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John Fereuson to fit this case" But the ' little green book" was published in 1892, it is un infant, bat Jtke the "infant Hercules," it is strong enough to strangle the State's case. Yi'iir Honor remembers when the bar of Charleston were assmblwd to pay a tribute to tho memory of that truly great man, James Conner. When your co temporary, Jmice Magrath. spoke in eloquent terms of the grand qualities of the deceosod, ho instanced ns one of the most praiseworthy, that whi ther as Attorney-General or os United States District-Attorney (for he preceded the distinguished gentleman who sits before mc in both of thoso high offices), he never recarded the prisoner as his enemy." Gt ntlemen of the Jury, there are two ways in which you can act as jurors in this rase. Will you be influenced by the evidence as given by the witnesses on the stand, or will you permit the "bloody opinions of the newspapers to write your verdict for you ? 0. H. M. Mr. Benet, continuing his argument for Fergrufsen, Raid : "II you fail to convict the accused, you will be accused of being bribed; beinc bribed: being tampered with; of *<4hoMIncr pnnnsoL1' The speaker then paid a most beautiful tribute to the Jew, opening with these striking lines from Scott's Ivanhoe: "When Israel, of tho Lord beloved, Out of the bouse of bondage came, Her Father's Gi>d before her moved. An awful guide in smoko and flame." By day, along the astorished lands, "The cloudy pillow gliiltd slow: By night Arabia's crimsoned sands lie turned the fired column's glow." ""Notwithstanding all their good and beautiful history," said Mr. Bcnet, "persecution still pursued them; and even now, in Russia and some other parte of Europe, they are still persecuted; but lam yet to hear of any religious persecution In Abbeville County, Will yon hang Ferguson for the sake of encouraging Immigration? And yet that Is what the lawyers for the State ask you to do. 'Gentlemen of the J'iry if the counsel for Fer guson nau noi oeen kimimiuu m umuiuwcuve, Ve might have stopped this trial long ago, -for the State has not even proved tnat Benedict died from a wound Inflicted by the bullet proceeding from Ferguson's pistol. But we do not desire to take advantage of technicalities. Our plea is an honest one. We stand on that- It has been called the "State's plea of insanity," and the ?Tews and Qoiuier of to-day heads its account of this trial: 'Ferguson's second trial lor a foul murder!" The prisoner has not pleaded self-defen6e, 'though he might Justly have done so: for while temporarily insane he believed himself to be In danger at the hands of Benedict; and so believing, he shot him. Our case is Identically the same as Starks'. In that case a deranged drunkard killed his wife and his two children, and then attempted to cut his own throat with a razor. We claim that Fer' pnsou took the life of his friend Benedict' whllo insane from epilepsy in the milder form of "petit mal." Yes, "petit mal," and the press makes fun of It! They spare neither youth nor age. When the venerable grandmother of John Ferguson died, between thA flrei ?nd second trial, tho Dress asked if she died of petit mal? The counsel for theState claim that because the parents and grandparents of John Fcrgusou had never had epilepsy, therefore John could not have had it. But it is well authenticated that scrofula, consumption and oth er transmissible diseases, may be inherited from aunts and uncles, and cases are on record where "the child inherited physical and mentnl qualities lrom a previous husIban'd of the mother." "The learned counsel for the State" (Mr. "Yonmans) spared not the parents nor the afflicted wife of the accused. He dragged "them before the Jury in a manner wholly without precedent. He spoke of his wife's ^ dishevelled hair," and even brought in the Infaut crying in the night." My God! Can riot a wife stand by her husband in his honr of sorest need without being charged by the counsel with coming into Court for the sake of etl'ect! Again the distinguished gentleman com pTalns because Ferguson has uot been placed 'upon the stand. Does he not know that in a criminal cause the very objection is itself a Just ground for appeal! How would It have looked If we had placed upon the stand a man who we claim was insane at the time of ' the killing, to testify as to the events which occurred when he was out of his mind ! Much more remains to be said, but 1 am Tinwllllng to consume any more of the time of the Court tliun is necessary to the performance of my duty. I cannot praise too highly the patience of your Honor during the?ledious empanelling of the Jury, the wearisome examination of witnesses, and the lengths* arguments of counsel. Speeches in criminal cases may be entertamg to a Jury, but your ZHonor sees no novelty in them. I am willing to leave the law with the judge. In closing Mr. Benet said: "i ao noD ieei on mis occasion opprushuu and bowed down by the conviction that the audience are against my client, as I did at the first trial of this cause. I can only account for the changed demeanor and aspect of this vast assembly, by supposing that the *pirlt of the dead Benedict Is present. If that young man could arise from hfs ?rave, where lie lies In ibe blood-stained garments In which, according to the custom of lils people he has been burled, he would say: "Peace! I forgive him, for he knew not what he did!" In saying which, ho would only Imitate that groat Jew, who, when nailed to the cruel tree, his hands pierced by the nails, his body bathed in the agonizing blood and sweat, exclaimed: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they dol" Bpcech of Solicitor Jas. L. Orr. Time?8 48 to 7.55?1 hour *Dd 7 minutes. 0 ' Your Honor and Gentlemen of the Jury : I am not surprised that the last counsel should ask to he excused IT he had said too ;mucb. In giving the reasons why this case Is peculiar, he might have given a few more reasons. He forgot himself in comparing the trial of John C. Ferguson to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. How a Christian can make -*uch comparison is past my comprehension. 3 always attempt to piosecute cases fairly, and I tnlnk that Is my record. I don't propose to be deterred from doing my duty In order that my friends may eulogize me when I am dead. He has advanced theories that in the light of common sense are ridiculous. How a man, who is unconscious, can go through the details of killing another Is absurd. Epileptics are unconscious. He has argued that you can Inherit disease not only from yrur un?Ves,but from a step father. Suppose a man, wheu the argument commenced, who had - walked into the Court House, and who had rot heard the testimony, but would have thought that they were prosecuting the newspapers for criminal libel, instead of defending a man for murder. Why did thoy abuse the newspapers? I have no interest in tlie papers, and I never inspired a single article in any of them. They tell you that the newspapers have hounded down John C. Ferguson. Those yaptrs are owned by good citizens, and why do they abuse thwm? Simply because thej' havo published the facts ot this homicide to the world. Why is it they cry against fmblic opinion ? Not because public opinion s wrong, but because public opinion is | against the prisoner. Wc propose to prosecute the ca6eon the law and the evidence. Why does not the doctor coincide with the green back books? Just because the theories of those bocks don't square with their common sense and experl' enee. Just as these agricultural books are no use to the farmer, but are written by parties who are theorists. Unconsciousness always , follow epilepsy. The books and the doctor |> agree on this point. In every case the defend| ants cites of epilepsy one of those fits followf cd or immediately preceding the case. I These cases do not fit this case because there Is no festimoRV to show that John O. Furim kKou had n slprt of a fit for three years preceding the homicide. I have shown you thntcven taking their own case It docs not come up to the requirements. because the fits do not come up to within three years of the homicide?Illustrating with a covy of partridges?they have dropped the wing as a decoy, and if they can get you to follow that as a Jock-o-lantern, the facts of the case will never he iuveRtigatcd. They have not proven epilepsy. They have proven fits brought on by exposure and lifting. Suppose you wanted to learn to grow rkje. W ould you buy a book to learn how or go to some planter of forty years -experience ? Whose advicc would you follow in directions, the book or the man* who has had experience ? What does Drs. Pressly, Mabry, and other Doctors tell you about these slight attacks of fainting spells? They tell you this was uot epilepsy. They tell you that when one is af Jectud with epilepsy his muscles become contracted and he foams at the mouth and bites ' his tongue. They say that because people did * not know that he had epilepsy makes no difference. It Is ridiculous to talk about the neighbors or boys with whom he played or went to school not knowing it If he had epilepsy. Having epilepsp in the family for nfteon year6, and yet their family physician for fifteen years did not know it* It can not be true. They could not have kept it from the family doctor If they could have kept It from the public. The facts of this case does not prove that ho had epilepsy. What 11 he did have epilepsp? They don't pretend to show that he had epilepsy at the time of the horaitide. It is a defense to get this man out of a light place. I don't blame my friends fordoing their best., but you might Just as well try and acquit him ou the ground of an alibi, or that It was not John Ferguson, as to try to net him acquitted on the ground of epilepsy. The test is whether the defendant knew rltjhtfrom wrong. If the defendant has had epilepsy for forty years and yet knows right from wrong, he is responsible for his actions. Judrre John l-erauson from what be did. He Lmanaeod his business as other people, and he went with his playmates every where and conducted himself Just as every other boy does. It seems that they have almost abandoned the defeuse of epilepsy on this trial and seem to rely on his being drunk, if he was not an epileptic. But drunkenness does not affect the mfnd until they have had delirium tremens, or Jim-Janies. They want you to believe that he is not responsible when they have not proveu that he ever had had a case of delirium tremens, and who proves that John Ferguson was drinking heavily? Ills father says he saw him drink ouceor twice. His mother never saw him drunk. His brother says that lie saw him drunk five or six times. Men here in town who had opportu\ nlties for seelug John Ferguson and did see someaid not know lie drank at ail. Drunkenness is no excuse for crime, or any one might get drunk and kill a man. It is no defense to say that one is drunk. You have got to prove that a man was drunk from whiskey Just as you would havC to prove any other fact. . , , If his mind was effected by drinking the merchants with whom he dealt did riot know it. They testify that he was a g<?pd business man. A drunken man's mind must be so deranged that he did not know what he was doing,or had no recollection of having done it when he sobers-up. The defendants counsel suys that it the state's counsel had stated the facts as they were, he would be one to hang John Ferguson, and yet the State's attorney merely rehearsed the facts as produced on the -no vr?ii hniip.va thnt if John Fenru con's father and mot-bet and brothers had known that John was so afflicted, that they would have left his wlte and children with him alone.ornllowed him to transact hl^usIness affairs. He was drunk at Ninety-six, got a pint of liquor from Dr. NVenck and Coine home drunk* when he got home he brought his wife and child over to town to his fatherin-law, and his mother-in-law says she told him to take his fami ly and go back home. He brought his family lo town to the wedding, and then comes up lown and goes Into the bar-room,and then told Stark Martin to come and see me kiil a d?n Jew. That looks like he wanted Stark to help him, and yet according to their defense he was unconscious all this time. You have got to believe that to let this man off. He goes Into Kalisky's to buy r-nrtridires to kill a man. You may call that craziness, but I call it thorough preparation. They say he was crazy. I say he knew all about what he was going to do. Counsel say that Benedict was a friend of John Ferguson and all because Benedict bad been invited to John Ferguson's wedding two years before. He went In, took his plslol out of his back punts pocket and cocked it, and puts it In his over-coat pocket and goes to the right hand counter and there stands. When Benedict came from around the counter to sell the woman shoes and went to the shoe box, Fergu-j son spoke to him, and Benedict asked him what he said, and tho icply was that Ferguson shot Benodict. with a sure and certain aim and todeath.and yet tliey tell youthathej was unconscious. When a maniac kills a man lie hollers with gleir, but John Ferguson did not do so, but he simply put his pistol I back iu his pocket, and when Riley comes in he tells Riley that he killed him inself-de-l fense, and afterwards told Joe Hammond that he went to kill him. Th?? delusion exhibited | here by Ferguson is the same that is shown AhiiwnH rrlM? nrlniA Whfll. HiH I U?y CYCJJ UtIC VUUlgVU TT tl/>? ? I Ferguson say? .Don't Jock rae up. Won't you take bail? Won't you take Mr. Brooks for bail? Don't lock me up Mr. Hammond. I want to goaround to a wedding at our house this evening. Gentlemen if you call that crazincss you have a peculiar idea of the testimony given on that stand. Counsel have told you this evening a good deal of the Press, and they tell you that the Edgefield lynching was caused by the PreHs. I expect he would have come nearer the cause if he would read of the frequent acquittals of criminals in Edgefield county. Can you say that man was crazy ? How have they got to prove tbat? It is not beyond a reasonable doubt, but the cases say that the defense must prove the insanity to the satisfaction of the Jury. By prepouderanco of testimony means to weigh down the evidence on this other side. What testimony have they given you that Ferguson is insane? By hisown family, and yet accept everything they say, and they have not proven to you that Ferguson was insane. His family have not treated him as Insane. He transacted all his business. They let him carry a pistol and left him with his wife and children by themselves. We have brought you Doctors who say It was not insanity. His family Doctor who waited on him for fifteen years aud never krfew that John Ferguson was insane. The playmates of his boyhood and school boy days, and the men with whom he did business all knew nothing of his being insane. If he had been crazy do you believe that Jock Ferguson would have sent him to the graded school for two years and to Erskine ana Adger colleges. A good deal has been said about your opinion before the trial commenced, also about your duty and the influence of the Press and of public opluiou. Sympathy Is hard to resist but duty is higher than sympathy. I do not propose to discuss your duty to you. You know your duty. I have no more to say. I do not thlrsL for Ferguson's blood. His punishment would not bring Arthur Benedict KoaIv ?>.?nln Tf tVAnld n/\f nan col ?? hiu ol(l Urtviv agoitii jl v nvrum uvv wuuv<u v? reuts across the waters. You would not only turn hlui out with a medal around bis neck, but you would turn him out if the factsare against him with ft certificate signed by each one of you, allowing him to kill whom he choose, yet not he responsible for his actions. You don't punlRh John Ferguson. You simply find the verdlctof guilty or not guilty and the law inflicts the punishment. Whosoever spills man blood by man so shall bis blood be spilled. You And the facts and then his Honor Imposes the sentence prescrlbedby the law. Yon have nothing to do with mercy. Yon are to And the facts and the facts only. Decide it according to the law and the evidence so help you God. THE JUDGE DELIVERS THE LAW. JUDGE WALLACE CHARGES THE JUBY. The Requests to Charge. Time: 7.54 te 6.S4?83 mloutts. Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury : The defendant John C. Ferguson stands charged with murder. A special plea has been Interposed by the defense, which Is: "not guilty by reason of unsoundness of mind at the time of the homicide." You have heard the witnesses; the testimony has been given to you under the requirements of our law. From the testimony you are to eliminate the truth. Thelaw Imposes upon me the duty to give you the legal rules that are applicable to tljecase. To these legal rules you are to apply the facts and are to find from that a verdict of guilty or not guilty as you may find. The counsel has submitted some requests to charge. That is a written statement ot legal principles. I have gone over them during the progress of the arguments, aud I will read them to you indicating at the same time what is law, and at the same time what in my opinion Is not law, and after I have finished going through these requests to charge, which are numerous, I will then state to you briefly what In my Judgment are the legal principles which are applicable to the case, and I may add that tbey are neither long or difficult, and have been settled by the Courts of this State many years ago. The first request is as follows: ' L The defendant is presumed by law to be sane; the presumption can be removed by lilm; and if tbe evidence n unsoundness of rniud preponderates bo is entitled to an acquittal. I chargc you that is law. 2. If the jury believe from the preponderance of evidenoe that the defendant was of unnound mind at j any time before Ihe homicide, unsoundness of mind at tbe time of the homicide in presumed until the contrary is proved. I do not charge you that. I do not think that is the law. 8. If the jury believes that Ferguson was laborin: under a delusion caused by unsoundness of mind when he committed the homicide, and that be killed Benedict while acting as he supposed in self-defence, supposing that Benedict was attempting to tako away his life or to inflict great bodily harm, they must hcquit him, even though the danger was wholly imaginary. I charge you that Is law, and upon this principle,Mr. Foreman aud Gentlemen, when a defendant stuuds charged In this Court with murder and he sets up by wp.y of defense of the charge, that he committed the act in selfdefense, then he is to be Judged,?his defense is to be Judged by the facts, as they appeared to him at the time of the act. Just so in rela? tlon to one laboring under unsoundness of mind. If while under the influence of a mental delusion a person of unsound mind takes the life of another, and it is made to appear to the jury that itappeared to him thutltwas necessary to save his own life, it Is excusable. 4. If the jury believe that Ferguson, in committing the homicide, actcd under an uncontralUblo Impulse which won tbe result of unsoundness of mlud, they mu6t acquit him. I charge you thntis law. 5. Unless the jury believe Ferpuson was capable of acting from an evil Intent and tha', buch evil tntent had arisen in his mind buforo the act was committed they should acquit. I cbargc you that is law; yeB, I will charge you that as law. 6. The jury are to consider the state of Ferguson's mind at the time the homicide was committed, and if the ovldence produced establishes the fact that his brain was diseased he should be acquitted. 1 cauiiot charge you that, and for the simple reason that it is not every mental disease that exempts one accused of crime from liability. It is not simply mental unsoundness that exempts one accused of the act, but, it Is a certain state and condition of mental unsoundness that has that effect, which I will state to you hereafter. 7. There is no legal tent of insanity, but it is a question of fact to bo decided by the Jury upon all the evidence in the cose as to the soundness or unsoundness of Fergason'a mind at the time of the homicide. Well, I might not charge you that upon the ground thatlt does not relate to this case, because as I have already indicated to you the nnoot 1/\n horo t.hft nf lYinr^oi* \a r*r\t on much insanity, but the state and condition of tbe mind of the defendant at the time of the acL Now our law books do lay down a test of insanity, and that test of Insanity isadelution or hallucination, and that insanity may exempt a man from his civil contract, but to his criminal acts the law applies a particular test of mental unsoundness, and I will have more to say to you ou that subject. 8. If tbe lury think it probable that Ferguson's miud, at tbe tiina of the hoinlcldo, was impaired by epilepsy or by long coctinued and excessive drinking, or by both, they most acquit. I cannot charge you that for the reason already stated; that merely an Impairment of mind without stating the degree of impairment and state and condition of tbe mind does not relieve him from responsibility for tho charge. 9. AlUioaeh the taw may presume malice from tbe I - act of filling:, yet, when the State has Introduced tes timohy to pruvo the circumstances attending tbe homicide from which a conclusion of malice or wanl of malice is to be drawh, the presumption of malic< is not applicable to the ?ISO and omnut be relied or but the jury must be satisfied of the existence o) malice beyond all reasonable doubt. I charge you that because malice Is one ol tbe essential ingredients qr murder, as thai ofteuse is described and when the facts and circumstances of the killing are given to the jury it must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If a defendant stands charged with murder and the killing 1$ proved, and nc more than the law raises ah Implication ol malice which is enotigh to support a verdict of milrder. 10. Although the law presutlies the canity of the prisoner, yet, when tho State has Introduced evidence to show the condition ol the prisoner's mind at thi homicide, from which evidence a conclusion of hU s >undness or unsoundness Is to be drawn, the presumption of sanity ts not %pp11cab]e to the cacte and cannot be relied on, but tbe jury liiast .be satisfied ol the pHsoner^ sanity beyondallreasonablo doubt. I do not charge you that because according to my construction of the declslbns of our Courts 011 that subject, the rule Is otherwise, as I will state to you hereafter. 11. If the jury believe that the hdmicide was the result of Intoxication nt the time of tho homicide, but, that such intoxication was the result of drinking to soothe the pain of erysipelas, or the resnlt of impairment of mind because of epilepsy or of Impairment of mind because of long continued and excessive drinking, or the result of all three causes .combined, and not the resnlt of simple and voluntary Intoxication, he should be acquitted. I cannot charge you that 12. If the jury believe the prisoner was drunk at the time of the homicide, the doctrine that drunkenness is no exouse for crimo does not apply unless that drunkenness was the direot and proximate cause ol the homicide. I crfnnot charge you that as put, because suppose a defendant charged with having killed from mallre, and was drunk at the time. I could not charge that. Unless the act Was tho immediate result of the drunkenness tho doctrine of drunkenness would notapply, but in a case of that sort the doctrine that drunkenness is no excuse for crime does Certainly apply, and I will state to you hereafter in whatcase8 the doctrine of drunkenness Is no excuse applies, and cases In which It doee not apply. I in ir ll.- (./> AO. 1 uat II tuu Jill/ Uiivi I v/ui I.UO VJ* IMVHVW ?(>? the homicide is attributable rttore to the Impairment or mind from epilentic attacks or from long continued drink, or from ootfi, than to the prisoner's drunkenness at the time of the homicide, then the Jury roust find a verdict ot not guilty. Well, I cannot oharge you that for the same reason for refusing to charge other requests, for the reason that it Is not merely an Impairment of mind that excuses the prisoner for bis acts, but impairment of mind to a particular extent and degree to which the law attributes that ell'oct. 14. That If the jury find from the evidence that the prisoner Was In a Btute of Intoxication at the time of the homicide ntid had by long continued drinking lost cobtrol of his appetite or thirst for drink, he should be acquitted. I cannot charge you that. 15. In ascertaining the soundness or unsoundnesi of the prisoner's mind at the tithe of the homicide the jnry must take into consideration bis whole life. the evidence as to bis epileptic fits, n? to Instances ol similar dbea&e in other members of his Inrtiily. as tc his long oontinned use of alcoholic drints, while subject to epileptic fits, as to his disposition to violence, .is to his acute pain from eryaipolas, aa to his stab in the back, as to his melancholy, as to bis threats ol suicide, and us to the want ol motive in tho com mission of the act. 1 charge you that. Now you will remember, gentlemen, that there was testimony submitted to you in regard to all these doctrines, because it was expected that all this testimony would point to and havo some influence in explaining the condition of mind In which Ferguson was at the time of the homicide. Now in making up your verdict all these things may be considered by you, and It is for you to say in considering them, whether ot not they established the faet of such unsounaness of mind In Ferguson at the time ol committing the act, that would relieve him from responsibility lor It. 16. If tho jury believe that there is a reasonable theory of the defendant's innocence consistent with the facts proved in the evidence, they must acquit the defendant. I cannot charge you that, because that If stating to you that you must adopt that theory In preference to a.theory of guilty, wblcb is for you to decide and not me. 17. The prisoner Is entitled to the benefit of every reasonable doubt. I certainly charge you that. Now, gentlemen, as I said to you at the out' HCL, 1/L11S 18 U rimi&C Ui IIIUIUCI. 11 in JJCI nujjr as well., it will certainly do no harm, if I ex Slain to yon what murder is. Our statute layi own a description of murder and that description has been borrowed from what we lawyers know as the common law, a Ian adopted into this country by statute which has prevailed in England from tlmelmmemo rial; and I may remark that we have In South Carolina preserved the common" law with more of its integrity and completeness than in any other State in the Federal Union There have been very few inroads into the commou law of England so far as it relates tc crimes. We have made certain statutory crimes that were not crimes at the common law. Common law and our statute in pursuance to the common law declares that "mur der is the unlawful killing of a human being with malice atorethought either expressed oi implied." We all know what is the killing 01 a human being, but we do not all know wnat malice Is, because malice Is a term of art; it h a word or technical signification and does nol mean preclRdy in this particular offense of murder, what It doeB mean in the common Rurlance on tbe street. Malice is not merely I will, but as used in this definition, is evil intent. To take the life of a human being if a.?II mhAn a l\nman kalnrr 4a CVilf auu kUUI U UUWU c* uutuuu mw? ? slnln and whou the facts and circumstances are cot submitted to the Jury, the law Impllet malice from the proof of killing. When thf facts are submitted to the Jury the Jury are tc see whether or not the aot was done with* an evil Intent. Now the law allows a man to take life In self-defense. Then it 1b not done for the purpose of slaying another, although it takes the life of another, but it is to protect one's own life. Now you see If one man kills another to save his own life that is not with evil Intent and therefore not with malice. If a man take human lire In sudden heat aud pnsslon, that is not murder, because It i& not evil intent. Now In regard to the defense set up in this case for the defendant. That the defeudant was of unsound mind and was not responsible for the act. The defendant does not say that It was in self-defense; he admits the act. He does not say that It was In sudden heat and passion, but he says that at the time oi the offense, "I was of unsound mind," The law presumes that every man is sane and of a sound mind. If the question of sanity arises in the proof at all it arises as matter of defenso. Now counsel for defense In this case 8uy that they concede that it is matter of defense; that they affirm it, and that they must prove it by a preponderance of the evidence, and that it is no sufficient defense until they do prove it by a preponderance of the evf donee. And whenever between these two sides the side of the defendant preponderates, the testimony of the one side out-weighs the testimony of the other, then ho is entitled to an acquittal, for then the plea of Insanity Is made out in the case, but not till then the presumption of sanity stands until the testimony of the defense weighs down the other side by its greater weight. Well now what must be established ? If the defendant undertakes, by way of defense, to a criminal charge, to set up unsoundness of mind is not enough to prove such unsoundness of mind as is sufficient to relieve him from responsibility In a civil case, but inacriminnl case more must be proved In order to relieve the defendant from the charge of murder. In criuilual cases, In order to absolve the party from guilt a higher degree of insanity must be shown than would be sufficient to discharge him from the obligations of his contracts. In these cases the rule of law is understood to be this : that a man is not to be excused from responsibility, if he has capacity and reason sufficient to enable him to distinguish the line between right and wrong, as to the particular act he is then doing; a knowledge and consciousness that the act he is doing is wrong I and criminal, and will sublect him to punish ment. In order to be responsible be must have sufficient memory to recollect tbe relation in which he stands to others, and in which others are to him ; that the act he is doing is contrary to theplalu dictates of Justiceand right, injurious to others, and a violation of the dictates of duty. On the contrary, although he may be laboring under partlul Insanity, if he still understands the nature and character of his act and its consequences, if ho has a knowledge that It Is wrong and criminal, and a mental power sufficient to apply that knowledge to his own case, and to know that if he does the act he will do wrong and receive punishments such partial insanity is 'not sufficient to exempt him from responsibility for criminal acts. If then it is proved to the satisfaction of the Jury that the mind of the accused was in a diseased and unsound state, the question will be, whether the disease existed to so high a degree that for the time being, it overwhelmed the reason, conscience and Judgment, and whether tbe prisoner in committing tbe homicide, acted from an irresistible and: uncontrollable impulse; if so, then the act was not the act of a voluntary agent, but the Involuntary act of the body without the concurrence of a mind directing It. If such Is the cose,- tbe defendant Ko nnnluhoH In f HI a noco If not Itn may. There is only one more point and that relates to voluntary drunkenness. Now, you know it Uncommon maxim every where,that drunkenness is no excuse for crime. If a man takes the liquor, and while bis perceptions ot right and wrong are blunted by its Influence, and violates the law the law presumes that when be took the liquor he intended all the consequences of his act and he is as responsible as ir be were sober. Writers say that mere drunkenness by taking liquor, and all momory and feasoh is dethroned, and whllo in that state of mind the crime is committed, he is Just as responsible as when sober; but on the other band a mental disease is produced, as we all know It may be produced by excessive and continual drinking, and in consequence of that disease having reached such a point as to deprive the person from knowing right from wrongf and cannot control bis actions, then he 1b Irresponsible. The distinction that I wonted to point out to ) you is that If disease Is produced. It will ext empt him from responsibility for his act, but s after the mind resumes its ordinary mental i condition and tlieetfeotof the liquor has passr ed away he again becomes responsible. You see the question Is as to what whs the state of r the mind of this defendant at ibe time of the killing of Benedict. The defense submits tea-, I tlmony intended to show that at that time ) his mind was so disordered that he conid not > control his actions: that he was compelled by i an overwhelming impulse to take the life of i the deceased while the mind was in that r state. It they have established that fact, why , then yon must acquit the defendant. If they have nott why then you must decide what Is , the nature of the offense committed. Now,as , I have stated, thotie spells of his in boyhood . were submitted to yon to show that bis mind * * ?h i n>an w e 11 k_ I WAS HOI ri{?Ilit* JL/WO Ull liio womuivu/ ?mv~ raitted to you satisfy you that the defendant i was not responsible for his nets at that time? r at the time of the killing. If It has, yoa will acquit blm. If tt does not satisfy you that the defendant was Irresponsible for his actsat ' tiie time of the killing, then yon will have to decide the nature of offense. I have nothing i more to say. Take the record. The Jury was locked up* FIFTH DAY. . _ SATUttbAY, October 24, 1885. The Jufy chirie opt Satnrday a. w. at 9 ; o'clock and stated they could not agree. Sent btick. At 11.30 the jury came <&t and said they could not agree. Sent back. i * ? <e _ ? n..a timiiirhf In 0*iil 111 t>niuiuuj iuuj noiw wium^uv ?m Court and stated tbejf could not agree, when a mistrial Was ordered. We presume it would not be amlrt to speak , of the acceptability with which Judge Wallace has presided during this Court. He has | been dignified to the Bar under all circumssances, and for this reason the work of the | Court has been pleasant to the Bar andio the spectators. i Ih Conclusion. This concludes our account of the second i trial of Ferguson. We have endeavored to be fair and just; If any speaker se&s error or mistake in his speech, wo can only plead that it I? Unintentional. We have done the best we could under the clreumstancos, and we have done all that we could In ibe time. Tb? Dedication. Owing to a disappointment, we are unable , to give any account of the interesting Ceremonies connected with the dedication Of the CatholM churoh. We herewith attach a state; ment which was prtipafed for the use off the . different naners: / i The new Catholic conrch woa dedicated hut Sabbath by Bishop Northrop assisted by a number of priests from this State and Georgia. The church has Jnst been completed and it one of the handsomest or; naments of the town, situated on Main Street and 1 convenient to all parts of the village. It is cruciform in shape, built of brlok, with slate roof and steeple surmounted by a handsome gilt cross. The ' walls are cemented outside and jointed and painted In imitation of Vermont stone with freestono trimmings. 1 It is to feet in lencrth and 82 in width with a seating r capacity of ISO, The style of architecture Is NormanQotblC. The basement is 16x84 feet The beauty of the exterrior is surpassed by that of the interrlor. The oped truss roof with timbers la handsomely painted, the panels are of fine finish In natural colors, the walls are plastered and calsamined a French grey color, the pews are finished in rtatural plho, with ends of cypress, all oiled and varnished. A special feature is the beautiful stained {class windows, uf these nine are in the body of the churce, throe in front, three in the tower and threo in the sanctuary over the alttr. i Over the vestibule is a large rose window, 1n the cen1 ter of which is a dove bearing an olive branch. The ' three sanctuary windows are of artlstlo beauty. Oae of these contains a life-size figure of the Sacred Heart r of Jesus. On either side of this is a window of tho Blessed Virgin and St, Joseph. The altar la made of wood painted white and trimmed with gold. It will , be adorned with elegant candlesticks and vases, gifts i from different friends In the North. Above tLe altar Is a grained arch ceiling terminating in a larger arch from which is suspended an elegant sanctuary lamp. The church has an Interesting history. The lot on which it Is built was purchased some years ago mainly through the efforts of John En right, an old 1*?i' dent of our place and a devout Catholic, who was liberally atded by all our citizens. He did not live to see his Intention of balldlng a church realltod. His wish, however, haa been carried out bv his vouneest sun, Thomas G. Enrl^t, who died on April 23,1883 and bequeathe J *11 the earning of his short life to that object. By eood management on the part of bis executors, Edward Roche and Hngh McElrone the estate realised nearly $4,000 and tbie amount Judiciously expended has been sufficient to erect one of the most oeaStlful little churches in the State. The corner stone of the building bears tbe name of the donor snd is a fitting monument to his memory which will keep it fresh for many years to come. The plans of the cbaroh were drawn bv E. Foggette of Spartanburg, and bare been faithfully carried out by J. W. Nichols, of Greenville, under the supervision of Bev. Father Monaghan, Sector of the cnorch. Wedding. Mairled, October 28,1?35. by Rev. David Levy of Charleston, Mr. Philip Rosenberg aud Miss Cecilia D. vlsanska, both of Abbeville village. At seven o'clock Id the evening Master Daniel Visanska and his sister Miss Bertha f Vlaanska, of Columbia, aged respectively ten > and seven vears, with violin and piano, played In a charming manner the "wedding ' M Tt% u* /..tMll ff M t ?Ua (nnnl \ ujuruu* iiic muiii/ AW I?IJU IUO^iimiuii UI ' sweet music proceeded to the canopy which . had been erected in the parlor, and beneath which the bride andgroom took their places. I and beneath which the minister also stood , and performed the marriage ceremony that , was both beautiful and Impressive. The lovt ing couple were pronounced husband and i wife in the presence of a large oompany of ? friends, who extended good wishes and , hearty congratulations to the newly wedded , pair. > When supper was announced the guests . walked Into the dining-room where they [ found an (abundance of* tempting delicacies, , which every one seemed to enjoy. The wedding presents embraced the choicest , and most elegant silver, In the greatest pro. fusion, and included almost every needed ; article. i About fifty telegrams of congratulation to the bride and groom were received from i various parts of the United States and Rus, sla, which were read by Dr. H. D. Wilson. The bride and groom wl'l leave to-day for a bridal tour of a month, going to various cities In the North. Cole's Circus. 1 Cole's circus drew an immense crowd of feople yesterdav. Some estimating it at welve thousand. The street procession was the best which has ever beeu seen in Abbe1 ville. Th*e circus performance itself was the least objectionable that we have ever seen. In fact, wo did not see any objection to the morale of the performance. The acting was superb. The animals were the choicest and bent trained of tbeir kind. The finest bands riding on chariots discoursed wind music, while a machine of ma.rvelous beauty filled the air with boiled muslo. The street procession Itself was a magnificent show. VT n r,T\tTTTU PlTTTAftV ?\f JMiIIaM XU1U MZIU TTlil Vy/IUUVVil Vi iUUUWlJ, VUIICU to nee os last week, arid talked freely on the subject of building railroads by taxation. He says that he owns a farm In Magnolia township through which it Is proposed to build the Abbeville and Elberton railroad, and through which the Savannah Valley Railroad now runs, and that he lias paid taxes for the Savannah Railroad for five years, and Is now sick and tired of hearing about taxation for railroads. Mr. Calhoun says ho thinks our opposition last spring to the taxation of the Carolina, Cumberland Gap and Chicago Railroad was right and proper, and that the same arguments against taxing the people of Abbeville would also applv to any propolstlon to tax the people of Magnolia for the Abbeville and Elberton railroad, and he says no believes in thus speaking he utters the sentiments of nlnotentns of tne people of Magnolia township. He also adds that If the people of Abbeville wants a railroad we should build it ourselves. * The Methodists propose to give a hot supper next Friday night for the benefit of tne church. Fill your pockets and go prepared to buy something and to have a delightful time. Correspondents will please excuse us this week. We shall be glad to hear from them next week as usual. Wo will publish all next i , week. We are compelled to omit some advertisements this week. We will do doable as much for the parties interested at any moment. Rev. Lowry Wilson has accepted the call to the Abbeville Presbyterian congiegatlon. We congratulate pastor and people. Miaa Sallie Heyman, of Chester, was among the guests at Miss Visanska's wedding. We will have no lack of room after this week. Rust proof oats. Just received our third and laBt car of oats this season. They are fine. Now is the chance to secure your seed. W. Joel Smith <* Son. . 10-28 Jersey Jackets. A new lot to arrive this week cheaper than ever. Call and examine them. W. Ioel Smith & Son. 10-28 The cheapest and best shirt ever offered in this market. Price fifty cents. W. Joel Smith * Son. 10-28 Get the Good of Tour Money "W/'HILE you live. Insure In the Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent Association of America. JOHN T. LYON, Agent. Oct. 21, 1885, tf Die Easy BY leaving your family comfortable. Insure In the Mutual Self-Endowment and Benevolent Association of America. JOHN T. LYON, Agent. Oct. 21,1885, tf - * ' ' . "> ' ^ An Ordinance AGAINST GAMING. Be IT ORDAINED, by the Town Council of Abbeville, and by the authority of the same: That If any person or persons shall play at any tavern, Inn, or store for the) retailing of spirituous liquors, or in any bouse used as a place of gamlnsr, or In any dwelling house, barn, kitchen, stable or other outhouse, or In any street, highway, open wood, race field or open place, at any game or games with cards or at dice or at any gaming table commonly called A B C or E. 0, or any gaming table known or distinguished by other letters, or by any figures, or roley poley table or at range andnolr or at any faro bank, or at any other table or bank of the same or like kind, under any denomination whatsoever, (except the games of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts or whist when there is no betting on the said games of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts or whist) or shall bet on the sides or hands of suoh.as do game, upon ofclnvictlon thereof he or they shall be fined not less than two nor more than twenty dollrrs, or Imprlsonmed not less than two nor mofe than twenty days. in Town Council this 23 October, in the year of our Lord one thousand dlght hundred and eighty-five and in the one hundred and tenth year oi the Independence o 1 the United States of Atiierico. j. S. HAMMOND, Intendant. Clct: 28, 1885. An Ordinance Against Selling Spirituous Or Malt Liquors On Stinday. B' " E It ordained by the Town Conncll of the toftn Of Abbeville and by the authority of the same, That If aiiy persori of persona sell any kind of spirltudus Or malt liqudrs, Vlns orlcider on Sunday upon oonvifctlori thereof he or they should be fined not less than twenty-dollars, or imprisonment not less than twenty days. In Town Council this 23 day df October in the year of our Lord one (housand eight hundred and eighty-five and in the one hundred and tenth year of the Independence of Amer" J. S. HAMMOND, Intendent. uct., aj, i5oo, ii EXECUTOIt'S SALE. UNDER an order from the Probata Court, I will sell at publlo outcry, at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,on .. Monday, November 2,1885, All that tract or parcel of land situated In said County and State.belonging to the estate of CLAYTON JONES, deceased, and known as tbe Home Place, containing Two Hnndred and Seventeen Acres, more or less. To be sold In one or more tracts. TEEMS?One-half cash, balance on a credit or twelve months, with Interest from day ol sale. Credit portion to be secured by bond of purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay for papers. W.T. MILFORD, Executor. Oct. 5,1885,3t INSURE YOUR LIFE Where it will Pay to Live as well as to Die. JOHN T. LYON represents the Mutual SelfEndowment and Benevolent Association of America. Consult him either personally or by letter at Abbeville, C. H., S. C. Oct 21, 1885, tf The AMlle Medical Society WILL meet SALE DAY in NOVEMBER at 12 M. W. T. JONES, President. John A. Robiwson, Secretary. Deo. 10,188L lyr House and Lot for Sale* 1 OFFER for sale or rent my house and lot on Magazine Hill in the town of Abbeville. Lot with residence contains eight acres, with two acres in choice fruits, one aore in vegetable garden, and all necessary out buildings. Also cottage and lot of four acres and a small farm, about seventy-flve acres, one and ahalf miles east of Abbeville courthouse, nearly all iu woodland. I will also rent my farm at Calhoun's Mill's on favorable terms. For price and terms of sale apply to J. W, W. MARSHALL. Oct. 7.1885, it Stray Mule* rAST Friday morning a mouse colored j mare mule, wcaringayoke, left my premises near Antrovillc. The mule is 8 or 10 years old, aud valued at 850 or SUO. Any iuformation as to the whereabouts of the animal will be thankfully received and properly rewarded. ROBERT F. BELL. Antrevllle, Sept. 23,1885. tf Think in Time. CHEAPEST, most reliable and safest com pany. The Mutual Helf-Endowment and Benevolent Association of America represented by JOHN T. LYON, Agent. Oct. 21, 1885, tf Notice THAT an application will be made to the Legislature at its next session to chartcr a railroad company wltn a road running Eastward from Athens through Elberton Ga., 1 A 1 ~ ?.? ? tfWim UUU LU t'.\mnu tllU nuiuc iiui uicmifTTmu tivui Abbeville Court House toa point on the North Carolina line at or near Monroe, N. C. Breast Collars. A Few plain and fancy Dutch or Breast Collars Just received and for sale cheap. THOS. BEGGS. Sept. 80,1885. For Sale. 1">HE HOUSE AND LOT in Abbeville vll. lage, recently occupied by Edward Noble, Esq., as a residence. The dwelling has been receutly repaired, new outbuilding have been placed upon the premises and there is a good well of water. The grounda are beautiful and the garden ample. Is conveniently located to the Public Square. Also, hlB PLANTATION located two and a half miles from the village, near Upper Long Cane church, containing 200 Acres, more or less, and lies adjoining the lands of S, W. Cochran, and others. For terms apply to E. .4 n WuliA AaU C9 n T Uf UDIiA. xim].) wuiwjuon.o. v..ui w ma. i>. PEBR19T, at the Law office of Perrln & Cothran, at Abbeville C. H., 8. C. August 26,1886. 2m MOSHELEY'S CELEBRATED MOLLIS OIL IS a splendid Lubricator for Engines, Printing Presses and 8<iw Mills and is the best and cneapest oil for Harness, Belts, Boots, Shoes and Leather generally. Warranted a Waterproof Leather Preservative. It is penetrating. and renders soft and pliable the hardest Leather. For sale by J. Knox & Co. August 5, 1885. tf Biding Bridles. AN assortment of plain and round Bridles and MartlngaleB, Just received, and lor sale cheap. TIIOS. BEGUS. Sept. 30, 1885, i ii Ti ' ? 11I1L Iffllj . ? I I Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting <ff the iJoard of County Commissioners' fc/r.Abbevifle.Connty will be held on Tues- < day; November 8rrd, iaS5. All persons holding ' bills, accounts or demand of any kind against ] said County, which haVe ndt been before presented to ttfe Board of Count^ Ctfmrafs8l6ners at special meetings held during the year, are i | hereby required to deposit the.same, duly sworn to; with the Clem or the uoara, on or ( before the first day of November, next, so < that they mHy be' Jxdtillned arid ordered to t be paid &t the Ahriual Meeting. JAMES Ci KLU6H, ] Clerk B. C. G. Oct. 7, 1885. it The State of South Carolina, 1 Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. Fuller Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge : IlfHEREAS, James W. Simmons has , TT made suit to me to grant him Let- , ters of Administration of tbe Estate and effects ol Robert Dunn, late of Abbeville County, deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, tbe kindred and creditors of the said Robert Dunn> deceased, that they be and appear1 before roe, in the uourt or irooaie. 10 be held at Abbeville C. H.? on Monday. November 2nd 1885. after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in tbe forenoon, to Bbow cause If any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given uudcr my band afld seal) this 17th day of Oct in the year of ohr Lord one thousand eight hundred and elgbty-flve and in tbe 109th year of American Independence. Published on the 21st day of October, 1885, In the Press and Bonnet, and on the Court House (loot for the time required by law. Jj PULLER LYON. Judge Probate Court. Oct 21, 1885. tf Well Boring. THE nnderslgned with his large 19 inch auger, and the double glazed Terra Cotta ourbing can put you up a well that' will last forages, at one half the price of dng wells. He uses the ordinary size wood bucket for drawing water. The cleaning out of theae wells is the work of a minute, by keeping a tin bucket In bottom of well to be hooked out at will. He also has the agency fdt Abbeville county,-Sor the celebrated P.or&aalh lined Cu climber Pomp, whicti be can rurnisn ana pat Id at lesd thai! Factory prices for a single ptlrap. v - CHAS. M. CALHOUN. Greenw&xj; 8. C:; Jatf. 14* I884j lyr PLATFORM SCALE'S MR. J. S. HAMMOND Has splendid platform scales on the public square, where he Is prepared10 weigh farmers products of every Kind. ! Scales accurate and weighers obliging. Sept. 16,1885, tf STOVES ARE AWFUL CHEAP. WE are hoW selling a flrskciasei Noj 7 STOVE complete, with more PIPING AND UTENSILS thati aHy ode else ior the pitiful sum of . ' . ,$12.50. Wo don't propose to be undersold' by any house In the State, "and don't yon forget It;" We CAN DOWN" ANY SODY on TIN ItOOFr INO, as our freight costs but little, and labor costs less. If we can't work cheap show us the man that can. Put these things In your ; pipe and smoke to the health of , A. J. SPROLES & BRO. August 26,1885, tf COTTON GINNING! 1WILL be on hand eveiy day fbr the remainder of the SEASON, at the old stand prepared to Gin Cotton* with the best and most improved machinery, at the ONE TWENTY-FIFTH part of the proceeds of the cotton. t. w. McMillan. Sept. 9,1885, tf C. E, Staples, W. Julian Hackktt, of Abbeville. STAPLES & * HACKETT, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Grocers and Commission Merchants, No. 2 Warren Block) Augusta, Ga., DEALERS IN j GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. FfcOUR, MEAL, CORN, FRUITS and TOBACCO And CIGARS of all Grades* Consignments of all Kinds Solicited. Do not forget to call and see us. Sept 2,1886. 3m OLDHAM'S STEAM COTTON GINS AND?Cotti M Mill aid Separator,1 GREENWOOD, S. C. 1AM PREPARED TO GIN COTTON, grind tho seed and separate hulls from the meal. Capacity of gins twenty bales per day. J. H. OLDHAM. Sept. 23,18S5,6t TMITH & HENRY, = AT THEIR NEW MILL above the Depot ] are prepared to GIN COTTON ; for the ONE TWENTY-FIFTH. Their ma- J cblnery Is new and their conveniences are , ample. [Sept. 9,1885, tf , 1 T AT .1 TST_ _ l I A Long iNeeueu wain SUPPLIED. MILLER BRO'S.,; A RE AGENTS FOR WANNAMAKER & J\. BROWN, Merchant Talloru, the largest house of the kind in the United States, and are prepared to take measures for gentlemen's suits of every description. Over two hundred samples are on exhibition at the store of ' MILLER BROTHERS. ' December SH, 1884. Extras. QTIRRUPS, Stirrup Leathers, Girths, HoldJ back Straps, Breast and Yoke Straps, > flame Straps, Curb Straps, Ac., on hand and for sale cheap by THOs. BEGGS. Sept. 30,1865. Webb Halters. ' AN ASSORTMENT Just received.and for J sale cheap by ^ THOS. BEGGS. August 12,18S5. tf Honey Saved is Money Me!! n . , v v-.jHH ro CO BOTH CALL ON P. ROSENBERG? 'MS9B & no- and secure some of the nameroas - iargains Itaat they are now offering to the jubllc. Their weil selected stock of _ JHBH CLOTHING xmsistlng of OVERCOATS, M^jfi9r.?0I|j md YOUTHS Salts, Is complete, ana when BB >oce you hear the price you are sure terbuyj [nspectlng their stock of DRY GOODS M ?e And fl .well-selected stock of DBES8 300DS, CASHS! E&ES. PLAIDS, CALICO, HNOHAMS,.sag&nNO, 6HIRTING, Ac., iSfl it lowest prices.' ThCIr stock tff aan BOOTS, SHOElS; HATS, fl rKUNKS,' VALISES,, SATCHELS, rf AL INSTRUMENTS,' GU?fs, PISTOL^ - >J||| 6arjrii>GI?, SHELLS, AND .~JS LOADING IMPLEMENT^.-?. rh&l?^r better Selected Vtiiin fever before. ' ? * i *3 -f-i m' ni mi -49 "Ueiebratea reari iswir^ra takes the lead and has already gaitied a bation for its durability and as the besVflluni shirt made. They can also give entire sail*faction in kJ JEWELRY, M ROGER'S Triple Plated SILVER WARE, _ CROCKERY, HARDWARE, and always an r ' ^?991 immense stock of GROCERIES, FLOUR. BACON, MOLA88E8 and TOBACCO on hand- ^B at the lowest market prices* Seeing Is beHeving, BoglVe ttJ0m acalh j P. ROSENBERG & GO. J Sept. 80,1886. IE ill STILL IH THE MS | AND our prices will convince yoa that we ? are determined to V. M Knock Down, Drag Oat and Undersell J Whnlfisalfl tniuR im this fotn 1 ii iiviUHtuu mvhhu uii umk *vntM . mm STBoifq ASSERTION Bttt 9 SQIjlt) FAOTS. " . J ^Choice RioCoffee 8 pbund^for tL$or Ufi. per pound In sacks. , ^ ' ata? Prime Rio Coffee 9 pounds for $1.00, or wis. M ^SSZti^tlb ppunda fb'r.$1.fJiJ, or 9c/per ] poand hi fecka " - . .7 ssSB GranhIalt)dSu?arl2patmdsfor$1.00, orT^c. J per pound in bdfrei: - '~2 Extra CWlilte Sugar 13 pounds for 81.00, or --^fl 7V?. per pound In barrel. M Yellow Sugar 14 pounds for 1100, or 6%c. per pound In barrel. . .' S Brown Sugar 15 pounds for $1.00, or 6^0. per ; fl pound In barrel. H| Syrup, a choice article, at 25c. gallon. Molasfi6s, Imported, at35c. gallon. New Orleans Molasses at 90c. gallon. ' W Soap. 100 cakes, 75 pounds, at $3-40 per box. M Soap, 100 cakes. 05 pounds, at 83^25 oer box; . - W EitraCfe&ta Cheese 8 pounds for $l.O& Odod Cheese 10 pOUilds (or *1-00: m Mackerel 1 ii % barrel 91.00 t*a6K. S Mackerel in 10 pound buckets 60c. each: M Meat; Bagging A Ties at fcowe&t Pri&& | REMUMBER OUR MOTTO IS 1 Good Goods, Good Weights ft J % . " * mJW Bottom Prkeli 1 PARKER & HILL'S. 1 Sept. 8,1885, tf Abbeville, 8. C. JU8T OPEENED AND READY FOB THE accommodation of guests. Rates: Board by tbe day.3 00 ';'|8 Board by tbe week .. - - 10 00 Board by tbe month 90 00 Table board per month ?... 30 00 MRS. E. KELLY, Proprietress. 0. WITTER, ;m Manager. 1 ^ January 1, 1684. tf ; HXTotio?. ALL perrons Indebted to tbe Estate of L. D. ' MERRIMAN, deceased, are hereby noti- 9 fled that they will And their claims in the bands of J. H. OlDHAM, Greenwood, S, c.,. ^ for Immediate settlement. ^ ---v?! MAT. W. COLEMAN, ; M Sept. 23,1885,3m . Executor, Seal, Mcllwaine & Co. m JJAVE on hand almost every variety of CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGONS, vhich they otter to their oustomer* on the nost advantageous terms. BEPUEItiG A SPICIER. 1 SVith the best of workmen in every branch of )ur business, and an abundant supply of umber, and other materials, we aire prepared >0 uo au Ktnus 01 repairing in uhj >ery nanner, at the shortest notice, and on the nost acaom modating terms. All work folly. warranted. * ... SEAL, McILWAINE & CO,, Washington Street. Horse Blankets. JUST received, a lot-of Horse Blankets . -s which I will ?ell at short profits Do not let your faithful animal suffer for the snke of '* '/i i tew dollars. THOS. BEGGS. ' - *.S Sept. 30, 8885. * ~ Buggy Lap Robes. JUST RECEIVED, a lot of Fancy Plush, and Woolen Lap Robes for winter use. Call >ooh 08 they are really sale " TTHOS. BEGGS, Sept. 30,1885; Saddle Blankets. JUST RECEIVED, a'lot of Saddle Blankets. which I will sell cheap.;/,-^r THOS. BEGGS. S*Pl3?.I985. ' (An CORDS Tan Bark, wl IF pay the high' [\J\J market price. Apply to G. 11. MOORE. ' Oct. 21,1885. U