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Ik? tress and Banner ABUI^VILLE. S.C. !. Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1885. Colonel Coward** Addrw*. Crilonel Cowanl, State Superintendent r> Rilumlion, cnmctothln town on a visit Inn Friday afternoon. He was thegnest of Jndgi Mctiowan. In ttie evening heuddreaacd tin people of Abbeville on matters pertaining t< the public nchooR \Ve were more Impressed with theRponker' jHillsh as a cultivated gentlemen than wltl the force of his arguments, or with the cor rectncss of his reasoning. Of course ther can be no division or doubt of the absolut truth of nil the speaker said of the great valu <?f a good education and of the Inconcelvcabl Importance of a pure morality on the part u tho citizen. Wearenll agreed on that poln I The real question Kevins to us to be: "Is tlv present school system tho best method In ?t luli) 1 lis the greatest intelligence and To preserving the purity of the morals of oui people?" The speaker In referlng to the old sclioo nysU'in, which prevailed In South (.'arollni liefore the inauguration of the present plan siild that the school master then o|>cned i school oil his own account, and taught merel; for tho money that was hi the work ; that n< one was especially authorized to dismiss th Icndicr or to corrrct any grievance fl-on which the people might suffer on account o the shortcomings of the school-master, bu under tho presont plan, the school trustees who were the best men In the township, wer authorised and required by law, to look toth< best Interests of the children. Wo veuturo to suggest that a majority o r>ur readers would fall to bear the Colonel ou In the proposition that the school-master be lore 1110 war was noi as ensuy gotten riu ui u the teacher of to-day. The Colonel did no refer to the fact, that nearly all of the splen Old private schools which existed under th old system, and of which Abbeville wa proud, have given place to Inferior schools while the burden of a great number of speak era In the "poor pay" of the teachers of th poor schools of the present day. Nosuch fre schools arc to be found In this county now a were tho private schools which existed a Wllllngton, and Lowndesvllle, and Clea Hprlug, and CJreenwood, and Cokesbury, ani other places. The fact Is. we believe, that we have exceed Ing few good schools anywhere In the State which arc under tho control of the State ofll cer*. If Colonlcl Cowanl has a public sohoc ?indor tils supervision, or under the manage inent of any Inferior officer which wotili onirmro with nr?v nni> of 11 dozen schools tha existed In Abbeville county before tlio wni we should be clud for hfm to uameafew o We would also be glad for htm to stat whether or not thin much-vaunted school syf tern has not destroyed nearly every school o nny nolo whero Its blighting Influence ha been felt. Colonel Coward said that taxation for schoo purposes wns entirely consistent with th principles of a Republican form of (jovern ineut. Our understanding has always been tha even tho most vigorous advocates of tuxatioi for educational purposes never claimed tha taxation for schools was In accord with th spirit of our form of Government, or In core: pltance with the wishes of tho framers of on Constitution ; but, ns wo understand, th friends of publlo education maintain tha public policy, on tho ground of expediency Justifies the overriding of principle. The speaker In urging tho necessity of up holding the present school system cited tin great number of boys and Rirls,?ten years o ?se? who could not read and write in 1870, am clainicd that In 1&*0, under this glorious sys torn, tho pcrcentago of illiteracy had beet decreased about one per cent. This Is as fa its the learned speaker wont into figures, am hk they proved nothing, wo are at a loss t< know why ho referred to them at all. Wi have not boforo our eyes the figure* as to th< number of Illiterate children In South Carol I nn na far buck n* I8.VJ, but wo give the following figures, as to those citizens who were ove twonty-one years of age, and who could no read and write at the dates affixed: CSDKK THE OLD SYSTEM: In 1830. 15,681 In I860 .. 14,782 rXBEK THE PltESEKT SYSTEM : In 1870 9),301 III 1830 34,OS. These flgures refer only to white people and If figures mean anything, we thluk the} must be anything else than gratifying to thi advocates of taxation for oducatlon and mus fall to strengthen tho opinions of those wh< up-hold the present system. The orator devuted a considerable part o urn auuruvs u# uiu uenmns umi ciass v politicians who look to tlie mutertnl prosper j- Jty of the people by urging such legislation a: would reduce taxation to the lowest figures. I.lkea majority of the advocates of publl< school education, whom we have heard speak I ' ho thought it mattered little how great tlx taxes were so long as our mouey went lnt< the pockets of the school-master. In fact, hi believed the higher tho taxes, the more pfos porous were tho people. Thoy prospered much in the ratio as tho taxes were Increased How this statement agrees with thatofadli i Unfinished writer on the ourrency may tx } readily seen. The latter placos the actual In crease or tho national wealth at V/? per cent per annum. Now If the State and Kntlona Oovernrucuts should tax us 3>^ per cent. an nually from whence Is to come tho prosperity of which Colonel Coward speaks ? That most estimable christian gentlemen who Is at tbo head of the public schools li Mouth Carolina, never once referred to thi -derect In the law which allows all the chll dren of the State to be taught at public ex pense, whereas the law should be amended st ^ that the school fund should be expended pniy In educating the children of such parent as are unable to pay. Ho did not seem u Jiiaulfest any special anxiety to ascertain 1 eueh.chlJd.ron are not sometimes cr alwayi engineered outof the public schools. Wt)ll< ho spoko of the nobility of true mnnhoot wrhcrover found, and while he cited the nobli patriotism of an humble shoemaker's son hi <d)d not say that all of the noble boys an vouchsafed the benefits of the school systen of which hols at the head. Colonel Coward's address was not only re tnarkabte for what It contained, but was als< notable for what It did not Includo. In ou: way of thinking It dealt too much In tenor alltles, without getting down to specific mat tea For Instance, he made a beautiful fig rr~ ' ? urcof speech about the advantages which th poor might derive In the way of public edi cation, aod spoke forcibly of the duty of th Hlate to educate all her sous, and more espec lally the sons of Impecunious parent". liu he did not explain If the public fnud Is no unlawfully used In soino localities to tcacl XJreek and Lathi to some boys, wbilo the dou of the same school house may have been a the same time barred against the children c poor parents who sought Instruction In th l>ranchca which the law directs shall b taught. lie did not explain by what right the sclioc trustees of any township choose to give prei erence to boy* who seek instruction In Gree mid Latin and then deuy the rudiments of h KnglUb Jeducatlon to others on the groun g;that the school is full. lie did not explai why the school trustees do not open sufllcicn jchools to Recoininodato ull of tbo childrei and wpeclnlly the poor children. These nr practical matters npon which we would bav 7 been glad to hear tho learned Superintend ?nt of Education speak, but upon which h Sras a? silent as the gravo. Section 1001 of the School law reads as fo; low.: 8*cnoji 1004. It shall be the dnty ft the Count Jbvrd of Examiners, sn<l of the Hoards of Trusiet Jirreinsfter provided f?r, to see that in every schii under their ore there shall be tauKht, a* tsr as pract rrNe, ortbocraphy, reading. writing, arithmetic, ccoj raphy. KnjrHjh grammar, history of the United Stntr and of this State, the pitnciplcs of the Onstilutl" and laws of the I'nllrd States and of this State, mui sis and good behavior. Any man who understands the meaning ( Ihn rdnlnpxt lanruace. will fall to find Ihcreh tho least semblance of iawiui authority fu tonchlng Greek noil Latin to anybody In tb publlo schools. As our pooplo know, Colonel Coward was gallantoflloer in tlie "Lost Cause" nud is noi no honored and beloved cltlzcu of the Stat* the purity of whoso character and thograc of whoso mind command tlie higher Admiration. Colonel Coward made an curr est presentation of bis hide of the sut Ject, and It is his official utterances, and nc tho individual, with which we have taken ii j>ue. ? I 1 Fiats. "Wo think Judge Cothron will solve tli crimes question. Ho lias inaugurated tli cystemof making many penalties, in the a tcrnatlve, viz: confinement in the penitent! uryorlhe payment of a fine. At tho recen Court in Abbovlllo bis Honor turned S-iSO c flneslnto lho county trensury, which goon long way towards paying the expense or tli <^ourL SVe arc not familiar with the fects ii nny case which was tried, but we are In thoi ough sympathy with the Idea of putting sen fences in the alternative. Let tho sentence be light enough for the couvlet to pay. } system of this kind reduced to practice wouii to a great exteut relievo us of Court expenses As a rule, we thluk the penalties are too m vereto place an alternative fine which th convict mny pay. It Is hotter for tho Court 1 the convict pays 8-V), S?f, or 975, than it i r\. if ho goes to the penitentiary. The fine lor carrying concealed weapons I usually Si"), Let tho law ftx the penalty a lhatflguro, and let Trial Justices havejurlf i diction, and let the Circuit Judges inflict unci lines In o:ber ?ss? hk the convict inuj beabl to pay. Kvcu twenty-dve dollars In our trui t?rj^ U beiti r for us than u year of service t tho .State. Wk noilco from the EdgcAeUl Advertise Unit the County Agricultural Society has hcli iU> litsl UHCtl!l?. The Klbertort rtri?l ' Abbeville Rnll1 road. : Wc publish elsewhere In these columns a lrttcr ftom President l>. A. Mathews In reterettce to an cxtonsion of lils road from I'Jli. right's store to Abbeville village. While we, as an Individual, think the proposed road Is of Importance to us, yet we are Inclined to the opinion that our people will do nothing in the matter Just now. Time will vindicate the correctness of our position f In opposing the expenditure of our money In I the Cumberland (Jap project and we nro eatls? fled to be placed on record as opposed to It, p and In favor of any routo that would give us j connection with the Georgia Central system. The road to Knright's store, we think, is wlths in the rangcof our means, while the mistake i of Investing our little mlto of money Into n . road which ll l? admitted will cost St<,O0O,ooo e must be apparent to every man who kikes a p calm and dispassionate view of the situation. c The history of every rond that has been built 0 In this country is, that the actual cost 01 f building It has beeu far In excess of the cnglL neer's estimates. When the engineers of the c Cumberland Gap place the estimate of the cost of that road at 517,000,000, It may be safely r set down that the actual cost will not be less r than SSO,<WO,000. All tho property along the entire length of tho road In South Carolina, 1; which would be to any considerable extent ii tributary to Its business interests, would not. [ j In our opinion, raise a pulllelent bonus with n which to base a crcdlt upon which thirty y millions of dollars could be secured. i> When the people of the .city of Cincinnati e j thought of connecting that city by rail with i! tho city of Chattanooga, the engineers placed f the estimate of the cost of the road at less t than ten millions, with the assurance thai i, a surplus would be left when tho road Nhould e be finished. The result proved that Clnclne mill alone spent over nineteen millions ol dollars before the Iron rails connected the ,f cities. t We have no assurance that either the Gcor.. gla Central road or any other capitalist would s aid In tho construction of the rood from Ab1 bcville to Klberton, und us a matter of fuct, . w ithout aid from some outside source even c that short road Is uot within tlic range ol n s possibility. , While the resultof the recentclectlon would . Indicate that our people arc much more Inc tercsted In the Cumberland Cinp road, tlutn In e uny other enterprise, yet we nro inclined tc: s the opinion that very many persons believe t that nn ussured road from Abbeville to Knr right's store would be much more valuable to j us than a dream of the materialization of a great road, which can never exist any when I. else than in tlic air or ou paj>er. . ProNpcct tor n KoimI Over lh? Moanil tnliin. s The County Commissioners havo ordered the election as to whether Aiken towuMil|: 1 will subscribe five per cent of its taxable '? property to the Carolina, Cumberland Oaji and Chicago ltailroad. The Aiken Journal e and Review thinks that there can be nc >- doubt of the successor tl?e friends of the road >1" in the proposition to levy the tax. Wo have s uo data upon which to base a different opinion, but we shall wait for tho "count out" be I fore we give It lip. The Augusta Chronicle's correspondent, whe i* recently went with the tallroad magnates tci Spartanburg on tlio Jubilee occasioned by t the completion of the Greenwood, Laurent ? and Spartanburg road, speculates as to the t probability of the Georgia Central road going e from Greenville or Anderson across the Cumi borlaud Gap. We presume tho reportor ol r the Chronicle was Inspired, and knew whereol e ho was writing. Ourreuders will remember t that we liuvc long predicted that the Georgia , Central would go over the mountains from Greeuvlllc, whenever there was a ueccsslty * for the extension of their road. Greenville e Is at the very base of the mountains and is a f city with the capital and the enterprlso to 1 give It a push whenever culled upon. The Greenville Xcict, wo believe, onco lntlmnted i that the Mountain City would givo two hun. r dred thousand dollars to the Carolina, Cum1 berland Gap and Chicago road. If it would go ? through that city and over the mountains, c The Carolina, Cum bar I and Gap and Chicago e road had no capital, and could not make tho trip, but tbc Georgia Central has pleuty ol - money, Iron and cars, and Is every way com r potent to do the work. If Greenville is really t in earnest nbout wanting the road, wo have no doubt that the Georgia Central vrlll take her S'JOO.OW, and build It over the Cumberland Gap. We havo nothing new to roport as to the probable succes* or failure of tho Cumberland Gap road, but we feel perfectly certain that a road from Abbevlllo to tho Georgia Control would be of certain benefit to u*. Jflncty-Slx is taking great Interest lu her ' proposed narrow gauge railroad, and is count3 lng on Greenville to give 3100,000 to cross tho l mountains. Typhoid Fever. f Tho article of Dr. Patterson on the subject r of typhoid fever will bo found Interesting to the head ol every household as well ns !ns structlve toall who may In any manner be responsible for the health of others. Tho old c theory of Ignorant, but devoutChrlstiansthat the presence of typhoid fever is a mysterious p dispensation of Divine Providence has long 0 since become and exploded Idea. While the c source from whence wo receive typhoid fever may In many Instances bo a mystery to us, 1 yet wo know, without tho least shadow of a " UUUUb, lliai U IB bliU IC^UIV Ul D|rcviut |A/13UII, i. aud wo farther know that typhoid fever is i the punishment which Providence inflicts - upon his children for their violations of the laws of health?no mutter whether these vlo1 lotions are the result of wilful disobedience - or of well-meaning lguorance. * The fuels which Dr. Patterson relates about the area of ground, which a well will drain, i are of the utmost importance. The grouud > near the top or the well should be kept scrus b pulously clean In every lustanco. Until the well known law of gravitation Is suspended, . filth nenr the top of the well will alway> find Its way to the bottom. There are no ex1 ceptlons to this rule, and never will be until s the prcscut law of gravitation shall have 5 been changed. r When there is no attributable or certain s cause in sight the typhoid fever producing s agent may be generally found In the water 1 which we use, or in the water which we alc low the milk cows to drink. 0 All Incorporated towns suould enforce the 2 sanitary laws, and when desired results can1 not be otherwise attained, tlieu all marshes or malaria-producing lauds should be dltchcd - at public expense, and the power of the luw i should be applied to such cltlzcus as refuse to r clean their premises. No man has a right to enduugcr the lives of his neighbors, even - though he himself may be williug to breathe '< the poisoned air, whose presence brings Blck^ ness and death. '* Let it not be forgotton for n moment that c typhoid lever comes to us in the water which we drink, or in the air which we breathe. 1 ItH distressing results admonish us to the ut1 most cautiou. He wlio drinks contamluated h water, or brenthes poisoned air, need not coinr plain If he Is thrown upon a bed of sickness 1 and death. e The IUMiirnucc Companion of (icorcla o Oct Excited, "We copy the following paragraph from the >1 A ugutta Keening JS'rus : f- Atlasta. Qa., September 22.?The valueil policy u till now before the Legislature Is creatine considerable excitement In the insurance circles throushoul n the 8t?te. MeeMtiKsare being held duily hjr the busi d new men of ilie larger cities. An enthusiastic meet n lug m held to day al the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, at which were present many of the mosl it prominent business men of the city. KeMtlntloni lt were passed deprecating the movement to Interferi with existing Insurance laws. Tho bill practically provides that assessments shall b<- made on insured '? houses before instead of after burned as Is now done 1- and that the company pay the original valuation The Inaarance companies are making e*ery effort t< deleft tlie bill, and declare that th? y will cancel al politics if il becomes a law. Mr. Clarence Knowlea president of the Southwestern Tariff Association, li? received notification from all Northern companlei that ihey will immediately withdraw from the Stati 7 banks. Mr. Knowlea bt-ii?v*? the bill will not pass ' hut Its advocates are confident that It will. If |i I does, an Insurance panic Is looked for In Georgia. We care nothing at all about tho passage ol 's the bill by tho Qcorgla Legislature*, but Mouth n Carolina needs exactly such a law, and If out r" Legislature docs IU duty. It will In our oplnion. rmss a law which will nrevenl Insurance n compante> from depriving our people of nnj r part of the policy oa which they liavc pah t. a premium. The property might Just as wel be valued while It Is In sight, as to go to thi H pile of ashes to make an estimate to sei v j Whether the eompuny has cheated its cus j tomcr out of a portion of the premium whlcl g they have been receiving. Let the compnn ltj le# In any Suae withdraw whenever they de ,j sire to do bo. There are no doubt plenty o j. | companies who are willing to deal fairly wltt | their customers. We hope the South Caro j Una legislature may pass a law which will protect our eitir.ons irom wrong. No company which proposes to do right by Its customers need object to the Uoorgla law. It If e equitable and Just. 6 Funeral Xotlcr, The Prosperity Rejwrler, after an existence t of nix months, is dead. The Jleporlcr was n f! better paper than a majority of the newspau I per*, but it could not receive the neceiuury ! support lu so small a plncc as Prosperity, u I The plan of publishing newspapers in small v I towns lias often been tried, and we believe _jtho same result lias finally attended all ol ] them after a brief existence. The competl. itlnn lit f hn nptrcnanpr hntltipuu Ic ca r*r<vi j | and the demand of tho public lk such, that . | In the very nature of things, a newspaper "y I cannot live In a Kino 11 town away frotn tho 0' Court House. The people demand more of a f newspaper than the small Income of a nows8 paper which may be located In a small town : will warrant. Much work Is necessary to g publish a paper which will be at all 6atlsfact tory to the public, and this work, and the consequent expenditure of much money will , not receive an adequate support in tho small e towns. We wish the editors of tho Jteportcr . better luck next time. They did their part 0 well, and deserve a better fate. j Any one hnvlngaseven column newspaper r outfit, for sale cheap, should write to the Preis J ami Banner, stating partlc ilnrs as to material | J.Lid i't ICB. Orecnwood'n rhnnco for Further tUrowtli. If oUr friends nt Greenwood will rca-l the letter ?f President P. A. Mathews lliey will (liul that their dream of a road from that place towards Atlanta may prove to have been a prophecy. If Ureetiwood would unite with the Klberton peoploj the movement might take such .shape as to Induce the pco? plealong the line to take stock In It, while the townships may as bodies politic vote subscriptions. We think a narrow gauge road which can be built at one-third the cost of standard gauge road, would nnswer every purpose. When the business should Increase the gauge might be widened. It seems to us that r\ mnjorlly of the roads should be built and fun on the narrow gauge plan until the business would warraut the company In enlarging. An ExplnnAtiou Which In Home thnn (he InNnlt. A young drummer In Sumter sent a note to a young lady with whom lie was not acquainted. The contents of the note secured him a thrashing from ttio young lady's friends. He claims that tlio nolo contained nothing Improper? that It was perfectly respectful, etc., and goes on to excuse himself by saying to a iieu-Mimncr reporter that her manner Induced Iilm to wrlto tlio letter. Even If he Itnd written an Improper note, It seems to mm, It could uot liuve been more offensive than his explanation In throwing tho blame ou the young lndy. We think the young gentleman's explanation Infinitely more than the Insult. Nnlt for Libel. We hnvoiwn omtnong paragraphs In the Xews aiul Courier leading to tho opinion that some dire calamity would be visited on the ' Register In certain contingencies. We now see reports In the newspapers that Captain Dawson will sue Colonel Tope and the Icr for damages to character because of certain statements In the latter pnper. Since the Rcgi?tcr showed whorcon It based Its as, sertlon. and fclnce a committee of distinguished citizens have exonerated Captain , Dawson from all blame in the matter, we are it a loss to know how a lawsuit Is te benefit anybody, and wo aro sure that nobody will be liurt, except In tho matter of expense 1 Niivge?tIon. As mnny of our brethren hove occasion to make personal allusions to Captain Dawson, ' whenever anything Is said by tho JK'etc* atul 1 Courier which dhes not meet with their approval!, It might bo well ;to have Captain Dawson's letters to Woodruff and their editorial comments thereon, sterolyped, Such ' a course would would suve same expense of typo-scttlng. | The Mpnrtnnbnrg llernld. i We congratulate the Ojxjrtauburg Herald on ; the beautify of Its new dress of typo, und , trust that the prosperity of the paper may InI crease forever. Tho paper is a most excel, leut one, and Is as neat as u new pin. The McCvrmick Advance doesn't seem to take much interest In the Savannah Valley > Railroad. We always look to It, for a report i of the doings on that line, but seldom find a I word about the rond. i This Is the time of the year when editors : be^in to wrlio learned essays on the cost of printor's Ink, and the consequent necessity ' for delinquents to settle up. The Court. Since our last Issue the following eases have been dlsoosed of: Jomili Williams whojwnsbroueht Into eoitrt i almost a nude condition, was tried for mull.clou# injury lo n house was found not eullt.v, by reason of unsoundness of mind. lie wus ' sent to the asylum. The Sheriff* supplied Jonah with a new shirt before ho was tried, which considerably Improved his appearance. I). L. Mabry, Esq., for defence. It seeuiN that thero are a (jood many persons. especially of tho colored population, i wlio cnine t-o grief on account of carrying concealtd weapons. Ben Mosuley's pocket was loo shallow to conceal his pistol, some i onesHW It and so testified and the Jury found , him guilty. His Honor considered twenty, live dollars or three months In the pcnlten> tlary a sufficient punishment for him. Messrs. Calhoun Si Mabry for defence. William Jones, alias Babe Jones, was tried for grand larceny and found not guilty. Messrs. W. C. Bcnot and A. E. Norrlslor defcuce. Tliero seems to havo been a general battlo with rocks near I,owndesvlllc some tlrao this year between Henry Heard, Sarah Heard and Alice Johnson on the one side, and Calvin Williams on the other. Although Calvin had so many against lilin In the fight, he got the best of It, but then his good luck stopped. Henry swore out a warrant against caivIn and Calvin swore out one against Henry and his crowd. The first c.ise tried was the one against Calvin, and the Jury found him gulliy of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Henry and his people were found not guilty. Col. E. It. Gary defended Calvin, and M. P. DeBruhl, Esq., Henry Heard et. al. (ieoruo Agnew was found guilty of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, und was sentenced to six months In the penitentiary or fifty dollars. M. L. Bonhatn, Esq., William Wright, charged with arson, was I found not entity. Mcwm. Graydon <? Graydon tor defence. The next ease tried was that of tho State against John Moore, eolored, charged with arson. Messrs. Gray don <fc Graydon represented the defeudant. It seems that several years since, the Kin house and contents belonging to Mr. Frank Arnold were burned, which caused him to lose three or four thousand dollars. Tbe evidence against Moore wa? ciicurmtantlal. At the June Court he was tried, but the Jury failed to agree. The trial last Friday resulted in his conviction with a recommendation to mercy, which will result in bis being sent to tho penitentiury for life. His attorney on various grounds have given notlco of appeal. Tho last wise tried was that of the State against T. Luclan Douglass, charged with assault and battery of n high and aggravated nature and with assault and battery with Intent to kill. Messrs. Calhoun & Nlabry defended ttie accused. Trial Justice W. N. Ransom not long since was considerably beat up while in town one ulght, and ho had Mr. Douglass arrested as tho offender. A strong light was mado by the State, but the defendant's counsel iu an able manner and nfter a hard battle succccded in convincing the Jury that Douglass was not tho man and they so found. This was the most hotly and ably contested case of the week. His Honor snccocded in clearing the docket of oil tho ease* except those against John C. t'crguwni una >v. li. woous, cunrgeu wim murder, and anothercase against Jotin Moore fur burglary and larceny, which was traunforred to the contingent dccket. Court ndjonrucd Saturday between three and four l\ M. w. p, c. BELIEF FOE NINETY-SIX. Oar Neighboring Town b? > Good Prospect for Rnllroad. Greenville Kent. , Cnpt. W. J. Kirk, the well knowu railroad engineer, wan hi the city and was Interviewed on yesterday by a representative of Tur. News on tbo subject ol tbe i new narrow gauge railroad now being talked about In . tbe lower section of the u[> country. In response to a vigorous application of tbe pnmp h? gave what he knew of the scheme. Three years ago a railroad line *?* surveyed from this city to Ninety Mi, being purl of a projected line Intended to be built under the name of tbe Uleenvllle <fc Port Koyal rnllroad. There wag much Interest In tbe sub Jcct at the time, several meetings were held and a charter urns obtained, KupreSent.'itlve M. F. Ansel and A. l>. Williams, of this city, being among the corpor' ators. Other railroail schemes attracted tbo atteiitloo i cf the people and the Greenville and Port Koynl dropped out of bight, only its charter and memory remainIn;. The original iden of the line was that It was to follow the Augusta public road from here through ' Laurens county and run by Ninety-Six or Greenwood ami tbence to Aiken and the coast Three works sgo the Interest of citizens In and near Ninety-Six was revived in tbe old scheme by the excitement now prevailing over narrow gauge railroads In Kdgetleld and Newberry counties, stimulated bv the wonderful achievements of K. M. Mitchell with the Augusta, Gibson & pnundcrsvltle rnllroad, a narrow gauge running about elgbtv miles south fiorn Augusta. Mr. Mitchell, who was a reporter for tbe Augusta Chronicle, became Interested In that road, which was tlieu but u project, a year ago nnd b?s pushed It so vigorously that *0 miles of it Is completed and In operation to Snundcrsvllle, joying '20 per ccnt. on itscapr Ital stock. I Mr. Mitchell has recently become Interested with ex o - f- III..... ,.r ?J.I_._n_l.l .-.I ..Ik... I., il... . scheme of building a narrow gauge from Augusta to > Newberry viu KdgeHcld C. II., and tbo money for (hut I is now In hand ready for the beginning of work us , soon n? tbo survey settles a local dispute about what 5 points tbe line shall ruu to. This road is chartered to ? Newberry. The Ninety-Blx people now propose to use tbo old , Greenville snd Port Koyal charter and under It to run I a narrow gauge touching and connecting wlih the Augusta and Newberry road at a |nlnt fifteen inlles be' low Ninety-Six and Un or twelve n.ile* above KdgeHeld court house and extondlng to Greenville with a view to ultimate extension westward over the mountains. An Informal meeting was held nt Ninety.!?lx and Captain Kirk was requested to visit Augusta and have nn interview with ('resident MltcbrlL 1 Ktoudly slnted, Mr. Mitchell's design seems to bp to f continue pushing tbo narrow gauge line south far j down into >?Jori<la and west over thu Jilue Kidge mountains until bo has a continuous line Several bun1 ilred miles in length, connecting with Charleston by 5 the South Carolina rallrond wlil'eh has given every in? dication nt n purpose to work with hiin. lie heard the plans of the Niliety-Six people a# staled by Cnti* tain Kirk, and, after a long Interview Id which all the i ground was carefully gone over. gave a written in_ dor?ement of the scheme and pledge to aid It if the people interested would do their share for building it lie undertakes to llont at par bonds of the promised f road to the amount of one half of its cost, and prom! l.-es to furnish Ibo rolling stock and run the road as p?it of his system, although he advises those interest' ed in It to keep it Independent anil under their own I control and believes they can do it. If they should . decide on this course lie promises to buy their rolling slock, ties, rails, etc, at the snuie rato nt wbl< h he ' bought them for his own rond. That road has cost tor i construction and complete equipment $4,&>0 per mile, and the proposed lire can bo built more chcsply, Its grading Wing much easier than that of tho Augusta, Gibson and Saundeisville road. Another meeting was held at Ninety-Six on last Saturday and Capt. Kirk reported the result of bis In' terview. It was received with inucb enthusiasm, and i the gentlemen present decided to give tho scheme de. finite shape immediately. Subscription lists were , prepared and sent out aiong the line of th? proposed r"n<l, and hnvo alreaily *buM*n resiiltx which jhoioIm> success. The subscriptions pledge the signers to take en much of the stock to be paid for in Ave Instalments, the acreeinent to be null ami Told in case tho town| thin In which the subscriber lives shall voto a subscription. The money subscribed In eich township is I Ul HO e&JKTIIIirU IU ^IftUlllg ll* luut kunuiuif DU IM ma ? umy bo rrquirrd. A meeting vni bold *t Triangle on Tneg'lny i?nd the people there show much Interest In the scheme and promise to subscribe liberally. Only 1,000 Florence Timet. Some wepks ago we asserted tlint If wp hnd oiip thousand subscribers to the Times, wo would double Its size to an eight pago paper. 'We repeat the statement, and firmly believe that ttiiis number will sooner or later be raised for the lint Is steadily Increasing. Andjnst so soon as It Is rettchcd, we will engage reporters, and make the Timet one of the best newspapers In the state. Greater difficulties than tins havo been overcome, and the subscription has Increased ten times since we assumed control, and all that Is asked now Is the paid up subscribers. Darlington county Is lair enough, and Inge enough, and liberal enough to sustain such an enterprise as Is proposed, and when it 1oes, then It will hove a paper la which it cau take n pleasurable in' t Cl k 61. SPARTANBURG AND AUGUSTA. ?? a splfindib Railroad now connects the two enterprising cities. The Trial Trip I.aNt Timdny Wn? A Delightful Niicccmh?Note* of the Country?Evidence* of 1'roHpcrlty InereMtlny Nketohca. Augusta Chronicle, Sept. 27. Last Tuesday morning a special tniln could be tfon forcing Its way out of the city over the track nf tile Augusta and Kuoxvllle railroad. It was a difficult process. Krery fe?v hundred yards the dapper little engine would banl iif> anil dip Itn colors to tne cltj ordinance. Kvery street-crossing ami alley-way a lineman was sviit out to fun the dies from tho right ol way, or wave down the struggling c?w as It Wended Its walk to the sewerage of the subui bs. One. two, three four, Ave, six, seven, eight, nino halts. Thirty minutes til the schedule lost?all the pa lutico of th?: passengers gone?because the law requires the ouc> lion fing as well as the engine bell, to wave at the dirt roads from the Union depot to liar's creek. Think of It! In Atlanta tho trains rush In with gonp ami gush, nn<l put tho town on notice lity tlinea n that the word *ni moving and the wheels of progress were rolling Into tho city. Down here the stately locomotives creep through the limits llko r Jersey bull led by a ring in Its now, until its inspiring presence is relcnscd over the hills and the bridge! over the country. On this particular morning, and for this nartlculai train, there was need of haste. The la->t link In the through line from Augusta to Spsrunburg wis then being driven, and the people froui l'iedinent Carolina were assembled to see tliu first delegation ride ovei the ne?r line of the Qeorgla Central. Englneei McNnth, (hiving "No. 5,"of the Port IJoyal and Ail guatn rail war, opened up beyond the fulls of th< Shamrock, and alter skipping the little ilrnw over th< canal, rushed past tho Quaker sand beds, and thmugi the rich Melds of upper Klchinond and Columbia M.tyvillc furnished a bright and charming cotnple nient to the party aboard. Tho reverse curve at th< river, with llie red iron truss was gono over, oni the special sped through the hills of the Dark Corne of Carolina, whero thlft ami brightness have followoi in the iron wake, und whero thepeoplo sro hopeful li spite of bud seasons and poor crops. Th? Vn..l,,l Tallin The train consisted of an engine and one car. Roni Master L. J. Trotti, uf th'j l'urt Koysl and Attgustn who now has charge of the ontlie system, from tli |dcr at Port Koynl to the turntable at Spartanburg gave up h:n htiine for the use uf CapUiln Buss nnd thi convenience of bit guests, ar.d had loaned his .ittcn tlon for the pleasure ?l tho passengers. The cur"No. 8"?bus Just been finished at the shops In Macon and is a model of neatness, con.\enlence nnd strength There Is nn observation loom at encli end for the In spectlon of the truck; there are sleeping berths am pantries, a kitchen nod ail ottlce. Under the tloor I an ice box and chicken coop, and all around are con veniences for the m.nn who watches the tics nnd tres tips all tho time, and whose life is spent ou the roui way. The Trip to (Jroouwood. At Clarke's Hill tho first ualt Is made. Threo sec Hons of the morning train have gone on abend, am the last?a freight and passenger section?refuses ti more up the steep grade, which Is the heaviest 01 the wb<de line of road. With the aid of our specln ?"No. 5" the section is pushed through llko trains li the Cumberland pass, and the crevasso through Hi rich orchard which crowns the hill Is passed. On th right is the home of tlon. Geo. 1). Tillman, with hi office In easy shot of the train. That quaint and pop ular personage has just passed in from the depo where he goes ont to get his morning's Chronicle and where Inter In the day lie Is studying up bl tactics to tight the gold bugs on tho sliver bill, or t circumvent the rufiroad men by s-.veeplrg out th Snvannuh river. The nelghoor* say that the gom win- of Mr. Tillman Is one of tho best farttwrs nn< finest managers in Edgefield county, and the eolli qualities of the Carolina Congressman are recognize* the country through. There Is a unanimous call fo Mr. Tillman to "come along," but the sage has passei within his gate cannot lie drawn from his Chronich even by the summons of an excursion whistle. Th trip along the A. & K. has become familiar to all All gustana. Time did not suffice for nti inspection <i the humlsome brick at I'luin Hmrcn or tlio Iieav ore from llie manganese mine, lit McCnrmlrk. A nui tncnl only and the bright new lit* of tho Savanna Valley diverge and am lost to view, ns the new lln simple# on ambitiously towards Anderson, Sout Carolina. The roadway ?f the A. Jc K. is now In prime cor dltfon. The track has bfen thoroughly tamped an ballusted, and the Iron roll ah?w m yet no slijns wear. '*1 would not he ftfniid now," said Cupt. Basi "to run toy trains over this line even at fifty miles a hour." tircenwood at Dinner Time. Greenwood brings a wait of a couple of honri That lovely little Abbeville city was loo long the tei minus to lie passed by like a unik In the wood*. I facts, its front of raising brick stores and Iron fucingt Its new hotel?all embowered in the pretty row t trees?make It a commanding business jmlnt all cad; as well us an attractive restlns place. Mr. J. F. Kllr; who has always lieon a friend of the liew railroad] has remodeled the old hotel, adding a story, and milk ing much needed extension. Ills house has becoin noted for Its Improved accommodation and tine eatltu and his transient custom has done much to build u the town of Greenwood. fcI would leave any spot on tho road to come t Greenwood for dlnnrr/ Suit! Meragne Fleming, as li forstKik his pool balls for chicken plo. ills coinpan soon agreed with him, and tho merry twinkle of Mr Kllcy's eye told that sho appreciated the compllinen In fact there Is a legend along this line of the roa< that after the pay car passcn through, the middle < every month, Mrs. Klley's coon looks like a Sullivan Island storm had ejient the night in it, and that hi Ave gallon cow has to be given a week's graze to re cuperate. ilut Greenwood Is equal to all emergencies. Cot fronting the railroad tracks are four brick stores hnl up by J. K. Durst and by J. T. tsluis, faced with iroi handsomely finished off inside and well lighted Ovt tli?m extends a unbllc hall and handsome suites i roomi, tbe Improvement representing nn ontlnjr < 910,006 or (12,1)01). in tbls row "The Augusta Store of .Mr. J. W. i'ayne, is conspicuous, lie lias brotigl out one of the largest stocks of geni's clothing ami i f:tll millinery goods ever displayed In Abbeville (oui ty. Mr. Payne tells the Chronicle that merchant have procured finer stocks this season tbnn for year and that the season opens with unusual fl.'iis u( proti ise. This month Greenwood has rccieved 1,000 lull of cotton, considerably abend of last year. The n ceipts there last season, I believe, reached 9,000 bale Mr. J. W. Browniosf, who Is with Mr. Payne, Is we known Id Augusta as an Industrious and expert sale uaii. Among tha Improvements at Crecnwflod the Ai gusta and Knoxvllle depot Is one of the most complel and substantial. The large structure, 112 by 8'l fee with t.000 feet platform, tins Just been completed, has a business otlloe and Waiting room with plenty i storage facility. It has beon built by J. W. Wool ward, contractor, and with Itsolivn trimmings Is handsome as well as inost convenient station. Lai year the Augusta and Knoxvllle hauled fully halfi the coltun from Greenwood, ami this season its bus nets will be so much heavier ns to used Increase abed and platform room. George Dnle Wadley. Bitting In the hotel piazza Id Greenwood, wcltlr for the train to leave, a tall, dark young man wi talking quietly to one of the railroad engineers. "That boy," said Major Ganahl, the road's attorne; la answer to a question of the Chronicle, "Is Geo.j Dale Wadlev. the youngest son of the latn Win. i Wadley. lie Is but 21 years of age, but Is saperlntci dent of construction of the new syeU-m of roai winch have been built under his direction." The Chronicle sought more Information direct! from Mr. Wudley, being attracted by bis quelt, carne manner. "Tea," said Mr. Wadley. on 10th July, 16S4, I Uxi charge of the new?G. L. it S.? four miles iibnt Greenwood. The road is 60 miles, and with Kngine< McDonald, wc have completed the line. Tho rail aro of steel tho whole way, tho ties being of pine an the trestling of heart pine. There uro 41 trestles ov< 160 feet long and G under 100 feet. There Is a 8-beat span trestle at Knorce and at North Tiger and Soiit Tiger rivers, as well as a bridge of Iron and wood ov? the 8aluda lilver." Mr, Wadley Informed me that he worked free lalx entirely, employing between 150 and 200 hands. Tli road bad been graded by the counties of AbtMivlll Laurens aud Spartanburg, but it bad b-en necrssar to extend about (20,040 more upon It to prepare tli bed tor Iron and ties. Mr. Wadley will commence upon the Savanna Vally Kallrond immediately, which ho hopes to hav flnlshed In 11 months, or in time for the moiietnent < the next crop. The Greenville and Laurens lUilron is being built bv Messrs, liice & Coleman, of Unlo county. The stations on tuo urrenwoon, uiurens anil &pai tanbiirif railroad mo Greenwood, Coronuca, Wmerloi High l'oint, Mudden, Laurens, Ora. Enore, Woodrul Uiisn, Tiger, Becca.and Spartanburg. ' the road will bp turned otch in flno order," sni Mr. Wadley. "1 was ordered to make a llrst clui construction, and I knew that Capt. Ruuul would ni recolve It in any other condition." Mr. Wad ley deserves greut credit for liIn worl Taken from his saw uilll in Koutli Georgia, where h bad duveleoped ft good buslne*s capacity with fin mechanical turn, he bud already b> come familiar wit materials and modes of construction. lie masterr tlie principles of practical engineering, and took hi turn at railroad building. lli? life bus been in th wood** of Inte and his home upon bis car. Just abov Woodruff, in a shady little nook, bis cottage car ht been switched npon an Improvised track, and aroun him lmve sprung tin the accompaniments of horn life. His cook has a kitchen car. and bis young wifenee Miss Tracty, of Macon?resides with hint in till nook throughout the greater pmt of the year. ] may bo lonely, away from friends in tho undevolope wilds of Carolina, but these plucky and clever yoiin people will he able some day to roll about in puluc cars, and appoint bsudsouie boiwes at both ends < the lino. At Greenwood the two Railroad CommlsHonere < South Carolina, came up on theColunbiaaml Grernvill railroad. Gov. Eionhaiii, tbe noble veteran, consclel tious officer, and genial gentleman, and Col. Duncan < Union, handsome, alert and straightforward, loukln like Capt. Dawson, of tho A'cinr and Courier, an the best of company anywhere. On the ?. L. & H. From Greenwood to High Point the new road Is ridge-way. Itrvond, the heavy work begins wit some tall trcs'ling trnil of picturpjque passes. Whe this line was Or?t projected it was pjedicted that th enterprise must fail. An incorrigible "tiger" la across tho path. This was the gorge at South Tlgt river which seemed Impassable. There are som places oesicneu uy naiure ior soiuuue nnn wutines n sort of Oklahoma reservation uimn which clviliz: tion Is warned to keep off upon tnc pnin of atinihlt Hon. 8011th Titer seemed to bo one of thews gorgei An onpretenUoiii strewn flows through the vnlle; hut (he Titer hits gnawed out a crevasso tlirouj: rocks and hill*and made a deep snug lair for itse way down through the wooded vale. "My heart failed m* when I first looked nt this n vine,* Ntlil Mr. Wadley, "hut In twenty-two days w were across." The treatle I* made up of 49 bents, 12 f. et apai It is ST feet high. The material cost $3,001) mid ti; construction a thousand more. There ?re other trei ties along the line. Town Rram-h, Twittys, Seuj Belle Forest, Beaver Hani, Strobei's and Moore's, bu no spot looked t<) formidable, mid no bridge seem more complete than this three-story trestle at Soul Tier. The heavy rains bad unsettled parts of the nowl primed road. The same stnnn which had shaken n Capt Kaoul's steamers off Ilntteras hud unsettled hi railroad near Spartanburg. Itut young Wadley lis remdied nil that, (iov. Bonham says this systei bus the best built new roads In this Slate; and t< day by bis grunt, the trains run through to Spartac burg. The Rrilroad** Struggle Tor Life. 5 On 9lh July. 1S51, the Greenwood, Laurens an Spartanburg i.ailway Company was orgunlzid. Mi Kngene V. Verdery, of Augusta, was made Preslden which position he 6t111 holds. His directory wa made up of men of reliable, enterprising and deter mined?'Thos.|K. Bellly, of Greenwood; It. P. Todd Dr. Shands, and I)r. fuller, of Laurens, the forme being Vice President, with Messrs. Cannon, Kllgor and Woedruff, of Spartanburg. The line was gradei by the grunt of $75,000 each from the counties 0 Laurens and Spartanburg, and the raising of addition mount by note. In the fall of lt^S. at the lime ?i the lease of the A. it K. the U., L. it 8. also went tin derC-apt. Kaoul's control, since which time he ha been a member of tbe directory. Oar Xew Allien. The country tlimncli wlili-h It vn*xcs Is superl ono. Beyond Greenwood some of tbe fair fields o old Abbeville stretch their rich cover and are stlin ulated to renewed yield under Increased valuo am I lmmproved aire. The bottoms of the Saluda am rlpi with grain, bending and nodding with "weight o | ears"?ready for the crowded garner. Tho hillside ] aro heavy with silver locks which are now trariri( through the remorseless saws, more soft and sllvorj from its laceration. Between the Saluda and Knoree wore there ever fairer flelds on God's green earth 1 do not think so. "1 do not believe." s.ild a proinluent Carolinian ti me, "that there Is a Held of poor land or an acre o waste In Laurens. If I were called upon to nauii the fairest and tliu fattest spot In nil ti.j State, 1 d< ' not know but that I would sa/ Laurens. Tho pen pie are conservative, thrifty, many of them wealibj ! now." [ Spartanburg is a rapidly developing city. P.otighe in texture than her favored sister, she Is ilcli In ilbri and strong In si now. Her mineral rettotirco lit boundKb?, uml her agricultural dornnln 1ms broadened to i wonderful degree i "Why, I can spot land In Spftrlanburc county wliicl before the war wng not worth ! an aero. Now yot ; could uot buy it lor $10 or f 15." Nome ConviuciiiK Figure*. 1 innst revert to tho fljr'ireti furnlidicd by our excel lent Columbia correspondent ill speaking of this good ly Innd: I Iu the counties of Abbeville, I/.urens uLd Spaitau bii'g there are 10,CM fnrmp, and 501S94 actvs of Improved land. Thesn'larms are valued at $3,095.97$: the value of live stock Ik $l,401.8$|, nnd the estimated v:iliUM>r fnrtn productions Is $5,<lG3,1IS. In I.utrens i county the "percentage of value of hum products In furm values" Is 71 i>oi-cent, while the average of the entire riedmont region Is only M per cent. These counties made, in 1SS0. 75052 bales of cotton, 1,447,342 bushels of corn, 473, 803 bushels of wit*, and 249,I S44 bushels of wheat. They ow ned 6429 head of horses. 9.798 head of mules, 39.5(11 head of cattle, 13,' 360 head of sheen, 45.58S bead of hogs. Soino of the ? best brooded ami grade stock in the South arc owned in Laurens and Spartanburg counties, and the improvement In the breeds Is making steady progress. The use ?f improved agricultural implements Is Inerensing, and tile most advanced methods of tannine 1 arc being advocated and followed. In Spartanburg county there are seven cotton mills using 1,700 horse- j power water power, employing 1,100 bands, and aiicr- w| eratlng 37,6S0 spindles and 1145 looms. The capital In- fcv vested in cotton manufacture is tho Inrgest of any lo, county In tho State, amounting to $1,048, 000. These (jfc] factories consume annually 1G000 bales of cotton, and -u, produco 1. SCO .225 pounds of yarn and 16,273,500 yards of cloth, valued at $1,670,000. It Is estimated that .(1| tlie total amount of capital employed in the three ,ni 1 counties Is $1,370,500. These establishments include flour and prists mills, lumber mills, turpentine stills, ,m ike. |m These counties furnish some of the finest water brl : powers in the Slate. The undeveloped power at |in ' Trothcr's Shoals, In Abbeville, la without doubt, one nB ' of the best In the South, ami can 1m? made avallablo at {|. ! coinpamtlvoly little cost. In the threo counties there "" 1 are 66 towns and trading settlements, with 4S2 Mures 1 ' nn<l the estimated worth of the store keepers is f'i,- * ' 1 bOS.lHJO. trt Look at these figures I What a world nf wealth 1,1,1 * thoir completeness holds, and what a possibility their ^ 1 suggestion brines here to us. It look*ns If something like the promised laud hud been opened up to lis! w 1 mi The City of Npnrtniibur^. lit This Gate City of Carolina is a place of rarn prom # . ; ise. It Is a befiiitiful town to begin with. Its rtores > are triangulated along tho town, in which the Court \ House, the Merchants' Hotel and the Opera House arc . conspicuous. Tho row of bandsomo residences In tbo 1 upper end of the city are as modern and as tasty ns s I'nrker's Now or tmy IVachtiee Block. Years ago ? I Spartanburg had but one line, the Union and Colum- i ! P biti railroad. . I uWhnt has been the secret of yonr growth," Tiik . i CnnoMCLe askod of young Simpson, a prominent ^ lawyer at that bar? "Kallroads. Wo lmve not been hampered by constl'lltlonat objection. Wo subscribed |20l>,lXM In - ? 1 ?|. I IfiA * * county Donos in me Aiinnia mm ....... We ({JVC 175.100 to tlilit new road anil as much mure <j 11 to tlio Arhevlllo connection. Altogether *? havu ' f jrivt-n nearly bnlf a million to the tie** enterprises, " What Is the consequent! The (K>|itilnli<in Increased .* * froin 1,0S0 In 1S70 to 8.2M In 1SS0. The city pton- rty . * is valued at one and a quarter million dollars, Twenty-flve or thirty thousand bale* of cotton are shlp|K'd , '* annually to New York and Charleston, much of which " now must go to Augusta." i I Tho town has nn elevation above the sea level of 987 : feet. There is an Opera House, costing $11 DUO. and three lnrge, hands mm brick hotels, one of which 1ms one hundred rooms. In the town. The National Hank | has a paid In capital of $lUU,tX<0, has ? surplus of 3H,- ar J WW. ai That Spartanburg will be a railroad center cannot he m doubted. It lias already fonr roads an 4 In a short e< time Its Henderson line will be pushrd throngh to ?? i- Ashevllle, N. C., making this road the direct and pop- fti 1 ul.<r through route to the Land of the Sky, willed is m ? now two days noil nights nway. Then azaln, If m- fl n mors are true, Col. John M. Kobinson, President of jn >1 the Da/ Line, the rfealMinrd and Itinnoko, Knleigh and u| i Gaston and Carolina Central rid I ways, is pushing bis ? e roads towards Spartanburg. This would give Angus- hi e t? a now and competing line to the North by way of u 4 Spartanhure. The question loo comes up. Will rot ?l - Cnpt. Kaoul pnsli on his great tya'eiu to the West? dl t He has three terminal points in upper Carolina from ri ', either of which b? uiay push through tbe mountains (J s lo Knoxvllle. p An?ler*nn, (>reenvillc nnd Npartnn* biirg nrc Stepping Stones for * J n Through Line lo the ,1 n cm. in r Some years since a elvil enzlneer rode up throuch 11 tlio Cumberland country lookinz for miiic <] file gl K through the impenetrable rlduo which stretched its ?| e forhidOInz fioiit the limits of Carolina, Tun- [, * uels Interminable, zindes impossible and trestleB liri- j-r '' practicable loomed up before the sickoned ze of the c| y eni:ineor. In his mind he taw no solution of the nl !" trouble, unless nil outlay of millions was niiute. " Weary of fmtber trial he sauntered along the side of a w .e stream, when his horse stoopni for drink and he him'* self sat still for reduction. Ths day1* sun wns retrent- ), ing behind the bills, when an armed horseman came, jj 'r upundeyed lilin suspiciously. No llhoderic ever j, 'J. flared inore fiercely at an Interloper than did this bait(lit at the man of stake chains and theodolites. '' "What do you want beret1' h n The railroad vldette explained his business. The Ij other allowed his suspicion to inelt, and simply said n to bis companion: si "Come with me up the sides of this stream, and I a< I. th'nk yon will find a pass through which a railroad p ' might twlno throuch tho mountains." I' n "It was even so. and Redmond the noted ontlaw. ti t; led the engineer through Kstatoe Gup, where Ranut it )( must one day trace his great extension and which tiie b r, Carolina, Chicago and Cumberland Gap will certainly tl f, traverse, J, The problem of Roht. T. lTayne, when be nought to . :- connect Charleston anil Cincinn itl, will soon be solved " e ?and the bandit, since captured, released and reform- w ed?will one day ride with his family on tho rails P p throuch Kstatoe. where ho blazed the way to all this ?' development. With a line to the West, this way, J1, n President Ruonl would be free of the State l'ood en- : e t/intilfiiiont, nnd nil bhock and collision with the *' y troublous Knst Tonn., Vu. & Qa. It. 1?. la tliat side . > would close. t. I CJlonn Nprinps. ? ,,f G'enn 9prln<rs, In Spartanburg, have long been not8 ed for ihe cnrntWe powers of their waters, They are 'r said to Iw m good as Tate Springs In Tcnnessse, and for dyspepsia the natives nay they are unsurpassed. Dr. Kllgore, of Spartanburg, Is -ntliu&lstilc over the h J" water. lie relates some wonderful cures, one in liis 'i " own fumlly and scores of instances crop np outside. h '' In fiict, so alti.clied are tile Spartanburg people to ti ''Olcnn Springs that they have organised a company to C *{ conMruct a narrow gau:re t.i that lovely and alnbri- t< ons basin where the water fall* from the mount-tins. 1 ' sparkling with the eye of llygica and chaigcd with B , the beauty ot Hebe. II if ' ,1 I- On (lie Hack Track. d g. Well, all these thlncs came crowding Into the brain | I. amonc the memories of n trip to Pjiartsnburg, fiom i 35 Tuesday morning to Wednesday nlgut. ('nptain Bars s. had charge of the delightful tiial and Inspection run. ' which was so successful and so thoroughly peasant |j that the t>a.?songer* could not refrain from expressing j. congratulations and thanks In the form of resolution*. These he accepted with becoming grace and arallflcation. Capt Bass Is a bundle of energy, boond to- n t?i gether by practical knowledge and irasoned by quick. r nee ti rate Judgment. He kr.c.wg crery foot of his roml \ l| and erery patron almost of his system. He Is fsmllt- c jf nr with all details of his work, and Is, In bis line, a re- p j. marbable railroad man. Just see his railroad system ! c ? From fcpartanburg to Port Hoysl Is 247 miles; connt- ? nt Ing the Greenvillo and Lauretir, and the S.ivntuiah t uf Vtlley. the system makes np a total of 850 miles of n J. llinilf Willi l-ljui|i|mi Mill! .... .? v.. ..o -..J , j other factor to working out tho development of the two States nf Georgia and Carolina. Now that this valuable territory lia* heen added to the business field of Augusta, she ought to work It for all It I* worth. Drummers should be sent out and 'B advertisements planted In the columns of the Cukonils cir and local press These people are old friends of Augusta. Their father* traded with us thirty anil T< forty years ago, when wagons rolled ovi-r the roida to from Spartanburg and from far up Into North Carolina ? all wending their way to Augusta. These new lines J* restore former commercial relations and build up a community ot Interest. A wril-kuown c-irriagc Arm In Augusta told Til* If Chronicle yesterday that it had extended its mnnu8 facturlng department and would send Its agent?a 1 bright, business-like Carolinian? all over the new ' i roads. Business with them Is good. They have no 'c fault to find about railroad rates or dull tliurs. They *r are working up the trade themselves. Tho peopl* of * these sections must lie brought together. SpartanJ burg Is getting up a hi* banquet for October. Augua!r ta should see that these people there are given one or 11 two excursion* to visit the city and view our trade h attractions. If tho town has the enterprise, alio will ' * give the Carolinians an ovation Just as tho city of Cincinnati did over her great Southern Raliroad. >r Augusta, at all events, has the field now. It remains i' for her to plant the seed and reap the harvest. c SPARTANBURG'S NEW RAILROAD. h 'P '{ An Important Event In the IliMtory u of our MNtcr Town. Spartanburg Herald, c Saturday will mark nn epoch in tho history 1 j of Spartanburg. Once inoro wo nre it "com- * ' pie ting point" with nil tho privileges anil 1 ,1 possibilities tlmt tliin fact Imports, .since the n i, road reuchcrl tho Forest, a mile and n half ' )t from town, numbers of spectators have been " watching Its rapid progrees. On Wednesday r . last trestle beyond the city limit* was built 1 ' and the engine rolled Into town; by Thurs- | ? day night they had built the trestle, half a ' > n,iur?.>n IhoPllv Uull nnil nftiilecliirn tvno t 1 rife whether they could reach the depot by h i, Saturday night. A short but wide double * ? trestle had to be built Just at the depot. At u , dark on Saturday night the bridge had not v been completed. .Some of the onlookers left d for supper, but a large crowd remained. Cant. 6 Waddel lit his lantern and stood tliore eftliu ' and self contained, while his hands worked 'j I, with a vlin and enthusla*m that was wonder- 1 I, fill and inspiring. Dark ness en wrapped them h ,i but Htlll they worked on. Torches were lit, 1 ,, and the work was pushed forward by their 1 ? lurid and fitful glare. Huge timbers were " , raised and pluced In position, the crosctles ar- 0 ranged, Irons pushed forward, laid, pinned and spiked with a celerity that was asadmlrl able as it was wonderful. The push car pass- ? . ed over the treFtle at 7.2-1. A17.54 the engine, ,j- with a prolonged and loud shriek of triumph, _ crossed the la*t bridge and was at the depot, h The cheers of those who thronged the cars and those who awaited its coming made the 1 welkin ring. Hut still the work pushed on until the truck was laid across the street to the very end of the embaukmeut. The last a spike was driven at 9.10 p.m., and the road h was completed. Will it provo an empty " promise or the harbenger of a new era to e Spartanburg? \? as t.hc J75,(WO wo gave It a >' good Investment? Wo believe It was. Tbc ? tide Is upon us: If we take It at 1U flood it e will lead U8 onward and upward until wo will li ?, become tlie Atlanta of Carolina. We are t< ? bucked by a county tlie wealthiest In tlio a i- State, excepting Charleston. Our railroad ft !* liaclltles ure equalled only by Charleston and tl F, Columbia, una the Piedmont section surpass- n h es both In every quality, which ensures pro- I; If gress. If we fall to be what our prospects pro- h mlse It will bo our own fault. This reproach & we do not believe will rest upon us. Ourmer- si 0 chants are alive; they aro thoroughtly In II earnest. The Hoard of Trndo lias been or^an- ? t l/.ed for syslematlc the thorough work. We T e may notncconipllsh much In a day, or a year, I' ?- but wo will keep at It until Spartanburg be- l' >\ comes a protil to her citizens and u pride to 11 it the State. a m This road, will be openeil for Freight and 0 b Passenger Traffic ou Thursday Soptember If 24th Inst. ci v The opening of this Road makes the dlR- w p lance between Augusta and Spartanburg 134 h s miles (Augusta & Knouvllle. <W miles; Green- tl wood, Laurens & Spartanburg, GO miles), oi " Through Train Service between these two joints will be established as follows: tl Passknger ami Mail (daii.y.) ]. Leave Ausustn 7.55 n. m. c< Arrive Greenwood li.oo a. in. '1 Arrive Laurens 12.11p.m. Bj . Arrlv? Spurlanburg 2.09 p. m. ?' t, Leave Spartanburg 3.00 p.m. " # Arrive Ijiurens 4;w p. in. '- Arrive (ircenwnod 5.30 p. m. T I, Arrive Augusta 0.2} p. in. r ta ,. Accommodation (daii.y) tl Jf Leave Augusta fi.10 a. m. ct Arrive Greerwood 1.25 p.m. Arrive Ijuirenn .1.19 p. ni. Arrive Spartanburg 6,25 p. m. * I^eave Spartanburg 7.10 a.m. r..' Arrive taiureiiH 9.-10 a. m. i> Arrive Greenwood 11.40 a. m. ? Arrive Augusta 0.55 p. in. ? The Stutlons, with DlsUinco from Spartan- qt> burc lire f Greenwood fifl A Coronaoa 59 1 Waterloo 51 a, u High Point ,40 v f Maddens 411 f, ? Laurens :W ; i mi T 1 Knoree ?.iS ,:J Woodruff. I!) I *Swltzer i:< . Mimic 10 A > *i!ccoa G u, f Spartanburg U b Flag Station. > The above circular explains Itself. jt ' Prepare for the Winter by buying an c!e-!\\' gnut pair of bed blankets Iroiu White Brolh*; Hers. Sept. ?0. jA] While Brothers have a good lot of shot! ?' guns. Among them uro some very fine "1 breech loaders. Sept. .'50. j Hi i I<et all Lho ladles wanting a cashmere dress j examine White Brothers' (stock beforo pur-! " chasing. Sept. 80. |S(| T1re?se.;< cut and fit and made to order oil short notice at Bell iV GalphliiV. Sc-pi. uu J xi Special attention Is called to our stock of; - nililiitery which Is undoubtedly one of the i i finest we have over shown, It. M. JIaddon & <.r Co. Sept. u'J. 1 0^' SHOCKING SHOOTING, m CLIENT WHOM LAWYER'S ARTS I COULD NOT SAVE -- THE PISTOL J| MORE POTENT THAN THE FORMS OF LAW. r. O. T. 4'nlbreath Arrested Upon the Charge of Killing W. II. Hammond and AftcrwnrdH Mliet to T Death by a naskvd Nob. Augusta Chronicle. to r Mother net In Iho terrible tnuliteily. which bojran niOl 111 young llnminiitid'a ussjhM nation in Kriitrfiehl n -pv^ ir days since, ha* been enacted In Kdpedelil, nml tlie vii is in a oiain <>i wroesi excitement over me inur- cil I r of Mr. O. T. Culbrcalh by a masked mob, who irgnl him with the killing of Hammond. Wlieth- co'' guilty of the charge or not, the manner In which tax nishmeiit was muted out Is greatly to l>e di-plorcd, I cannot bu two heartily condemned. The law- rpj-i Idlng citlzcns of old Kdgellrld cannot too plainly 'J'U ike known their horror and disapproval of this red- ID nded outrage upon law and order. Onr dlbpitclios Ing word that Indignation mevtlnfcs Will he held, j ft the fullest efforts made to apprehend the guilty rties. We furiilsh below lull particulars of the sell >ody tragedy. t|ijj Ci.istoh waitn. S. C., September 22.?'The town of Igi-tleld 1* Intensely excited over the last act In tli? T igeily which was Inaugurated I .at week by tho asnsinatlon of young W. ](. Hammond, In the yard of rs. Culbrenth. Suspicion settled U|mhi Mr. O. T. fS ilhrenth, husband of Mrs. Culnreath, as tho murderof llainmund, and last nipnt this suspicion culmlited in the murder of Mr. I'alhrealh, right In the ]: art of the village, by a band of masked men. o Kaily Monday morning a warrant was sworn out be- ? re Trial Justice (ilover for the arrest of Mr. t). T. ilbrcnlb, the hnsband of Mrs. Fannin Prescott Cnleath,charging him as the assassin of young Ilam- -p ond. The warrant was placed In the hands of Conatdo Kobert liamsey, who found no difllculty in exe- J itlng the same. Heturning to Edgefield village, it , as agreed that Mr. Cnlbreath should not be pheed In 'la5 II, as no fear was entertained of his flreing from jus:o, so he n as left at tho hotel. After tea last m.*ht ! repaired to the ofllce of his attorney#, Mrssrs. Gary Hoi Kvans, to consult with them In rrferencfl to hi? ? mil nnd petition. It hud been raining all day; and 1 uhout ten minutes before eight o'clock Hie village j^j, ni us rjulot as such nn occasion could demand, when >n?tnble IUinsay rushed into the ofllce of Messrs, "'I' nry A Kvans and Informed thein thnt u txidy of men jj0< ere coming up the rond. Humors ol n lynching parhad been heard In the village, and Mr. Culbreath Mill! id been advised to leave by friends, but lie said no- juu uly wunted to hurt him. and It was jirolwbly an atmpt t<i oxtort informnllon from sonic negroes on bis Stu ace who were thought to know something about .i.. mng Ilnnimond'sdinth. When the constable enterI theolllce with ihe announcement that a body of cic en were approaching, It could no longer ko doubted mt Pel They Were After t'ul breath, Co id he was told to enter the back room of the office nol id inako his escape through a door opening into mill yard. He hnd no sooner left the room and clos- 1 1 the door than the mob knocked at the front door. or id asked If Mr. (Jiilbrcntb was In. They wero Inrmeil that he was not, but, not satlt-Ucd with ibis nn- CC( ver, they entered, and two of the men, covering Mr. ary with cocked pistols, two threatening Mr. Kvuns " i the same manner, and two others proceeded to till vn the back room door. Messrs. Garv nnd Evans . ero unarmed, but protested vehemently against the Prl ivnding of their private office. Upon the open'ng of Cg( io diMir of the back ntom Mr. Culbreath flred, Ills lot taking effect above the door. Ills Are was Imme- j lately returned, one ball striking Culbreath In the ght shoulder and another penetrating the door. iilbrcalh cried out' Don't shoot mo any more, Tr "I Aui Killed !" j,y He was seized and dragged out of tho offlco, all . bile protestlnc his Innocence nnd the great wronj* ! ca lut wns being done bltn. He was dragged, between | fifl vo mm, about a miii; oacK 01 me umri uouso, oni i .. f town, to a small hollow between the Crilghton anil i ich'dberger place*. lie called the mimes ol several | leinbers of t1i? party, begging them to let blm ride, ?ylnsf thnt ho was dying from his wound and was un- I Pn lilo to walk; ulx> asking certain persons, whose namesj |jq e called. If they were not n.-hained to treat an okI lend that way, and alleging his Innoceoec of the US rime for which he was being murdered. When they RO| rived at thu hollow he asked to be ullowcd to pray, | id also ri-qites'rd that he be shot In tho back, ife : Sft] ns then phot three times, one ball striking him in the I mall of the buck, one in the lilp mid ono lower down "c< i the ! g. neither of which were serious wound*. i te sunk to the ground and the tnobdispersed, leaving im for dead, liy tills time n ta: Party of Citizcnx as iid been organized and set ont In pnrsntt of tho r0i nchlng inob. Near tbo hor.se of Mr. Crrigliton they let Mr. Culbreath walking back to town. He had re< lopped ut the house of Mr. Crclghton, lie said, asking Imisslon and saying that ho had been shot all to llc leces, and was dying. lie gave his nunio and Bhkcd II< >r a glass of water, but It was refused, and ho was , irnrd nway. He had set out to walk to town when 014 e was inet by the party of citizens, who, having eard tliu shots, and believing til in dead at first JOIIgllt it ] \Tns HIh Ghost, > ul soon saw it was Culbreath In tlosli and blood. Ho < 'Hi taken in a vehicle and carried hack to town, and ' laced upon a bod In the J-ill for safety. The doctors ( ipposc that he fainted fiom loss of blood and ex- . ausilon |ust about the time be wus shot tho lust ines, und thus It was that the mob thought him dead. nr: le was unable to lie down, and complained of oxcrulating pain in his side, lie was propped up in bed, up ut the attending physicians did not consider his unitsfatal, lie was perfectly conscious, anil the , "cinint nf Tlip fmrTnl ootraL'u uiion hiin. wMl-Ii has j&t been related. Is An Told By Himself. , He protested hts Innocence throughout, and prayed , ir Ills murderers, calling tlio nuuies of several whom e recognized, lie lingered until 5 o'clock this morn- , lg, wlieli lie died. An inquest was Inaugurated, and ns l>een adjourned for the procurement of further ('y I'Stlmonv. Taylor, one of the posse who guarded ] . lulbreath In Jul!, In his testimony before the t.'oronor trtl ii-day, gave the names of sevuml parties that he says p. inlbreath ?Dinned, with his dying breath, were . mong Ids ninnlrrt rs. It is perhaps not wise to pun- til l?h these until further developments are made. It is ?i. mi to .Mr. Crelghtnn to say that lie explains his connet, when Culbreoth ?ouglit shelter at his hou.se, by he statement that ho bellevrd him an ItnpoMer and ?i he whole tale made up. The coroner's Inquest will e resumed Thursday, and a verdict will be rendered, bll in Indignation meeting will be held to-morrow by the ItizensT Great excitement prevails. It was an outage of the deepest dyo ever perpetrn'ed In the Stale. A Family A flair. The circumstances surrounding the terrible tragedy rc peculiar, and the parties are a.l connected liy marlage or other relations making it one of those unrorunutc fuiuiiy affairs which are so disastrous In their on5e<]'>cncts and so deeply to be deplored. From a enlleumn acquainted with all the parties, end the i ircnms*ar.ces of both chapters In the bloody tragedy, [ i-c get the following facts which have bearing upon he matter: The parties are all respectable, well-con- ft lected people, ond stand high in I bo county, Mrs. I 'u.breath Is the daughter ot the Into Captain Wm. U 'rescott, one of I lie mo?t respected names In South ,'arnlina. Dr. William I'reseotL a brother of Mrs. 'ulbreath. married a sister of Mr. Culbreatb. The T iruiurr ul juuim iwiuuiuiiu, n nu nuo .'.vuoiuji , j|_ in? engaged to bo married to a daughter of Ctllbreatl).1 pr .'ulhreath a man past forty years of ago, and bad Town children. Owing to his cruel treatment <il bis irlfe", nlte win forced to separate from him about two ears ajro. It It Mid that on the separation sbo pavo ilin |5,IKK). expecting him to go away to somo other wl ilace, and leiivo her alone. Instead of this, however, lit le ?cl tied within ft mllo of her, and bas sinco then I pr ;ept jealons vigilance over her, niakitifC throats against ,ny one who went lo see her, and constantly Impornnlng ber to let him come back. Ho Is said to hnvo hrefltoned young Hammond's life more than wnce, c i:d Ida own daughter teatlfled at the coroner's inquest _ iver Hammond's body that she had beard ber father 'ow be would kill him. Young Uuunnond wua al>out 1 yeurs of nge, a near neighbor of Mrs. Culbrealb, nil had been employed lis a sort of overseer on tlio /iilhrcuth place. Ills mother testified at the Inquest hat her son had told her a few days before that Cutin-nth had threatened his life, and he told her so she \ 'mlpht know, in case ho was killed who was bis uiurlerer." Said our Informant, In view of these facts, there Is Ittle doubt on the minds of the people of the neL'hlorhood tlwt Culbrealb Is responsible for young Hamnond's death. There Is a fence running nlong by tlic *y' /lliurrniii UfHiiHjuimi iiivrc la u uuur at ciiurr run ?u lie liolife. There bus a beaten path along the outside u" if this fence nnining the length of the house, show- *~ ng that Hammond's murderer had been wnltlntr the pportunlty to kill him for some time, and had paced ackward and forward troin door to door in the ntcinpt to sen In the house or secure nn opportunliy to tti hoot. When Hammond rnme Into the yard with the w hlld the desired opportunity was afforded, and ho was I! hot down like a dog. Said our informant: While I i'ua not In Kdgefleld at the time of the killing of Cul- i irenth, I know the feeling which existed towards him, ml ihe reasons which le<l to his being dealt with by lie mob, viz: the firmest conviction of his gull', the lTi nabllity to prove it, and the knowledge that his ar- ^ algnincut and trial would bo a mere farce, resulting n his acijulUil. It la not certain that Culbreath did he killing; lie wns. perhaps, too smart fur that, and I wirn he wrote a letter to Dr. l'rescott assuring him IT bat he could prove an alibi. It was firmly believed, If lOwever, by the men who killed liiin that he was rep^iisibh fur the murder. If nut the actnat slayer, nd that If a negro or other jersos did the shooting it rue merely as a tool In Culbreath's hands. The report tbat there were improper relations ex- S Jstlng between Mm. Oulbrealh uud young Hammond ii utterly without foundation, and receive no ere- -\y eiiee Imiii the oeopie who knew her. She Is one of ( he most estimable ladies In Carolina and Is aboyu ,)t. uspicion. Huid our lufonuation: I do not give you ] hese facts in Justification of the action of I ho mob pe hat killed Cul breath. I deprecate the sail occurrence ( s much as anybody, and hearily disapprove of their p0 oursc. ( . ^ IEVERAL OF THE PERPETRATORS IDENTI- V/. p(; po rhe State Senator from the Comity f Implicated, Hut Denlos Ills Unlit ! ?Several Relative* of Mr*. Oil- ! breath Anions the l'arty of Lyu- j fliers, < \ Columbia IlcQi.itcr.] Tkkntox, Seiitember 24.?The iury in the Coroner's K|iient over the body of Culbreath, who fell a victim j lynch law, convened to-day, and Mr. James Minis, very reliable young man, gave as evidence, In a arless and commendable mannor, that on tlie day of lie lynching he was atAntloch Church, about eight _ illes from the courthouse, making some repairs on (j Is fathei's grave, when he noticed passing in easy earing distance some eight or ten ino-jntcd men, nine of whom were partially disguised, though not Lifliciently su to avoid Identification; tL:rt some of jem spoke to him, calling him by name. Those hoin he mentioned as recongnlzed by hltn arc Joseph 'albert, W. L. MeDaiilel, W. Holmes, l)r. W. K. rescott, Win. l'arkman, Memphis Clllbreath, Lon j rescolt, Ned Bussey,' One-eyed" Wilson and Collier I [amtnond, only three of whom were disguised. That t few minutes after this he saw Luther Bell and 1). A. '. Ilell,.Jr.. standing In a pine thickut, who Inquhvd c ' a crowd had parsed. Minis answered yoR, and call :1 the names of souio of them. They replied that It aa their crowd and went In pursuit toward the court ? unse, saying that they were going to take "lilm"' from L le constable and sec If something could not be found T at about the murder. If. lllll I...IIII..I .... ...... ... v i.i..|i i.uin JJ "OUII. il int Ills patient told him that Bill I'arkiimn shot htm i (Inry's oillce, mid I'mkiuiin and Wvatt Holmes car- * ed him out to tho sltugbtor pen. This testimony Is jrroborated by other#. The jury of Inquest adjourned at ! o'clock to meet .'.tin to-morrow, hiiiI a spirit of determination is lown l>y thein to reach, if possible, the bottom facta I i tho case and to bring the utility parties to justice. Tho Mr. Tulbcrt mentioned by Mr. Minis in Senator nl!>rrt, und in justice to lilm I (rtve ids denial of bav- ? i, iK uliy connection with the. lynching whatever. He r?. >>&that Mr. Minis la certainly mi sink en as to him- 1 df. as on the evening of Culbrenth's murder he was inilncd to a sick bed and hud Dr. Key to attend him. An Old-Time I.iilliiby. j, p by tho e Li Irs they merrily climb? ol liroe Utile white gowns at slerpy-time, rut Ig brother Betinoy and baby Grace, twi nd funny wee-boy with the happy face; roil nd muiiiuin nines na they mount the stnlr, line crunkr words to a queer old air? Qm Jo to bed sleepyhead, (j? nd sleep for money to buy a cow t" j|ol ltd Bennoy, "Such humbug I never heard I c^'l nd I don't believe It a single word. for( ' I slept nil night, and slept all day. <j-eI o you think I'd be any liclier. say* f li<! wee-boy nodded his curly head. , dftinmn, sing It ndeii!" the baby said. Jo to t ed sleepy-head, ' nd glcop for money to buy a cow.'' OPJ dd Benney, "Who made a silly song ? . tells a story; Itmui-tbo wronc." " can't tell, Benney, I only know, ? was sung to me long years ago, _ F your au Id Scotch cranny, sweet and dear, 1J lu-n i was ft smau ns uiiny ncre. ? o go to boil n!f ml aleep fur money to buy a cow.'' f prandm.i said It, It mtiRt be truo; it 1 don't believe It. no?v ?ny, do yon ? j |0 nd tell inc. iiiiUiiinn, I'd like to kttow. JJQ lion she ariit yon to bed, did yon n'.wnys go i>9, I always wont, as you tniist now.'' ? id the lunnv weo buy, -'Then whore's your cow?" T ' h, to lu ll sirt'py-biMul, 1le cow jumped over tho moon, thoy said." I.ndies Jerseys very eheup at Wlilio HrnUiS. lii'lit. ft Il HE." I Jo E 11 vl be ' ACCORDANCE WITH TIIE ACT aiso supplies for tlio fiscal j'earcom- vl ncing Novembor 1st, 1884, approval :ember 24th, 1884, notico is hereby giy- of that the Treasurer's office of Abbeville W nty will bo open for the collection of [URSDAY, OCTOBER 1,1885,? ' ' iii I will be open except thodavg in the eduJoof appointments mado below in < notico. he rate per conturn of taxes is as fol- j s: tate purposes, 5J mills. ounty current, 3 " loads anil bridges, 1J 41 ^ chools, 2 44 j Total 12 mills. I ?o!l tax ?1.?0. n all cases where tlie May installment U i not boon paid, a penally of 5 por itum upon said installment will be led. ir 'axes are payable in tlio following N ids of funds and no other: Gold and jj ver Coin, United States Currency, Na- 11 ual Bank Notes, and Coupons which til becomc payablo during tho year 11 5, on tho consolidated bonds of this ite, known as "Drown Bonds," and on " i bonds of this Stato known as "Defincy Bonds," Jury certificates and tho 1 r diem of Stato witnesses in tho Circuit urts will bo received for County taxes, L including School taxes. " A 'arties liable to Poll Tax, and failing refusing to pay tho same, will bo pro- J >ded against as for a misdemeanor and u on couviction "shall bo lined not moro ? in Ton Dollars, besides costs, or by im- ti isonmont in the County Jail not ex- ^ ;ding thirty days." 0 tl Ml taxes romnining unpaid "on the h day of November, 1885, tho County cn.suror will proceed to collect the same J distress or otherwise as now proscrib- n by law, together with tho penalty of c teen per centum on the amount so deqnent, and if tho amount of such de- r iquent taxes and penalties shall not bo j id on or boforo the 15th day of Dccemr, 1885, thon the samo shall bo treated ? delinquent taxes on such real and per- * nal property, and shall be collcctod by t ie of such real and personal property wording to law." [n order to furthor the collection of tho ses and to accommodate tho tax-pavers far as I am able, I have arranged the ij lowing schedule of appointment and inest the tax-pa3*ers will take due no0 thereof, as the office at tho Court juso will necessarily bo closed on thoso 1 ys. Verdery, Tuesday, October Gth. j Bradley, Wednesday, October 7th. j rroy, Thursday, October 8th. i McCormick, Friday, October Oth. * Greenwood, Saturday, October 10th. ( Ninety-Six, Monday, October 12th from J rival of down train until doparturo of 1 train Tuesday, October 13tb. Hodges, Wednesday, October 14th. ; Donalds, Thursday, October 15tb. j Duo West, Friday, October 16th. Tho remainder of tho time I will be in e offico at tho Court House. j rax-payers in Lowndesville, Magnolia, > ilhoun and Bordeaux townships, will ] ko notice that tho Savannah Valley < lilroad tax will bo collected at the same no and subject to tho samo nenalties as i o State and County taxes. ] All information as to taxes will be i eerfully given by mail or othorwiso, : it I will not pay postage. 1 J. W. PERRIN, 1 < County Treasurer# ! Sept. 0,1S&>, tf OTTON GINNINGl WILL bo on hand every day for the remainder of the SEASON, at the old aland eparod to Gin Cotton3 th the best and most Improved machinery, the ONE TWENTY-FIFTH part or the oceudu of Ihe cotton. t. w. McMillan. Jcpt. 0, lSSo, tf SMITH & HENRY, | i J ii m iv r? r* w nuuvu uiu xjcyxiv L arc prepared to GIN COTTON j i r tho ONE TWENTY-FIFTH. Their ma- . tilery I* new ami tlielr conveniences are 1 iplc. [dept. 9, 1*85, tf YEiS 1 ARE STILL IN THE RING. ND our prices will convince you that we L are determined to aock Down, Drag Oat and Undersell any rlolrfe House ii this Town.; t STRONG ASSERTION RUT ' (OLID FACTS. e submit the following prices on Groceries: ! Jholcc Rio Coffee 8 pounds for S1.00, or He. r pound In siteks. ['rime Rio Coffee 9 pounds for $1.00, or 10c. rpound In sacks. lood Rio Coffee 10 pounds for 31.00, or 9c. per .jranulated Sueor 12 pounds for $1.00, or 7%c. . r pound in barrel. I Kxtra C White Sugnr 13 pounds for $1.00, or ;c. per pound In barrel. I bellow SuRiir 11 pouuds for 51 00, or 6-Xc. per uud In bnrrel. Itrown Sugar 15 pounds for $1.00, or GJ^c. per und in barrel. <yrup, ft choice article, nt 2.r>c. Ballon. , Molasses, imported, at S5c. gallon. S'ew Orleans Molasses at 30c, gallon. *oap, 100 cakes, 7"> pounds, at S'i.40 per box. Soap, 10*1 cakes, 05 pounds, at SJ.'ii per box. Kxtra (.'renin Cheese s pounds for SI.00. tood Cheese 10 pounds for ?1 .on. Uackernl in !-< barrels 31.00 each. Vlackcrcl In 10 pound bucket* (Wc. each. , eat, Bagging & Ties at Lowest Prices, i REMEMBKIl OUR MOTTO IS 1 I ood Goods, Good Weights & { Bottom Prices. AT ? PARKER & HILL'S, ! iept. 8,1SS0, tf t tEAL ESTATE: A-GrElVT. c HK undersigned oflers his services to tlio ' citizens of Abbeville county as agent In I ; purchase and sale of Heal Estate. Where J Prtle is made tlie only charge will be for 1 irertlsliie. Commissions,one and one-half 1 cent, on all sales. ,, J. T. PARKS. 'or sale In Ninely-six township I'JO Acre* valuable laud, u part of the original Ilartville place. Tho limtl will be divided in u or three tracts or sold as a whole, public ids touch It on two sides. 0 kino, SOU Aero tract In tlirre miles of Mt. rinel depot ou Miivnnnnh Valley Hallroad. 0 the premises Is a good dwelling house, irln n use, and nil oiliernecrs?ary Improvements. c. acres of ltiver and of brancli bottoms in tlvation, four hundred acres In original i ust. This Ik an extra valuable plantation, ins reasonable. .lso, 2*?0 Acre tract on tho Mosley Ferry d four miles from Abbeville Court House. _ Is is a good grain anil cotton farm. A good lortuiuty to any one wanting a small ce. For terms aud partletibirs apply to J. T. 1*A K ICS, Ay out. ugust 5, lSs'i. y lsure Your Property ?FROM? ( - l._ Tl.- - T map uy m ana himm n r THE CONTIXENT.U, IN'sUI? YNCE OF J New York. r< J. T. PARKS, Ag't, !!, Abbeville^ S, C. m.rjO.lbfl, liia Master's Sale. HE STATE OF STATE CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT or COMMON I'LKAS. >hn A. Hlgglns ngnint-t Allcc A. Walt?Fore- * closure. [Y virtue of an order of sale made Jn the ' ' above stilted case and dated June 12.1885, ' vlll niter for suleat public outcry nt Abbe- j lie C. H., 8. C., on Monduy, October 5th, 1885, Iqk Maleduy, within the leical hours of mile, e following described property, Mtunle In id .State and county, to wit: All lout uudl* ded Interest of One Ilandrcd and Fifty Acres, Innd in Abbeville eonnty, deeded to Alice alt by Wlllluin Dunn on tlie 31*t ?lny ot ?y. Ih7(5, deed recorded In ofllce of Register Mesne Conveyance Abbeville county, book page M, sam tract to t>e cut oh jroin iana* 01 ? lllliim Dunn, In Abbeville county, nenr ; odges Depot, (in will more fully appear by (Vrence to said deed. l'KHMH OF WALK?Cash. Purchaser to pay ic Master for papers. J. C. KLUGn, Master. Sept. 0,188.',, It Master's Sale. HE STATE OF SOUTH CAUOLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COUUT OF COMMON l'LKAS. rvllle T. Calhoun ngalnst Mary E Brown.? Foreclosure. )Y virtue of nil order of sale made In tho * above stated case and dated June 11.1883, will oiler for sale at public outcry at Abbcllle C. H., S. C., on Monday, October 5th, 1885, ;I?k Haleday, within the legal hours of sale, ic iollowlticr described property, situate In ild .State and County, to wit: All that tract r napnnl . ,f I.>><.4 lulmi Three Ilnudred Acre*, lore or lew, bounded by lands of Wm. McoJII nnd John McNeill on the North ; on the with by the Haskell tnlll tract nnd Turkey [111. on the East by CalhounV creek, and oil 10 W?>st by the public roud leading to Abbellle Conrt Ilonxe. TERMS OF HALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay ic Master for paper*. J. C. KLUGH, Master. Sept. 9,1885, U Master's Sale. 'HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COUItT OF COMMON PLEAS; k. J. Salinas & Son against Fred'k T. Hodges, ct til.?t oreclosure. >Y virtue of an order of *al6 made In tbo J above stated case, and dated June 12th, S85,1 will offer for tuilo at politic outcry at LbbcvllleC. H., S. C.,on Monday, October th, 18*">, being Sale Hay, within the legal ours of snlo. the following described properV, situate In said State and County, to wit: ill that tnictoi plantation of land, on Mulerrp Cregk, waters of Saluda River, and connlulng )ne Hundred and Forty-eight Acres, nore or less, bonnded by lands now or lately elouglng to William Hodges, Susan Itlley, nd others. Also, that tract or parcel of laud outulnlng fwo Hundred and Ponrtecn Acres. nore or lc*?, nnd bounded by the tract herein I rut mentioned, nnd by land* of tbe Estate of ilaolmll Mhiirp, WlUliiin Hodiee*, and others. TEltMH OK SALE?One-half cash nud the talanee in twelvo montlis from the day ol ale, with Interest from the day of sale. securdby bond of the purchaser and n mortgage of he premise*, the purch>i.?er to pay the Moner lor papers and pay for recordln^^^ * Master. Sept. 9,1885. 4t Master's Sale. rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COFIIT OF COMMON 1'I.KAS. il.fi. Barnwell, as Adm'r of J. Knrz, deceased ngalust C. E. Kurz et ul. r>Y virtue of nn order of sale made In the L* above slated case und dated June 12,1K85, [ will ofler lor sale nt public onlcry at Abbeville C. H., 8. C., on Monday. October 5th, 1885, Delng SaleiUiy, within the legal hours of sale, be following described property, situate In uild Stuta and county, being of tlic real estate jf Jacob Kurz.deceased, to wit: All that tract ir parcel of bind with DWELLING HOUSE, n the town of Abbeville, being the bit ou which C. E. Bruce now resides containing One and One-IIalf Acres, noro or less, bounded by lands of W. T. Penley, other lands of the Estiete and by Tanyard street. Also that tiact or parcel of land ucatcd lu the town of Abbeville, containing Twelve aud One-Half Acres* more or less, and bounded by lands of X. G. Kdwards, W. T-. Penney, and other londs of aid Estate, and by Tanynrd street. Also, that tract or parcel of land lociled In the town of tVbbcvllle, known as tho TAN YARD LOT, jontalnlng Five Acrcs, more or Icrs, and bounded by lands ol W. T. Penney, Usui to land andTanyard street. Also ill that lot or parcel of l<m<l, situated In the lown of Abbeville, on the West side of Tanyard street, containing n.ir a uut nuu uiifunii acivb) more or less, umler fence, and bounded by lands of the Efltate ol Judue Thomson, W, T. I'enney anil by Tanyard street. Also, the Two Story Brick lltiildmg in Main street, In the town of Abbeville. one room of which Is now occupied by (!. K. Bruce is a Shoe Shop, nnd the other by Peter Majllana as a Bakery. TERMS OF SA^E-One-linlf cash, as to Ihe jihcr half a credit of twelve months with Inlercst from day ol sale. Ihe credit portion to lie "ccnrcd by bond of the purchaser, titles not to he delivered until the whole purchase money l? paid. J. C. KLVOH. S*pL 9,1JW5, U Master. Master's Sale. rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COCIIT OF COMMON PLKA& D. V. Sharp against I.etltla Sharp ct al.?Partition. TOY virtue of an order of sale made In the " above Muted case and dated April 24, 18*5, I will offer for side at public outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. C.. on Monday, October 5th. 1?HS, belmrSaledny, within the lfjml hours of sale, the following described property, situate In ?ald State and county, to wit: All that tract /V< l?n,l nart nf flirt QliflPli place not sold by the Muster at the former talc la tli Sh case, and containing Thirty-Two Acres, more or low. bounded by land* of Alex. Aj;uew, (4. It. Riley, \V. I*. McGhe, nnd that portion of snld Sharp land which was void to Mr*. Mary S. Moore and Mrs. Lucy J. Mars by the Master. TERMS OF SALE?Cash, rurchnser to pay Ihc Master for papers. J. C. KLUGH. Master. Sept. 0,1883, 4t Master's Sale. rilE STATE OF NOCTII CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OF COMMON FLEAM. A.J. Salinas & Son against James T. Ellis et al.?Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order of sale made In the above slated case and dated June 12.18N">, [ will otler for sule at public outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. C.. on Monday, October 5ih, 1885, jelnc Salcday, within the leicnl hours of sale, the following descrllicd property, situate In odd State and county, to wit: All that certain lot or parcel of land, and containing Oue Acre, more or less, bounded by lands of Dr. \V. C. S'orwood, Win. McNary and the Cokesburv road. Also, that certain lot or parcel of land, iontaluiutf Thirty-One Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of A.M. Agnewon the East, Northand^West, and by LIIU iUHIUU Wn luiiii uii iiiwoumiii TKRMH OK SALE? Cash. Purchaser In pay tho Master for papers. J. C. KLUCJH, Sept. 9, 1SS5, 41 Master. Master's Sale. rilE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. COl'KT OK COMMON PLEAS. M.C.Gary against H. W. Barnwell, et al.? Foreclosure. BY virtue of an order of salo mado In the above stated cane aud dated April 21, 18^.1. [ will ofl'er for sale at public outcry at Abbefllle C. H., N. C? ou Monday, October 5th. I8SS, being Sale Pay, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property. sltuite in said Slate and County. to wit: All that ract, or parcel of laud, situate, lying and jcing in Abbeville village, known as the Uarnwcil House and Lot, \nnnrli>il hvlnndsof Alfred Ellison. Mncra ;ine iiixl Depot streets In tlio corporate llmt? of I tie town of Abbeville, measuring four lundred and ninety-three (-193) feet on l)epot itreet and three hundred and thirty-three >33) feelou Magazine street, situated in the iorner of Magazine nnd Depot street*. Also, hat tract or pared of land situate, lying and >elng In the town of Abbeville, bounded l?y ands of Thomas Jones, A. Bequest, Holmes i Durham, and Depot street, measuring Jne Uundrcd nnd Seventy-five (173) leet ou Depot Street, and Three Hundred nnd Thirty-three (333) feet in the dividing line between it nnd the parol conveyed to Holme* & Durham. Also, hut tract or parcel of land situate, lving ami telng in the town of Abbeville, bounded by iimlsof Alfred KUIson, llulmes A Durham, 'oplurstreet and MugHzine street, mcaxur?g 1'hcce IIuiulred and Forty-fire (345) leet nnd Sis (0) Inches on itlngnzine Street and Two Hundred nnd Forty-two (212) leet Six (0) Inches n Poplnr street, more or less. TKHMM OK HAI-K?Oinvlialf casb, bnlnncel n a credit of twelve montlia with Interest; roiu ituy of *nle, ttie credit portion to bo se-1 ured by bond of tlie purchaser in each in-1 tiince nml mortgage of tliu premises sold, 'urchaser to pay Master tor papers. J. C. KI.rOH, Master. .Sept. {?, 1S8.">. 4t Tie Alikville Medical Society | I/ILTi meet SAT.K DAY In OCTOBKIt at IfV 12 M. \V. T. .IONICS l'rcsldent. John A. IlontNsox, Secretary. Dee. 10, ISM. lyr Columbia Female College, COLUMBIA, S. C. PUK Fall Session will open Wednesday, [ September In flic ?'entrnl eity, ele1111 l>iiildi!>;'. I>eantlfi:lly sliitaled. notrd for. ealtlifulncss, well Inini?ltcd, pwvl table, ciiuble teachers, superior ad vantages in Music) ad Ait. Hates low. Kor ealaloane ai'nlv to O. A JL'AKliY. 1) D.. j August 2t>, ISSo. it President. I ^ _r ? * ? For Sale. I By vlriaeof ?>n innato desire to anpply :ho demands of the trade, we will soii flH ;hut large and desirable stock of Ready-Made Clothing and fl Overcoats. situate In the town of Abbeville in tbe upper part of the Dry Goods establishmcnt of W, Joel 8mlth St Sob, and '^H bounded on the right bytbeirwellkoownT^^D and extensive stock of ~ -KB Fine Eats, I nnd on tho left by thoir iinuionse reserve "4H Boots and Shoes, B bounced in tho roar by a barricade of Saddles and Trnnks, surmounted by an armory of Breech load* nig, single aud double barrel Shot Onns, H and in front by a continuation of that samo immense stock of Clothing till you H reach the rock wall of low living prices. H Sold to satisfy the demands of th$ trade. H TERMS?Reasonable. H Smith & Son. I Merchants. Nov. 26, 1884. tf ... ABBEVILLE fl THE 1888-? session of the HIGH SCHOOL Jg will begin on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER Mil | WI8TER ARCHER, of Virginia, Principal.MISS ANNA M. BROOKE, 1 of Vlrtlnln, I MISS NANNIE WHITE, (Assistant* of Abbeville. ) Tho Seholiurtlo year will consist of tea month* of four wcelc* each divided into two Sessions, u? follows: A P?ylng Session of twenty-eight week*'.- "i-r nnil a Frets Session of twelve weeks, void tor by the Public School Fund. 7-r Free Session to bogtn on the flrst Monday In '"\April, 1&S6. ONES F, KILLER, Secretary. August 20, 1885. tf For Sale. rpHE HOUSE AND LOT In Abbeville rfl- M L lajre, recently occupied by Edward Noble, -U Esq., us a residence. The dwelling has been irwiui/ irpwncu, IICT? VU?UU?IUIM( >IM IB WCVRI *7". placed upon tbepremlxe*nod there la a good well of water. The ground* arc beautiful nnd \6& tlie garden ample, la conveniently located to- Is the Public Square. . Also, his PLANTATION located two ant! tt ,*3? hnlf mile* from Uie vMage, near Upper Lobg .4 Cane clmrch, containing WO Acres, more nr - j Ickm, and lies* adjoining the lands of M, W. -Cocnrnn, and others. For terina apply to K. . v NOBLE. Esq., White 0nk, 8. C.. or to 1m W. , v PERRIX. ai the lJtw office of Perria A- Cothran, at Abbeville C. II., S. C. August 26, lbS5. 2m GREENWOOD Female G allege (IIEESWMD, R. WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 15, 1885, and ' 'x conllnun teu mouth*. The location la central, hrallhftil and pleas- ; ant, convenient to Methodist, Baptist and . Prinbyterlan churches. Booms are large and well ventilated,and homo cure and conilbrw ottered. Instruction by able and experienced touchers, nnd while the College will l>e strict" ly non-sectarian, and will not be conducted In the Interest of any religions denomination, It is the lotentlon or It* managers that It rbail have a decided Christian character. Bturilex In College classes will Inelnde the entire Kuglixh Course, Mathematics. tbrnogb Trigonometry, French, Latin, CM Mnmitcs. Extra*?German, Painting, Drawlu&iasiru^ mental aud Vocal Music. Teratat Monthly or half in advance: Board, fuel and light*, per month ?#12 Ou Tuition in College Classes, per terra of ten months.....?... 80 00 Tuition io Intermediate Cluxs ...... 'Jo (*? Tuition In l'rlninry Department.. '?* ?W Tuition lu Instrumental Music ...? 40 (O Tuition In Vocal Music (special lesson*)- -W 08 Tuition In German .... ?10 0t> Tuition In Painting ??40 09 Tuition In Drawing.............^. 2? 00 Faealtjr t Mlsa Therestv Giles, A. BL, Trinity College, N.C. Miss Pcrsis P. Giles, A. M., Trinity Coll***, N.C. Miss Mnry Giles, A.M.. TrlnltyCollnrO.N.C. Miss Sue ?. Giles. (Graduate of Wesleyan Female Institute, Staunton, Vn.) No deduction lunde la tuition rjctpl ftis i protracted slckue**. For other pari leu l*r< apply to E. 8. F. GIf .ES. Usa., August 12,18ft). 8t Urecuwood, S. C. Dae Vest rria t i r hoi i rnr rtMALt UULLtbC. j FEXERCISES BEGIN FIRST MONDAY IN j October. Careful moral training. Thorough teaching. Rest far! title* 111 MllttlC. IiiKirumenlul nn<l Vocalr French and fainting. Term* unuxuiilly low. Wliolo co*t of boarti < mid tuition for yenrfHWoo. i For Catalogue, apply to the Pre*l?lenL l J. P. KENNEDY, ! Dne West, S. C. July 22, 1885. :t ERSKINE COLLEGE, jj Due West, S. C. ORGANIZED IN 1839. Propo*e? to glre a V thorough College training. Ncccwmry ? ? pcnse# only nbont Faculty complete. Openn flr*t Moniluy In Octobcr. send for cat* alogue to W. M. GRIER. July29, 1885.tr TBE 111 HOTEL, Abbeville, S. C. JUST OPEENED AND READY FOR THB accommodatlou of guests. RatM! Board by the dny .$ 2 00 Hoard by the wct'k - 10 00 .? Hoard by tho month.... 30 00 Table board per month 20 00 MRS. ?. KELLY, Proprietress. 0. WITTER, a .Manager. 1 January 7, liW. tl J Guns! Guns J1 Breach Loaders and Jjj Implements Shells, &c., 7 ' <3 at the CORNER | aUARLES & THOMAS. Sopt. 24, 18M, tf Vacuum Harness Oil. rpo keep your harness soft.nnd mnkothem 1 wenr well, you must set some, fur sale in i .ir n|.,iu mi.I nnnrli l?v l)eo. 17, l&H, tf THOS. BEGGS. Hand Made "W ork Preferred. 1K1XD tho pillion* of Abbeville (bounty udvocatcH of licnmmadc harness. etc. I lmve Huppllotl >uyiM*lf wjtli material for tho manufacture of all such work. Call and ask lor what you want in my line; If it In not OU bund. I will wllli xhort uoLlec linve It made ^ 1 for you. i THOS. BEGGS. March 25, 1S8.">. tf Wanted to Rent. I WISH to rent for a term of years a small farm in Abbeville County, convenient to a railroad. It must have a hou*cnnd out build* lnas ready to occupy, lam xvillintr to pay a lair rent. Address J. H. WIIJSOX, Abbeville, ?. C. July 2t)lb, 1S85. tf wow is tne Time TO hnve your Saddles nnd hnrness repnired mill put In order for Pleasure, don't put It oil" mi til something breaks and some one gets hurt. THOS. HE3GS. Mnreli 2.">,1SS>. tf Be in Time. ("1A1.T, soon if you want n hand mndo linr' uess. we arc Irving to kop?? ni> n supply. May 1S?. tf ' III OS. UEGUS. J