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1 ft 3 Press and Banner. A15 15 hi VILLE , S. O. Wednesday, April 22,1885. i (icn?rnl UnROOtl's Iiottcr. Klsewhere in then columns wo present the f'.ill text ot n letter iroin ? al llasoml to ^r. .1. \\". Wnleman.of Imiu West. This letter liUe everything connection with the C (J. AC. l.\ I>. is vanne;m.l imlelinlte. The llrst part of the letter is not uti'lerslooil j l'V lis at all. ami we tlo n<?t know what he is driving at until he begins to talk about Srlio tii-ld's salary nn-i mc expenses comuvxni i therewith. On this subject Mr. Ilauoml says: j "llc f-irh-'ri ! !] In* this r.t his nwn rlrirsos,' n?<l iicitlu'r salary <>r other extwiisu-s cunnerteil there-1 ?iili arc tn tin' r>iihn>?/ coih/mihi/. They arc Wiie l>y Mr. Sch"lieli1 oinl his associates." i While this statement in one sense is strictly true, yet we submit that it is misleading ami conveys an erroneous impression. T!ie bonds i t the road are deposited with the J-'armer's J .".an and Trust Company of New York in trust for the Sehofi* Id Construction Company in whose employ Mr.Sctiotlold is and Mr. HaU'mhI can no more recover those bonds without paying Si-hofle!d\s salary and his expenses, than we could recover our own bonds tiftcr they arc once put Into the hands of an fiuent of the C., C. Ci. Jt C. IU It. Company. Mr. Hagnoii says: "TIuto now remain duo and unpiM i>v tli- n?ilw.?y Company Certain ItalaiiCes of calaiy tn its iiHiivrs." The "remainder due and unpaid to its officers*' is one of our main objections to this whole scheme. A full corps of officers, with mi otllcr, at Aiken, and a great flourish telegraphic accounts of the "hopeful prospects" of a financial a^cnt in Kngland, spending time a: the ratcot" year,and Inctu* ring a bill of expenses it is said, airaregal ing i!'?,? ?>. while a live thousand doliar President was giving mysterious i.lnts to the newsj-a pers, but liv whoso extreme caution, me icwr*t facts ever came to the public. In addition to the President 's salary, we arc told that a Surveyor's corps was kept ramped in tents about Aiken for a long time, and to the ebielj of whom the A- It. It. is now indebted in the sum of The balances due and unpaid run up to a larse amount, while, so lar us we know, the i. ?v II. IJ. has not moved a shovel full of dirt since their iunugu-' ration. The officers of an imaginary road at fabulous sal tries with nothing to d >, may be very desirable, but the sorely pressed peo* j l>le of ! his town who are scarcely aide to keep j the wolf fiT>:n their doors, will not be likely j to vole awny boll Is to pay these gentlemen j the liberal salaries which may have Inenj voted to them by a generous body ot dircc-, tors. Former Presidents of our roads made! easy charges for their services. The lamented and honored \V. K. 15rad!ey, who traversed this country from one end to the other, gave bis money n:ul gave the work his personal' supervision, and never made any charge at j nil. After his death his worthy ami energetic, s teces-or, Captain J. X. Cochran, took thej place and did all that he could for the success' of the road, but if he ever charged the com-! pany a cent, we have not heard of It. ("apt.! Cochran on the consolidation of the road,' gave place to Governor llagood. tin the con- j sol hlation the Idea occurred that a yearly sal- i ary of S5.0H9 to him would help the progress of, the road, and It was consequently voted to him. The money of the company, however,' ut this time, was about, exhausted, and we I ] resume the new President with nothingtodo j received but little of his munificent salary,] ?in<l so far as we know the resolution to pay htm that salary has not been rescinded, and that debt Is still piling up at the rate of SiOo or S.VWa month. A majority of the men who lire called upon to pay tills monstrous tax do not. by real hard woik, make as much in a whole year, as he is to recclve for a month of! Imaginary services, while spending his time in elegant leisure. The venerable General \V. K. Bradley, whose, indomitable will, and untiring energy, pave! us the A. k K. it. it. worked from its Inception until the driving of the last spike atUreenvood. He received as pay for his undivided energies and full time for years an aggregate of only about in the common stock of the company, but Mr. Sehotleld wants much better pay than the stot-k of his own road,' and he wants much more of It. To further convince Hie public of the great vraste of an enormous sum of money in officer's salaries, while they were doing almost nothing, it is only necessary to state the Presidents of the Savannah Valley Kailroud have heretofore received no pnyt so far as we have ever heard. >Surtly the ('., C. G. 4 C. R. It. is a magnificent corpse with a$'?,Co) President to sit upon It, and whose hopeful words do continually praise thee. Judge Haskell is theaetlve President of two llv?> It'illrnmlu lf> uliii'li lir> f?iv<>s Ills illtpn-i ? - " I t ion night and day, and yet he receives but a I little more pay than Is promised to the l'resl-1 (lent of ihlsold corpse into which some of its! ^stockholders arc now assiduously laboring to lilow the breath of life, even though, if tire I l>c, the home of the widow and the bed of the poor man should be taken to raise the money with which to pny Hits munificent salary. Mr. II a good gays: "I have written to have forwarded to .Tiidee Cotlirnn the resident director at Abbeville. a truiiseri|it of the j President'* report, and of tlio account of the Trensilrer, presented to and audited by tlio directors at their recent meeting. Inference to this will give you accurate details." So far as our observation goes all such reports made by officers of the live roads, are fciven to the newspapers. Mr. llagood may liave good reason for withholding it, and wvi shall not question his action. Its publication j might possibly prejudice the iutercsis of the' officers who niny be pressing flic railroad clec-! lion, and who may be more than willing to> .fee n, good pile of bonds stacked away with their agent. Mr. Hagood says: ' I would say that the mortgage known as the S?-!kv i field mortgage is to secure tmid.s, not ?nr dollar of which IiwWb executed or will be executed until ne-1 foliations ?? concluded by him for a K itu Miflicieut to build the whole through line to Kentucky.'' i The above announcement by Mr. Hngood J caused us to give a casual glance at the inorl- j gage now of record against the C. Ci. ?fc ('. H. II. In the office of the Clerk of the Court, i The following sentence is copied: "Wlieri-M. the Said Carolina, ("utuberl 'Ml G'i> and t, Chicago liailway Company baa duly exticutnl Ut> First J Mortgage <;r Trust I ><.-<? I t?? The Kai mil's Loan and j, Trust Company of New York. as trn.s'ee, and nlso) i-recnteil and delivered to the xnid Irtuilcea it-\ [ Murtijaye HomUi. Uitiin^ ?i\ [>< r cent, intercut! to the extent iiml tor an amount equal to twenty-two) iliotiMml dollars ]tcr mile of railway to be constructed, j ami track thereon laid which First Mortiriije or Trust J Deed a lid the Honda thi-ri-uiider to bear date the llist . day of Dcce tuber A. D. lssi."' | The public will understand that the "Far-! mer's Loan nnd Trust Company" hold the| boiids in trust lor tho Construction Company j ?inder which Mr. Scliolleld Is acting. It may j be that Mr. Ilngood can reconcile his state- j xncut with theofficial record at Abbeville,and if so we should be pleased to hear from hlin.' The way matters now stand the two state-1 inentB seems as much at variance as possible,! and it may strike others In the same way. The moKt remarkable statement of the whole letter Is In these words: ' On behalf of the Railway Company I propose as Trvcldent to execute and nit; in each county at once Midi contract or other pnp'-r a* will auume'thc fulfillment of those condition* in good faith." Considering General ilagood's well known knowledge of the meanlngof theKnglish lan-i fcuage, we are Inclined to think that the above j Jk a misprint Ol course the reader sees the preuicamcm id wnicu n? nas piacctt iiimscu. j 31c did not mean it. The expression was cer- i lainly a slip of the pen. Mr. iiagood says that our bonds are In the; nature of a "bonus put up to be delivered to I the Railway Company'' whenever tl.e railroad Is put iu operation in our locality. This too in the tuee of the fact that the very peti- j tlon sets forth that the bonds are to be put. In-. to bink to their credit,and in direct eouiiict ; with the law, which Is as follows: "It ftliftll and may be lawful fur any County, town-1 ship, citv or town in any County tlin>iiL*b wliieli the said r?tfw?y runs, or u iiitli is interested in its j stroetfon, to subscribe to the capital stock of said j coin;m?y ?oeh sum or sums in bonds or money as a j majority of their qualified voters may authorize the County Commissioners of such County or the municipal authorities of such city or town to sitb-cribe, anything cont'iined in the charier of such municipal corporation,! to the contrary nolieithntundiny.'' "Tljut forJthe ?i.iv m"nt of the Interest on sahl bonds ^ -- - voted by any County, the County C<"m'mistt?!!iT* slttlUl issue their witiianl directed to the County Auditor re-1 <pdrln^ him to levy and assess sueli per centum upon J the taxable property in said Coiu.ty as may be neees- ' iary to pay said interest, wh'eh shall be known and Mylcd in the tax books us said railroad tax. and be .shall euur the same up?u I lie tax duplicate to be turned over to the Treasurer. ?liieli sh <11 be bis wuirant for collecting the said tax, which shall be collect" d by the : Mid Treasurer of such Coun'.y under the saliu1 regulations as are now provided bv law lor the collection of ; Hate and l ountv taxes therein, and ?hlcl? sha'J be j? iid over by the said Treasurer of the County so vot- i jug such subscription to the holdeisof said bonds as the said interest shall become due." /Ie Fays also that our "subscriptions will rot build the rond." In this statement wej thoroughly agree with Mr. Iiagood. lie also .?-ays "the friends of the road are prepared to jfuarxtnlee nothing.'' This has been our com-' plaint from tlie first. General Hagood and his company luive "guaranteed nothing,"and we have realized nothing regularly all the time. Mr. Hagood says: j It Is ilifli.-iiH to conceive how cAi'itallsts at lwinp or iiliininl lookim: only u> invvsuiu-nts, would r<-^at<l us good Invest aunt h railway wi.leli tin- |no|ile must ; jnttri-Ktcd in thus dvvistvvly tlicliux- tiny do nut want." it Isequally difficult for us to conceive liow n corporation or an individual holding the-e opinions would allow an agent to go abroad, and scamper all over England in search of money to do this Identical work. Mr. Hagood says: ' I have not ami <1? not propose to met' tli:? subscription ii|M.n our peo|i|?*. Tlirv know thoir r.ccils anil must for tlieane^Vrs." Kxaetly so. Lust December the people of ? Abbeville village by a unanimous vote, askrd our Legislature for a charter to Veraery, uud then didn't get it. We would like to know how It is tbat General Hagood finds tiie law on the statute books authorizing the levy of the proj'0?cd tax tor the benefit of bis ror.d. M'e feel perfectly sure that the people did not a>k for its passage, and we are perfectly sure that we were given to understand at tUeconsolida ion that we were expcctcd to puy no moio. lie and his associates only wanted our valuab e franchises and rights of way, together with the grading. One noticable feature about the whole letter tiuti all tiic promises about Uiu bonds, lies in Ilu* fact that there is no definite period fixed for a termination of tliis trouble, and no intimation is given iis to when the road is to be completed or when its old corpse is to he hur-! lior arc we informed its to how long the I'resident's salary of SVhiC a year is !o ha con-1 tinned. If we could bury titcnlil thing,and, discharge the expensive guard of honor whieh 1 sits up with it from year to year, we would have something definite to hope for, and wo eould look forward with pleasure to the times when we would be relieved of the imminent danger wlileh threatens to afflict our people. We will not close this article without expressing our high appreciation of <?cneral Hagood's act in declining to urge tills nuiitcr upon our people. Although he personally is no doubt more interested than any other,yet his high sen.-e ol honor will not allow him to urge our people to an act which they may herealter have reason to regret. If oui people vote these bonds they certainly will have no right to blame him. lie has to d us that our bonds will not build the road, ami that lie does not urge us to vote them. This Is certainly a high position for one so much interested. We have the greatest respeet for Gen oral Ilagood personally, ami wo have only aimed to hringout some polut* about which lio seems to l>e mistaken. Tin* people of Abbeville owe hint a debt of gralilr.de for the i car loads of hay which he has sent here, and even if he had urged the railroad a little we should be ready to forjjive liiin. We know ! that tlioHeneral will accord us credit for bi! ins a!! right on the railroad question. } The Election for Kailrond Ronrf*. i The election as to whether l>ue West township will subscribe bonds to the amount of live percent, of the taxable propeity In the township will come off to-morrow at Iuie West. The assessment is as follows: Keal Kstate SSMMiO Personal Property lliyjfVj Tot a 1 nssps?nion t I ! "> ."> per cent, on 11">, ^l">,1-Vi | Interest on ?bi,|.V? <"> : Annual payment of principal s2.'.Ts fl, :!.* :i i To pay this nmnunt It would reipilre a tax j I of .Six millson the dollar ol iill tin* properly,! but as I in* property of tin* stockholders of tin* Atlantic nnil French itroad is exempt from taxation to tin-extent of their subsoil pi ions it is fair to presume ths.t the properly of those persons who have not subscribed will he subject to a tax of about eight mills. This added ; to the twi lve mills ol stale ami county taxes j already levied will bring I he assessment in that township lo two per cent, or an amount as htgii lis the taxation was at any time during the ltiulieal government. The deceptive matter lies in the lact that the debt is to stand for twenty years, ami subject to interest all the time. ISy casting an cyo to the figures above It will be seen thai the Interest account is much greater and much more burdensome than the principal of the debt. While lhe stockholders of the C.,C. (S. A f. K. It. have been as silent ns the grave on the subject, and while President Ilagood has declines to answer the respectful <|Ucstions proponnded to him by the Abbeville In behalf of the people,yet rumor has It that the actual debts of the read, outside of the mortgage for Sii.COO iv mile, which Is held by the Sohofleld Construction Company, i.s something like this: Schofleld's salary," years Schotleld's traveling expenses Hi.iMiO President Ilagood's salary fcr 3 years..... 1 ">,<* Hi Treasurer's salary for 3years C/kki Surveyor Kirk's claims. Judgment in Pickeus J.-VO Costs on Judgment 3i)0 Note In banks 1 2? Total $37,300 To pay the above, so far as we are In formed, besides the roadbed and franchises, the company in our opiniou look to the" following MJIIICl'S KM I CI I LI . Suit against Treasurer of Greenville S l,oo<i Recently voted bunds of Troy, about :;,f?00 Bonds of Due West 10, t o j Homls of Abbeville iv-Vi Bonds of Wllllamston 12.000 Bonds of I5? lion s,W0 Bunds of EdgCtU'ld 30,000 Total SW.aC5 j Discount lor failure to get bonds of Abbeville 2f,7.r>0 ; T>.lul bonds S70.IV) Debts 57,o90 Leaving $i:'.,l.'o Kvcn if all the other towns vote the bonds, only Si:',IV> would be left to prosecute the ' work of building the road about so or 'JO miles long, from Aiken to Due West, the entire cost j of which would be something like a million of dollars, and it should not be forgotten that Aiken lias already voted against the subscription, and will not, so fur as we are Informed, contribute one dollar toward its construction. The reader is as competent as we are to Judge of the length of time the $i:U"o would pay the 1 salaries of the ofllcers of the company, when the entire assets of the company and the people would be absorbed. The whole rond Is already mortgaged to tbe construction company tor an amount something like 817,000,000, and this mortgage is of record in the Clerk's office at Abbeville Court House. Of course the slock of a road like this, with such a mortgage 011 It can never have any appreciable value to anybody, and we presume it Is fair to say that, If we are correct in our surmises, that there is not an intelligent man in Abbeville county who be. lieves a roud which is so much embarrassed can ever be built. It may he said that Mr. 1 Scliofield. Mr. Ilagood, Mr. Kirk, and others! will not present their claims, ami we leave it for others to say if It is probable that these gentlemen will be any ways backward in handing in their bills as soon as there is any money In the tieasury. N". 15.?Since the above was tn lype we have received u letter from Mr. llagood, which fill-J ly confirms onr opinions, ns will be seen by article elsewhere. If we have done the road the shadow of Injustice, we shall be chid to make the amend, 11 the error is pointed out. ? ? Itnilroad Kate*. Mr. TV Card?vll. Assistant General Passenger A jcrit ?f ilu- C. & G. Hiiilruu'l. fays ilmt the Mat merit wnlch the liajhtcr obtained fiom the 1'rcM anil Jlnnitrr < [is t" cutting ?f freight ra'es. is cntirel > lnoriect, mill that the reverse is true. The c>?i|>Hny lie represents Ims been In perfect hurin<>ny willi the Georgia Central uil along. ;vn<l tile rec-nt Iihelln:: i.f aselits ill AiljrliSta. (??.. was heM ill furtherance of that harmony. As t<> cuttini: raiy. It was determined at Augusta to a I VHIIOO tile rati ." In Greenwood and I.aiileiih on M iy 1st trimi Augu ta, tr"in all Knstetn poiti'R ar.J tioui the ports.?Qiluiilbi'i Itrifixtrr, A|>ril 17. In reply to the above we would merely eay that Mr. Cardwell, in reply to a communication from us iu reference to the discrimination in freight rates said to us on April 11; "Kates to your section are now being revised, to take effect May 1-t, and llie matters you mention will have duo weight In constructing the new rates." We submit (hat Mr. ('indwell's note to us, when taken Into consider!.-, tion that It was in reply to a letter protesting ! against the higher rates of the Columbia and Greenville Itullroad than those of tho Augusta and Kno.wlllc Ilallroad, could fairly have no other construction than that which we placed upon it. We hope the C. and H. Ui.llioud may not iulo|it the plan of tlie ('tint- j Una, Cumberland (Jap and Chicago Kailroad, and speak by riddles, winks and nods, tliej meaning of wtil;h "no fellow may find out."! We shall be on y tooinucli delighted to know I that there Is and shall lie "pcrfect harmony" | and e-,ulty in the freight rates on the Coluni- j bia and Greenville and the Augusta and Knoxville. The people of this section have heretofore regarded tiie discriminations i against us at Abbeville and In favor of Greenwood as owing entirely to the action of the Augusta and Knoxville road. Asa proof that we had r<*asonabie grounds for this belief,' Greenwood wtis not more favored by the Columhia and Greenville road than the neigh- ! boring towns, until after the construction of the Augusta and Knoxville ro:-.d. It may be that "perfect harmony" between the Georgia Central and the Columbia and Greenville brought about the discrimination which lias disturbed the commerce p!' this county, and created so tnucU tlixsallsOic-1 tlon among our jteopUv'out if so. may God help tlic <^>?riTry where there is "perfect liar-1 "moiiy" between the railroad authorities, anil j where that "perfect harmony" may warrant them in charging one community twice as much Height as a neighboring tow.i is coinpe'led to pay. The "perfect harmony" between the railroads that would warrant the Columbia and (irceuville road in charging Abbeville from five to ten centsabushel more: on corn than Greenwood Is charged, doesn't sound nice to this community. Nobody here has hcrlofore attributed tills discrimination j against its to "perfect harmony" on the putt! cl the Columbia and Greenville Kail road. Cni'fthf tin* I?w.tli1i?nt t\1 tlift (*u\11 n11 tin mill 1 Greenville is not la "perfect harmony" In a plan of outrageous and unjust discrimination against ttic town of his nativity, the people of which have always honored him per-1 sounlly and looked to him as their friend in j nil matters pertaining to their railroad ac* commodations and services. Question. The .1 Tritium has asked Cencral Hagood to answer certain questions about the I'ailroad, | but never a word dues he reply, 'i he /Ves*. uml flannit has also t're<iuently asked for in-j formation, but the stockholders and otlieers arc as silent as t fie grave. I et us have light. Is tiiere a mau among them who believes that our bonds, even if issued, would pay the ex-j l.sting debts and bring the road hut/ ictii/ to Abbeville? Is there a man among them t lint believes that our bond*, if not issued, would move a single shovel lull of dirt, or pay one tent of the indebted nets of the roaU? The people have a right to know the reasons or motives that prompts the t\ (j. & C. II. It. to make an ctlort to take our property away from us and appropriate it to their own uses. Would it not be well fur thorn also to explain the cause of the prevailing spirit of intolerance towards those who object to having their properly taken away from them, or who may seek for information as to what they may want to do with our money ? Three eases of millinery Just ofeucd at It 31. liaduuu i I'u't. Not Mucli of a Ticket, After All. We were In receipt of a letter bearing date January 2f>; 1Sn>, enclosing nu advertisement j' of the "Ucorgla I'aeiflc Railway, I In* short ' line to points in Alabama, Mississippi, Louis- | lann, Texas and the \\\si ami Northwest. ' The favorite rouie to the World's Fair, New Oilcans, 1 ju'' The following is a copy of a lettel: 1 I' \SHKS-(iKi: T'Kl'a l'.T"KNT, | Tar i'Acirin I'aii.vwy. Soi.it* Ti:a"ns. Mans I!--i im>ik am> Immm, Caus. Atlanta i" Nr.w <u*i.k\km. Atlanta, ?.?.. .Jan. '.'fi, Iss5. , AWi/'<C J'rrxx mill llttitttrr, Ahtn vitlr, .V, <'. : I ka it Mit? I'.tss s lor ymim-lf hiiil lady have !>ron It with Mr. l! Ifiim r. lifiu-ral As:eM. Atlaiiia, Hi, over the liiie of llir ti'ori'i-j Pacilln l.'uiluay. i'poit u'iplieatioii to Iiitu liny w ill In- furnished vou. Voiii S nnly, A I.I.X. f. Til W1CATT. Taking iho letter and the advertisement together, wo had not the remotest dor.ht hut that we were ottered ' passes for otirself ami lady" to the New Orleans Kxposltlon, but the following letter will show how at lca*t on? unsuspecting editor does not go t New Orleans on "passes for yourself and lady." TllK tiUU'.CIA I'ArlKIO l.AII.WAV Co., Ah.a.nta, C!a.. AI'l'il ):!, 1sn">. Ifiti/h WVson, Jr.. A'*'/.. .Ihhi vittf, ,V. ('. : I)i:ai: mi:?In lepty t<> juir tnvnr 1 >li: It ln> p\n.?ni to grant you a |m-s over our tine, hut th ;t is not to Now < ?r it hut o'lty to I'i. iiiiiiuham, wheie our liin f..r the |u'i seiit terminates. 1 have not authority to L'ranc passes over ti.e Q-iitii iimI t'reccelit lines. I'lease rail at my otliee In Ki.ulntll Hoiim* w hen g"ili|: tluoiiL*ll Atlanta ami I shall tie phased to make it ft? any time \uii may wish. Yours ivv'i'Ctfiillw C. .IKN'N'F.n, O. A. The value loa man in Abbeville of a ticket from Atlanta to Hii-min^li:\:ii may 1)0 readily I seen. The usual railroad charge from Abbe-1 ville Is;' ami to return Is the same amount, | making.?? expense between Abbeville and I Atlanta. To avail ourself of Mr. .Tenner's most extravagant oHVr we would have to lie over in Atlanta for twelve or twenty-four hours, incurring hotel hills during the time that might, he lost in seeking him or finding i hisoflicuopen. At r>hmingham we presume! another detention would he necessary in order to secure the privilege of buying a ticket trom that point to New Orleans. The reader may readily see that we can now go to the Kxpositiou at. New Orleans at Just as little cost In cash as any other citizen, providul we do not accept Mr. Jcuucr's proposition. -g> ? ? The friendship and attachments of youth j and childhood last forever. This is true of all [ men In all tlie stations of life, and especially [ Is it true when the objects of one's a licet ions; are consistently faithful and every way worthy of one's whole heart and confidence. Tho editor of the Pres.* ami Banner was thrown among the people of Hue West early In life, and their uniform kindness to him in boyhood, their nobleness of character, and their unwavering friendship to him has bound him to them as by hooks of steel, lie, therefore yields to no man in friendship fori the town, in hearty good-will for her institutions, itnd in aO'cctionatc regard for her people. For the-e reasons it is extremely painful to the Press and Banner to appear to dliferI from them in a matter which vitally Interests) them and us, and nothing hut a deep sense of j duty on our pari could induce us to oppose a movement which is ostensibly for the benefit! of the town, and ujkmi which so many of our | friends at Due West and elsewhere have set j their hearts. lJut we would ho false to our I convictions, and false to our friends, if we did not with all of our ability, and to the full extent of our energy, try to prevent a threatened calamity to them, and strenuously oppose a monstrous proposition, whereby it is meant to seek lawful authority to lay violent hands upon the property of the unwilling citizen h that it may be appropriated for the sole bene- j lit and use of a private corporation of which j, the instigators of this movement, so far as is ! known to us, arc mainly stockholders or interested creditors. Clerk of Court for E?I*rofleId. , Governor Thompson did his whole duty In appointing n successor to the office made va- j cant by the death of the Clerk of Court, and ,' his independence and firmness in the Uis-j charge of liIs official duties commands our | respect. We hope that every Governor mnyl act as lie lias done. The law makes it his duly to make the appointment, and until i sonic ono appears who has a better right to make the appointment, we hope that he will ] continue to discharge his duty fearlessly. Ifj he shall he persecuted because of his perform-[| mice of a well defiwd duty, he will not he, lacking in friends who will be ready to glvcj' mm i;:uir ncariy i. The ('. ?. A C. n. It. Tcr> jpvt tn cof I In- nttitiiili' taken by our valued i rxehanco tin* Alibcv.llc ifcdittin In re aid I" <>;ir rallru <1, ami hope hf iniiy yet see hi* error. and ome i to tin- assistance of I lie proj< rlor?, ami aid them In j their efforts to benefit rtvrv citizen on its lino. We cotis'dor tin1 Medium tin* best linger published in Alt* j heville. and would like to have It on ourside.?lioncu l'uth J'lttiiideolrr. Our friend f-ooms utterly oblivious of tliCj fact tlmt the Carolina, Cumberland Gap nncl i Chicago Ilallroitd is to run by way of Craytonvllle, ami not by Ilonea Path. The Plaititlealt.r, however, seems to be about as well informed on railroad matters as a majority of those who favor the putting of other people's money in that great set bon lan bag. Funny. Some of our friends at Ilonea rath, we learn, have the Railroad fever In Its most vio- : lent form, and are lustily crowing over the!' action of Due AVest in asking the County Commissioners to order the elect ion for bonds. If our Ilonea Path friends toad road the "condition" that the road should ro to Featberston. Instead of ilonea Path, we think they would slug less triumphantly. Donalds and Ilonea Path are to be left out In the cold. , Tl?e C. (;. A ('. K. It. The matter of the tax appears to be encumhprrd with condition*. many of whtch are likely lobe sit aside by the I'otirtf. that it Is the p u t of prndelioe, to say the least, to oppose i .?MrOjftiiirk A drttncc. j When the "conditions" are set aside the , people along I he line who vote this tax, and JI rely upon "conditions" to save them, will bo j j surmised to see with what alacrity the Courts; ' will coin pel them to pay the old debts of the concern. AVhoSosnle Murder! A local notice In a coiiicni|ior?ry join rial wli'cl: wo have recently re:i?l. consist* of i.bont fol ly line*, ami | c>>nu:itis al least flflrcii p.l|>nMe violations uf some of! tliv iii<>?t common ruleit nf craiiiiinr. f-iu-li a whole-' silo murder ol tlie "kinn's KnirlMi"' we liave rarely j wit in-Mid.?Piedmont Instructor. l'lense give us the particulars. Give us the bencfltof your observations. Aikkn has already voted aualn.-t the tax I for the benefit of the Carolina, Cumberland :' (Jap and Chicago Railroad. Abbeville may |, be set down ns "dead sure" against it. Troy j I lias voted her tax, of about 'J lie re-1 ports from into V>*<st arc conflicting. ISutjj whatever doubt may remain would be swept | away by a little discussion. The public meet-!1 lugs for yesterday ami to-day will settle the!; matter favorably to the people, if both sides of the question are heard. KeMpving that the | igood fjord has no particular sj'ite at those i. people, we cannot believe he will allow a ea-j I hunlty like tweenty-year-bomls to befall! them. 'J he Due West resolutions propose to , give Donaldsvllle and Hom*a l'ath the go-by. j Those places are to be congratulated, for the! reason that they are sure to got r,s many rail-1 roads a.s thctr sister towns, and will not have! c to pay nsiy old debts. j ( Kkom whence originated the report that the ;1 ('., A C. It. It. would come to town before; our bonds are to be useJ ? If it was meant In j goo.l faith to carry out any such agreement, j1 why is the law on the railroad election and tills point as Mlcm as im'Kniwv e niaiu*, i no imputation to anybody,but we want in for-1' malioii before surrendering our hard earned j surplus change, or consenting to piacc our homes and our beds in jeopardy tor tlie benetit of u railroad which we do not want,a^d which would not benefit us it built. Mauk Twain, or some other wise man ol like ability and patriotism, said during the war that he would sooner sacrifice all his | Wife's brothers, than to have the Union j dissolved. The stockholders of the Carol- < ina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago ltailroadl on the saino principle It seems to us would j rather sacrifice the bids or homes of many j widows and orphans, than not have tills j tax levlul. About the only th'ng that wo have! heard of importance, Is that the whistle was to blow in town before our bonds should be issued. We do not believe I hat any capitalist lias ever ollcrcd to bring the road here on j any such terms, and challenge Governor Ua-j good to uive :i scintilla of evidenceof any , such proposition from anybody who lias the, money to back his judgment. In December last the people of this village; held a public meeting and adopted ivsolu-l tloi.s asking our Legislature lor a charter of a , road to Yerdery. Nothing has been heard of (hose resolutions or the proposed charter, ex- j cent that the fact is almost dally thrown, in ! our faces that we haven't got It. We are now i fully Impressed with that f.ict. Tkoy voted the bonds for the railroad last; week. We know nothing of the "?oi:dl-j; lions," but presume Jrom the advertisement i that the election was held under the terms of; the act of the Legislature mi!homing the' election, and the bonds arc entirely in accord . With the wishes of the creditors of the road, j' Wjikn the C,C. U. A It. II. held a meeting; and sent delegates to Charleston, where llitirj proposition was dismissed unceremoniously, their delegates returned and promptly report-! ed that they had done something else, for: which we are unable to see their authority. |, If the Railroad bonds are to be locked up | until the whistle blow*, and Crawley says wc [ are to get no money from Charleston until the : track is ready for the cross-ties, who ia to do the grading? Is there an intelligent man in South Caroli- j na who believes that the Carolina, Cumber- , land (jap and Chicago Kail run d will ever be 1 built ut far as Due WwtJ t*m mm if' rin mmu mmmam Kiic W'ost mill Troy. J T What tills country needs mul what we will! * lave us soon us we pet rit! of the (.'. ('. (!. A t\ I!. It.,is n railivad from I ?i:o West to Troy, jI'liiit is a possibility, undu result wliicli can jc accomplished. ~~ * -f?? A r whose rcij'.iesl was 1 he net prvsed nn-j Ihoriziiig tlie taxation of our peo; le for tlic ? lieueflt of i lie ('., C.<;. A C. it. ]{. ? it was ecrInliily not at the ropiest of any public meet Int.'of our citizens. The.v merely asked for n L'liaricr of a road to Yerdery. Kiimk of I lie friends i>r stock holders of the I'., ('.<!. A r. It. I;, have even cuni' so far as to six I lie frciulit rates on guanos or fert ilizers to !*u<; West. If this Isn't cMintiiijr chickens tie-, j| fore they are hatcln.il, then we arc mistaken. C CHEEKING WORDS. ,! * \j H'linl Some Kind FrifinN Have Said ' " or III? - Tress tuid linimcr." r' Whatever may be the faults of the Pre?* " mul JUtniwr, we feel that we have lived to some purpose, when our much respected ;i liret hresi will give us such high praise as we j' hen* reproduce. The words therein contained ^ might make us vain. If It were nut for anoth-j.v it fact, that other friends in disguise are ov- ! (> or ready to take the conceit out of us. DurIng a recent absence we may have failed to1 r see some of the good things, which others ' may have said. Wcshould not, without thc;? " '* 1II IlllVft KOIMl ! I. JU' XXInr/i ? n iMii'iiit.-.. ... . ? the Hii/ixtrr'x highly appreciated notice. To one ami nil of t lie bielhren, word urn t lum Ub for Ilic'r kind expressions, some of which it seems to us, were more llinn our merits deserved, but over tliis wo siiuil not quarrel. Again, we thank you, gentlemen, and shall take new heart, and try to work harder In the future than in the past. * ? Our ('(ii'.ipli'.nciitv. (icurffftoirii Knquirvr. Hugh Wilson, of the Ahhrrilin Prrsx rind lUiniirr,cob inateii last week the twenty-sixth anniversary ol his eonneetion with that paper. In a modi-t and tasteful editorial relcrring to the occasion, he Miys: "In a lout; c>ir<-<T ?f an active a"il hnpnlslyo nature,' It is not t"> Ih* dented t' at have made many mistakes. and committed some crU vniis r.1 iim. lint wo hope it Is lint mail's in lis t? refer with umlisi;u:M'i| p:ide and pleasure In the uteadlaslness nf many irontl unit Iran friend* who have stood liy lis in the vitryhiK ; seenes through which we liave p-?.?scd. Iti n deep sense nf gratitude, wo rrtuiii cliiccm and hearty thanks to all thaw friends who have been? "Tn our faults a little hiiml And to our virtues very klinl."* Wo hog permission to extend to editor Wilson our hourly congratulations upon the completion of his twenty-sixth year of arduous and honorable service in the cause of his Slate and people. Some one has spoken of Hugh Wilson as "the lynch-pln nf .South Carolina journalism," and the tribute was both appropriate and deserved. There Is no truer Journalist in the State. Sometimes eccentric and often impulsive, he has never yet /ailed to command attention and rcspiet, If not acquiescence, by tlie vigor of his writings ami the uprightness of his character. Although lie lias excited antagonisms by his ardent advocacy of men and measures or by Ids Impetuous and merciless arraignment of what be regarded as abuses, y el the purity of his motives has never been questioned. The Jimjuircr i doll's its juveniler/i'ijirmi to tills veteran and I accomplished editor ami hopes that another quarter of a century will be marked otr on j the cycle of time ere he lays down the pen i which he wields with tsueli ioiceand usefulness. The BrlKltlcsl Exponent or Jotirnnlism in our State. Ktlyrfield A dvertixer. All things considered?which means principally thai il is not-published amid the many advantages that a large city gives? the Abbtvilla Prc.su und Jlanncr is tiie brightest exponent of journalism In South Carolina. UnV.I U, K III,. Ii.mil /,!' (ill i?u temporaries. Tliis valued exchange comes to ' us lately ut tlio eloso of Its twenty-sixth year d ?Its twenty-sixth year as the Press and Jltni- I ucr proper?freighted with uJl the strength, vigor, progress and patriotism of early man- v lioud. The Press and Jlunner is fully alive to r nil the issues of the day. It has opinions of ?! lis own, und ( ( tieiiilly enunciates them with : < lirniness and intrepidity. As an enterprising t journal it would stand well to the front luutiy j I Male of the Union. J "Alt Authority Itccogrulzcd Far audi1] Xcar." J! Kcwbtrry Jlcratd and Xors. J,' Our neighbor the l'rcxs mul Jl'innrr, lir.s reached the good old age of twenty-six years " under the mumigcuiciit ol Mr. lluyh Wilson. J1 1 here is no heller paper in the Stain. Used- t I lor very froi|Uenily gels a little ugly in his ' tills with the Orelhren of the press, but the |^ {loudness ol his heart soon shows itseil and , ihe breaeh is made up. The prineJpleof "keep j1 your company" In force with school hoys, is i J; willi liiin soon "made up'' and forgotten.!'1 Bro Hush is forcible anil fearless and lie has (J made Ills paper an authority recognized Car j ' itnd near. Wc wish H success, and many Mi more years adued to Its honorable roM. j' "An Excellent rimI Popular Journal." J k'enrra Free Press. t The last numberof the Abbeville Pras and ' Jtmiiier completed the twenty-six in year of e Mr. Ilu-jh Wilson's connection Willi that ex- ' rellcnt and popular Journal. Ah h news gath- ' ercr In-l> always industrious, and as a witter bold, Independent, strong and Impressive. Ills newspaper deserves to be ch.issed among the leading journals of our country. Ling may he live to eujo.v the honors he has acquired by patient toil and invincible determl nation. liones* and Straightforward. A'enbcrry Obscrrrr. The Abbeville Press ami tlanner, In many respects the best weekly paper in the State, has i completed its twenty-sixth volume. Our esteemed eotemporary Isolllines peculiar In its I views, but It is honest and straightforward; | tind it has lung "K" learned the secret, of sue-1 i-ess to be hard work continuously kept tip, and close attention to the details of business. "Our of the Very llosl," Columbia linjixler. The Abbcvillr l'rexs and II'tuner, ever alive to all matters pertaining to journalistic enterprise, lays before its readers this week fail report < of the sermons preached at the several! I'hurelies in Abbeville 011 Faster Sunday. Hutch Wilson prints one of tlio very best weekly newspapers In the 1'nltcd States.? Twenty-Nix Year* Old. (McOmiiirk A (trance.) Our county neighbor theanil natmcr, Is old enough to vote. We are not personally iei|itiilnted with our worthy conleinporary, but bavin? been a constant reader of this excellent Journal, we I'eel that the editorial head is 110 stranger to us. It affords us great pleasure to say: i'?rc Ic 1'rcsx ami JSunncr. STONEY POINT ITEM3. In IiiteroNtin;: ?.otter from 4I)uIcio" I'roposctl I'atr for Abbeville ?.UI,lt,nv tf.aa Vjit. i* On 11 ' Side." J Stony Point, April 21, 1S85. v The farmers are all hard at uork, Imping for i successful year. I. Tht'^raln is Improving rapidly, though our knowing ones, ngtcu iluit it wilt fall far short >i a go*>d yield. Mrs. C. <!. I.aw, wiio has hei-ti spending the winter with her daughter, Mrs. Karlv, of Darlington, Is espeeled at house this week. x The Irnit crop, for whieh oar vicinity ean't! h l?e beaten in the Stale, does not seem to have l< Ijeen injured hy the recent frost. c We have recently had two valituhle news- v ?lons to our neighborhood. in the families of h Mr. Itavid Itampey and Mr. John Uodwick c We extend a warm wclcome to lliem, and n hope they will find their new homes all they ii ay desire. t Mr..la*. J oiks has heen quite sick since Tils, i return from New Orleans, but we are ylad to , c ienrn, is liiiw eomaleseent. c We think it is Stony 1'oint, and not Coro-) b naea, thai holds the "uiaui.e.i which atlracls a | h certain young planter from the vicinity ofi i White llail." j (i We noticed an llem In "West Ki.dV com-1 e inunlcation of last wcek, advocating a lair; a we coincide with him, and think Al?l>cvil)c b could get up an elegant display, for within P her borders is to lie lound thoroughbred stock \ v nf all kinds; from the game chicken to the i I handsome lVrciicron hor-c. We have also h the llnesi grain, li uits. wines, v< getabies, ?l-c. li As lor doiiiestle ami fancy departments, the' a Abbeville ladies stand at the head. j a My last notes were printed astomiug Tom j I1 C'oronaca. 1 regret the error.as I do not wish j V lo trespass upon "Ifuili's" territory, we pro-j c pose to use our new cross roads as a dividing j l< line, and each "shinny on our ow n side." 1 DLIXIO. e ^ I. DUE WEST'S PLACE IN TEE PICTURE. j J! 1C KoNurportins: the l!c;?i?Diip Wcs< ;? uninr I'.xhi Mfioit--Severc 'J I'rosl Kills Fruit. ( We noticed >Ir. J. W. Maul I! in iiis accns- r' touted place on lust Sabbath?tin* choir. We ; liiivi- siitiu1 el< gnnt sinners in this cotigrega-' J limi. in fact every stranger is si ruck nearly as ^ mncli Willi Iiie choir as with the new church. |c lute West is lu'cniiariy biesseil with many |. :iml excellent pi cache rs. l'or instance, last i ^ Sabbath the pulpit was occupied in the morn-i In? hy the pastor, in liie aiteruoon by Uev. J. j1' N. Young. on iheSabbsilh before we listen-'1 eil to liev. I.. W. Jtciil in the morning ai:cl | K"V. Dr. Lillian in tla; evening. I ' Jlr.C.T. Hoyd spent a night or two In our'" town last week visitin;; his son llunry. JIeic was on his way home Iroin i'resby ti-ry. lie T lives at Prosperity, ami edits a column in the ' " Xr.rUrrj/ (jlixi'iTrr. |l" Judging from the way the.Jtin lore are carry-! in? around subscription lists, we will soon il have Ihc pleasure ol' hearing Ihem spc.ik.and , listen to some excellent music. The bund bus ; ' some new ir.strunienis and arc practicing cv-l n cry nlghl. There are only live speakers, and j they are nolalloued lo go over twelve mill- j utijs, so with I his consideration and tho niu-i sic there Is no danger of any one being bored. | The students and faculty Will be pleased losto] their friends on fiichi'st J'ridiiy in May. We hear that there is to be a public enter- , " taiuuiciit at Irwin's College on Friday eve- h ning next, cannot vouch l'or It however, only j v hope it is true. A colored woman, Phoebe Valentine, who ? r!ifd on Mcnday, i:lih Instant, and was buried si on i lie next day, was disinterred on the fol- v lowing .Monday and an ini|iiesi held over her ' body. The reason for Ibis was that there wns fl Mime fear of poisoning. Nothing, however, was found lo confirm suspicions. Her Inis. t! band, Aiidrcv, lost in less than IS hours his I' wile, hoise mid two dogs, No one suspects I Ii I in. however, lie is one of our most respect- b nble colored men, and has the sympathy of both while and colored. P The severe frost killed a great deal of the. t fruit in this seel ion. Il'no more is killed we ! wili have a tolerably fair crop. The wheat is , a lining wen :l:i Ine iuriiicrs Iin: mi uii-.i |.i.nnin;; col toll, some have even iinishe'd. W'u I li;ive heard <<i" no one bavin? any peas yet, v but gardens arc progressing favorably. ; \ A K'JO.O!) IHblical ItvKitril. jv The publishers of lOillrdtjc'x .1 fmilhlj/ offer' u twelve valuable rewards 111 their M"iilhti/ for < May, anions which is tin* following : a \\ c will give Winn to tiic person telling lis i? how many verses there tile, having only two a Words each, In the New Testaim lit Script tires a [not the Kcvi.-ol edition.) ly May lOiii, lx-.i. should two or more correct answers be re- li Helvid, tli Kewa|'<1 Will be <Ii v l<11->I. Tin; e inoiiev will be forwarded to the winner Mav l> l-itli. IS .* . l'crs >as tri iiifi I<?r the reward must a wnd illedits in silver or pusnl nut.s, mo l> l-ostiiiie flumps tiik. Hi Willi Ibeir ausu ei, I> r o iviiicb ti.ey will receive the Moiilhfii tor .lime, a In ? bleb the name and addr? ss ol the winner n ;>t tile rcWaid and the eoileet answer will lie: a published, and ;n which .several more valua- ii lilc re wall's will lie otlered. Address Kn.- Ii i'uba-.Uiu3 CViupuuy, Lt.s'.on, 1'i-utuu ,;? 'MIC (!., 0. G. & C. I!. II.! [IE PRESIDENT V/ILL SOON ASSUME THE 1'ULriLLMENT OE CONDITIONS WITH FIDELITY. ? - ? nvcrnor !Ia;:oo<(J!?oes Xot Vrjo Ihc l'cople to Siiiiscrlltp lo llio Kond?' He Very Iiiformiition | ? Mis Promises nre O'.ilsiite ?f tlici Provisions o! (!:<' l.aiv>?lio Aslisi I'm lo AooojiI loo Mncli oti CailSi. Sam'i?.\ <H.r? Town, April 17, lS-'j. 1 ?Jt. .1. \V. WlDMIAN : .SiV: In ivply tn yours onilh April, il.licsscd lo me at. Jlarnwcll and forwarded to lis placc, I beji leave to suy: I. Tlif two roads which r.oiv constitute the. arollmi Division of the I'.irollna. Cumbermil (iiip niul Chicago Knlhray, while exist- j i;? separately, raised and expended In con-] liuellon together iihout ^ .ii.'Mitl. They I hell ] uteri<1 Into the Child a Oliver eontract, now Iih some iiiodilie.'itiou known ns I lie Seh'>-' 'Id eontract, by which these parilcsussuiiied I irlher construction. At this time Ihc ro.uls i.'terred to had In thenggnwito and in round umbers outstandiuu liabilities to theainount f suy jl/Kfi and uncollected assets to a larger mount. Tli'-se isllku passed into the Itiiids ml under the management of the C., ('.(!. .i.11. II. Company sit Its subsequent creation y coiisolldiilion of the South Carolina roads ;d!i oilier roads beyond the Slide. Thensills of Hie roads I eyond the Stale consisted I contingent subscriptions 1101. now avaua1'-, am! their liabilities weie I III l<: or nothing. , iter consnlidni Ion I lie ((J. ('. Company ijcel veil the Willi .mst'iii subscription In part; lie rest is In litiga lion. The amount so ivelvcd wn? between Sl.eio and iVi.O 'O. 15y Hie chntlehl contract Air. Schotietd whs created 'lunucial Agent of llio (J.. C. (J. a (*. Coinpay, with M?Ie management ol the negotiating ir funds to complete the roail, Ills contracts i) thai eiul to ho Mihject to tlie approval or lsap]>roval only of the Diieciioii of the <"omnuy. This is tin: extent of the contiol of liese negotiations which was left to the prosnl Direction by a contract made by tin: coin* any bclore they came Into otliee. Mr. Seho,e|:l, as Ik known, decided to try ills fortune brond, and has been for nearly two years cnnged in prosecuting bis cllorts In Knghiiid. !> has done this nl hut own churi/c#, and neither ttl'ii i; or oilier ex/ienses connected herewith have een )i<iiil lii/ or lira chargeable lo the Jt<ii!iCli)l biiiiuiii/. Tiny arc burnt: by Mr. Schoflvld ami is associate*. I'.y this same Schofleld conJrnei a full organp.atton of the Hallway Company was by it greed to be Kept up with bcadrjuurlcis for ho present at Aiken, but the Seliolle'.d Coin* lany contracted to refund (lie costs of the nine. The contlnisency that the Hallway 'ompnny might take steps toward con.strucion pending Scholleld's negotiations wasalo rccogtii/.ed, and it was provided that only xpenses incurred in that direction, whether urvtys or other works, should he refund)il >y the Scho'leld Company wiien It com* iienced the work of construction. This, it is rcll enough to mention, It was not by the ermsof the contract compelled to do till Mr. ichotleld's negotiations were successful. Coining into olllce under these clrcumlanees. and thus restricted In their powers >y a matured scheme delibeiatcly and prevl* insly adopted by t lie Stockholders who electd them, the "management of the present 1)1* eel inn may be hrielly summarized: They uive collected and applied to debts of the two irigimil roads a part of the assets of said oads phiccd In their hands, and they have .ppiled the Willl'imston subscription In the itnpleliou of the survey ami location of the .'.irolitm Division of the line. For a while he Kehotlrld company nict their obligation n reference to the Aiken ortice. Failing to out in ue to do so, the Direction of tlie Hallray Company carried It on for a short lime inder tlie terms of the contract, and then iractlcaliy elosod it by furlough i in; the Seereary without pay and placing the records in lie charge of the Treasurer. The latter geuIcinan consented to accept, the. additional luties of acting secretary and discharge the ame without pay, as lie lind previously done hose of Treasurer. There now remain due and hijiaid by the Jtailwaj/ Company certain l/atHires of salary to its officers. The remaining ssetsof tlie original roads, after paying the lebts of those roads. become the properly of lie C. (i. * C. Company, and" exceed iti mount the liabilities hero referred tuns un?iiil. There are also tin? property of the 'ompnny some j'tiO.iiOi) or *70,000 of valued sul>crlptions beyond tlie mountains, besides its iiluublc franchises, rights of way and depot itos, donated or paid for, mid lis eonsirneion in the South Carolina Division, cheaply lone by convict labor and valued by cuiupcenl. engineers at over SMu.OiXi. 1 write as to the tlnances of liio Company rlthout present opportunity of access to its ecords, which compels ire to speak of tlirin eneralty and in round numbers. The unforunntc dolny in your letter reaching me and ho propriety of answering promptly Induces It is. 1 linve written to "have forwarded lo ud.'e Cothran, the resident III rector at Abbe'1 lie, a transcilpt of the President's Hepoit ,nd of the account of the Treasurer, present* d to anil audited by the Directors at their reent annual meeting. Reference to this will 1 vo you accurate details. In reply to your second question, Iwould r/.i/ ih'tt the mortf/age known tu the S'chofletd wirtgagc is to xcct'.re bonds not one of which hits cen executed or will be executed until negotiuions are concluthil 0'/ him for a sum si-Jfleicnt to iiii'd the whole through linetoICrntucl.it. And urllier, In connection with this mortgage, In he event of oilier ]mriles (in Charleston or l.-ewhere) consenting to turnish the funds or completing the SouUi Carolina Division if the line, il is agreed Ih'tt this m irtf/nge shall ic rchatted on -to mitrh of the road and tl new Mortgage on Ihtit htilf be issued to secure the units tliusiutrunctil. In reply to your third question: The subcriptlon along the Carolina Division, now ibout to be voted upon, is by its express terms o be due and payable only upon a conn deled ine to and through the locality voting it. It annot be sooner received or expended by the tail way Company for any purpose whatever, .ml If the line is not constructed as stipulaed such subscription remains uncollcclable. )n behalf of the Hallway Company J propose as "resilient to est cute, and file in each county at nee Mich contract or other piper as will assume he fulljllutcnl of thotc condition* in good faith. This 1 thiuIc answers fillly the inquiries nadc by you. You will observe that the ubscription voted by any locality Is in the taiure of a bonus put up to bo delivered to he Hull way Company whenever It has. from IIIK.T H'MHJICCS [Hill 11 Hill} |Hl/> lilt*, uiiiil nun nit in operation the Kail way as far us that, ncahty. You wfll also nolo that a subseripion thus votetl does not produce to the Itailray Company 11 sini;li! dollar to go Into contraction, or any other expenditure, until ater the locality inakins it lias been p issed, lefore t'.iat time the only aid it Hives toward onstrui-tioii is in s;> for as it may operate to n.iuc!.'third parties to put their mon.iy into he enterprise: That thii xubseription will not f ifcflj build the lload ix m lf-rvitlcut.; bill thai t will be a long sir]) towardaeti-ring Hint enil i.v ! rcmanu'jle e.rjactation. trinctution lay or may not lr realized. The frieiulx of the will are pm/nred to guarantee nothing but urue.it effort to xuei exs I think it was H-rciilcs. or some other man >f ull'aiis, that advised one that had stuck In he ruts to put his own should) rs to the whet I i hile lie prayed for help. Should local etl'ort ie repudiated now hv our people the prolmhilt es are that It will well nlirh seal the fate i.f he projected Uailway. 1' is dijJieuU to eonrive htiic c(']illalixls al home or abroad, looking ill)/ to invexliiii ilt, would ret/aril ax a //ood ineshneut a Hmliea)/ which thefienjilr most inh.rxted in tiiusdicisifli/ ihelnre they do not it mil. A.? President of the llallway ''ompany I aire nut and do not pronoxe to urge this tubxeri/)ion v/.on our i>io)<le, J'hey know their needs ml must deeidc the question tor themselves n Hp lr own interest and on their own reponsibility. What 1 have written is for in[iniiation and toavoid misapprehension. It due to those In eliarticof the enterprise and u those who Willi you will pass upon the nutter at the ballot box. The subject matter of this communication leins of general inter<st In your Country, I lave forwarded a copy for publication In our County j a pels. 1 am, \ery respectfully, your obedient serant, .ItillNSD.V llAtioOD, l'resid't Carolina, Cumberland l!ap and 'liicago Railway. KrrsJtsiw'M Itnilrond. (Kerxhaw (Suzettc.) What Is a railroad? Is It a graded road vi!h wooden crossties lij on which are laid roll or steel rails? If so, there Is no railroad nowu as the l'almcito" travcisin^ the ounty between C'heraw and Camden which rontd authorize the pnreha-o of 1st inorly.i;'t finds under the Act (No. His) approved l)oember 21th, IMjl. A proposition to sell llrst lor'gago bonds of a railioad irjl in existence < too absurd to he made to tanilalists, thereore the L'altnetto <'ompany oiler litis temptus serurlty to the taxpayers of Kershaw ounty, calculating that the liiliueuce cxrclsed by tai.se who will tie nu.st bri.lUtrd y the road ami the itidil!'erence usually exiiitcd by individuals to public ntlhlrs will itsure a majority of the votes/iotlid in favor if theputchase of llrst mort^a^e bonds, lint mi' legislature eave wisi ly guarded a.ain t minority deciding so Ininortant a i|iiosli>.n y l'lijUiiiiiK that a msjoiit.v of the tax lyers paying a tax on tliilt or more, shall ote in favor of sucli purchrsc bcToie lie county is nnlhoriml to purchase said onds. There is no analogy between sellup a plantation to a farmer and taking llr.-t mortgage.; for tlie purchase money, ml the l< mllng of money to a company ii build a lailroad ami taking a llrst mortage upon tlie ro.id beforo-lt is liuilt. If the onip.iiiy.l.iii lo build the road the creditor scs hi* investment?principal and interest, hit if tlie farmer fails to make a crop the f...l iic in.t < ii!wlr lit* till! itl:i I ii ill jinil nntv >scs Hit- interest on iiis money, The lifii ;ikcn by merchants on tlit* products tif the <rm would be moreanuhicotis. IT the lienor nils to iniike it crop. the Men is worthier security for advances; and if I! r:iilroa<l eliipaiiy Titil to build Hie ro;u! ine llrst niortauc bonds are worthless as a security lor the loiiey loaned. The Aet of l.vil which proides for Hit'llrsl. issue of first mortgage homls 'of an Issue not exceeding ?l."i,()iKI per mile") nthoriz.es the county to purchase said Ootids 11 ten mile.sol road toseeuroa loan of Si.Vi,li>, and the company would not be likely to i vc a mort^i-re on lour times as iniieh proprty :is the Act renuires. If the stockholders of the 1'alinetto railroad ii lid the road with borrowed money and live bonds paying 7 per cent. interest the Dinpany could borrow money from capitalsts in this Stale who ,nv anxious to invest 11 fjood securities at even a less rule of I nicest than 7 per cent. If first lnort^i'-'e bonds f the JL'alnicttn railroad are as ?jood as the ounty bonds (for which they are to be exhamicd dollar for dollar) then why will e.ipalist loan money oil county bonds In preferlice to ti 1st mortgage bonds? If the taxpayers of Kershaw county would void being struck with "lifihining" they :id belter "stand stlil" or go s:ow, in borrowim money to loan to a foreign corporation herewith tospeciih'lo. (i'i:i:vtiK.\Ki>. I'ciislouiiii; <'i-lj>|ilc?I Soldiers. WalrltiMtn <oi<l ti-julhrc-n. Some weeks ago we commented favorably noil the action of the North Carolina l<euisiilire in pensioning the soldier.-! of that State l iio lisid losl a leu or arm The sight of a Slimier County war veteran, poll our.streets yesterday, with but one leg, .id appealing to the people lor charity, coif luces us that such a law iu our Stale would e tint an act of simple justice. If the beliefs were con lined strict ly locripples absolutey dependent, upon their labor for a support, iie cost would not be very heavy, and it would ay In a small decree the heavy debt we owe hose men who gn vc so much for a cause we elieveit In be .111-1 ami limy. We sprak of llil.s matter now s?> thut our ooplo ran 111ii U and t:ilk ahout II previous to III' next meetiiiKof tin; I.eiii.-lnture. Tin* only i|iii*>tiiiii to he considered Is our hllity. We know that taxesarevery hurdeiiiimeand that any |>ro|'o.sl|ion to ln>'i'i'asi> lint hurden will he looked upon with i!i>tanr, hut I In? Incniin! need not In- wry ureal. \'e have no tiirures at lianil, hut believe that all'a mill levied on tin- taxable property of III* Slate would clve every crippled soldier i ln? depends for a li villi; upon his own labor I least t'.'i.iM a uioiiih. This list would not inludc I he thousands who have hreit injured lid partly incapacitated for life's duties ; lull < (Millined to tlion* who have lost a leg or an rni and are thereby prevented from turning livelihood. Cllll We not do it ' We do not think this mutter lias ever been romrlit si|ll:irely before the Legislature. Novral p.ipers, the /'? ? .* n?</ Umiiii f lllosl |io|:ily, liave I'dvoeaUd the import.met! of Stale ill to these di^ervim.' men and their families; ill noihi,:i; has romo of 'I. We invoke the pinions ol our cotcmporarlos, and if it Is at II praeticidde to uivc substantial aid lo thn on who Iillereit their bodies IIS a 11 must work iMMiist theeriiel loe. and who are now stand(ii Micet corners asking for charity, or idlim their poverty, are suil'erir.j; lor iiread Hi clothing tit hot;;;. then lU us i-i\ it. Ron! E.slalo Transfer*. Win. Johnson lo O. F. E. Wenek, 1 house nncl Int. 1-t township, August 10, 18S2, hounded by Columbia it Ureenvlll Railroad, (J. T. Jackson, Miss M. E. Ilnlc, W. II. ITIILou, S. C. ttcaciiain ami Mrs Jacob s. Auld. Ellen Anderson to<?, F. F. Wcnek, C acres, 1st townshship, SW>, January 31. 1HS.?, hounded l>y John A. Moore, (J. 1*. Roberts, Hall Hoad, estate Mrs. II:do. M M Cllnkseales to Mrs S M Nance, lc2'.l acres, Vh township, fl.sji), February 2?;th. Iss">, bounded by II I' McGisce, estate Win Clinkscales. S It Hoblnsuii :md Lela I' Robinson. Ed renin to ltdry W'nt.-icn. 2 acres, 2nd township, no eonslderntioned, December 20th, IRS I, bounded by i!?.bt MetJhee. Milton Sullivan, Harney Fantteroy and H Frank Hoynobis. H F Anderson, T F Hlley, Hohn D Hlley by ills attorney J Ted Hilcy to Mrs Mary Ellis 2(>"? acres,7tb Township,$l"02."i<i, December 0, KSI. be.unded by Mrs Elizabeth I.ouan, 1< II It.vkard, E V lllnton, Jauob Rykurd, Jas Watt and others. I.ean.lcr Marshall and Susan Mirshall to Oliver I' Morey, onc-hn'f Interest. Interest in 1i.iV)acres, Helelier I'iace, Kith township. S.','iVi. December 10. IX -1, bounded bv estate Thomas Tl.ompson, Mrs MeOomb and others. It I! Cade to Elbert Ford and James Stokes, .ISO acres, Kith township, c-l.'XMi. February it. 11SS5. bounded by Foster Morris, F M Mitchell and Savannah Itiver. | W /, Mctibee to Thus It Hlaekwcll, 2 acres [and bulldlmr.f'rd township, S'-Vl, January 2tl, 1S?"i, bounded by ti 15 Itiiey, V/ W Mars and > others. i Henry Dong to Mrs Josephine Long, one and ninc-tcnths acres, house and machinery, i:llh township, sustenance of self and wife during life. February lil, 1SS">, bounded by 11II Harper. It 1$ tlutchinson and others. I M C Mil wee lo ICoon, 1.7) acres, "til town! ship, $Hi)0, December !.*>. I.s *I, bounded by Nancy lieasly, estate Wm Hell, It 1' I'ierson and ' the I,aureus I,amis. ; M I. lionham, Jr.. to Mrs F. E Mef'clvey, lfi'> acres, Kill; township, ?;! '> Januaiy 1'.), issl, bounded liy Mrs J \v W Marshall, Mm Jane ' I.cc and others. i M 1/lioniiam. Jr., to Wardlaw & Edwards, , -12J4acres. Kith township, SI l"?, October ft, 18SI. i bounded by James Tag;,'art, Sr., Ezekiel l'art' low and others. A C Collins to J D Konclie. .17 and one-fifth acres,2ml township,33M, September 18, 1S8I, ! bounded by J I) Pundit; and A C i "oUlus. illehard Duncan to A J ( llnksciiles, rct'i 'acres, Mih township, March 6, lSsI, j hounded by J A Banister. hard Labor Creel:, i lib-hard Duncan and others. | W I' Widemnn, S W Addison and J F Wlde! man lo Ulehard Duncan, (i7rt acres. Hli townj ship, S'!.2.V7..">0, February 7, U-Xi, bounced J M : l'rultt, M W Cuddy, Whitfield Johnson and others. | .lass Colli ran. as trustee, to Mary f? Corley, !SO x UK) feet., mill townshln, 3100. January id, i 1*X2, bounded by No. 10 block M, in McCor* (inick. I J V," 11111 to Mrs Fannie IJ Major, 0 and two* I ten I lis acres, 2nd township, <WK), November 10, i lM-t-i, hounded h<* Public Cemetery, Jamon BurItin, Baptist Churcli P?U'sona;;o and 15!rd ' Street. i Francis Arnold lo Ttobt W Major. 300?^ acres, 1st township, S.V.T)'), January .S, lsS->. bounded | hy W P Anderson, J L lluchey. Dudley Hoyd, i i)r.I (i ltoiizmau and Iloht W Major. PlilMlp llosenherj' to (r A \ Isanskn, .1M acres, ltlti township, 3l,i!(W, March 9, l.SVi, hounded by Mrs J T i(oberl.son,;MiU'tln Lands, Leroy Wilson and others. (len.P 11 ltrad'ey to J W Lljon V/, acres, xth township, SiK), January n, Ijv^.'nbounded by P 11 Hradiey, A Je K Railroad, Public Road, J M Jordan and J \V LI "on. LO A Whatley to Mary S Whniiey. 150 x .112',^ [ feet, and 17) x 2!lt fset. stli township. SUK>. Sepj ten i tier 2t>, 1SS-J. bounded by Harksdale Ferry ltuud, J W Lljron and JM Jordan. Oen P II Bradley to Mrs Miittle 15 linker, 1 a., n r., .1Dili township, Slii.70, January 1, ."ss!, bounded by P II Bradley, A & K Hull Boad ami others. G M Klmird lo Lllllc M Ivlnard 1 house and lot. 31 x 111) feet, 1st township,530!), Jattaty 22, ihtiTi, hounded by F M Pope. Mis Meaning, Cambridge Street. Phillips & Jackson. John It Kay to W ({ Smith,Macros, ? township, ?l,2'i), Feb. 10. IWi, bounded by Mrs A E Bltrl.y, John M Dunlap and otiiers. It Pshaw toJaneTaylor, 210acres, 4th township, SI,-77, Feb. 1H, IK*1), bounded byJaimTaylor, Ward's road, W T Vermillion, Estate Haywood Davis and others. J Fuller Lyon, Jud^eof Piobate toLSTrcwitt, 21!) acres, 10th township, SI,7!*>, Nov. 2,1SR!. hounded by Estate WK Bradley, Long Cane creek. Dower tract and tract No. 2. Jas \V Widcinan to John Henry Uoberson, 2T? acres, lotii township, 3102.50, Jan. *>, 1SK5, hounded by W II Widcman, Win Wilson, li;iptlst church lot and .Jus W \V idcman. W () SturUey to (J H Sibley ,t Co, .*?7S acre?, Edgellcld county, $.">,'>0'.), Feb. Ill, ls%j, bounded by A M Martin, S .1 Reynolds, H V.Self, Holloway's lank, Mrs M E Weed and F M Hondricks. W o Sturkny to G It Sibley & Co. lots Xo. 10, 17 iuiiI IS, 10t.ii township, $ , Feb. 10,1S85, lots No. lli, 17 ami IS, In McCormick. J N Young to Duo West Baptl-t eliurcli, % acre, 5th township, Sl.jO, Jim 111, 1SS5. bounded by .1 1' Pres.sley, .1 W lJonncr and J X Youm;. (ill Mooro, Executor to Alfred Cunningham, 1 acre, liiili township, jl II, l-'eb. 10, l.wS"?, bounded by Mill Ktioci, Robert Harris,l.ewls Kiehey ami others. Evelyn IC Rogers to F \V Wagoner, Thouse and lot. 1st township, 5100, bounded by Win Johnson, Mrs M E llale, Mis E E Rogers and W Richardson. M 1. Bouham, Jr, Ma-tcr to F W Wagoner <t Co. 3'% acres, ."id township. S100. Oct. MO. Issi, boutiikd tiy .1 T Ellis, W C Norwood, J M Mil* ier and 0 & (i R H. M A Fellows to S B Marshall, -12 acres and 1"> acres, 1st township, sll.*>, March 'J, 1?S5, bounded by S 11 Marshall, MA Fellows, T I. Coleman and Henley's creek. Mrs Henrietla Rogers to Mrs Kvelvn Rogers, I % acre. !st township, loveand affection. March 11, Ins'i, bounded by E E Rogers, It F McCasIan and Cambridge street. Mrs I, J Merrlman to Mrs It R Oldham,!: acres and buildings, jw, Maicii 1:1, 18s5, bounded by 1! Reynolds. U, Lit S It 15, Abbeville roud and C W Crews. Mis A E Chit to Miss Bell Yoe, 1 acre, 2d township, 3 .Oct.:I0, 1881, bounded by (J & G It it and I. I) McMillan. S A Durham to E A Seekendorf, 493 l'eet on Depnl street and S<3 feet on Magazine street, 11th township,$1.00:), Jan. 31,1*'?5, bounded by Alfred Ellison, Magazine and Depot streets. A J Founds to Ella Bounds, 1 acre and buildings, 8tli township. $100, bounded by 1* II Bradley and A A K R It. Thos N Dallis to Sally L McClaln, 2 lotsSOx 10.) feel caeli, 10th township, <100, Feb. 21, 18S5, lots No. 11 and 12, Iron ting oil Oak. street In .UrUOI'IlilCK. \V K Cothrnn to Thos W Chiles, undivided half interest in isi acres, tilli towusliip,?3j", .Jan. is.-;., bounded by Jus St'jiie, J li Chlics and S K Cothrnn. TIios W Chiles to S E C'otbvan, undivided half Interest In IS I acres bought of W K Cothran, Dili township, SfoO, Feb. ID, IS.-5, bounded by Jas Strife. John 11 Chiles and S E Cothran. .1 A I'lalt to Win E'l'onn, ftixiOo fcet.ltilb | township. shYi, Jan. 2K, 1K?">, bounded by Main street and alley in liiock L in McCorinlck. | Win E Penn to tiarreit A Ijiiinier, :iOxlM feet, Itith township, ;'.'>7'! H), Feb..:?, iss% bound' J ed by Main street and alley lllock L In McCoriniek. i .1 P Phillips to.T W Oalhoun and others, 1 illj l'W aci't.-s, 1st township,?2I.">,.Ian.1&S3, bounded by .T T Miller,CT Wbitien, Anderson liros, I M ltichardson, Church street and Lipscomb i avenue. ! J W Power, trustee to A It Ellis, 2J<J neres, .r>lli township, i2io, hounded by Prof J 1 McCain,.! V," Power and .Main street, J F lmPre. NlieriH' to W N ilull, 10 acres, 12111 township, i.'O, Feb. 2:, 1S*?">, bounded by John McMahnn, Mary McMahnn, W L McM.iban and others. K W Liles to M J llendy,\\\ acres, !)tli township, ili'.">, March (j, 1 S >, bounded East by Nee I street, North-west by U recti wood streel, North-east by It W Litcs, South-west by Grove street. M I, lionham, Jr, Master to Dowie & Moisc, ?ixl.*itl feet, Mil township, s*U!U, bounded by Jas M JJendy, fronting on Main street, on the corner of Main and Augusta street. J C Kluirh, Master to Joe! C V.'elr, 2 acres and biiildliiv'S, lltli township, jp;2">, April 2, l?sj, bounded by Mrs Marjrarci Stissard, W A If'hull If II Wnnlhiu* nml lln> \ nili<rmin i*<u\d .Mrs Susan A Runout to Mrs Funny Dreiinaii, 12-') acres.71 li township, si,UK), Feb. 27, iVvj, bounded by Mis K X lirooks, K W Watson, AHen (food, Henry lied, L) A 1'Jordan and J Fuller I.yott. J (.' Keajran to ])r Horace Drennnn, SOxOlJ feet, Till township, 610, Fell. 27, I -So, bounded by 1 >epol street and 1) A I'Jordan. J C Klnglt, Muster to Mary Jane Ilenry, 1 aere anil buildings, Ith township, SM0, March 2, Ins'i, bounded by A M Hudson, \V W" llowland and (i 1! lield. Tlios 1C Frith to Wm A Frith. iW-j acres, lath township, ;V,im, April ii, lvio. bounded by Thus li Fritli, Mrs Morrali and Mrs t'T Kogo.s. Win A Frith to Thos K Frith, ."><) nms, 1'itli township, s.'itxt, April 0, 1ks">, bounded by J as ; McCeivcy, .las 1, Covin and others. | K A Seckcndorf to Otto F Wieters, l!)'!.\:V).*> I feel and buildings, llllt township,March j 2S, iss.'i, bounded by Alfred Ellison, Magazine and Depot streets. I John \V I.esly to F.I I.siwsou, acres, 11th i township, :?), March 2, lt\S">, bounded by J j W I.esly, .'.Irs Harrison and Mrs F J I.awson. | Isaac Y Moragnc lo Kli Moraune, 11 acres, 7th township, >'('?, .March *J1, IsS'j, bounded by Jas j Fields, primus I, A man and A 1' Morngnc. i Mat:ie l'Cook and J W I .yon to.I S Iiurnett, ' i aere, nth township, June in, 1>M, bounded bv lot Xo. 1. public road and t ook it l.yon. T T Wakelic'.d to W I' Met'after. J K limwn1 lee, .1 I! Hampton. School Trustees of School District No. J2, I 2S-10U acres, 12th township, ; S'.VM), Feb. HI, IsSi, ban tided by KstatcC Wake1 lield. Mary Boyd and Trail road. ! J '.iiy.abetli Wells lo U X West, :!t).xl2-lfcct and i buildings, !i:h township, Marelt 'i'i. Issi, i bounded by J C Tittle, J II Burnett and Main street. I ti Cade to T 1' Paschal, III feet, l",th townshp, ! S-'iO, Feb.is, hounded by J I. Covin, l'eii' son land and (J Cade. J low .Villi)' Stalk* to Iho Afro. CUmlbut Sjiartun. A fanner hasusked us to give niraln II o i it ii ii i V>ci* of stalks or hi I Is on mi acre of ground will) rows of d Moroni w Id I lis mid lillls si t dlfi leroiit dlslaiice*. Wo will not use fractions ol 'afoot. 'lhetnst liuures repiesont the width t of the row in fool and the sccond ilie distance ; of tin' hills in the drill: j Distance. Hills to Acre. ::xl I i.-V.u 7.:iio ::x i i.sin lx'? !. iv?il ox i '-.ITS r?x.'' I.7M I on:; IHO fix I I.lll.j ! 7x:i l 7x1 1, Now laliini; these figures It will he easy to calculate the yield of Iho crop when well I worked. To Ice the first distance, :txl for cot! ton, and make ii to 7 bolls to llicstaik.nnd the I yield will he !MM pounds of seed cotton. If the col I on is |>lanted Mx-'l and t he yield is ?*i holls ! to the slalk, it will give 1,'iiKi potnids. When lit conies to corn it is generally crowded too | inuch. on very rich alluvial lauds it may be crowded mi as lo give live or six thousand hills to the itcro and if the seasons are Just right, the yle.d will he ureal, l'.ut wht'n it conn s to the average upland of our county, the rows should he wide and the distance he| tween the hills in proportion to the land and matimv. Wo WiillM ailvisc tho>.o who liavo been crowding corn and raisinir nubbins and | short, liylu fodder, to b'-cin ;i reformation bv 1 planting *<xl. When llicv see bow much belj iur thai is (ban tin- old Way, tltcy may be lniliictd to pinni tixi. 1 letter than tbls,'however, 7.V>. The advantage ol' this last distance is i that. Ibi! i)in111)ritil;, planting, hoHim, pulling todih rand Kiithcringeom rii|iiiris \ery little 1 over bait' the time necessary when the rows are only tour feet wide. It takes much less time to do the run ill ni: ton ml, and no more to break out the mi Idles. Corn planted lix:!!^ nnd 7.N-! and *>x I. gives iiimosL the same number of hills. When thcearsare lurncaild well tilled, about mi of tin.' best will make a bushel. , The itverajje crop of Hue, I a rue corn will re' i|iiire about lit'. This talile is aiven tor our fanners to cut nut,and tile away for future reference. Keincmher that L'iviiv; corn plenty of distance and working It well will make fail crib-. rio.-e planting and pool-cultivation encourages hens ami ni;;li prices. Which will you take V - ? m 4tm How to Moa?ii:re S'lelii*. liming .seeding time farmers oiten wish to makcan accurate islliiia'eol the amount oi land Ina Held. The accompany in;; table litis been found useful ami convenient tor the purpose,, mil may lie cut out an.I preserved for futureiifferci.ee: ."i yards wide by '.us long contains an acre, la yards wide by JSt Ion;: ci'iita.u-an acre. '.'I yards wide by I'll long contains a u acre. 1) yards wide by r.i Ion;; loiilains i:n acre. 7it yards wide by O.i'j long contains an acre. N> jaul-. witie by me., long contain^ an acre. I il lee! \\ itie by 7;Ni baex con tains a o aeir, I In teet w nlc by Ion;: conia.n.- an at re. i:>? feet wide by :iu;l long contains an ai re. i feet wiiie by I:--; loll- louta.ti! all ti< l e. I I'iv ,'eti \. u:c by lty,1; iviig ixuUin-. uu acre. : v ' ** 7 " ', :>.- s f;. " - * ? ;\ ' ~*f . . # ?T> i?B??^? ?>1 AN EMIGRANT AGENT EOUTED Ami Ma?le to Hustle Out of Town? One Community Whore Hie Ajjeiiln Cease fvoni Troubling nntl the OiirUiex are at IIcnI. "Whatluck have you lin>l lately?" nsked an Ubxvrvir reporter yesterday ?-f it railroad drummer who liu<l Jusicome in from a lour of the country. "Hut tier poor," was the reply. "Fact Is, we tiavo gone all over Ihe Kroiind hereabouts, and have raked up every darkey that we could llud who had an inclination to go West, and who could raise enough money to pay for his ticket. That last lot of one hundred which went through hero last Tuesday exhausted I he crop ol Arkansas fever victims. There are null a few darkles down the Carolina Central who want to go, hut they haven't any money to ftart, on, and nothing which they could sell olf to raise money. 'Now, down here In South Carolina, ahout Laurens, for instance, there's just dead loads of darkies v iio want to go the worst in ihc world, hut I wouldn't go down there after ilirm for the State of Kansas," The emigrant ai:cn I here eyed us as If waiting for us to ask him to give his reasons, and this bein^ done, he proceeded with his narrative. "There's Chas. 1'. Walker," ho explained ; "Walker Is one of the sharpest agents In this country, but. he got fooled when ho went to Laurens, lie had been about, there on and oil'for several days, and had worked up a big emigrant business. I believe he had persuaded every colored family in the county to sell out and move to Kansas, and the day for Hie exodus had been set. Walker had them all well in hand. Whole families were yetting ready to depart for the West over railroad lines represented by him, and the darkles were holdlnc meetings to persuade the few who were holding bnek to fall Into line and Join the colony. These meetings were largely attended, and all the darkles got to talking Kansas. About this time Walker visited Laurens, to round up business, and arriving at n hotel, he took a room for the night to secure a good rest so as to be fortified lor Ills labors of ihe coming day. But when daylight came, there was nothing in Ihe room except Walker'sshlrtcollarand scarf, and one about tile matter was that Walker lia<l been Invited to leave the place, and lie was too polite to refuse the Invitation, even had ll not been of Mich a pressing character." Walker's nan was disturbed about two o'clock a. m. lie dreamed that a bed litis had crawled out from under his pillow ami was | shaking his shoulder, but when he Jumped up to combat the foe, he was astonished to find that Instead of the hiscet. It was a man's hand that grasped him. Around tho bt*d gleamed a half dozen lanterns, eich held by adeternilned looking citlzcn of Laurens. Tho spokesman of the party then addressed Mr. Walker and told him that he was wanted down stairs. He prnti sted, but Ills friends Insisted, and lie hurriedly got Into a few articles of clothing aim accompanied thorn, having I no Idea of what was In store for him. When he reached the hotel otlleo he was told that the parly wiio wanted to see him was out?ldo, and thither he was requested to proceed. The party he found to be a lurgn body of men, some o( whom were costumed as If for a hunt In the fields, and they ail maintained a respectful sllenec as Walker was introduced to tiioni. Then the loader of I lie party told the emigrant agent I hut his presence In that neighborhood was by no means desirable, and that lie had to'Kit.' They nave liiin ten minutes In which to make himself scarce, and there was fully half of that time to Ills credit when his form Inid vanished from their slcht. The people had become a little sore over the business of having tho darkle* pcrsuadi'd oil", and had merely concluded to put a stop to !t for n while." "No, I don't think I will go down to Laurens for a few days yet." the intent remarked ' In eloslnir. "Times are getting dull, but I bojlievel will work up business In some other field. The Laurens darkies are salted and I will keep, and besides, that is Walker's claim, and I aui willing to allow lilni to manago It." BEWARE OF MARRYING A STRANGER. A Tor Heel ConiPH to South Carolina, I<enviug n Wife Behind Him, nnd .Harries Another. (Vurkvile Enquirer.) P. A. Long, who wan Indiclcdat (he Inst term of the Circuit Cojrt on the charge of bigamy, j and who wus admitted to bull by Jti'lice \Vul| laco in a bond of S300, Mr. M. A. Thompson : becoming his surety, was surrendered by his | bondsman unci recommitted to Jail on Friday I last. I/onsr, who is a carpenter by trade, came from Ga-tun county, North Carolina, to itnek Hill, several months ago, and being industrious and steady, gained tin; confidence of the people. He recently married an estimable I and highly respected youmr lady of the town, ] and so-.m after ttie marriage the rumor gained currency that ho then had a wile living iu North Carolina. On be; in< confronted with the charge lie attempted to make his escape, but was captured I a niile or two from town and on a hearing be! tore Trial Justice Feweil ho ndmiltcd that j when only sixteen years of ago ho went through the form of-a marriage ceremony ' vith u woman ot ill repute, much older tliun j himself,Jshe having 'iuvelKled him into the . mlsalliaucc; that It was not a valid marriage, tlrst as no license was Issued by the county i register. as the law of North Carolina reJ quires, the register refusing to Issue license , beoai.se he was underage; and secondly tho ceiemony was not performed by a person t properly authorized by the law of the State \ to solemnize the rites of matrimony. He further claimed that soon after tills mock marriage, he still being a minor, his father sent i It I hi to Florida, where he lived for more than a year, aud had never, since he left North CarlO'lna for Florida, lived with tho woman. This story was plausible and to some extent gained for him tho sympathy of those who , hud so recently ccnsurcd him; but with that ' strange perversciH-ss for which trial Justice.! tinil iiihprniliitlnltitMlf.rii ' H'o j Trial Justice l-'ewell decided to hold linn for ] Mm action of tbegnuuljury, Court being4hen In session, and In default, of 8!W ball lie was . | committed to Jail. The giand jury found a i true bill, and the case being called, the State | moved a continuance, one reason belnu that : there had not been time to produce testimony j from North Carolina lor cither side, end the j family of ills second wife desired, in Justici to Iht, that he should have ample tiniu and I! opportunity to \ Indicate himself fully and , j entirely ; or falling to do so, abide the conse. qucnees. | The motion for continuance was eranted, and tin-Judge fixed the amount of ball at j SI5/0. The bond was given, Mr. Thompson be11 coming his surety, as above stated: but after j signing the bond he investigated the case in North Carolina, and rinding the records all against the accused, he decided to annul his bond. i The Analccta, Published at Cherryvllle, in Gaston county, N. ('., fully confirms the ucly rumors In connection with Look's dissracoful career. Thainaper of last Saturday's date furnished indubitable proof that Long was married to Mary Ann llovis. In Ga*tou county, by J. Kiser, a Justice of the Peace, eight or I nine years ago, a license ha\lng been duly obtained therefor; thatMary Ann Is now livJ lu? In Gaston county, and that she is a woI man of ?ood record. The AtuiUcta further says thatslnee Hie recent proceeding In York ! Sessions Court, l.ongha-s been in that county, and a report of his marriage having p recti l, j ed him, he denied It, hut admitted that lie I had been.living with a woman at Koek illII. .1 While In Gaston he attempted to bribe ills | wife No. I to Sinn a pnptr certifying that she , I did not recognize him as her hu-band. This 'she refused to sljin. Siie says she considers herself the only lawful wife of ]>uvld Long. However many women he may marry, site | claims to be the ilrst, though the rest arc welcome to him. It is supposed that Long was making Ills nrraticements to skip the couu; try, bavins returned to IJoek Hill last Thursday for his tool chest and clothing when he j was uucxpeeieilly and unavoidably detained. IMnjstiiiir Cotiou in Cheeks. A ntlvrmm Intelliyencw. As the time fur plnntilii eotloa Is last approaching iilul wishing MiecrbS to tliosu who plant. 1 will pivu I my expi-rii-iiec in the ciiltiviilinii of this staple pro. Juci, su that ri'iir reutleis. shmiM i?nr <>f tlu-in choose i tn follow the plan, nmy be benefited thereby. My ' [ I ill of preparation is as lo!low-; lireak the laml close uinl deep with a subsoil, lay oil | furrows with a Inrpit shovel. clnekliii: thrie feet each I u ?ir i,iit thi? ititwiii!!f of' inniimv <1< stivil in thi? check. Cover with a tu ister; tl|eu take a hoe and folinn ini; I across the ridi'o along tin* uncovered furrow dig a hole | about lour inches deep. directly over the manure, drop | fiom eight to tun seed in u hiil. ami cover with a Inn-. J Now, in order in prevent the ri?Iir*- bc-inir wiudird . away and seed scattered, take a ilotible (' tit stin k with | small subsoils ntta lied am! go one round to tl:u mill, die; Tilt' cotloii, thru, when it coiiics up will be on a I miiuII ridge. l?y so lining it will be hi mil inure con| vcniciit in work. The cotton td.ould be thinned tn ; nut stdk iii n bill, unices it is short-limbed, then twu are sufllcient. ! 1 laviiiir fo'lowed the above plan Inst year, I gather(til foiitt'-i n hundred pounds need cotton oil' of three! quarters of an uere, the ground not beiiu very iinteh I improved. My estimate of the advantage derived in [ cu.tlvating cotton bv tlie above plan is as lollous: I Fiist, it docs not iuipiire as much hoeing by three1 fourths; second, droughts do not injure It so much as i when planted in the drill, there not being so tunny { roots to e.\haust the moisture. W hen p'nnted in the i hill the boibt will grow larger, the stalks will l>< better { developed and lint Mi[K*rior to that of di ill co'ton. Il ( planted according to the above plan theie w ill be forty nine hundred hills on the tiere, and land highly im proved and planted in the hill nill produce one bun? j dr< d bolls to the sla'k. Now, in order to show how | much cot'ofi might be made on one acre, 1 will state i that i picked one hundred average bolls, weighed the i cotton, and found tli.it 1 had a fiaction over a pound, showing that it is tint impossible to make si.v.eeii bundreil pounds of liuteottun to the acre. Tail Gbovk. Unshy Creek, Anderson County, ? ?? ? ! Wl>:?t It Cosls to s<? <o Xetv Orleans. j What does II cost to take in the Imposition i til. New Orleans? Thsit is tlie<|iifslittn lliat is : of ten asU eil. The proper way to no is toeurry j nothing bill a valise, it you expect to stay only a few days. Marl with cooked food enough to last you'till you get there. That not only saves expense, hut it is better than you will snatch lip on the load. Ciury as little baggaue as you can get on with, one of temperate, economical habits can estimate a ten days Kiav in New Orleans as follows: j Round trip ticket S-.Mo ! Pullman Sleeper, round trip 7.m? 1 * - i. c ,i.,,< :mmi Si not car fare l.'M Kxcursions on boats I days 4.(10 Ai!mission to entertainment* ;i.t?i Tea days board "<?.?hi Total ?4). j5 II requires hours to make I lit* I rl |>. One 1 may lake the ordinary coach ami save |>art of 15 it- expense. If thai item and entertain men Is are lell oil'. the expense will In' brought down i lo >'.iMi:i. You can add ax iniieh asycai please ; for the purchase oi extras ami trinkets lo bring away Willi yon. While one van spend 7 lo id days iliere for J.vi.Oii, another may umiiul ! pay S'jtm and not learn half as much that l.s plolltable. 'i'iie Aiipolulin^ I'uivor. Aiken Ilea it'll i r. | The primary election at I lie be?t only decides who Is thechoiceofa polilieul parly, not | of the whole people as In a State or county election, therefore it can have no legal force; ' but if tlie Governor lu the face of the law should regard its verdict as binding, ami confer Hsu api-aintnivnt upon the individual { chosen, he iii noway relieves himself of the j personal respousihlliiy vested in him by the law. lie alone Iscloihed with "full power" to I appoint, and if he shirks that, icspousiliility i by delegating it to others, and the appointee should prove to bo an unworthy peison, he alone would lu- morally and legally re.-ponsi: hie for any detriment that might result to the common weal! h. .? 'flic iini^iils of Honor. j The (irand l.odge of Knlghtsof Honor, at j tlnir meet ing in < 'best or,eleeied the lollowing ; olllcris to serve lor the ensuing year: .1. I.. I Moses, of ('harlesloii, (irand l?lelator; M. I.. j lionhaiii, of Abbeville, Viee-tiraml liictator : ; M . ill' llamiiloli. A-si-lalil 1 >:, tutor; <?. \V. Ilollnutl, of Newberry, |<>r:iinl Kepol'ter; .!. T. liiiliorlsoii, of Al.liej vilie, (iruiul Treasurer; r.iilurd, Craml . t'iiupinin; Simon II. I'.aeoll, of SpartaiilmtKT, < I'hiiiI illitle ; K. II. V.'anllaw, of JM;;elieUI, < irai.il i 11:1 rdlsiii ; i*. K. of liorry. ( riiml ><eiiti:iel ; !>i\ t.eorue Ilnwi*. of <'olUfllliia, Slate Mi'ilicul i'.MIIIlilu r ; Julius Mo. j .ses, ol <'!i:iilesion, Kepreselitative to l!ie SuI I'lVine I.odjie ; M, i? 1'oUiiitUl, Jr., of AIjlli: villi-, uiit i iiiiii'. ' Sixty-six <Sf|,Willi's Were present, repre.-entili^ forty-one out of li.e lifl.v-one l.iilye> ill the state. The next, titeelite.' will lie lie;.I sit < teoi'gciuwli 1.11 t lie.' la I I'll WciSuesilay ill April IfiM*.. spool silk Veiling". Sojueiliir.ij to p'ea^o the l.-iilies, isi'W and l.itnil-oujf. I'ull line of f.h'ii. K. :i. iludiiua A IV. I O. P. II. oil Itallroad Taxation. ( To the Editor of the Medium: ( Up to tho present time I have said but little, ] either pro or oon on the l'ai'road question, that, 11 seems t . bo the principal topic of the day io] this sccti-m of the country. Good deal of wind < work has been doue. Steps liavo been taken to introduce a more tangible shane to secu-e aid. i I noticc in your last issne an advertisement of J an election "ordered 23rd in-t.., for Duo West town.-bip, to ascertain tha mill of tax-payers an 1 to the feasibility of levying a special tax for railroad purpose. The petition publishod, thut prom ted the authorities to make the ordc, I wan my tirst insight of it. The canvasser, en- j thawed advocatc of the contemplated road, who j solicited signatures in tho territory that embraced my whereabouts, ignored, fiom some! cau*e, mr sanction in the matter. However, I! am not, by any moans, offended thereat He economised lime iu pushing ahead to tho next hou^o. I possess a limited amount, both of real and personal property, upon which, I have a tax to pay. I claim the right of 01 i iion whether it w much or littlo, on any subject that pertains to the public welfare. especially when t assails tho i>ockct ncrvo. When the majority of a cause rules fairly and squarely I am submissive and will abide by the conaequeuco*, I have n > desire for an evil purpose, to throw * damper upon an enterprise that would tend to advance the prosperity of a r*>oulo. 1 feel a fMirjvfiv to ^tnress mv oiiinioiLH "to the imoort of tho petition, that, bears npon its face so much intelligence, notwithstanding. I am, constrained, by pure notions, to operate against the proposed taxation. I am not surprised at the citizens of the town of Due West to want more convenient railroad facilities. Such ambition is natural and laudable. Railroad there, would duubtie-8 have a ?roat tendency to enhance their reality, enlarge their n.-spectivo sphtro of badness, promote the growth of tho town, but the question presents itself to my mind are t ho farmers of the township in a condition that will justify them to assume or bear an additional loid of taxation. They are in arrears. For the last two crop# have been inadequate to meet necessary demands. Creditors are indulgent, inspired with the hope that good crops will be the farmers' reward this year to enible them to secure their ju4 olaims. The l?C8t of crops would not release them entirely of necessary indebtedness in one year, j Impose a rai'road tax and you will decrease tho i creditors chances of obtaining their just due* at an early day. Besides onr c nnty taxes will b.j muc:i greater than heretofore on aco nnti f the unpredcuted calamity that sho sustained last year iu consequence of the mighty ?ow of her swollen streams. Our prospect of an oat crop is very indifferent which will conflict greatly to our'prosperity. 11 do not think it is an opportune time to tti* | a township to build a railroad. II is not able to ] pay it* just debts and it is not suffering very Herionsly for such & need. Towns reccive the 1 very largest share of good conferred by a j railroad. The people in the country are not benefitted materially not onongh to counterbalance the tax imposed. Such a tax is to be | dreaded, it may hanp upon ns like an inenbus j for rears to come aud finally be a means of iu! volvinj? us in serious embarrassment. Mortga^ ! gen sooner or later, will be rccord-d against us j in the Clerk's office and eventually the result will be, in th* hands of a "few" (Syndicato or combination) and the tax-payer denied of any I ownerohip. Go up to the mountain conntios i j through which the Air Lino (R. & D. R. R.) I traverse, which was partly built b^ local taxai tion and you will ascertain that, a Ere it many farmers havH been deprived of their claims of reality by railroad assessment. Think how hard it is to pay taxes for the government outwide of a railroad tax. which will increase the difficulty ten fold. They are the "inevitables" got to como, independent of good or bad crops or i what not. No exemption whatever is available. r armers connucr wen ueiore you incnr. ? r?u-1 1 road tax. Look to jour interest by voting 1 against it. F.couomiso and strivo to do away with tbe necessity of so many railrnads. M?ke tour fertilizers, corn, bacon, molasses and live independent at home. Competing lines are tbe j argnments harped upon, in order to reduce i : freight tariff. The people's necessities are not' I snfiicient to build, equip and keep up so many j , first-class railroads in snch clone proximity. It | | rexnires an immense amount of capital and tbe \ officers in charge are compelled to exact a tariff i sufficient to defray expenses and realize a little [ I profit. Yon need not expect to be benefitted i [ shortly on tho tarifl question. An objection might* l>o mentioned an to labor. Farms are ! now lying idle for tl.o lock of laborors. The i tido of emigration has borne tbem off in rach I great numbers as to cripple the afritnltnral interest and grading a railroad now through tbe J county would erhance this embarassment much j moro. A plau-iiblo plan mijjht bo brought to i i bear against tbe de&trnction of so much timber! , as is required to build and keop up railroads. I ' Ono of tho principal .features of tbe stock law' ; was, it would preserve our forest growth, that ; was nccfrisary to bring showers of rain from : the clouds to watir vegetation and quench onr j thirst and you know oftentimes we need rain i worse than railroads. I know of no means, in , this partieu'ar. thataremore calculated to denude the forest o'its majestic oaks than railroads. It has been estimated that a mile of grading requires 2.500 cross-ties, which will necessitate ten acres of good timbered land to bo cut down and then to bo duplicated every eight years. Think of the iinmenso ain^nut of timber for steam i tn-poses, also for bridges, trestles and so ; on, to keop alive a multiplicity of railroads. I ; am inclined to believe that the "CMty by the Sea" will not, shortly, give any subsUntial as; snrance to the "Cumberland Gap." She is ; moro deeply interested in the ''Midland" ronte. Ono railroad at a time is about as much as she |1 cares to say"grace over." I repeat, the striving , condition of this country does not Justify a ! railroad tax. Sho is anxious to pay her Just < debts, beforo any other additional oucumbranc? l is imposed that would by law sepersede their ; | payment 0. P. IL Sound Sense. (Ch'trlotl* Observer.) ' \ Reports from South Carolina Indicates tlint tlioro ure agents there enticing the negroes to emigrate to the West. They paint flowing pictures to llie Ignorant colored mnn of the wonderful Inducements ottered liltn to locate i In Arkansas, which they represent to be "a land flowing with milk and honey." The following Is the result of one exodus: A party of t?n or twelve families who left Abbeville county In December, have lust returned to their o'd lioiiic*. Aline |ulc<! where thny Intended to locale one inan w:is found hauling wood tor seven wl?J> 1 ows, whose husbands Imd dropped off in lh?t inhospi cattle country. Tills stat* of thlngn so ftlnrmcd the women ot the party that they limned! iH-ly set their i faoiu to tliclr old homes, and their husbands tol'owed : lUeut. I The pen th it writes this hns often pointed 'out, years ago the methods of these oily;j longued roug> s, who are employed by rail'I roatls which make a bis thing out of the poor | negroes' fares. As most of those who are Ini duced to leave arc under contract to the farmers, It Is no wonder that the larmers are beginning to deal summary Justice to the } rascals. A Oootl Government. Newberry Herald and yews. The country needed a Democratic administration, and It has It It had been so long misgoverned by a Republican party, who*e i mission was taxation, traud, waste and stealing, and all of this carried on upon the largest and grossest scale, that the need was pressing and it brought, about the election of Cleveland. Reform did the work, brought about the revolution ol 'SI and turned the corrupt ! old party ndrllt, and a part of that revolution ,] is that which is now turning the rascals out. i That, the new government will be conducted [upon the truest,soundest,strictest and best | methods tliere Is every reason to believe nnd not it single reason to doubt. We are satltled j with it, und every one else should be. j Farmers should pret nn Improveddonhlc fi>ot plow stock to put In their cottou with, for ! sale by W. Joel Smith & Son. ! For gentlemen?a most elegant line of coli lars, culti, handkerchiefs, cravats, ic., at i Smith II son. 'I Wo have still a small lot of millinery on hand, consisting of flower*, featheis, hat ornaments, hair switches, Ac. We otter plumes ' and I'uatheis costing as high as Si for 50c*. h nd 75c., flowers posting as high as 75c. for 25c., real hair switche-s t?l?ck and colored, costing 75c. and SI for 50c. Smith & Son. Our stock of clothing has been pronounced the prettiest ever brought to Abbeville. We really think we have a beautiful line of clothing and are selling same at very reasonable prices. Smith ?fc Son. I Our stock of hats, gents neck wear, and I hand sewed shoes cannot be surpassed. Smith 'j it Son. ; 'White lawn robes with trimming to match, j A very handsome lot uud very cheap at Smith I ?fc Son. j W.Joel Smith iSon have on exhibition one I of the largest and most attractive stocks of springnutl summer goods they have ever of I fercl. Goods aro much prettier than usual, and cheap enough tosntisfy the closest buyer. Call, examine our stock and get your wants supplied. Smith A Son. We went to market late, had several lines of goods sold us at reduced prices, and therefore can otter some re;il bargains to our customers. Come, see for yourself. Smith i Son. Dress goods, plaids. English check, nil wool nuns veiling from the cheapest to the best at licit .t Galphin's. Citron, enrrantsand raslns, fresh at Parker | a- mils. ! Northern apples at $-'1.15 per barrel at Par kcrtV Hill's. j The time to iet out. your flowers Is here We are expecting a lot of flower pots in a few (lays. W.Joel Smith & Son. Hlack kid gloves, every pair guaranteed atl ISelt .1- Galphin's. j Hell & Cial| bin are selling real nice pink, | tiluc, navy blue, cardinal and brown hose for ] 10 cents a pair. 1 ..i T?.ll?c \f locnc I Hosiery: houitj-; m>si-i? ; [ anil Children ai Hell A Galphin,s. | <'razy cloth, for waist drosses, makes up as ' pretty as an all wool kibur cloth. Entirely I I new at ltetl A Gulplihi's. I J.inen lawn at liell .1 UalpUhJ's. Otirblaek Iciil gloves far one dollar cannot be beat, every puir guaranteed. Hell it Galpliln. .stylish inllllin?ry at Hell A Ga'phln. Flowers, feathers, and ribbons in great va rlety at Hell ?V (ialphill's. A dress lor all. Our line of 6V?? 7 and 10! Ieems eoiored lawns cannot bu surpassed.! lteil A (i.ilphin. I The be>t black silk ever shown iu this ! market, ai Hell .V Gaiphin's. | The hot black silk at Hell a Galpliln's. If you need a nine cashmere dress you can isave money hy billing it from Hell A <Jal-l pliln. They luive the trimmings and everyI thing to match. j It is simply Impossible to find a better line I of s, in. ii'ij, ].*>, ai and cents white lawns; ' than Hell iV'Gulphin are showing. ; j A great bargain, fifty full sized marslellosi (jtiilts in perfect onlerat ?t.'.i"> each worthSinn. I A. Ko*cnhoig, Greenwood. S. (\ I I'urasols! parasols! parasols! from in cents J tor'i.V>. A. Hoscnberg, Greenwood, S. | i Our Hue ofii, 7, * and in cent muslins is! ' 4 . ....... ,1 ...,4.^ (')?,. MVCPV ' -Imply iK'iiiuiitii. ,\ jm-nj .. i diu*. !!. JJ. lliuUtmi A* Co. i .lusi received j? lame lot of the "fruit of the , , loom" liK'.'tcli (! homespun. which wo arc sell} ing very cheap. Hell A- (iaiphlii. j Kver.v lady who would enjoy complete rnm-j fori should wear I lie Ma lame si long colli lor I , 'corset for sale hy I tell iV tialphin. ' The he*t thingout. is our novelty eoi?birta?l lion coisel lieaiilifully made, perfect lifting f and guaranteed to give satisfaction. Hell A: Mialphin. I KmhioiderC'i dress IJobes something per; lecliy heauti.nl ;.t Hell a Oillphill's. | i tlows! >^l?>\.-> J gloves! .something to suit I evcrv one. I.i.-.Ie silk and kid at llell & (Jal I j pliili's. j Von ought lo see our line of plaid worsteds I for over stilts and trimmings, ihey are new, j | stylMi and cheap. 1!. M. liaddon tl- Co. ' Mi-s Annie liouell, of New* York, will assist Mrs. liudUuu lu the jaliUucry depart'iuva:., i i JM Wo have an Immerwc slock of fine m'Ich and liici-x for trimming white d^B^BI riicy are very pretty and cheap. It. Jon Mourning goods ft specially. Tamlw Henrietta doth, gazcllo cloth, meres, &c. H. M. Huddon <fc Co. Drc-s ginghams, all shudes ut Cunnlt^^H^B t Templeton's. Hosiery, gloves, cornets, buttons, thirtx, undersbfrts, nt Cunningham Brown goods, ?j. % and 1-4 at low Cunningham <fc Templcton's. Check cood4, jeans, cottonnde# and mors at Cunalnghain A Templeton's. Cunnghuin Jc Teinpleton will sell nice mudlu nt (i c.-au per yard. CUfi from 5 to 7 cents. 5,0)1) plcccs of assorted tinware to price* to subpurchasers at hikcrlM I parker <Sc Hill are selling 11 yardc^^^^^l fruit of the loom bleaching forono Cow peas for seed nt Parker 4 IIlU's.^^^^^H I'arker ?i Hill will sell a bargain Never so cheap beforo No. Smnckert^B^^M barrels for one dollar and Ally cvnts Purker & illll's. H 20 yards of good calico for one dollar kerdt Hill's. ^bHH| .Second mourning goods. The hands^^^^H line <>1 second mourning goods we shown, flue and cheap. H. M. Huddon Dresses cut and III or made to order. Iiaddon a Co l'nrasolx and runs. Our line of parnsol^^^^H frtiiH Is both l?rue and cheap. We show In tills line culTrely new. It. M. liud<^H^^H Hummer silks, black tllks, black and ^H|| ed xntliiH, nattn rbudame, <tc., foil Hue M. Huddon a Co'#. The latest styles In millinery will be i^BH every week daring tqe t^nxori us they In New York. It. M. Haddon a Co. Foster kldn. Our Ave hook kid glove cannot be l>ent In thin market. Olve trial. It. M. Iluddon <* Co. Look at our "town talk" corset only R. M. Iladdon & Co. "Best out" cornet, for 50 cents, Is a try one. it. M. Huddon & Co. Spring and summer worsteds In all th<^^^H| shade*, with trimmings to mutch. It Embroideries. The prettiest and lino of lawn and ham burg edgiugs to be at It. M. Iladdoi: A Go's. White goods In great abundance at nlngham * Templeton's. Pique from 6 Lawn from 10 to 20, Muslin from 8 to 20. If you want a bargain In nice ladles' cull on Cunningham a Tcmpleton. A large assortment of Hamburg edgio^HHfl Can n I unburn Jc Templcton's. Ask Cunnlngeam 4> Templeton to you tbo stock of gent's coltais. I^^B| If you want a suit of clothes cheap Cunningham A Tcmpleton'*. Wblto robe dresses. Something new uud handsome. 11. M. liaddon A Hosiery. A bcnntlful line cardinal, nnd navy blue hose, only It) cents a palfl^^^l M. Huddon a Co. Corsets, 35 ceuts and up. It. M. Iladd^^^^H MH Gloves, lisle, silk and kid In nil Ilie^^^HD shade# at reasonable price*, n. M. Hadi^^^^H Just ARitrvia>. ? Messrs. Walflncfo^B^H Ituxsell have Just ivoelved a carload of year old mules. The finest ever brouK^H^H this market. An Orange*, bananas, apples and all fruit, choice and fre?h, at Purker A HIU'i^|^^y Go to Miller Banther* and supply roHBH with a good clock for ilXi. Suy! look here. Don't yoa need a real hat? If yon do there In 110 excuse why^^^H should not have onewhen Miller Bro^^^^l are selling them so very ehcap. Cliolce unenn vaR*cd hams at Parker A Crtl'co, VX, 5 and 5% ccnts per yard, at senberg a Go's. Gur line of 5 ocnt muslin cannot be kur^^^H ed. II. M. Haildon & Co. 81,noo wanted In school claims. We wl^^^H allow full valae for school claims In mercHH^H disc at cash prices. It M. Haddon A GO. Fans, from 2]A cent* up In beaatltol de^^^M at R. M. Haddon A ('o. BH| Rrvrntvprx A Co., are oOertng clothln^^^H greatly reduced prices. Ginghams, 3 cents per yard, at P. Rosen^H^H ?fc Co's. Cai.t. at Miller Brothers and get clocks and boots. Sound w<l potatoes?early rose, early rich, pi nkcye, and Florida yams, at Park^^^H Rtignr?12 lbs. arrannloted for $1.00, IS lb?.^^^H tra C. for3l fO, 14 lbs. golden for 81.00, yellow for $1.00, at Puriccr A Hill's. H^H| Farmers wlshlns to*pnrcbaso tobacco^^^D or lo pound lots or by the box, will find their interest to call on P. Rosenberg A 2S,000 pounds of bacon, l/XW bnshels of 200 barrels of Jlcur, 60 barrets ot mnlnueflH stock and to arrive. Parties in need of t^B^H good* will do well to examine oar stock. HHI Joel Smith & Son. | 100 bushels day peas at Parker A Hill's. I A varied and extensive stock or nenrbr^^^H i cry thine usually needed by tbo trade r<mTi(l of Smith .( ttitn'i White goods, India llnetr, Egyptian laJ^^H I'.nnn dclucnt 'Persian lawn*, nainsooks, finish mulls. French and Irish mulls, trimming* to march, at price* never before In this market. It. M. Hnddon A C^HI No pains or expense have been spnrc^^^H mukn our spring stock one of the moslH^H tractive we have ever shown, prices as lo^BIB the lowest. R. M. Hnddon & Co. Five hundred ponnds of candy atten a pound. P. Rosenberg & Co. *. Mr. John T. Lyon Is the owner of a Spanish Jack?"Dan^Csstello." Washington street still Improving. Ca^^H| Thou. McGettlenn's well known estah^^^H inent, the old Palmetto Saloon. No. t Ington street, next door loth e flee and rluli t under the Medium. See tne^H^H pjovementsTom Is making and see for.v^^^H selves how a flrst-clnss saloon Is kept.? 15 pounds brown sugar for one dollar at^^^B ker a Hill's. H The Abbeville wholesale store Is still sel^^^l corn at Western prices. Mr. Rogers bad airs corn at depot u few days ago and rep^HHI I eight more to arrive. It Is ostoundlng^^^B amount of corn, frieut and flour this sells dully. This house doc* n mammoth Iness aud Is certainly a great blessing to^HB tiade. Fresh buckwheat at Parker St Hill's. f Mackerel nf bottom prices. No. 8 In ; rels at 81.75, No. 3 ia li barrels at 91.50, at J ker & Hill's. I Tinware in sets?very low?at Parke^HH Hill's. | A full stock of New Orleans sugar and : lasses at Parker a Hill's. UBS Landreth's onion s<!ts at Lawson's. HD A large lot canton flannel to be closed ocflBH New Yoik cost by P. Rosenberg <C- Co's. Remember that P. Rosenborg* Co will out thulr Immense stock of overcoats, ! nulls at saerilloing price*. ^0^1 I All winter good* to bo sold at reduced pr^^H by P. Rosenberg it Co. Gent* woolen undershirts will be so!^^^| cost by P. Rosen ber* & Co. Hrnoke "Mary Lee" tobacco. P. Roecntfl^BB <i Hot W'?t?r Remedy. There ore few ens^n of lllnewvbmv^H would not occupy tbe highest places at a^^H medial azent. Headnche almost always yields to the^^H multaneons application of bot water to feetand back or the neck. HH Pieces of cotton bxttlngdlpped in bot w^^^H and llien applied on new cuts. brnUe* sprains, Is tbc treatment now adopted In l^^^l pi tills. j^K Mad rim curtain lace?beaullAil pattc^HH Also, Sclilm laco. Tlieve pood* entirely i^HD| and cheap. R. M. liaddon & Co. Parasol*! Parasol*! Another lot ofpa^^^R sols Just received. R. M. liaddon * Co. ( ijant Is not dead yet, and the doel^^H liHve about come to tbe conclusion that^^H will get well in splteof them. Have you seen those zephyr snltlnjrs. like silk and very cheap, at K. M. Haddoi^Ml ill iOll ARE H now prepared to exhibit an elegant stocl^^H A AllllllpH dfKlNIi & SUMMtH good s.i AH department)! nre lull, and persooa^^H want of iiny article,have ouly to call and be supplied. J11 regard to prices, a great many froodt nowsoid below ihe cost of production. Satisfaction guaranteed. Let every one c^^H and sec for himself. DH WHITE BBOTHERS. H lawcardI WE have this day formed n partnership the practice of law nndor the tlrm nan^^B of CASON & HON HAM. Mr. Bonham h^M retired from the Master's office and will vote his whole attention to the practice. <tu"Ullice O'Neill Kauyc. Hd SAM'l C. CASON, B W. L. BONHAM, Jifl January 23, 1885. tf jfll \VM. II. PAIIKER W. C. McGOW'AN^J PARKER & McGOWAlB ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, H ABBEVILLE, C. H., S. C. \\7 ILL practice also in t he Circuit Court* IV the 1 *11 tied States for South CaroUna'^^H Jan 7, ISrtO, tf Marshall F. DeBruhlO Attorney at Law, H ABBEVILLE C. II. S. C. In Stock and to Arrive! H 25,000 ponnds Bacon, . 1,000 bushels of Corn, 200 barrels cf Flour, H 60 barrels- of ^olnssos^H PART IKS FN Mir.!) OP THK8E GOOD^H wiil Uo well to examine our stock. BH W. Joel Smith &. Son, BB Jan. 11, IKMi. Harness H ooT) machine mr.deharn>^<fVir*n!crlieflT^H T l.y 'illOtf. MXiUS. D.t.117, ISU, tr HQ