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lb j Press and Banner.' AUBKVILLBs S.C. I Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1885. | | Let I'x Reason Together. The situation of Abbeville a commercial Tnart, when taken in o?>nnoelion with the existing discrimination nijnlnst us In railroad freight, I* of such importance that our vary existence as a trade centre is involved. Without relief we must lose our trade, In Which event our town properly must bceome vompniHtlvely worthless. No argument ot ^exhortation l? needed to convince any one 01 our people of tills fact. It Is patent to all They ?ro fully alive to the danger whlcli threatens, and eacii and nil of them are ready to contribute liberally of their limited means to save the town from the threatened commercial and financial ruin which seems Im mlnent. Indeed they are soanxlous to oring speedy and eerlaln relief, that it Is barely pos Ible that In their haste and determination, they may overleap themselves and undertake n Job which Is beyoml their means.anil wlilch Jf undertaken, may never be finished, and wen If flnl*hed, cannot bring the desired and necessary relief. Our people, no anxious to hp relieved of tlio wrong which is now being per- i petroled npon them by the Columbia and i tireenvllle Railroad, and so willing to contribute their money to this end. may net hastily, and take a step which tlicy may in the future have reason to regret. It Is for this reason that we write. While the /Vm? nnd Banner Is fully Impressed with the necessity *of relic', and Is willing, when the proper plan lias 5>een settled upon, to urge the town. If so much should be neccssary, to vote twice a* much for that purpose, as the sum whl<-h has beon proposed, hut as one of the speakers at the recent railroad meeting Invlred a full and free discussion of this rtatter, xve propose to accept that Invitation, so far as we are concerned, even at this late day. In the flrRt place, we would utter ourentlre rind absolute faith In the sincerity of the gentlemen who advocate Ihe building of a railroad from Aiken to Due West, and In the next place we disclaim any pretention to more wisdom than they possess, but to our( mind we think the project so Impractlra-: ble that It cannot be accomplished, hut if by | *ome unaccountable means it should be ac-: rompllshed, It cannot. In the very nature of things, bring to us ihe desired relief Our situation Is somewhat in this way: We liavo railroad connection with the Clydcs. whose railroads stretch over a vast area of territory. We are also within ten miles of the ! Augusta and Knoxvllle Railroad, which is a | part of the Georgia system of railroads, which ! controls some twenty-five hundred miles of Iron running In various directions through! Georgia to Alabama and Tennessee. The "' ?-?*KoAm-a Ihla nonntp Ik tn hulld ! |>n>|M?niiioii uun miwn voir. k railroad from Due West to Aiken, crossing the Georgia system In order that wo may reach the South Carolina railroad, a little local road between Charleston and Augusta, nnd wlilch Is completely hemmed in on one *ldc by the Georgia system, while the Clydcsi liermetrlcally seal It up 011 the other. The I South Carolina road gets no oilier freights! than local freights,except such as maybe taken from the cars of one or the other lines. | Another matter: Charleston Is completely of! the direct line to any point from Abbeville. Nobody goes North, East or West by that city, and few order freight to takej the expensive circuit. Wo get not one pound : of bacon from Charleston. We get never a! bushel of corn from the old city by the sea. { Nor do we ship cotton to that town, except j when the merchants may have claims upon It. With these plain nnd indisputable facts be- JI fore our eyes, we will be very much obliged to j any one who will show one good reason for.1 wanting to build a railroad from Abbeville to| Alkcn, nnd we will be still further obliged to I Mm If ho will show us how this unattainable ' nd may be accomplished, even If it werede-, al ruble. Ifwe undertake tobulld theroad from Aiken!1 to Abbeville, we will find that twenty-five j I thousand dollars from the town of Abbeville 1 and a proportionate assessment from the oth- < er towns on the road will be Insufficient to complete the work. We will bccompelled to give, nnd give, and give, until we are hope- < ]?-ssly Involved, and nil for the purpose of I building a branch road to connect with a little , ] local road which can give us no help, but I which, if it does anything at all, will estab-' > K?h another competing town where it crosses 1i the Augusta ana unoxvuie twunmu-mu? i waking two Greenwood*, instead of one?to t compcte with Abbeville. Only this and notli- i Ing more. 1 ? We can grade a ronil from Abbeville toVer- I dery certainly nt a post of not more than lmlf theamount which It Is proposed to spend at the beginning in grading the Kind hills of < Aiken and Edgefield, and which would never j ( bring the whistle of a train to the borders of! i Abbeville county. The Georgia system Is n ! i great corporation with money and credit, and f for fifteen thousand dollars from us, they will j build a railroad toour town, and for as much more, we presume the line can be extended . to Due West. Ontheother hand, the South Carolina Railroad Is only a short local road, with neither money, nor credit, nor the power to help us, even If so disposed. We have | great respect for the wisdom, financial skill, and sagacity of the people of Charleston. Kor this reason, nothing short of their actual subscription to this ente^-isc will convince us 1 of their earnestness in this matter. It is not I to their Interest to do so. Why should they 1 contribute money to build railroads so Ion? as the law rcmaiuson the.Statute books which !, was Intended to prevent the railroads from | making a Cilr profit on their Investment? Is there a man in Abbeville county who doubts tlu%t Charleston urged the passage of the rail-' j road commission act for any other purpose; i than that of discouraging thebulldlngof rall-j1 roads In the up-couutry ? |J An for the completion of the Carolina, Cum-! I berland Gap and Chicago Railroad, it Is In ' J our opinion, needless for our people to think j of It, or talk of it or wa?te time in Idle dreams \ ?It Is the mere phantom of ft delusion?a 5 scheme so in;practicable that the veriest Idiot < In England will never invest his money in i such a wild enterprise?no matter how long ' the agents of It may loiter ubout her mouled |1 centres. |i What wo have said as to the Inadvlsabillty ; j of our own people voting bonds and money j ( for n railroad to Aiken we would say to ouru friends nt Due West. We speak by authority j1 of nobqfly. We utter only our own opinions, I, but wc say the Carolina, Cumberland Gap 1 and Chicago Railroad will never run%wlthln Its borders, and we further say that we be-'lieve the people of that town will forget Us I wisdom when It votes awny Its money In a ' trade with an entirely Insolvent local road,i | no matter however friendly it may be, orj however willing it may be to help. With nearly all of our freights coming by |. xnc ciyae lines or over mi! niMr^iu wukhi system.iof what earthly use can n road to ' Aiken be to us? Fine spun theories nnd blind devotion to Charleston mny all Bound i very nicely, but this Is a practical age, wheu plain common sense must have something to say In the building of a railroad. The fact may as well be acknowledged, that Charleston Is off the Hue to any point. It Ik in a cor-j ncr, where no man goes, and Is so fur out of the line of travel that only a small part of our freights either go or come by that city,' nnd It ltf not to our Interest that It should do j to. We want to bo plnced In competition with j the outside world, and to do this, wo must i connect ourselves with the Georgia system, j unless the Columbia and Greenville Railroad , should conclude to give us as good rates as Is! given to Greenwood. Either Is within the range of a possibility. There Is no doubt hut that the Columbia and Greenville Railroad can do all the business of this town. If It refuses to serve us nl as cheap rates as It serves Greenwood, then It Is our bounden duty to build n lino of road to the Georgia system. Our self-preservation demands this. There is no alternative. Equal freight rates or commercial death awaits us. If we are compelled to build a railroad the | Preu and Banner would suggest the propriety of building it to the Savannah Valley road In the direction of Elberton. In the hope that we may some day have a road all the way to that town, but we believe a majority of our people have their eyes turned to Verdery or Greenwood, nnd we yield to them In seeking relief by either route, but we must dissent from the Idea of building a road all the way to Aiken, merely for the privilege of Joining another lor irt which cun onlv zct freights for us.at furthest, In Augusta. Vesec no good Jn hauling onr freights from Augusta to Abbeville, by way of Allien, Trenton, and Edgefield. Why not como straight to Abbeville 011 the rood Already built, und over tbc brunch to be trnllt? Then why not go to work at once ? Why waste valuable time In sending detonates to Oiaricaton ? With tlio experience of others who have gone to Charleston 011 similar missions fresh in our memory, might it not he as well to send them to Jericho? Why not let us go to work like business men, j In a business-like wny? Much money la Involved in the building of any road. If thnt j expenditure can be avoldod, and the cheap rates can bo secured, then much will be paved to this people who have nothing to throw awny. Looking to this ond we would propose: 1st. To appoint a committee to confer with the President of the Columbia and Greenville Kailroud, and ascertain If equitable terms CRnnot be made with that company through him. It Is within the power of that company logrant the desired relief, which would save us the great expense and heavy taxation Incident to tho building of a new road. 2d. Falling In that.let us see the authorities j of the Georgia system at once, and know cer*; tnlnly what we may depend upon In the mat- j ter of Ironing any road which we might grade, j If that system will Iron our road, then let us determine at onco which route?the Klborton or the Verdery?we will grade, and then Ivt us go to work. If wechoosc the Verdery route, which is not the first cholcc of tho Press and Btnrnrr, we Will Ibcu have the advantage of a prellmiuury - . 111" ttamrxwmanMw. survey. The right of way, we presume could lie secured without deliiy. Our business men | anil real estate holders could make arrange-1 ments to get the money, and the work of shoveling dirt could be commenced l>y the J early days of spring. The relief must come. There can be no earthly use of dllly-dallylnc I with Charleston, or waiilnsr the Carolina. < Cumberland OapandOhUMgo !ia:lroa"l. which I will never be hurt. The eomnieivial life or | "he town Is threatened, and we cannot aflonl j K> lose a day. We have it in our own powei to relieve ourselves of the danger which threatens.nml It Is Idle to talk of geitingrellet by building <\ long railroad from Hue West to nowhere?vr to Aiken, which is just the same thing to us. Hie SiiYuiiunli Valley. In confirmation of the opinion that has been expressed that Anderson would protect hei own interest t>y not allowing the establishment of any depot between Anderson and Lowndesvllle, we quote the recent words of! a gentleman who stands high in railroad! circles: "In my opinion Anderson will lo?c trade by constructing a rend which wiil at the way stations snatch up business which formerly went to tlie county centre?hut which will then go direct to the larger cities."' i nrf? K!H?!ifinnc nrwl 11* theydonot forest their cunning they will never consent to the building of depots on a line of road which they have built at (Treat expense, and which depots would ruin their trade, and build up business centres which contributed nothing to-tlie road. By what right can any cowimuntty ask Anderson to consent loan arrangement which would he so injurious to the intcrcsjs of I lie city. The road will respect the wish of Anderson in this matter, and we hope 110 j>eople may be allowed to "snatch" from Anderson the legitimate profits on her investment. I'nnpprccintcrt. We do not appreciate the vast Importance 1 of a reduction of the postal rates on newspapers, alihoiuh some of ourcountry exchanges have spoken of the Importance of such an act hy Congress. Postage, like Ink, is not a large item, we imagine. In country offices. Five dollars will pay postage 011 tlio J'rrxx utid Ji'invcr lor a quarter, and lour dollars will buy cuough Ink to print It for six mouths. If our brethren of the country press do not spend more in thesa ways than j we do, wo think they might possess their j souls in pence, at least so far as postage and ink Is concerned. "Dark AVI10 has not seen them, ami who has not a j longing desire to know the experience of others In their dark days? I.et all such read the j highly Jlntsrcstliig story which commences this week,and which will not be concluded' for several weeks. Commence reading with the beginning, and you will be sure to know something of love, something of sorrow, something of sunshine, and something of darkness. Head "Ikiik Days." Tlic County Ilfcnnl. Tills Is a new paper Just issued at Klncsfree, S. C, by It. <\ Logan, who edited and published the Kingstrcc S'nr from 1X.V7 to l.s7J,?and which was an honor to the people for whom It was printed. The typography and press work Is excellent, while the editorial woiIt Is all that could be desired. Cleveland will no doubt be Inaugurated I President of the l"nlted States 011 tlic fourth of March, but we wilt do better and be more < Independent if we plant corn on that day. If we plant corn early we arc sure to make , both en..s meet. The best way to make corn i Is tbls: cheek oir your last year's cotton ground four feet one way and five the other. Then put a pint of stable manure In the i check, plant and cover your corn. Later In ( the spring, when alt other ground Is too wet to be plowed, the mlddl es can be broken. If, the poorest upland Is planted this way tlio ?' last week of February or the tlrst week of , March the crop may be relied upon. A good 1 farmer expresses the opinion to us that April 1! planted crops of anything seldom do well, | undltls said that all the premium cotton 1 yields are from crops planted in May. Wk are glad to notice that very many of ' >ur brethren of the press have discontinued , the original story about the excessive cost of j' printer's Ink, and the consequent necesMly 011 i1 ,ho part of delinquents to pay up. We pre- J1 some many of our friends of the press now do '' is we do, print a dun, put It in an envelope,!] ind send one to each delinquent. Our sub- 1 icribers like the plan of a gentle reminder, 1 ,vhen they overlook the date opposite their : j tames,and then when we make mistakes II * 'umlshes occasion for correcting them. < We are keeping an eye on our good filend 1 if the liarnwvU Sentinel. That paper has j .welve hundred circulation?the I'rc.vs and t Runner has only eight hundred, but if the I lumber who "call at the captain's office'" Is ' tny Indication of the real subscribers to either pajiQr, then we are ahead, 60 far. 1 Wk expect to open negotiations In a few i lays, with tlie Chester Hulletin for its splendid ; ditorial picture of pen and hand. Then we j .rill "takeour pen lu hand to write you a few ' hie*." J m ? i Will the Register state whether rice straw,]1 :rceu or dry. Is good or palatable food for cnt- , lie, mules and horses? if so, Is it profitable i is such ? ( ~~, lu Important Rilling on the <lues- , lion of <'OHts. (Newberry Observer.) It seems to have been the custom In New- ' icrry, as we believe it is generally, for atlor- ' leys represent Ins; claims against an estate to ' :harce costs at the rate of So a day for every ' cference they attend before the Master or a * eferee. In this way the cosls consume a j tnrg<* portion of an estate. Judge Cot lira 11 ' made a ruling in the ease of Crotwell against J IVella Saturday which, if followed, will great- J y reiluce the costs in all such eases. This ' ivas a creditors' bill, or bill to marshal I assets, ind several attorneys representing different J shiltns were ('imaged in the ease, and tliev sharped costs against the estate for all the eferenees attended by them, res| eetlvely, [ imounting In one instance to twenty-two 1 references. The ruling upon the 0"estlon of eosls was substantially, that in a creditor's hill it is the primary duty of the executor or admini.stra:orot the Insolvent estate, us the renresenlallve of all the creditors, to oppose all unjust , claims presented against the estate. It may 11 tie to the Interest of creditors inter scse to ren- * ierservlee In this behalf: but In the absence 1 if collusion or fraud between the primary ij representativeand any ol ihe crctlitors, then action of creditors I11 aiding 11:e primary rep- . resentatlve must be regarded as voluntary. U l'herefore, when counsel representing a crcd- ( Itor goes in under the call to prove his client's! t ieinand against the estate he is only entitled | to the costs of reference for proving that par- s Lieu lar demand. To illustrate; Suppose an Insolvent debtor ] dies having 50 creditors; 50 relerences are 1.^1,1 .xn.vn Ml f.hiillK rottvi^oatod hv -VI hivv-l , ycrs. haeh lawyer claims ? "> i'or?rnch refer-[ sue**. That would amount tu the nun of Sl'J,-! ">f?( for references alone. Tills Is an extreme' rase, hut It Is strictly within the operation of the principle contended for, and cannot be allowed. Penitentiary mid Attj luni. (.Xewbcrry J/cmld ami Xcw.i.) It Un fact that our penitentiary nnd lunatic asylum are tilling up rapidly and it is said j that at the present rate of increase l?< ?t!i Insti tuliotis will have again soon to Increase their] accommodating capacities. The recent Leg- i islature passed an net which is meant to decrease the number of patients of a certain class sent to the asylum, what will be the result we cannot say. We do not believe it will meet the evil intended to be remedied by the | passage of the bill. j As to the Increase of subjects sent to tliei penitentiary it seems to us that the State! ought not to object to increasing her acconi- j modal lug capacity, provided she can utilize: the labor so as to tiring a revenue into the' treasury of the State. At the same time would it not be a good Idea to keep a certain classof the criminals sent to the penitentiary at homo mid use them in working upon the public highways In their respective counties. We do not know whether the plan Is practicable or not, tnit we do not know why It should not be. II It could be done it would probably give us a system of road working that would Insure better roads. The public highways in this county get so that they are almost Impassable for several months In the year, and It Is all for the want of a nroper and efficient system of road working by which they are to be kept up. We do not say that the suggestion above is practicable, but we would thank some man to make a suggestion that will prove both practicable and efficient, and we guarantee lor that man not only our I thanks, but the thanks of this entire country I and State and a name almost Immortal. Kami Bath Tor Horses. So one who has had the handling of work , horses can have failed to see with what relish j they enjoy rolling, especially after a day's la- j borln hot weather, l'eoplo used to say that; no I>11 rm could come to n mule from over-1 work If given a chnnco for a dirt baMi. It ls| noticeab'e. too, Mint r 11ik cIjis-? of animals al-! ways select, if within their roach, a sand fiatclt, or freshly plowed soil. I think there; s no question as to the propriety of lotting the animals follow their own instinct in inal-! ters of this kind. I know that those having!' the enre of stable stock dlsliko to have them: roll in "dusty dirt," as It adds to the labor of polishing the coat, but when clean, pure sand j Is used this objection Is removed. I have never seen a rolling shed arrang< d, but have' a plan that I think would answer well. 1 call It a shed, although it should be protected so that rain or snow cau be excluded at all times. J Have a spa^o, say twelve to twenty feet; square, to give sufllcient room for the horse j to tumble about in. Lot the bed be raised to I prevent water from running Into the enelos- j tire, and keep a good body of elenn, sharp! sand on this bed or bottom, not allowing any i filth to mix with the sand. This will lurnisii i ft desirable n'nee, both winter and summer, and one satisfactory to both animal aud owner.? lluval Guide. Think of ji shoemaker baying dines for his family. Think of a tailor having someone to make his clothes. Think of a blacksmith sending his horse away to he hod. Think ot a farmer buying his own corn ai.d meat.?Florence 7'iine.t. The best way to keep from losing your money awl induing nut* III? is not to patronize die ring throwing, Imll tossing ami dice games which lire so attractive In the young and simple mirnlcil. When you want to purchase an article rail on a home metchant, liaise chickens. If yon have a nice garden, ly all J meant i nlse eh I kens. Your neighbors' hens are the hest ones to raise. You will Dial them from ?.2ll a. to. to G20 p. til. on your lettiteo. oni -n. radish aid (lower heils. Yon can raise them higher with a shotgun than J r.nylhlng else. The sun now rises at seven o'clock and sets at five ( o'clock. The dnvs are now getting a little longer, ami will lengthen thirlv-tvvo minutes during the present ; month. " ., Commission -r TOcrckmana siys that South Carolina's i exhibit at New Orleans it a cridit to ln-r Agi (cultural LKpai tnjcnt. ji I ' . ii ? a?a?r? ~ii i 11 ??an THE TRIAL OF FERGUSON. WHAT SOME OF THE NEWSPAPERS HAVE TO SAY OF IT. Tlio Abbeville Abomination? Iiuiljrnation i?l til."*Iis!ri:iI iit t'crpn- J soil's Cim(,".TIu< Itcsu'3 KcKanlcil as a Just titration of l'isloM'Krrjiuc an?l tin Diiconrn^Miicnl to SlicililcrN oT Rlood?Nothing in the Testimony to Justify flic Vortlict ? Personal Frioni!* and Connections or tlic Accnscd Anions the Jurors. [S/ircint CorrrximiHleut Xctrx <nul OwriVr.] A iihkvii.i.i:, Kfbririry ? At !i nYl'irk tills itmriiins s.'Vi'r.tl i?c"ri' iif I'fl.j.li- liuil tlli il into tin* ('oiirtroiiiii If it li:ul l<ivn tliat ? verdict wniild In* ren<1 -red a tratwd woiiM ltav>? attended, althon.h it wn? Snmliy. Tin- prisoner. KiT^*is<ui. cimin/r ho masticated his l?li>rrii. Hit relatives were n"i in Rent. The |:iry wore culled in and .seonied to l?-1 fasged ?nt. The foreman, Mr. l'attime, InToitncl the Cmirt tint tiny had nut nure-Ml up>>n n ver<l'C',cnw rrn possibility nf iloins so. ai:< 1 did not desire nny further instruction fimn tin* Curt. TlieJudse sent* them t? their room and asked counsel what they thought of having u mistrial entered. As the l-irciiian li.nl Wen (> -iiivi- nsuinst the |iossibiIity >>T Hsreoiiiont both side* acceded, and-Tudso I'resslcy directed (lit.* clerk i to flit, r **a uiisli i:i1 l.y roiisi'iit.1' Addressins tin- jury lie exprossi <1 hi* resret at having si von them an unpleasant nisht ami discharged' tlieiii Irmn I'm tlicr service. 'i lie Jurymen mixed with the spectators ami the Court House was soon cleur. So end-d the C.IS -. The jury im-ii spoke rnlher freely about their deliberations. They had stayed up a I nisht. Tim ten in n who had oauou?sed before the evidence was concluded had stuck to their determination to acquit. There wat little variation of opinion. The two men who voted for conviction were.I. A. I'artlow, the foreman, ami .f, C. Miiiiday. There was dogged determination on each side. in tlie foresolng accounts I have slated such fact* as were ic is ilde. I now state opinions. Anions the host pi wde of the town and county there Is. us far as I can Judse, s? great dial of disgust at the the result. Yet that was fully cxp-cted. I know a man wh*<. when he Siw the compl- xion of the jnrv. bet ten dollars to one there would bo a iiiistrl.il. There is a ronch element?that element which Is on principle opposed to punishment for bloodshed?which lias de,?irt d an neipiital: but 1 have yet to talk to n sound citizen, outside of counsel, who does not think that Ferguson should have been found suilty. It is openIv H'atei!, aeil not to tny knowi. dire denied, that the iurymeti drawn at this term of Court were worse than their p'odecessois at any term since lJadicallsm ended here. It is openly asserted, and not denied, that on the jury were one or two men connected by marriage with K. rc'isi n's fntni.y, and otic white man and twol negroes who die indebted to Ferguson's father-in-law. | vvt.o has hirse means. These men slipped In without the knowb dse of counsel for the State. Most of the j juror* trying the case were nn-n of remarkably small i intclHsonce even for the ordinary juror. A geiitlemun ' much interested in Ferguson's defence srtiil that they c -nld never again get such a good jury for the defen- j d.W?. I haw hoard ninny bilter remarks such as these: | ' It's no use to try to'liang a tvhi e man In Abbeville:* "we are at the mercy of any mush who enrriesa pistol;" -we will all have pctil ni'il now nnd loiilr out f it ourselres "murder: are too frequent in this fecli.m Ami in-,, .nid lian^in? would have sonc a sreat way;'' 4,it is a bii-ning shame and a disgrace t?? the entityand I have not beard one of these statements contradicted. The intfl!i^?*nt people are sound; if tin* unintell'srent j'irors are not. It has been remarked with truth that ill few murdir trial* has there been less of |ia'h".s than in this. Probably the explanation is that vcrv few people believed that there would l?e the tragedy of a coiivlcti-in. The Stale conducted Its case with (in at ability, anil So'icitor Orr has n?ver made greater effort to secure a | conviction, hut with filch material to work on there w is little uso in laboring. There is a good deal of talk about '"jury fixing," and it Is nssert'-d that a man not connect"! With the ease 'got in some good work on the panel." hut as there is no png'tive proof to convict him, doubtless nothing will he dune about it. Obstructing tlio Courts or Justice. (O'lumbia ItcgixUr.) It may have been noticed that tlio JlrpMrr has rorhi>m? all editorial comment on the recent case of Slate t'.t. John <; Fetguson for lh<* murder of Arthur M. llcn-dlct. This case was tried at Abbeville Court House before Jmlgo l'ressley last week. It was n case nf clear murder. As the Solicitor tohl the jury, every I'SSeiitinl Incident of murder existed and Hie slayer of Benedict wa< li. yond all question. There the prisoner stood before the Jury of his country a wilful slaver d' his brother mai with malice aforethought. Klilier this or the prisoner was incapable, of malice aforethought, owing to mental alienation or such unsoundness of mind as rendered him an Irresponsible being. This wus the whole case snipped to the truth of llllllg*. The whole ca?e rested upon the proof of Ferguson's unsoundness of mliid by the defense. 'I he law proMiined his sanity and responsibility for crime committed by his hand. 'I he only possible defense wss that the defendant should show beyond all reasonable iloubt that the act was that of an irresponsible being, 'ining to mental incapacity tocompieheml the tiatuie nf an responsibility attach d to the commission of a trlme. Upon this Issue there was a mistrial. We have wailed thioii'jh the weary length of the case, and the conclusion we have come to is that ii|x<n a qiies lion of saniiy there is nothing more uncertain than the verdict of any jury uli earth. Now in this Ferguson case, let it he understood that the real case tried before the jury was Ferguson's If it was sufficiently established to tin* jury by the evidence ihut In the easo ?f Ferguson tlmt lunacy pxisted at a particular tierohl. ami that the derangement w:is of a habitual, or not of a merely temporal y * acclilenttil nature,and that this <l< rmiremctit went in the e xtent of Htieh a defect of rca?o:i from disease if the mind as not to know the nature and quality of he net he was doing; or If he did know It, that he lid inn know he was doing what was wrong, and that such was hi< usual and not nn accidental condition ol mind, it i? plain to see tlmt It was incumbent on tile state to #h?w that he committed the crime in a lucid ntcrval. Was (his the condition of Ferguson's ml mi? The neglect of his nearest relations to exercis? pre autionary restraints over hi in by no means conclu ively shows that they were not aware of his mental ondftion. Whilstsofullyawiire.it is a known f.ict hat the mar relations of olio suffering from mental tberrati'in are the last to believe that such a in rson is therwlse than harmless. It would be the bloodiest K?rt of iustice that would bans an irresponsible belt"' >ec.inse of the ncirleet of his own kindred to recgi<z his condition and to take the steps nccesfary to [invent bis doing harm toothers. It is for the Jury ind the Jury alone, to say whether the evidence presented in the case was strung enough. with all the surroundings, to convince them that Ferguson's gen'ral and habitii;il mental condition was such as to xnder him an irresponsible being, so tlmt his aet In dayinc Keni'dict' was not the net of a voluntary iceiit, but.the Involuntary act of the body without the concurrence"of n sane "inlml directing It." And these Jurors are under their oaths not to use and revive the conviction of others on the facts presented, fmt thrtr own convictions in the c.se. It may be hat tbey wete in error; it may be that outside listeners to the trial may have formed very different ^inclusions; it may be that the Judge on the bench may have drawn a far different conclusion. What of that? S'i that these jurors have conscientiously ruled their judgement upon the facts as they revived them, Is all that the law requires at .their hands ind nil that society has u i ight to exact and require, l'lils being done, even If tbey have been grossly mlsaken, we do not see whut right the journals of the i State have to lo l l these jurors uji Unpopular eondeiniatb n. If the iotluentiai friends of Ferguson have fixed'' the jury so as to iustify a charge of that grave :haraeter by a responsible journal."the County of l ?i.k,.v<ii.. vin.iilrl ni.i l. i it ston with journalistic do-1 lunclation. If the courts and |mies of Abbeville ore j unenaMc t-i nny such charge, It can only lie ?o by the | ^illusion of court officials, If not through the negli-1 tonoe of the Solicitor himself, who purely should have .nown whether he was coin!; before a "fixed"' jury or io'. And 1/ anybody has tampered with that Jury, it)' H-comc.< the duty of the Solicitor to find it out and to , ?ring moll people as well as the jurors injustice. It is very easy for public journals to lampoon eonrts i i itid jaries who do not find verdicts and render duds- 1 ons to suit the foregone conclusions of dictatorial, t'gli handed newspaper doctors of In* ; but we sec n such sort of Journalism a crave abuse, amounting 0 u punitive obstruction of justice. Wlilskoy and Pistol*. (Tvinpcrcnce li'ncAyr.] The Abbeville outrage of Inst week has been thor>ughly venti atcd by the pre>s of the State, but as t>u:d n secondary consideration ha* been made the , lope-goat f"f the crime. Facts are more valuable , han ansertions. especially win n presented in their , iiop. r relations. Here they are as gathered from the , vstiinony adduced at the trial, .lohn (!. Fergifon, of \ bbevilie. was made a drunkard by a licensed Govern- , ii'-nt drunkard laelory, hicime an*adept in the dialect 11 if the bar-room; he nr.i s h'mself with pistol and j artridgi s. arid proceed# under tin* Influence of the | egal beverage to the store of the object of his hate, 11 mil Arthur M. Benedict yields his life. Ferguson is j ( 1 murderer, whom the law lays its hand ujmn and lolds as a common crimiral. It Is not our purpose to ju-tlfy*or defend this legal 1 1 nanufactured cr.minnl. fiv virtue of hi< having contented to the p sibility ot becoming a finished specimen of the work d'tie in and about such dens of InUnity, he deserves the full geiinl v for his crime, and t Is t'lita tiaVcstj" of justice that he should have es \vhile a pistol Is ft dangcrons tliins In the hands of j i sober mar.. yet in the possession <if a drinking. es-1' icclaliy a ibuhketi man. It limnim a terror. That 1 lie was armi'il is n<>t dented. l ilt that ho ? aa era zed tiy Irink at the time of the shoolln:; was the plea off.-rl'i!. Hence the primal element aujinciiling the dankvr was tl.o w hisky. Tile |iis:ol must not be blamed ] is much u? the d Ink which stimulated the use of the i To Jmltfe from the idea lnwl?\ hail he not been j uniler the tnlluet.ee of ilrink. he would not have coin- j iilittcd the deed of murder, therefore Hem-diet would liave been alive to duy, am] Kerauson would have still been an hoiiutnldc patron of ihe bar. So whisky ( Is nt the !j"lt"Mi of the w hole a flair. It tiny be safely tsserted that tiine-ti n hs of the hroi's teriuiiiuli nir in j the murderof oiieor nioivof the parties, result from i the ill inking habits of audi men. Li<|ii ' r then beitg the main Instigator, are there] not other parties responsible for this tragedy? This j man, t?y 11 c t< alimony, was olti n found tinder the In-! liietiee of jiipior. Where illil he tret his supplies?: file question Is pertir.eit. Did Abhevllle furnish the I "dangerous clement" through her licensed rum shops?. Are these lii|'i?r shops sanctioned by ti majority of] iter voters? If S'>, the majority of Iter voters are llreetly risponsib'e for this sail event. Had these I vot-is removed the cause, the effect would have been j avoided. Hut unfortui'ut- ly by evasions and eon- j temptlble quibbling the same channel by which .John ! Ferguson went toriiln, will furnish the facilities for] r>thcr le ys ol Abbeville to reach the same end. Then while the poor, legally-made criminal is helm; con-1 ileiiiiied. don't let the license advocates of Abbeville j i-seape their res|H>ns1bl|lly in the affair. It Js shame-I ful and cruel for any community to Increase the facil-1 sties lor pros'itntl g tr> outlawry its citizens, and then hound down criminal* while the criminal maker ' i* allowed not only to to f ee, but a'so to remain a ] respectable citizen and continue his devilish work. | Mr. W. ('. MeOowitn in Ids adib ess before the jury' forctli'y and truthfully cava; the bane of 'he country, j curlier and the pistol in cwry picket. The peoplo < !' ( theJrtate.:ni'l especially tin- jiiri. s, were or led nn tin tcin-'d}' these proat vile. Murder must be put down. | If it was misln-d to liccnse crime, let juilcs fail to I convict ct'lni!nnl??if it was wished to organize lynch I law, let juiics full to carry out the law. Yes, "murder ItitlM l>e put clown." Then let the lawyers, JnilceS aiol journalists of the State help us to j outlaw the croc-shop?"the bano ol the country." I which murders ten to every one muidvrtd by the i pist'd annually In the State. Whisky to-diiy is*mnritcrinc soul nnil botly of its victims a* surely ns Kercumui's pls'id-shot inurib red lteiichict, only the for-1 tner l> of little .-lower process. To license whisky is j to license crime. To license crime is to set aside j justice and Jeopardize life runt properly. All of these . are Hi the mercy off. he licensed ?iog-sliopa ol the land,! as results cotirlusivt ly prove. The Xtics uiul (\ittri'T l< to bo commended fir Its cnrne.it nml manly utterances tonchinc this trial; but it mUfos the mark when it crowds the responsibility upon the "carrylneconcealed weapons." If that Jo'irual. the most enterprising paper published . thioushout the iroutli, cubi be induced to oppose the I local ontic'lotiiiik ?f bur rooms in their devilish woik ' of thrusting upon society these dilnklnc, drunken, drivelling,Idiotic wrecks of humanity, what a grand! work in would do fir war State! IJut how s'?>n will this deed pa^t nw.iy. and bar-! rooms at d pist >'s tin on {Heparins Ii I J> Ictltns, t<> tiike j other lives, tie y law. and stamp upon our cit lens rowdyism any outlawry? ItciiinrkN on tlio Hpcct'lit'S In tho Ito<-out Slimier Trial. (Correspondent Neirx anil Cower.) At n?>i>n Mr. MetJowan opened fur the Stnte, making a speech of an hour. '1 lie speeches on each side were ro sttonc and brought out so many ill terestilij; | points that it is liatd to resist tile tctiihbitioii to sum-! mnri/o ilietit; but no summary could propeily show! the Ike texture of the aivuoieiit.and even n sniiilna- I rv would till a pace of'the .Y<'!('.* nml fVwrirr. Ho j the simple purport of tho speeches must be Lrielly ; stated. Mr. Mctiowati advanced clearly certain j proposition* of law to the Court, and then turning to the jury, cave the case of the State forcibly and lucid-, Iv. Ill's cb'sinc wolds were an eloquent appeal to f thejuiy to Mippi'i ss the ciluie which was coins; ram- | pant. IK-s iid that an editorial In the jVcirx mill ] Omricr met Ills views exactly. Tills editorial, niter l suiting 'hat a man found with loaded dice in bis i pocket would be considered a cheat, and a man found I tairyincpi k-locks ill his pockets would be considered ? burclar. asked why. on the satn? reasoninc. a man i i-arsyine a loaded pistol in his |e cket almu il not be j I [ i.nMdered a murderer? The bane of the country, I n'.ili'd .Mr. McGuviaii, ?tw the grog-shop at i very cor* j I nor and Hip j isfol In every pnckot. Tiio p??i?|>li? of tlie State, and especially the Juries, ?w called on to remedy these irii-jit evils. Muulcr mmt bo put dmvn. If It ivns wished fo license c: line, let Jorb s lull to con-1 viet criminals?|l li was wished to organize lynch law, let juries fu I t" carry out I tie law. Mr. L. Witrdlaw Miiltli, the Junior counsel for the accused opened his side ot the cASO. Wish much rddress he submitted various les::il points to thu Oiitl, and afterwards made nca pita* and spiritvd npt-cnl t > tile jury, les'ii ^ liis d?f< nee on the claim Hint J-Vrgi.a Mi's m:nd had been so impaired l>y disease and hll-cled by lot;:* indulgence in drink, thai he did not know, wli' H he killed liuiiediet, what he was doing. Mr. Su.it!i s|>?ke for an hour. Alte r a recess for tin hour for dinner ('apt. M. I.. B iihani. .Ir.. addressed the juiy 'u behalf ol the State, ilia speech was very ehii|U>-nt, graceful and logical, and In great part was devoted to attack un the theory ofinsanily. Mr. (iiiiy followed for the defence with another hour-long speech. lie liiildenn exhaustive examination o|'the expert teslltiinny and showed surprising knowledge of "complex mental automatism," 'heredity,"' iiiler-paroyvsiiinl periods" and oil the other ah li'tise things whicil had hcen Canvassed In iho evidence. lie had something to say ationt thu delete!Ious influence of the pivss upon the c*ise. Mr. Hetiet summed up lor the defencc In a two hours'speech, which watt powerful in Its eloquence and ntreet'iur in its pathos. In the course of his remarks he ktruek back at Mr. McGowan on the subj-ct of newspaper declarations. The jury was not a n schoolmaster, it was not to be browbeaten by newspaper reporters, but it was n sh cld to tho man whose lllc was in jeopardy. As to the editorial of ihe A'cil'S awl O'Urivr lie linked it would do good; do good to the dozen yrttng men who no doubt were now In this Courtroom with pistol* in their pockets; but It was { meant for thvlu, not for this jury. Mr. lienet crili-1 til.. uiMiiiiint llui Lr111 in?* ttiiMfwliiNl in thi* .V#?MW ami (ymrirr. When Mr. Orr rose to close for the State, he snM lint cimiiim-1 on liis side hid nothing to <) < with the report su nt to the Xrw.nni(l (Jullrirr. It counsel for the defence eon).I say the same tiling ho would lie glad to hear from tliem. (Tills was ? palpsdde hit ntnl much enjoyed.) Solicitor Orr tnade n powerful speech. His ivonls were ns unadorned as a trip-hamnier, hut l hey struck ns powerful Mows. Step Instep he advanced si on 2 the line of evidence to the conclusion that Ferguson had cuiniuitt'.'d the deed sanely am', maliciously. The Plot* of Inxnnity will Fall Sooner or Iiiilcr. (Xcw.t unil Courier.) It should not escape attention that Fergnsnn. who killed Benodiet in Ah' e 1'lcJ n Christmas i Vc, >.nd ? ho is now confidently expected to escape the penalty of his crime on the pit a that he is Mid always has been unsound In tnlnd, has continuously violated the law against carrying concealed weaimns for nearly a jear, at least. Several members of ills family who now testify In Mip|mrt of the theory of his irresponsible condition testify, also, that he fins cart led a pistol for the past five or eight month*. Mr. Kaliskl, the merchant to whom Ferguson applied for cartridges for his pistol a short while before the shouting, testifies that Ferguson ' had often bought 3s-eailbre cartridges" of him before, and his threats as to what he intended to do with (hose he ti.nl did not Impress Mr. Kaliski very forcibly, because he was accustomed to such speeches. ' Many men," lie testlfiies, ' have come in the store and said the snme thine. * * * Som-? of them since the shooting." Many men In Abbeville Ooiin ly. therefore, within the knowledge of one dealer, still carry concealed weapons and expect and threaten | to tire tliem. The number of such |>oten:ial criminals known to all the dealers In the county must be great Indeed. During the trial of Ferguson. Mr. W. C. Henct, one of the counsel for the State, expressed the opinion In open O-Urt that there were probably a duxen men present at the trial who wer.i thus armed, and no one felt authorized to deny or doubt the fact. It Is doubltless deeply Impressed on the n.imls of Ferguson's family now that they erred In allowing him to carry the weapon with which he committed his crime. If the jury had been impartial and conscientious. Instead of "a good one for the prisoner,'' the fact that his family so long regarded him ns a safe person in eniriifi ? nri a dangerous weapon wimiiu have cost him his life. as It eo?t Ht-noillct his lift'. The Judge charged the jury distinctly: * I feci ft my [motive duly to hrini? to }?>nr nt'ention a matter which you are to judge. 'J'he defendant's father and brothers knew that he wan carrying a pistol, and took no stops to have It taken frnui htm, as a person of unsound mind. anil consequently dangerons." It is pi tin that, with a conscientious jury, this fact would have outweighed all the testimony given by the defendant's lauiily oil the score of his alleged Insanity. There are many other families In Abbeville County, as there nre elsewhere, who may [profit by the Judge's cbaige ill this c>se. and by the experience ol the family of the accused: It were cheaper, at 1ea?t, to disarm the brother, or son or father who goes provided wish the weapons of the assassin, In a peacalde community. than to prove his insanity when he has committed a crime, and is tried for his life. It will not be many days, of course, before there will be another killlni', another trial and another plea of insanity; but sooner or later that plea will fail. The people are weary of it, and It will not avail mneli longer. There will have to be more thin "one good hanging," ns said by a citizen of Abbeville County, befoiethe crime of carryingconc-aled weapons and lis resultant crime of murder will be made less popular nnd safe In South Carolina. When once the public are awakened to the necessity of vindicating the law, wealth, birth, position, ''fixed juries"1 and the argument of ingenious counsel will alike fail to save the murderer from the gallows. Bravo, t'nitcri Effort*. (Greenville Xew*.) The arqniial of Ferguson at AhbevHe indicates a deplorable lack of the appreciation of tlio duties of juiors and the obligations of na'hs. We doubt If a stronjer case for the prosecution was ever confronted by a weaker defence in any court. Tlie ten jurors who voted for neqiiitnl ngainst the law and the evidence are not primarily to blame. Neither are the people of the State. Human life is as sacred and precious In public estimation in South Carolina a< it Is in any State In the t'nion or In any romuiuiiitv In llift woilil. The one tiollit of differ wiir looked forward to with ft g?o<l deal of anxious j solicitude, nml speculation was rift- ?s to bow it would i turn out, nml wlmt would be the verdict of the Jury, j There (termed to be but one opinion about the guilt of Ferguson, and the facts of the killing were admitted und placed beyond controversy. It seems that th?! plea ot insanity whs not anticipated, as the careful and rational preparations for the bloody deed would seem I to preclude the reasonableness of such a proposition, j This game Is bec-uning stale and threadbare and will soon i>c played out, and the tlmu Is not far distant when epileptic tits In childhood and spells of gloom und depression of spirits in after life, will not excuso or palliate the taking of human ll'.c. * Trnvoxly ou JuMtlec. (Waiehmrtn mid Southron.) The Court at Abbeville has just completed tho farce J nf a murder trial, and a mistrial is the result. The ' proof was positive, and a more deliberate,coldblooded I murder could not be imagined than was provcu in, Abbeville court last Kriilay. John C. Ferguson, a young man of thai town, wr.lk-1 s>d deliberately into n store in which a large number nf customers were trading and shot Arthur M. Bene-' diet, a clerk in the store, who was busily occupied at I the time in waiting on n customer. Tuu defense put I np the plea of teiupontrv insanity, and that pica! seemed to ii lllnence the jury In a wonderful tiinnm-rj ?ten favoring acquittal while only two voted for: conviction. It is just such travesties on justice rs this which j makes an occasional session ol Judge I.yiich's Coin t i necessity. The Evltlcnee of <>ullt wan OvernliclmlnE. T flrnvnt'fniHH 1 The trial of .I"hn C. Kersusnn fur the murder of I Arthur M. Jteiicdict hi Ablirvlllc on Christum* KveJ took place on lust Krliluv. The evidence of guilt whs I nverwhelmilig. but the Jury, iifti-r being out nil night,! could nut ngri-c anil n mistrial was ordered. I'rwir \oiv. The spring season is the wor.?t time of nil tbo year j f?r pruning fruit trees. m if yon have been waiting. | intending to jii tine th>-iii, we advise yon, by nil inenns, | either to prune now or wait till midsummer. The winter sea*oii, when the tree is entirely dormant, or; mldMimmer when th? sap is active, and tln-re is time i after n flit has been made for the wound to heal over, are the only proper seasons for pruning ticca of any kind,and of council fruit tree is no exception to the rule. In the fpi incr after the sap has strain) to flow, a wound made on n tree bleeds freely without heabng.; and It is nut until ? tree has lost considerable of I s ] vital strength and the part near the eut Is left diy and exhausted, that tlir lots of the sap stops, and th.i wound bruins to cure. This is especially true of the . pear, certain varieties of apple, young and vigorous peach trees, the maple, the elm, the willow and the ! giape vine. It (sdi-ath to a jtrnpe vine lo cut it sv-j verely at the season of the Mowing of the sap. A rut of much size made on an apple tree in 'lie . plitig,' leaves a dead wound that dies, decays and rots, and j hence the gr<at number of rotten spurs and hoi uw pores that we so oltcn eve eating into the very heart of the trues. Tills if all wrong. and Is the result of prunine at the worst time for the health of tin; tree. A wound made on n fruit tree should Ileal over at the surface. This it can never do, for tlie part los> s it* sap faster than bark call form over the cut eds<s. If a cut Is made on n tree in midsummer, the baik beinc in a growing state, Mid the How of fap less active than in spring, It begins to heal at once, and soon forms nirc, healthy b:nk over the edsc of the scar. If the cut I* made in winter, the Inner bark lo gins to unite to the wood with the veiy flisl movement of the sup, ami so closes cnotish to prevent any N't ions loss of the vital fluid before the woiind lo nls. It Is still a disputed point whether winter or sum-' rner Is the best sca?on for pruning. So fir us rupiil nnd thorough ciirilie of the cut (roes, and this Is a great ( deal, our preference Is decidedly ill favor of Bummer i trimming, but it is a busy season and the foliage bin-: trntichi'H need moving nml which tin not. Tills con Milerallim Induces many to prefer the winter scapon, when the tree Is elilllely Imre anil there Is inure lei-: sure, for |i.rforinlnt'tills InlnT. Ills certain a tree] limy be better pruned fit this time. Hut do not wait ] tiotil the sap h:m ftarteil. Do it now, or else defer It! altogether till yon eun get'? spare day or two in kiiiii- | tner. Also,avoid Lrye wounds at any time. Iietterl let ft large limit pi wrong than make too great a wound.?J!iirnI Mrxsciii/iT. Strength of the Cotton I.anils. Mr. Nitntno,chiefof tliobtircitu of sliilistles, presents In quarterly report, .iust published tm ! Interesting ami valuable report mnilc to the I iiurenu by Win. I?. Trenbohn, of Charleston, I S. C? on the persistency of fertility of the cot- j ton producing laiulsolilx-l'iiltcd States. TIiIh | report, wan mnilc by Mr. Trenliolin In reply to ; specific Inquiries submitted to him by Mlin-i iiiii lu July last, ami is now represented as an I introduction of an important and somewhat j extensive Investigation as to the probable future relative position of this country In cot-: ton manufactures ami In the exportation of! cotton lo foreign markets. Mr. Trenliolin asserts that, under old tnotli-1 oils of cotton culture prevalent prior lo I WW, | m eat bodies of land not only lost the power | to produce cotton, but beeaim; unlit for any i purpose known lo the planter. Hcconlldcni-, ly asserts,however, that with improved mclh-1 oils and expedients described by him the cul-l llvallon of cotton has become not only a lu-j crallvc arl, but a progressive scienc.c; that, "cotton sick" lands have been reclaimed, and I t he general avei age of productiveness of tlioi cotton lauds of the country hns been greatly ; increased. This lie dearly proves hy stattsllcsof the production of particular tracts and ! by the relation of the crop to the ucreago throughout the cotton belt. Mr. Trenliolin concludes his report as fol- j lows: j "Looking at the question solely with refer-; sncetothocapHcltyoftlieltiml.il. seems reasonably ccrtaln that the cotton States of I ho ' Union will be able not only to keep up the crop of seven million bales, but hi case of need ' Lo Increase that crop considerably, without materially Increasing the ticrcnge now in cut j .on." I SHIELDS ARRAIGNED. ? THE JURY SELECTED AND EXAMINATION BEGUN. MrN. Annie Shields Breaks Down on (lie Witness N<:tml mid CnuNos n Scene-- ICiKhty Witnesses I'ro.HoiitI*rol?ablc Duration of (lie Trial. [Charlotte Obxcrver.] Htath-svim.k. C>, FVbrtiary 12.?This beIns? tin; day set for the commencement of the trial of Tims. L. Shields, for the murder ol Joe. (J. SI i ton, u very htrcc number of people from Mecklenburg county as wc'l as from Iredell. were to be seen upon 1 lie streets ntun early hour this moruinj:. The murder and Its Incidents was the subject of general conversation and everybody seemed to manifest itreat interest In the trial that was shortly to come up. When the Court House bell runs the crowd made a rush for the btilliMn^an-1IIwas soon packed lo Its fullest capacity. Ill* lionor. Judge McHae, took Ills scjiI upon Ihe bench and the work of empanelling iho jury whs commenced. All Ihe forenoon was ilitis occupied, mid it was not until half past twelve o'clock that the twelfth Juryman was secured anil the panel com pie ted. Col. Aimlleld represenled the defence in the selection of tlic Jury, and nil agree thai a fair lury has hcen secured. The Court, then look a recess, and after dinner reconvened, when the examination of witnesses begun. Mrs. Annie Shields, sister of Joseph Sltton, and wife of David Shields, Thomas Shields' brother, was the first witness called. She lestitled substantially the same as at the Mecklenburg trial. During the course of her testimony she was suddenly overcome with cini* tlon and broke down, and quite an affecting scene occurred In Court, J)r. H. M. Wilder was the next witness call ed. Ho testified to the character ofSltton's wound, giving the same description as he gave at the former trial. John \V. Sample, Abner Alexander, and Julius Phillips, colored, were next examined In the order named, and at this point the State rested lis case. At live o'clock the Court adjourned until to-morrow. It Is probable that the prisoner, Thos. T? i Shields, will be put 011 the witness stand to. morrow to tcslily in Ills own behalf. He looks the very picture of health and seems te be In good spirits. There are eighty witnesses present, nnd the trial will last five day, at least, liolh sidet are preparing for a hard fight and will pul forth their best etlorts. The Court House was crowded during the entire proceedings, nnd the interest Is muni l'estly very great. SHIELDS TELLS A PLAIN STRAIGHTFORWARD STORY. Appronelied Sltton in n Friendly Manner nnd Killed Him in Self Oefenee?Jfollle Shield* Confcssei Her Guilt?'The Trial Progressing Rapidly. Statksvilj.k, February IX?The second daj of Shields trial opened In the Court Hous< here at nine o'clock Mils morning nnd the in terest of the spectators was intense as Thos I,. Shields was called to the stand to testify ir Ills own defense. On being sworn, .Shield! commenced giving his tcstiino.iy In n plain straightforward way, and showed noslgns^ confusion. lie was to all appearances per fectly composed nnd calm and spoko of tin details of the killing ns If It had been somi one else and not himself that was concernec In It. Ho said that, lie believed Sltton wai guilty ot'tho seduction of his sister, Mollh Shields, and that 011 the morning of Ihe killing he went to the deceased in the most friend ly manner, in an eM'ort to Induce Sllton to re pair the wrong by marrying his sister; thai the deceased refused to marry his sister, and ns witness thought, atlempted to draw a pis tol. when witness picked up his gun and slioi Hilton dead, and then went to Charlotte anr 'surrendered himself. Shields, in speaking 0 I the killing, said In substance: "Hy reason o what I knew and heard I went, to see Mr. Sit ! ton earlv In the morning of the 5th of June dice iii that matter l*>tween our |?c<>|tlo ami some othere Is tlmt we regard human honor as even mo: c sa-; cred and precious than lift*. The unnninr.nl ami disastrous conditions nml method* forced upon us by the radical goverenient, in; which almost every evil wo undergo can lie Iniceil. I constitute the real cause of the occasional failures of justiceiminng us. We hnvc applauded ami honorod jurors who entered the box In the United stales curt | to acquit persons accused of politic*) offences. We were right because our fiction was a choice of the less I nf two evils when we were forced to decide whether we would lose life, liberty and projierty and expose | ourfiimiiies to nameless and Innumerable horrors er , oppose fraud and perjury with fraud anil perjury.! l>ut notivil tliinic can he done, however pood the; motive for It may he, without causing evil to the doer of it. Many people can not understand tho > line* dividing ihcjus'lflnhie from the unjustifiable or j penetra the Intricacies of logic, and the ten Abbe- j vlllc Jurors seein to havo been of that clas<. It fsi very likely that they were unable to understand the valid reasons why conduct which can bo tolerated I ami approved In-some cUcumstunces is entirely tin- j proper in others. We fear the demoralization in every department of our pnl lie and private lives forced upon us by the J radical governments and our own follies will contin- j ue to exist and bear evil frntt for mafv vca>s. It will never bu eliminated without the brave, active, un-i tirlns run! united lobur of the pulpit, tlio press and a!l, good citizens. Tlio InNnnlty Do?lt?o. [Palmetto Yeoman.I Tlio roccnt t'ial of Ferguson, for tlio murder of Ilencdlct at Abbeville, on last Clirlstums eve, li.i* at tracted a InrRu share of attention anil elicited goniP conslderiihlt-comment. The killing was com men ted upon at the time, mid denounced as a wilful, deliberate and cold blooded murder. The ti ial had excited quite an Interest in the community, and the result i I to Induce litni to marry iny sister and renaii ! Iier wrong. I started over to see him, nnd n< ! Is my general habit, I toolc my gun which was | loaded as usual. I mot him sitting In a rooir I down stair*. I said to him, 'Joe, I want tc see you a mlnulo privately,' and he sald. let'i I go up stairs.' We went up anil I set my gur | down outside of the door. I sat down on r i chair leaning against the sideof the door, ant | Joe sat clown on tho hod, Joe said: 'Here'! 1 that book, I haven't had much time to do any thing with It.' It was the book of my black' smith and I toolc it and stuck It In my pock el. I then said: "I want to sco you on mor< Important business; I have heard you are go. Ins away and I want you to marry my slstei before you go; you have seduced her and yot must marry her. He said he would die tlrst arose nnd made a move for his pistol. As Ik did so I reached outside of the door for mj gun and shot Immediately. I went around t< Ills head and attempted to move him and gol my hand In blood. The account, book drop pedoutof my vest pocket and I picked it ti| | and placed It on the mantle-niece; then wcnl i out and locked tho door. Went down, mei I my brother and his wife and told them whal II had done. I went down, called my fatliei [and Abner Alexander and told them whnt ] | had done and u?l(ed Abner to take me If town. In the room my chair was nearly hnll outside; I could reach my gun. Ho was sit' ting on the bed live or six feet facing me When he rose up he said In an angry tone 'I'll die first.' If lie had not refused to marrj my sister there would have been no trouble, and if he had not made a move for ills pistol there would have been no trouble. I knew he habitually carried a pistol. I took no aim I did not see where I shot him until 1 saw him lying on the bed." i Mollle Shields, "the woman In the ease,' was next called to the witness stand. Slu swore point blank to having hail criminal in tcrcourse with the deceased on Wednesday night before tho killing, and also ncknowl edged that she eonfessea thp fact to Thomas Shields and l.er father at the breakfast tables short time before the tragedy. A number ol oilier witnesses wero called and testified ti various circumstances, their evidence helm the same in all particulars as previously glv cn nnu pruned in me tjoscrvrr. The Court adjourned this afternoon fo meel agnin ?t night, hulas thetulegraph ofllce hert closes at ft very early hour, no report of tlu nlchl's proceedings can be sent, Tlio Charlotto lawyers employed on both sides, are making ft flnn Impression upon the peoplo by the skill and ability which they arc displaying. Every polut is being warmlj contested. The Evidence Concluded And Arffti< ment of Counsel Berlin?An Ac> quUnl Predicted. Statesvii.i.e, X. C., February 14.?The t rIn of 'l'hos. L.Shields was resumed in the Courl House liere at 'J o'clock this morning, ami what might bo called the crises has boot reached. The prosecution endeavored to 111 troduce the evidence In regard to Sllton'i knowledge that Shields had burnt Park's glr house, but this whs overruled by Judge Me line, and thus the time was materially short' ened. On the former trial, this evidence was allowed and whether Just, or unjust, was ? factor In Shields' conviction. I At twelve o'clock to-day, both the State nn<] defense rested the case, and the Court ad Journcd to dinner. Upon reassembling In tlic I afternoon, the counsel In the case commenced their argument before the Jury. Solleltoi Adams led oil'for the prosecution and delivered n telling speech. He was followed bj Bynum and Linney for the defense. In abl< efforts. The Court at tills point adjourned U Monday, when the argument will bcconelu ded. Artnlleld and Wilson for the defense i and Jones for the prosecution are still U j speak. | The ease will probably clnso by Mondaj night making the trial shorter by two days than it was was in Mecklenburg county Much interest has been excited In Iredell over the details of the case,and there Is mud: speculation as to its probable result. Whilt no human Judgment can be Infallible, It It confidently predicted that Shields will not be found guilty of murder. The Indications ?l present seem to point to an acquital, hnt tlic Jury may find a verdict of manslaughter. II is hardly probable that a verdict of murde: will be given. # IN THE HANDS OF THE JURY. The KliiclriH Cnsp Given to tlie Twelve Men (iood nnd True. Statesvij.i.k, n. c? February lfi.?The nr gnment of counsel In the Shields trial was re*' sumed llils inornln", Mr. Oconee K. WHmhi lend I hi; nil' for the prisoner. Hcspoke for twe hours anil a half, making a .signally able of fort, ami firmly impressing the Jury and per sons in the Court room with tlie hiea Dial self-defense was the cause of the homicide, Mr. Wilson was followed by Hon. II. F. Armfield. also for the prisoner, ami who, it is said made the best effort of Ills life. He appealed to the jury to bring in a verdict oi Justifiable homicide, ami made the assertion that in: man In Knglanil or America had ever been bun!; for defendim; the virtue of his wife 01 sister, under such circumstances. Upon the reassembling ol the Court In the afternoon. Col. II. C. Jones delivered the clos ing argument for the prosecution. He spoUo for three hours and thirty minutes, Jtelng perfectly familiar with all Hie details of the case, hn presented his side in u most masterly manner, the Court room being densely crowded during the entire time of the delivery ol his speech. At half past five o'clock Judge Mcitea commenced I lie delivery of his charge to the jury. The charge was quite an able one and \r,if generally considcrd to have been fair and lm partial. The Jury at once retired but had not agreed upon a verdict up to n late hour. BETTER THAN HANGING. Thomnw V.. Shields Votniil <a(illfy ol .llniiNlniiKlitcr iiml Sentenced to Five Years' Imprisonment. Ahhevii.t.k, S. Wednesday, Feb. 18. lly telegram received from the Charlotte Oft. snrer last night, wc are informed that the Jurv In tin; Shields case, found him guilty 01 manslaughter, and Judge Mcltao sentenced him to live years' Imprisonment ill the penltentlary at hard labor. This Is better than hanging, though wc should not be Hurprlsctl to Sicar tlint Shields' counsel hiul made a motion for ft new trial, and, in ease of new trial being refused, of a notice of appeal. Mistakes of Farmers. 1.To think Unit anyone can farm ;that a man who lias starved as a canvasser for a patent toothpick or had been unsuceeasful as a carpenter, can Jump Into a business requiring nigh Intelligence and persevering efforts, and, being utterly unfamiliar with deUiils.be able to inukc money. ? The Idea that a large farm, half stocked, and poorly cultivated, pays better than a few acres well and carefully tilled. :t. What Is It but the worst kind of a mistakcto pay hundreds of dollars for good farm machinery, allow It for want of proper shelter to rot and become useless a year or sooner than It should t I. 11 Is a mistake to let year after year pass l?y with no attempt to Improve the <iuallly of the farinstock. Jiloodcd cattle pay. JThey make beef <|Uieker, thecows give more richer milk. I.etter blood In horses pays. A Norman or part Norman colt Is u valuable piece of property. f>. To let foolish prlilo or narrow minded prejudice prevent theadoptlon of new methods when they have been proved by practical men. (I. To get up after the sun, loan on fork handle, speculate for an hour or two upon what the weather Is going to be, let the Weeds get a good stcrt and tften wonder why farming don't pay. 7. To leave a lot of utiehoppcd \\ ond wet or half-split wood at the pile,a lot of old harness hanging in thekltchen, and muddy tracks in the dining-room, and expect to see the woman :olk good natured. 8. To have a lot of half-fed, emaciated, lonesome-looking fowls, roosting In some old eotlonwood tree wh n a few good h 'allliy, Plymouth Itoek or JSrahma chiekei.s properly housed, would make the poultry yaid ou honor, instead of a disgrace.?AU. I Farming1 nntl (<c(tl?K Rich. Farmer Ulil, of Richmond county, says the Angnnto, (On.) Chronicle anil (tontfUutioimliit, has told lits follow agriculturist how to mnkc Foor land pay. There Is no mystery about It. t Is (lie sound business principle of thrift mid Intelligence apjilled to the Willi# of the soil. Nothing must l>e wasted. Everything must be utilized. All men of brains who are disposed to farm as Mr. Uhl does ougnt, at ! ler.sf, to )np,l;ea irood living and enjoy the, I rare blessing of content. I'lit the majority oi l f.irmeiK. us of all other neople, are not willing, to pursue this simple plan, or else have not the practical talent to do so, and hence there Is more failure than success. We recently came across an excellent article In sonic unfamiliar agricultural periodical , which insisted that farmers of all men nre , | the very last ones who need trouble them selves about rlclusiisoilier people do. I'os; scsslng and living upon their own productive acres, they have all the requisite resources of ' wealtli constantly In their own hands. They are sure of shelter, of lood and of needful clothing; to toil and inoil, pinch and screw, starve and deny merely to lie accounted Worth a certain amount of money. Is only ' wasting the precious term of life which might , be used to far better purposes. I Providing for old age or a "rainy day" is a 1 paramount duty, for farmers as for merchants or nrofesxliiiial men. but. it lu insisted lhat. wllliln his means, the farmer should prudently Improve his surroundings and enjoy his , existence. Our moralist says: | "He has nothing to fear and nobody to envy. Of one thing be Is sure all Ills days, and that Is a sufficient, living. ami that is \\ hat other' men nre never sure of without a single pangi of doubt or apprehension. There b< his land ; I there Is his home; there is all tho animate | ami Inanimate machinery or bis establish' j inent, and for the rest-he looks in profound trust to the bounty of Heaven." [i If southern farmers are not sure of insufficient living It Is because they* have not InJ dustr.v or talent like Mr. Uhl, and It may bo [ that. In the hurry to gel rich, they have become the prey of the spreuiative sharks at 'Chicago or .New York, We dare fay that | many a southern farmer to-day Is in distress ' because of yielding to halts held mil In cotton fulurc.s or other deceptions of that character. The curse of the day, demoralizing every. thing In the town or country, is the worship ? or money and the rapid desire to possess It by , some royal road. That lust of wealth has ' distempered our people, merchants and farmers, ton degree, and Its pursuit has led to dis' aster In numerous cases. We do not believe | there Is nny true happiness In a devouring ; greed of gain or the possession of money oequitcd In any way except by honest toll. On this point our Northern contemporary speaks as follows: ! "Instead of this unworthy and demoralizing anxiety to get rich, If the average farmer, , once being s.>lidly established, would resolve ; to enlarge anil exalt his life as It is, to make more out ot that, to enjoy as much as posslb'e of what there is to be enjoyed, to adorn and beautify his home?that only paradise on earth?within and without, he would find all his dally tasks far easier even to the extent of being delightful, he would feel rich where now, with more money, he feels all the time poor, and he would rid himself of a false tyrant in t.he form of Increasing parsimony that r holds his nose to tlio grindstone till he is Hung Into bis grave. II farmers only knew It, they could easily be the richest men on earth." , Nlnetenths, perhaps, of Southern farmers are not now so much Intent upon getting rich r ns upon keeping out of debt and preserving the simplest comforts of existence. Mr. Uhl, has shown t>10111 how 11 satisfactory living can 1 ho mmlp fit) flip nonrnct. coll hv t/urwf ttin nmro. - mcnt, and wc have no doubt that one part of lil* programme Involves Just such ludiclous expenditure as contributes tohapptness. The i fault with only too many of the firmers in ' this section Is not parsimony but extravaf gange. When their crops turn-out well they f spend their money freely. What they need Is not only the Uhl method of cultlvntlng the ' earth, but nn avoidance of the pitfalls that - beset their path outside the farm. Wo are I firmly of the opinion the man of sense who 4 makes farm pay, and who does not try to gel : rich via a broker's or factor's office. Is, In all - essential matters, If sober and moral, one of the happiest of mankind. , I'plnnd Rico l [Qjliimbia Rcytiter.] I The cultivation of upland rice, to onr mind, J. Is worth two of tobacco growing every way. ' It Is less trouble, le?s drain on the soil, and " there Is more money In it. With our bottom ? and river lands in our mlddlo country there ought to be no sort of trouble, with proper fertilization, In making forty bushels of rice totho acre. We have known something like twenty bushels to the acre made In chops between the corn hills. One chop of a wide hoe, some ten inches In width, was sown In rice. We inude, when planting oii|the coast, all the rice we needeil on a half acre planted In this way between the corn hills. In Liberty County, Georgia, which formerly raised seaisland cotton, they have given up cotton, and iilant upland riceot^the old cotton lauds as high and dry as our average cotton lands here. They form a wide, thoroughly broken ridge, broad enough on the top to take two rows of rice with about making room for nn ordinary hoc between rows of rice on the bed. They I lay oil'beds about five feet opart, and cultivate with sweeps and cultivators. The hoe ' work Is done hetween the rows of rice. A L good hnnd ought tr> work three acres or this ' strip of ten Inches or so; or the same thing ' might bedotic beautifully with a hand plough j or cultivator. The golden rice of the river , swamps would grow on our low land In the ' up-country Justus well as the other variety, i The kind of rice we cultivated on corn laud ' I hat was bottom land, but perfectly high and I dry, and never had a flow of water 011 It a 1 day In the year, was the river swamp rice or g ililen variety, w'edonot see, with proper ; fertilization and experience anil election of ami. what there Is to nrevent one hundred bushels being made to the aero, on good, sol: kl upland. The rice should be planted early ' in March, and the land made as rich as manure can make ll, and broken deep, thorough; ly pulverized and thrown Inlo wide bed*, live feet apart, with two rows of rice sown on the . flat lop of the lied. There is no use to half do , such a erop. If a man wants money out of II, he must ko to tho trouble and expense of glv" iuc the crop all the chances possible. Let our farmers about the country try a " half acre, thoroughly broken ami manured. A soil highly enriched by the presence of L ammonia Invilcs a great deal of moisture ' from the dews, and lr thoroughly broken will ) not suiter from drought. Let our farmers try ' I Ills tiling. Anything that can make from forly toh hundred dollars to tho acre will , bear the highest sort of manuring and culil. vatlon. I.et this cultivation come in vogue. , and tho vast river bottom below hero ana Klngvlile will soon be put to use. There must be at least seventy-five to elgli[ ty square miles In river bottom from hero to . Klnuvllle. This amounts to some acres, ; which, leveled ami put in thorough cultivation, would make 5,UOO,<K)U bushels of as good rice as ever grew. And so would the same land, properly drianed. make as good tobacco as the famous Connecticut river bottoms. This at this rate of production, would involve a crop worth Sliyxxywo. Hut two or three ' times the area could bo handled In rice; so that, after all, rice would prove tho better paying crop. Then tho rice crop ought to be I ripe In August or the 1st of .September, plantl ed early. I Let us try tills rlco on the botfomp, above i freshets and also on a higher patch of laud. Then it might bo well to seo what peas ploughed uuder with lcalnit may do for the i rice crop. We. throw out these suggest ions to our fnr mcrs, and wo would say don't be satlstlcd ! with doing what people elsewhere do In growi lug your crop. Try to Hint out for yourself Improved methods and pay attention to flue I heads, preserving such for seed. I Farm nnrt Garden \atcs, One of the best coatings for tree wounds Is . prmn shellac and alcohol. It excludes air, and . the wound quickly houls over. \ Old dead or decaying fruit trees should he removed at once from your fields or orchards. and burnt up without delay. Mmiy injurious J inscclHwIll thereby be destroyed. A writer In the Home and h\irm used about . a quart of sawdust In each hill of one plot of j potatoes and none In another plot. The saw dust hills yielded nearly twicc as much as the j otheis, and the potatoes were larger and . smoother. , Every henhouse should be provided with : one or more boxes or dry en ml for fowls lo , roll In during winter when tliey ennnotget at j the ground. The boxes should not be used utf , nests nor for any other purpose than for fowls [ to dust themselves with. IKy earth from . road beds are excellent for this use and some should be saved every fall. One of the most valuable uses of agricultural colleges should be the collection ot Insects, properly classified, where practical fanners can learn more In a day than most of them can >?attier from their observations in the Held through the ontlro season. It requires . time, patience and knowledge to make such a collection, but Its value well repays Its cost. (Jluteii meal Is one ol the by-products In the manufacture of glucose from corn. It consists of the outer shell of the grain from ! which the starch has been extracted by sulphuric acid. It Is proporllonably much richer in uluton or fiesh-formlng food than corn Itself, but is not so tattenlng. The best way I to feed It is Willi wheat bran or fine middlings. ' ami the stock which will give the best results ' from Us use Is a cow giving milk. To grow noes after the original plan, ns I seedlings, and then topgraft, even If conslder, ed desirable, Is Impracticable for general pur: poses of orcharding; but If the principle, as | generally admitted. Is the correct one, then . the preservation of as much of a desirable hardy seedling stock as is practicable on , large nursery grounds, is certainly the desidera turn sought utter. [1 Most barnyards nro larger than need to be , and the consequent scattering of manure ; | nmico ii mucn more uimcuii ki save, iviriv | i in the full the entire yard should bo covered , ,1 with straw to the depth of a foot or more, to j-j absorb the solid ami liquid excrement that' I would be wasted. If the barnyard Is too! large from this a portion should be fenced oil' and the stock kept out of It. : It is not enough that there be ft large yield I of potatoes. 1"11o quality Is an important consideration. Some of the heaviest croppers i are so rough, coarse-grained and soggy that they arc nearly worthless. As a rule, large crops grown by the aid of a large amount of stable munuroarc rough and poor in quality. They arc also more liable to disease than moderate crops of medium-sized tubers. A eow kept by herself will give bettor resuits than the same cow In a herd with others. I The single cow will be better fed, and a more i important point, so far as butter making is concerned, will be the fact that nearly al) the butter will be got from the cream, which Is never the ease when the mill; and cream from a herd of cows arc mixed before churning. Owing to dilli-rcncc in size of tiic butter globules the milk from cows varies largely In j the time required to bring the butter. Til roe 1'rolHs A Year. Sheep aflbrd a double income annually, lambs and wool, and miiKt be considered among the mo?t profitable of farm stock, especially where the fences and accommoda-; lions are. adapted to thern. My cjmerlcnco j proves that sheen pay best which yield three! profits a year. This can be accomplished by selecting good formed, healthy, middle aged ! ewes in Augusta, or early In September, audi turning them with a Southdown or other mutton breed ram, so that, they will drop 1 their lambs at any time from January ] ">, to , Kebuary l.'i. Suitable warm ami comfortable : <|Uaricrs 01 course, neeu in oc provided. uivc ; these ewes a run at grass during the fall, and: i*ave them come into winter quarters in good {condition. II'the pasture is not line, give a I little corn iluiiy ail through tiie full. When ' housed for the winter, feed plenty of good , i elover liny and have water by tlieni at all] I times, (i'lvea little corn every day. When j lambs begin to drop feed liberally with tur nips, ox iirim and corn. After the lambs aro | ' ail born and the danger of caked hag Is pass-l , eil, eotton seed and meal may be fed to ad- > I vantage; In fact feed the ewe for milk as you . I would a nilleh cow. As soon as the lambs aro ' old enough to eat, which I hey will be at an j ; early age. have a pen separate from thesheep, i and accessible to the lambs at all times, conj laining a trough from which they can cat. ; Feed nieal of oats and corn ground together, i two parts oats to one of corn, cracked corn, and oats. Change the reed and encourage ! them to eat all they will. Keep them dry i 'and warm wllh plenty of room and exercise. .< j Sell as early as they aro ready for market and i when they will bring tlie highest prices. .\f! ter the lambs are sold, keep on feeing the ] ewes as much as they will bear. Shear early ; and sell the well fattened ewes to the butcher.; j I'.y this process you get your there prollts. viz; , lambs, wool aiui;tlie til lit rence|betwcen :i|t li i 11nish store sheep In August, and a tat sheep' In May or June, when, because of scarcity, I .multon biiugs a highest price. The South, i down ram, of course, may be retained with' which to repent the same course the next fall. 1 It Is a well established fact among the most pn speious sheep growers near large cities, 1 Ih:<I one well cand for early lamb is worth a < ; half do/."ii lioru in May or June.? yhiicricait, I A'jri vullurwt. I Land for Sale. W E A HE AUTHORIZED TO SELL Ibo following lands: 1 Tract i Two Hundred and Twenty-Six Acres, near Phoenix, known as Cliipley land, bounded by lands of Ohiplcy, Talhort, Estate Hutchinson and others. Also, tract One Hundred and Twenty Acres, Dflrt of the America Ilacket Tract, bonndcn by lands of S. B. Brooks, Talbert, J. S. Chi ploy, Sr., and otliers. Also, lot in the < town of Troy, known as Lot 6. Block B. j Also, the Simmons Lot near Ilodcres Thirty-Three and Three-Quarter Acres, more or loss bounded by T. J. Ellis, W. C. Norwood and others. Also, Store House and Lot, in town of Bradley, on Main and Griflln Streets lato owned by Thos. H. Walker. Parker & McGowan, Atfcy for F. W. Wagener & Co. Nov. 10, 1884, tf i J. Knox & Co. -AGENTSIORMR. TOM YOUNG'S PUB CORN WHIKEY THE best and purest CORN WHISKEY brought to this market. Juno 22, 1881, tf The Improved A WHITE Ml lid INI With its Improved Attachments is King Over all Machines. 'PHE WHITE stands In the front It leads th? 1 world In point of dm ability. In features of mechanical construction, In new und valuable Improvements, For Il^lit running qualities and for great rsn^'o of work with tlio embodiments of all the latest improvements known to deling Machine mechanism, with elegance of design and beauty ol finish the while stands without ft rival. The Improved White I* the Machine of the future. THE WHITE Is manufactured by an old company who have had an ejqterleitce of over thirty years in the manufacture of Sewing Machines. THE WHITE Is tbo most simple constructed Shuttle Sewing Machine made ami adjustible throuzhont so that any lost motion can be taken up In an instant THE V.'IIITE is tno lightest ruiming, and made from the best material. THE WHITE makes less nolso than any other Shuttle Machine, and has a larger space under ;he arm. THE WHITE has an osclllatins sclf-thresdln? shuttlu and Self-Setting needle. It has a strong feed on THE WHITE will do all kinds of work that any Machine can do. The White will do work that no other Machlnc In tho world can do. TUB WHITE hems, and sews on Ince/Jnnd Inserts bias trimming At the bead of hem all in one operation. THE W111TK dues welt cording, and scollop binding. THE WHITE dues dress trimming, fold making oat binding, and the only Machine in the world that does hem-stitching witbotit tho use of paper. The horn stitch attachment reduced from $10.<KJ to 91.00. THE WHITE 1ms an automatic bobbin winder? every bobbin wound m sin>Kith asa S|?>nl of thread, and an automatic tnko up ?nd is self-banding. THE WHITE ruffles between two bands on the odje of a carmen t. or through the oenlre of a garment With the abovo ami other rangesjof work too nuinerom to mention the White stands without a peer. THE WHITE Machine has been tested In Abbeville county over seven years aid Is warranted from fire to fifteen years. The shuttle carrier Is lined nnd warranted twenty-five vcars. In order to demonstrate tho above I now challengo any ono of my coinpetetors to meet me in a public content. THE W11ITK Machine can be run wicccssfiilly by clectrlcty, an advantage that every delicate bidy will appreciate. With tho bias told cutter, button-hole attachment and electrical muter combined with tho above the White is king of Machines. The Machines and saumlc work may be seen at the store of Miller IJrothors, Abbeville, S. U. J. L. SIMPSON, Agent. P. S.?I)y order of the White SewlngMachlne company 1 would warn all parties against purchasing the White Machlnc needles or attachments from any one except the Company or their authorized agents, such would be frauds. The company would take It as a fa vor II parties would report to them directly any or all persons outslds of th. |r agents who offer their needles or attachment* for sale. Jan. 16, ISsst, 12in BARBER_SHOP. RICIIARD fi.VNTT. Is now prepared to do all work in his department In tl>e best manner and at reasonablecharges. Monthly customers shaving, hair cutting nnd shampooing SI per month. Hasors honed and put In the best condition for ?5 cents each. Shop under the Press and Manner ofllce. March l\ 1882. tf Tie Georgia Pacific RaiTiaj. NEW SHORT LINE VIA Atlanta, Ga, and BirmiDgham, Ala. -TO POINTS IN? 1 LABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, t\ Arkansas, Texas and tho West and Northwest. The favorite route to the World's Fair, New Orleans, La. Commencing Deo.lxt, IHM. Double dally trains?with elegant sleeping cars ulUched?for which tho low rate of 51.UO for each section is charged. Tho lowest sleeping car rates In Ihe United States, Berths secured 10 days in advance. ffir Sec that your tickets read from Atlanta via the Georgia Pacific Hallway and P.iruiinghnm, Ala. For further information write to, or call on ALEX. S. Til WE ATT, Traveling Passi nger Asent, Atlanta, Ga. L. S. nitOWN, General Passenger Agent. Birmingham, Ala. I. Y. SAGE, General superintendent. UlrniIngham, Ala. Collars ANOTHER lot of all klpcollarstoflthonies or mules for sale by TIIOS. BEGGS. Dec. 17, ist4, tf SAMUEL C. CASON, .Attorney At Law, ABBEVILLE, S. C. No. 3. O'Nkal's Nkw Law BeiJ.mo. Will practice in nil the Courts of the State Jan. 2, JS8-). Marshall P. DeBruhl, Attorney at Law, ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. Carriage. Buggy AND harness made .to onler hy S. 11. Norrell.nnold and experienced workmen, long known to the citizens ot the county, leave your orders If you want a cood loh with ; us. THOS. UKUOS. Dec. 17, 18*1, it PERRIN & COTHRAN, Attorneys at Law, AHBEV'ILliK. S. C. Just Received. Al.or of el.--.int LINKS LAP I10I1ES. Will he sold low to cash customer*. Juno 25, 1SKJ, tf THOS. IIRUCS. medical" card. ~ D~R. L. T. HILL HAVING sold his Intercstiln the drug store, will devote his entire attention totho Practice of his Profession. i Insure Your Property ?FROM? Dump ly Fire aid LijliiiiJi Ln the continental insurance of New Yorli. J. T. PARKS, Ag't, Abbeville, S. C, Jan. 30,1881,12m Brushes. PAINT and Whitewash hrusnes for sale cheap l?y Dec. 17, 1881, If THOS. BEGQ8. Vacuum Harness un. fpo keep your harness soft, nnd innke them I wear well, you must Ret some, for sale In hnlf-plnts, pints 11 ml quarts by Dec. 17, 1SK4, tf T110S. lil-XJCS. Hattie Adams "I St still In business at her HESTAI'HANT I 011 the Dcndy Corner, nml Is prepared to j furnish excellent MEALS at nil hours of the Jay. [Jiiii, 11,1SSI, tt Halters. I' PERSONS buying homes and mules enn be' supplied with luilters cheap by calling, jn TIIO-;. 11EOOS. Pec. IT, 1881, tf New Goods! New Goods !! To A1UUVK T1IIS WEEK. Hlnck bunt- i Inus t'<>r spring dresses. Jersey Jackets In J ilacl: and colors. Wenched homespuns, Coined canton Hanncis for curtains, &c. i{. M. IIADDON & CO. Jun.tf, 18Sj, i: iotb ?= ARE ~ now prepared to exhibit ar. elegant stock of SPRING & SUMMER GOODS. All department* are fall,and persons In want of any article, have only to call for It md be supplied. In regard to prices, a grent many goods are nowsnld below the post of production. Satisfaction guaranteed. Let every one call ?nd see for hlmKelf. WHITE BROTHERS. J. W. SIGN, ABBEVILLE, S. G. J^EEPS on hand a full assortment of IRON CASES, FINE BURIAL CASKETS, COFFINS, from the cheapest to the best. Hearse will attend funerals, when desired. He will also Contract for the Erection of Buildings* He Is agent for the sale of Hash, Door* Hllnds, Mouldings, Stair-railings, Floorings and everything pertaining to bouse buildinc April 7, 1880, if Something New Uunder the Sun. [WILL be ready on and after the 1st of March to do any REPAIRING which may l?e wanted to your SADDLES and HARNESS. Don't postpone the matter too long. The cyclone may come along. Be ready for the emergency* THOS. BEGGS. Feb. 27th, 1884. tf "WARDLAV & EDWARDS. NOW nAVE THE PLEASURE OF announcing the arrival of an attractive Line of FINE SHOES. Consisting of a full assortment for Men's, Ladies's and Children's wear, in all the T n^oef G^nlaa March 26, 1884, tf jllpn, coistqaiiee IRI WORKS, Coumbia, S. C. Agat for CHAPMAN'S PERPETUAL EVAPORATOR T>nESE WORKS WEEK E8TABLLSAED In 1S4T by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James Anderson ami purchased by ma In the year 1354, and frura that time till now parried on successfully by myself. My friends and enstoraers w111 hoar witness of the lartre and stnpendons l?ha oxecntcd by me. It was at mr works where the largest and almost only Job of Its class ever exccated In tbls city was dons viz: the inaklnz of the pipes for the City Water Works In tho year 1S&S. In the branch of BELL FOUNDING, lean say that I have made the largest bells ever cast In the State, such aa the bell for the Cltv Hull In Columbia. My ?tock of patterns f?r ARCHITECTURAL WORK COLUMNS for Storo fronts, la larco and virion*, and In RAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens, and Cemeterlea I have tbe largest variety and moat modern patterns; manv of theae aro patented and I have purchased the risbt for this state. In the machine line I can foml.-h my patrriu with STEAM ENGINES and BOILERS of any slse and description, Uy CIRCULAR SAW MILLS hare carried off the prize at ev. ry State Fair held In tbli city, and In their construction I havo taken pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern lm. prnvementa, and may flatter in)*elf that my CIRCULAR SAW MILLS And favor with every sawyer who uii(!<*st.ind.i bis business. The manv orders I am steadily reerlvlnp for SUGAR CANE MILLS provo that the public appreciate tho mills of my make, and so It la with my GEARING for IIORSE POWER*. BIN WHEELS. GRIST MILLS and other MACHINERY. I have the manufacturing rizht of many PATENTS snch as castings fur ROCK COTTON AND HAT PRESS and three or four different FEED CUTTK8 and other implements. I will he ideated to send mv circulars to any sppll cnnt, together with price list or ratlinatr. My priol are moderate, anil I n?jure the public that thry are lower than those of Northern manufacture*, and that my work will compare favorably with that of any utb er maker. Addr.'M John Alexander, Conoakeb Ikon Wobks, Columbia, S. C. "CINCINNATI" REPOSITORY ABBEVILLE, S. C. TJER80NS WANTING 1 WAGONS, HUOGIKS, HARNESS, WHIPS. HALTERS, JHTGGY CUSHIONS, AXLE GREASE, PLOW GEAR. riding nuini.Es. 1IAME STRINGS, AC., Will do well to call before purobasing, as I will not be undersold. THOS. BEGGS. \T~m~U 1 I 1WWI if Tarb. Madden, FIRST CLANS WELL DICIGER, aijbeville. s. c? OFFERS tils Fervlcen to the people of Abbe* vllie county. He lias never made a fallurn IVI cor reasonable. Jan. 21, 1885. .1m J. H. SIMMONS, TinXTJXTESIR. Abbeville, C. H , S. C. Has just opened his shop on the Public Square, where ho is prepared to do all manner of work In his line. A full lino of TINWAUE on hand. A large lot of LAMPS of beautiful design. LAMP CHIMNEYS of nil sort*. A Good Stock of Crockery, and a Supply of Cook: Ci. lug OIUVCO. J. H. SIMMONS. March 12. tf Under the New Hotel Will be Found New Fall Goods at Low Prices oy QUARLES & THOMAS A.bbeville> S. CSept. Ul, lssi, tf In Stock and to Arrive! !5,OO0 ponnils Uncon, 1,000 bushels of Corn, 200 barrels of Floor, GO barrels of .tlolnsscs. rvVIlTIES IN* NIC EI) OK TIIKSF. GOODS r will do well to exiunlnc our slot k. W. Joel Smith Son, Jau. 11, / ' ; mrnrn^mmm ill?*. AT THE HIE STIR -OF? J, D. CHALMERS &C ABBEVILLE, S. C . Parlor suits, in Mohnir. M?h?ir plnnh band*. One set In CRIMSON PLU /1HAMBER 8Um, In WALNUT, CHI i , dv - ~ .t a* vr * VJ AVI ttliu V/.VIY, IHlCBt liyiCH. CHAMBER SUITS, Patnted In beaut colors. FINE RIDE BOARDS, and CHIFFQNIE SAFEH, Ac. HAf.L STANDS, and HAT RACKS. ' Hall Stand* are now and beautiful go VITARDROBES-MAHOGANY and W. *y NUT?with line FRENCH GLASS the doors. Splendid Roods. | A BUREAUS ranging In prices from I -*U to 130.00, all with the best of glass. OKA BEDSTEADS at prices from 9ZM LOU fX.00. Bottom figures. 4RH CHAIR8?PARLOR, CANS, A iOU WOOD SEATS, at prices from cents to 912.00 each. Vf ATTRESSES?all sizes. SPRING Bf lTI and COTS. We sell a good 8pring for 91.75. TJICTURE FRAMES?In VELVET, E r NY, and GILT, from CARD sixes to C INETS, and PANELS. Floe Assortment F_ INE PICTURE FRAME MOULDING hand, from the lowest price to best, Ices, can be put up Ih best manner. I TURE CORD and NAILS. SHADES, In "DADO" styl TT latest and best?Just to band. Alls! Call and see them. Very low In prices. 'I'O ARRIVE In a few days-The hand* 1 est. lot of WALL PAPER in the op-oc try. We are going to sell It at city prices. I^IIE ABOVE ANNOUNCEMENT wl?L . you of a port of the goods we have nuuu. ty e win sen mem m inw u fcuc iuih price*. Respectfully, J D CHALMERS & CM October 29, 1884. B Are Openn Their Large and Ta Selected Stock of! All Kinds of I UUUilB. And are Beady to SERVE THE PUBL AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PBIC Will Advertise More m Detail (Next Weel ! Sept. 17, 1884. tf Guns! Guns Breach Loaders and Implements Shells, &c., at the CORNS QUARLES & THOHA Sept. 24, 1884, If Seal, McXlwaine & < JJaVE on bond almost every varlet CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, ??AND WAGON! which they offer to their eustomor* on inuxt advantageous term*. DPniTDnin i OBPHTITI IlMiUIUlllJ A OilbUlilUWith (he be?t of workmen In every brsne our bu?tne?ui, and an abundant nupplj lumber, and other material*, we are prept to do all klndH of repairing in the very manner, at the ahortont notice, and on mo?t acaomraodaliug term*. All work fl warranted. SEAL & McILWAINE, W ashingtdirStfWt FALL AND WHITER G001 ?:o:?:o:? Constantly on Hani a Large Assortmenl ?of? Dry Goods Notions, Domestics, Ha Clothing, Boots and Sho< Groceries, and Near Everything Want by the Trad W. JOEL SMITH & SOI Abbeville, C. H., S. C. Oct. 1, 18M, tf Drs. Mabry & Hill. WE hnve tht*day formed a oopnrtner?l In the PKACT1CK OP MKDICINK nil 1(8 branches. In cafes where the ?tt tlon of both of us may be needed no ex nJiiin>will h<> mndf. T. J. MABRY. M. Lfl L. T. HILL. M. D. U Mnacb 12, 4S&J,tf WM. II. PARKER W\ C. McGOWAt? paekee&mcgowaI ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS J AliULVILLE, C. II., S. C. H WILL pntctlce nlso In the Circuit Court^B the United States fur South Curoliutfl Jati7,l.VH), tl'