1884,1 will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., ; onfirstdayof Decomber, 1884, that bei ing Sale Day, witbin the legal hours of , sale, the following described property, , situate In said State and County, being the Real Estate of Robert Ellis, deceased. ' to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, containing Seventy Acres, moro or less, bounded by lands of n. P. McGde, Robort Pratt, estate of James Todd. TERMS OF SALE?One-half the purchase money to be paid in cash, balance in twelve months, secured oy Dona or purchaser aud mortgage of premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. M. L. BONIIAM, JR., Master. Nov. 6, 1884. 3t Master's Sale. M. E. Brown, and others, against John S. Drown, as Executor, and others. By virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case by the Hon. A. P. Aid rich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st day of October, 1884, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on the first day of December, 1884, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, situate in said State and county, being of tho Real Estate of Rebecca R. Brown, deceased, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, containing One Hundred and Thirty-Two Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of J. E. i *f t r* a H7I.Ua taillUlill, ill. )> lut^onc,), v/. n. 11 uikt, and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months secured by mortgage. Purchaser to pay for titles. M. L. BONHAM, JR., Master. Nov. G. 1884, 3t Master's Sale. Nelson T. Sonsard, and others, against Susan Sassard, and others. 13 Y virtue of unorder of sale made in the above Htated case by the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on l.st day of November, 1884,1 will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on Sale Day, 1st day of December 1884, within the legal hours of Hale, the following described property, situate in said State and County, boingof the Real Estate of Henrietta Sassard, deceased, to wit: All that tract or parccl of land, containing Two Acres. more or less, bounded by lands of Mari gnret Sassard, W. A. Clark, R. If. Wardlaw, and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-balf the purchase money in cash, and the remainder in twelve months secured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Leave to purchatier to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay for titles. M. L. BONHAM, JR., Master. Nov. 6, 1884, 3t Master's Sale. Martha I. Wardlaw against W. P. Wardlaw and O. H. Wardlaw. I3y virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case by the Hon. A. P. Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st day of October 1884, I will sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on the first day of December 1884, within the legal hours ot sale, the following described , propertv, situate in said State and coun-1 ty, bcititf of the Real Estate ol W. P. Wardlaw, to wit: All tbat tract or parcel of land, in the town of Abbeville, containing Four Acres, j more or less, bounded by lands of W. T. | McDonald, It. E. Hill, and Magazine and ; Buena Vista streets. The said land will j be sold in two lots, as follows: Lot No. 1 with the buildings thoreon, fronting on I Magazine street, and lot No. 2, also frontj ing on Magazine, the dividing lino to run from said street to the rear of the lot, so' as to make each lot equal in anen. Each , lot will have a frontngo of about 50 yards. ! TEltMS OF SALE?One-third ca?h,' and the balanco in twelve months secured by mortgage. Purchaser to pay for titles. M. L. BONIIAM, JR., Master. I Nov. 6, 1884, 3t Dress Flannels. ONE of the leading1 articles for Indies Wluter dresses. All colors n t K. M. 1IADDON ti CO. , Sept. Itt, lSfi4, tf ?SENSATIONIIST ABBEVILLE! IS CAUSED BY THE WONDERFULLY Low Prices that P. ROSENBERG & CO, Are selling their extensive FALL and WINTER STOCK. No one should full to *ivc them a call when In need of any GOODS, kopt by tbum, they are determined to give I ENTIRE SATISFACTION IN WHAT THEY SELL YOU. Their stock of Men's Youth's and Boy's CLOTHING Is to be sold so that every one may wear Good Clothes at a small cost. The wnr they will sell SHOES and BOOTS of all kinds, Is a Wonder In Itself. GENTS IIATS a.id CAPS In great variety, and its cheap as you could wish, LADIES DRE-SS GOODS ALMOST GIVEN AWAYTheir STOCK of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS TRUNKS, JEw'ELRY, ROGER'S TRIPPLE PLATED SILVERWARE, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, SADDLES, and BRIDLES, CROCKERY etc., Is complete and marked down to salt the times. They will #ell yon a package of the best CALICO, enough to make a quilt for Twenty-Five Cents, and have other great hargnlna too numerous to mention. Call at once and be nulled. P. ROSENBERG & CO. Sept. 24, 1881, tf fallTnd winter goods. ?:o:?:o:? Constantly on Hands a Large Assortment ?of? Dry Goods, Notions, Domestics, Eats, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Groceries, and Nearly Everything Wanted by the Trade. W, JOEL SMITH & SON, Abbeville, C. H., S. C. Oct. 1, 1881, tf Guns! Guns! Breach Loaders and Implements Shells, &c., at the CORNER ftUARLES & THOMAS. Sept. 24, ISM, ?f Seal, Mcllwaine & Go. JJaVE on hand almost every varloty ol CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, AND WAGONS, which they ofler to their customer* on the most advantageous terms. RfiPAIM A SPECIALTY. With the best of workmen In every branch ol our business, and an abundant supply of lumber, and other materials, wo are prepared to do all kinds of repairing in the very beat manner, at the shortest notice, and tin the most aceommodatlng termj. All work fully warranted. SEAL & McILWAINE, Washington Street. the: Branch House of" nmTiiTvrriTrii* o mnurnT nmniT lunflinunAiii a iMrijMuri -ATVerdery is Full of FALL and WINTER GOODS of all KINDS. Prices as LOW as the LOWEST. Give them a CALL. Sept. 24, 18S4, If Estate Notice. PARTIES indebted to flic rutate of Edwin Cox, deeenscd, must settle without delay, and crcdltora will prevent their claims to EDNA COX, Administratrix. Sept. 17, 1S81, tf lwo tlnndred iiusiiels RUST FROOF RED OATS FOR SALE BY W. H. PARKER. Sept. 17, 1381. tf Our Stock of DRESS goods will be attractive embracing many of the new fnliriques that are Just out. Trimming to match nil the dress goods. R. M. HADDON a CO. Sept. 24, 1884, tf Debtors and Creditors. ALL persons having claims ngalnst the Kfltnto of Dr. \V. C. Norwood, deceasod, will present the name, and all persons indebted are requested to ninku Immediate payment. MRS. Ms E* NORWOOD, Administratrix. Sept. 17, 1884. tf Satin Duehess I70R pnrty drwwo*. There is nothing equal . to the "bulla Duchcwa" prieo vory moderate. II. 51. II ADDON A CO. ^ . 4 _ ^ New Store! I NEW GOODS! I WE WOULD CALL THE ATTEN- 9 tion of tho public to the fact tliat we have 4H Just completed our new store and liave received a good assortment of Dry Goods, fl Notions, Sho s, fl Groceries, Eats, I DnmpRfinfl. &a. fl GOODS given in exchange for COUNTRY H PRODUCE. Give us ? Call. B GALLOWAY & SON, 9 Due West* S- O. H October 22, 1884* 3m H PERKINS I mmmim I COMPANY, | MANUFACTURERS OF |H DOORS. SASH. BLINDS. 1 ,? . MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, Yellow Pine Lumber, File. ; Estimates cheerfully rendered. Addresa Periifls MannfactoriDi Co, 516 Calhoun Street, Augusta, Ga. Oct. 8, 1884. 6m. J V Are Opening Their Large , and Well Selected Stock of All Kinds of GOODS. And are Beady to SERVE THE PUBLIC AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. Will Advertise Mora tu Detail JNext ween. Sept. 17, 1884. tf ifap WE PRESUME that, the fact ! generally known that we keep constantly on hand a full supply of the pnreat Drag*, Dm*arlxt Sun fires. Patent Medicine*. Chemicals, Paints, Oil, Fancy Goods, Stationery. Tobao co, SewarK, Ac. Fresh goods constantly arriving. To be sold at prices to smt the tlmo*. Special figures to PRACTICING PHYSI CIA>'S. Would like to call trie attention oc the local and eonntry Doctor* Ui the feet that wc keep a full supply of Sharp A Dome's Ells* ire of Calysuyn, Iron and Strichnla. Iron Quinine and Strichola, Pepin Bismuth and Strichnla. These are the best tonics sold. You know what you are taking and we guarantee every bottle to be as represented. Pleasant and nourishing food for the sick. Sea Moss Farina and Lieblg Extractor BoeL At last we have got n cure for Neuralgia-* Frellg.Vs liemedy?slire cure for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and other painfal affections. DEATH TO THE INSECTS! By using the Persian Dalmatian Powder* * you may free your animals, fowts, bouses and plants, of bed bugs, moths, files, worms, roach* es, mosqultoa, nntx, fleas, bird lice and otber Insects. It makes them skip. Harmless to mankind and animals. Hnvo Just received a large, varied and gencrnlly selected lot of Tooth Brushes. Any style and price from 10 cents op. Hair, Sharing and Infant Brushes, Soaps, Soaps, Soap*. Colgate Palm Soap?Klder, Flower and Rose? the cheapest and best Soap housekeepers ran use. Turkish bath 50 cents a dosen. Colgate Palm 25 cents a pound. Russian Batb, Whit* Rose, Pansy, 7th Regiment, 5 cent* a box. . Give us a call and don't forget that yon can get a delicious drink of Ice Soda for 5 cents a glass at tbe DRUG EMPORIUM If you don't believe it try It. SPEED & LOWRY. June 25,1884, tf II Mi! Under the New Hotel Will be Found New Fall Goods at Low Prices by QUAELES & THOMAS A-bbeville# S. CSept. U, 18M, tf "CINCINNATI" REPOSITORY ABBEVILLE, S. C. pERSONS WANTING w BUGGIES, HAKXESS, WHIPS. HALTERS, , BUGGY CUSHIONS, ? ? AXLE GREASE, PLOW GEAR, HIDING BKIDLES. HAME STKIXGS, Ac., Will do well to call before purchasing, aa I will not bo undersold. THOS. BE66S. March 14,1883, tf cottonweighing7 I HAVE Just bought a line Bet of HOWE WALE capable of weighing 4 tons and have removed my old scales, replacing them with the Howe patent, celebrated foraccurate and luat weights. If you wish your cotton weighed promptly be sure to remember theplace ana coll on me. J. S. HAMMOND.. Oct. 1,1884, tr / " ; v .