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<' ' The Press and Banner. ABI5EYILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1885. A Question Of ' Taste.** Was It in soot! taste for the Rod: Hill JTrral l to publish til-many ili th'tissuf the woman who csmc so nesir beinsr suffocated with an* at the Charlotte II<>tei? Th.* malU-rs of which that paper spoke are matters which do not interest the public, anil is so offensive to the reader, that she and her fins should have been covered with a mantle of charity and allowed to piss in siicnce. Wliv uncover and expose to the iraze _ r. . . o I, I ?>t the p'irdic me uegraum:; i;u-is?x i lo.j ???* j<?.. ncr, Xovembtr 4. To which the Hoc!: Hill Hcnthl replied as follows: "The Abbeville Press and Banner is respectfully inf'irnu'd that the Herald is published to*suit onrseif. We think it1 in bad taste" for that [taper t<? bo constantly advlfinz its contcnip'-rsrirs what they tdiotild sjiv and what nut. We respect the 7Vm and Jiamicr otherwise and lament this proncners on its part.*' We think our neighbor is too quick in tcmpcr, and too careless as to the meaning of word". In the paragraph which makes our contemporary "lly all to Hinders" there is not one word of advice. We merely, made a criticism of a habit which is, we think, too common, and cited that particular cuec as an inTlin c.iinfi mnil t.llilt bl'OUilllt the Rock Ilill Herald's tart reply also brought to lis tlie Columbia Register which contains the ? following sentence in its report of the death of a young man who had been killed by a passing train: "Iff was decently clad, and is reported t?? have spent the nisht in the neighborhood at some of the tinny negro homes." We know that there is not a man in the Register office who would wantonly give pain 1o anybody, but more especially not to any family who is at the.tiine borne down in sorrow at the death of a loved one, but if any one can conceive of a more cruel sentence at a more inappropriate time he would bear ofl the palm when a premium was oflercd for M,?i nf liinvfitnrfi Tho vounsr man was doubtless a suicide, anil If so, t lie chances are ninety-nine to one that he Is of respectable anil honorable parentage. People who are born and bred in the lower and more vulgar walks of life do not commit suicide. But mi matter if the man had been the veriest dog on the face of the earth, the feelings of his relatives in their grief nu^ht have been spared, and ids shame need not have been published abroad. If lie had brazenly gone on the streets of Columbia, after a night ol wickedness and shame, and pressed himself into the crowded hotels next day, instead ol killing himself because of remorse, the Register would never have hinted at the fact that he ' slept in a negro house" the previous night. In like manner the Charlotte Observer some time ago in giving an account of a fire which broke out in the city gave such an account or description of the character of the Inmates of the houses as was, in our opinion, not only needless, but offensive to good taste and true Journalism. The newspaper is not called upon to give a certificate of character to any not of people who are so unfortunate as to lose their houses by fire, unless perchance their character had something to do with the origin ? <>f tlif> tiro, it has always been deemed ill manners to mention even the nam? of an improper person in the presence of ladies. Il this is so, then why should we he permitted to write, print, and send to their households the details,of which we would not speak? We do not offer any brother editor any advice. We merely give our opinion for what it is worth. If the Roc!; Ilill Herald chooses to 1111 his paper with the tilth and scum of the earth we shall not otfer him advice,, even though we should remark upon the fact. As he publishes a paper to "suit himself,'' we presume even the subscribers of the Jlcrald would have no right to do oth erwisc than to accept all that may be said in that paper. "Say nothing but good of the dead," is an old proverb which perhaps came down to us from the pagans, and is held in reference to-day by all proper thinking people. "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her"?the outcast?was said by our Great Exemplar to those who assumed to be better than their neighbors, and who proposed to punish them for their waywardness. ,,T1 ,.1/1 .,,,,1 lif.il/-viw1 limrr.rti W X1J ) IUU11V lilc UI11 U11M ikiiiviiiu and why disregard the Christian example? Our Saviour never spoke ill of the lowly or degraded, though he did say some bitter things -of the puritanical sinners, who said their prayers on the corners, and who were thankful that they were better than other people. <TT' Tlie Sanctity of Jurors. Quite a number of the press seem to have taken their cue from legal friends who may have had a hard case to de. fend, and have expatiated largely and clo. ?quently upon the evils resulting from the criticisms of the press on t lie ac!s of juries ivho fail to render a verdict according to the law and the evidence. This seems strange doctrine foranewspaf>er to utter in a land as five as ours. The jjress should have no hesitancy in criticising amy man who undertakes to serve the connJy ic. au official capacity, and we arc amazed .lhat any newspaper should get solar oil'the irack as to suppose l'or an instant that there is iiny human being, charged with a public trust who is above the criticism of the press. AW scathe the President; we animadvert on the action of a General in Command of an'army even in t lie times of war; we criticise and hold to view the errors and mistakes of our Judges, while the Governor of the State is not spared if the press feels inclined to utter censure 01 praise; we do not hesitate to review the work -of a legislator. In fact, we do not know ol .any Jiving man in this country whose conduct is exempt from praise or condemnation?except forsooth the Juror who is entrusted with the.discharge of the very highest duties known to the American citizen. If he is corrupt he may set at-defiance the whole law of the land, and yet if he gives a verdict in direct conflict with the testimony and the law, wc ifnd intelligent members of the press saying that he should be exempt from the criticism ot j ist censure of the press. In our own way oi thinking the action of the juror should bt - Hmn flm ?w.t nl' mmv nth er citizen, If a lawyer does wrong, the Court (corrects liim. J:' the Circuit Judge doe> wrong, tile Supreme Court corrects him, hui there is no power on earth l tint can rectify t lit ^ derelictions of the Juror. The consciousness oi a duty well performed, or tJie fear of just eon Mire for a wrong verdict is our only safety from him. The citizen as a juror is infallible because there is nobody to correct bis errors and now it is proposed that this citizen whose act may turn a murderer loose, or convict an in noccnt man, shall be placed entirely above tin criticism of the press! .Such an idea, we pre. sumo, could not have been conceived in tin brain of any other man than a lawyer. It seems that the recent cliorts of the JVeuv and Courier to enforce the law in thix.State ha> had its elt'ect In Charleston. The jury in thi> rase disagreed, which, we believe, is the (Irs! jury in this State which has declined to acquit a gentleman for the killing of a negro undei .any elreumstanee. Mr. Galloway's Lcltor. The roplv of the Aiken Recorder to Mr. Gal'loway's letter may be found on our Ilrst page We republish it .to show the real situation at Aiken, and that our people may know by what methods it was proposed to carry the ^election for the railroiuj. We do not llattei /MTSeif that the people of Abbeville are relieved of their bonds because of Aiken's refusal to contribute. We fear that, undei ,jsome pretext ur technicality of the laiv, that vc will yet have our bonds tp pay, ivbcthiM the roud is built or not. "Itaval iliiirclu's." Every reader, of.the Prcxsuiul Manner should read what / he AxsoQiate li'funncd Presbyterian lias to ?iy on this subject. Church bigots should read it twice, J'oorly paid professioi : 1 proselyting prcuchers should read it five 01 tsix times, and Iheu lay it away /or future ret crence. : K6CatmB?Ma>BMBa?giK8MaiM?5MWBBgagg?MI|MgWBa The Fair in Coliunhin. There was an immense gathering of people I from all parts of thi'State in Columbia last I j week. For many reasons, the people have! cause to he proud of the exhibit, and < 'olmnbia! should feel proud of having so many visitors I within her gates. Xo doubt this gathering was | ! both profitable and pleasant to great numbers of visitors, as well as a financial success to the ! hotel keepers and many otlvr business houses. ! Hut there is another side to this picture. In ! the llrst place, we believe that a large amount | of money was appropriated from the public , treasury to make this Fair a success and to ! make i! advantageous to the individual citij /.en. Have the managers of the Fair been true to their trusts? This is a question which we cannot answer, but of one thing we are quite sure,that their intention to do well is not to be 'doubted. Assuming that the managers of the Fair and the dispensers of our money are not j ! like jurors, above the criticism of the press, we j - iimtw fh.-if we mjiv be excused for a remark or i 11 two, which will ho bused chiefly upon report* j us published by the Regisfcr. Wo know nothj ins of the Fair of onn.wn knowledge. [ In the next pluce, we believe that the Fair j managers licensed all sorts of gambling; orj j other sue.res into which the unwary country-1 | man might be caught and fleeced of his j money. Intoxicating liquors were to be found 1 'jever present as a temptation to the hungry,' j tired visitor, and as a consequence, many good 1' men, and many others not quite so good, eon; ducted themselves in such a way as to bring remorse and shame upon themselves?one j ' man's remorse being so great that lie threw! j himself on the railroad track and was killed 1 by the passing train. In the next place, llio city was full of police, men on watch, and those visitors who had fall- ] en victims to the mean whiskey, the sale of I which the city had authorized, or when a stranger was caught gambling without a license, all these people were taken before the | Mayor, where he extracted, for the benefit of the city, from the pockets of these unfortunate) . visitors the heaviest penalties, and to add to the further inhospitality of the city, the Reg- [ , inter makes a joke of thewhole all'air,aml pub- j lishcs the names of some of the poor creatures , who had fallen victims to the snares which the , city had authorized to lie set up, and to catch , whom the city had hired a host of policemen. In the next place, a largo proportion of our people object to horse-racing. We confess that we have not the slightest objection to the trial J of the animal's speed, and we are not able to , j sec any harm in a horse race of itself, l.ut in deference to the sensibilities of others, and bc cause evils do often follow as a consequence, we I think the racing might well be discontinued or , els<:> the appropriation from the State treasury should be withheld. To read our exchanges, it would seem that j the gathering at Columbia was as much of a j granu gamuiers re-union, as u was 01 iiriur I for tlit* promotion of the mechanical and agricultural interests of the State. We have hcen a steadfast supporter of UkState Fair, but tlierc is a limit beyond which i we cannot go. "When the regular authorized and countenanced gambling takes a very | prominent part in Hie programme, and which i must prevent many of the purest and best peo! pie of the State from attending, we must protest. If the accounts we hear of the Fair 'give a correct account of the doings and happenings at Columbia last week, then we think it was no credit to the good people of the State. - ne The Public' 55igliTvays. A friend, who is a distinguished citizen of the ! State, has written us a private letter congratulating us for agitating tlie subject of public i highways,unci although the letter is addressed : j t" us individually, with the injunction not to | publish, we have omitted a part of the letter; , itself and have kept the name of the writer | lout of print. He says he gives us, for what; j they are worth, such thoughts as have suggosti ed themselves to him, and they are so forcibly put, and so well said, that we have not only borrowed his ideas, but Ills words as well. There is no subject of etiual importance now before our people, as the road system, and there is no town in the State which has suffered more in the past, and is suffering more at : ' present from bad roads than this very town | I of Abbeville. j While no one will deny that we need more: I railroads, it is still more imperative that our j roads should receive the very work and change j which our correspondent suggests. j We spend between :>3.<xi0 and Sfi.OW annually j for roads and bridges, besides something like I 111 f i'?i nuivirt of if in (ivnontni: in dnnlino* /*<iii victs to Columbia. After they gel to Columbia I they are worth each to the State about fifty J eents a day. We actually pay the expense of convicting them in Court and then pay the ex! penseof transportation to the penitentiary at a . j time when we need the services of a hundred such laborers on our own public highways. 11 Abbeville to-day has nearly enough convicts in the State penitentiary to work and lay oil! ; anew every road in jhe county, and yet this work is neglected, and we go to great expense to send away the very labor which we so much ! need. The evil of the practice seems so plain to us that it is a womler that the custom has not been stopped long ago. The eoijviets are ours, and we should, by right, have the bene" ' lit of their services, and we should have laws ; which would enable us to make all necessary , changes in roads, without being subject to un' accessary delays. Our correspondent seems to think it would he necessary to levy a tax for the support of the convicts, and the expense of the guard and , surveyor. This is doubtful, so far as Abbeville county is concerned. We spend annually thousands-of dollars for bridges. Jfwehad Competent and ellicicnt men in charge of the I convicts, they could build the bridges at nom; inal cost, which at present cost so much. Gcn' eral Bradley, when he had charge of convicts | I grading the Greenwood and Augusta Kailroad, II stopped the work and took a contract to build ' a line fence with the convicts, and made a '! handsome profit, the proceeds of which led tlie : convicts for a long time. By applying business principles and practi : f:il common sense to the work, \vc believe thai we can easily enough have splemlul roads, f without a hurdensonte tax. There is scarcely a road in Abbeville county which could not be cheaply Improved, so that a team would haul double the amount which (I is possible now. Teams can move with much : greater speed on good roads, and nearly every ? I road in this county can be made straighter M and shorter. Kvery mile saved in distance, is 'J that much saved in keeping up. A roml on a ' j level bed is not n.-ar as hard to keep up as one ' which goes out of the direct, route in order to > elimh over *ill Hie hifhfxt hilis in tl?e iiciirli ' borhood. The Railroad at Xijiely-Sfx. IMucky little Ninety-Six is bound to come to the front. The friends of the narrow gauge road from Greenville to Ninety-Six seem in ' earnest all along the line, and the prospect is that work will begin before Christmas. This looks like business and they intend to have it. They are not waiting for Charleston, or English capitalists, but Ihey are putting their own shoulder to the wheel, and {jiving material ai<l to the work. We are pleased to see this spirit manifested, and we hope t lie most sanguine expectations of its most eyrncst advo. catcs may be more than realized. This will . give Abbeville additional railroad 1'ucilitics,, , and will add greatly to the prosperity of all that section through which it runs. ? # Qtm ? The Free Trade Club. Some time ago a free trade club was organ-, i/.(d in Columbia. We have nut tackled tliel subject, because of its size, but tlie club or the , ' newspaper that does tackle it has our entire sympathy. Ciive us tree trade now and fur- j ever. The prosperity of thecountry demands I at least a reduction ol t lie tariH'. Kvcry cent of tariffor revenue that is laid comes from I the pockets of the consumers, and our people i ( are the consumers. What advantage can it ; be to liavc a tax of two cents on our rice ? or . what benefit dues the consumer receive from the increased price of sugar ? lie pays twen ty-fivc per cent,, revenue on the very shirt lie iv ears. < T!ic County Court Question. Several of our esteemed contemporaries are urging t lie establishment, by enactment, of the Legislature, of a system of County Courts. We are sorry to see this, as we arc now almost overwhelmed with Court costs. Suppose County Courts are established. It will only create a full corps of of'icers to he paid out of the treasury, without saving a dollar anywhere. We would have the same number of Circuit Judges and Solicitors. We would still be obliged to have trial justices and constables. For our own part, wo think we have more Courts and more law than we can well afford? and we are quite certain the pay roll of officers is long enough. We need to reconstruct some of the laws which magnify petty offences, and we need trial justices to be paid a salary. Xe judicial system can be above reproach, which makes the judge's fees contingent upon his decisions. If we had only half the number of trial justices we would be jjreatly relieved. We presume that it will not be denied that some ol them are little better than public nuisances, whereby the citizen is harrassed and annoyed at the sweet will of a spiteful neighbor. The .fudges mxl the Xew Deal. We arc in favor of th?i Judges bvins rotaini'il <lur ' '? until vtiiii't-nrinnulfil. Tllfi ni'W deal, as we understaMl it, and havead seated it, rel'en only to important elective positions. where the candidates mv elected by the votes of the people. Kor instance, Intcndanis and Wardens, Mayors am] Aldermen. liovernors ami .State ollieers, etc. Period cal | charges in these ollices prevent the danger of rinsrs and machine politics. V.'ith ilic ollice of the Judge! it is different.?Columbia Record. Why should .Judges, any more than Governor;*, Congressmen or Legislators, be con tinlu'd in ollice forever ? We don't recognize (lie diH'ercnce. As there is no rule about making a man Governor for life or during good behavior, we see no good reason for making a man Judge for the same length of time. Let a man continue in office at the will of the people, nc matter whether lie is Judge, Governor, Legie. lator or Congressman. The rule should apply to all alike. We would be glad if some body could assign n reason for making an exception in the case of a Judge. Judges, lik< other officers, are the creatures of t he people and whenever the people want a new Judge it is worse than nonsense to talk about keep j in:? him in otlice. A li'.tic stirring 01 iih 1 kitchen furniture does good, sometimes. Our Dct'tinet Rai!roa<l. fton. Bradley, ?t Abbeville county, some six or eicln years aso, einuncnced the building of Hie Greenwoot ! and Augusta ltaiiroad wish a subscribed stoek ofsotm two thousand. and paid in capita', of a few dollars. 11< ) built tlint road, and it is now a first-ciass road, not on ly running to Greenwood, but troinsr on t?Spnrtntihurg i causing flourishing towns to be built up ulong its line j cnlianciii'.' the value of property in the country thrnngl J which it runs, and rendering the people prosprroin and happy. And yet our railroad, with 40 mihs of it: | road bed traded, and ^lin.lliiil of good and sobd sub j scriplions,must die. Oh! that W. K. Bradley cou.( have lived to build otinvad.?Eftslry Messenger. j If tlie honored President of the road Iron i Troy to Pickens had lived and had been allow led to continue his work, the cars would hav< been running from Troy to Pickens. This tiling of running oil' after strange gods ant high sounding titles, is what killed the Frond Rroad road. If we take up the line of marcl from Troy, we can build the road yet, but whe i wants to take our money to build a road foi ! Aiken?a road which that town does not licet and does not want. A narrow gauge is tin road for us to build from Troy to Due West ant from Greenwood to Klberton. A re we going t< do it? That is the question. Kuijilaawixc If. Let the fart be emphasized in connection willi tin improvement of our navigable waters that ColnmMi ; is possibly 15ii miles nearer New York by water that Augusta is; and that this water carriage jir.>]??-rlj i afoot means half (In; cost of transportation from hen to New York as by rail. Let us not f'-rget, too, tha the luture of tin; State lies largely in I he eastern sec tion thereof. Put til's ami that together, and we can not fitil to see what our great water-way means foi our own certain future.? Cutuhibil lieyister. Exactly so. If the Legislature liml devotee its energies to opening the river to steamers t( Columbia great and substantial good woulc have J>een done, not only to Columbia, but tf the whole State. The canal party having car ried their point, now Kit them join in to uw their intluence to open the river, and therebj do a substantial good. We will join the Reg Liter with a hearty good will In helping t< whoop-up the project of opening the river?1 it is a practical possibility. Tlio Kavictiiidi Valley Railroad. It is reported that the work of track-layim ion the .Savannah Valley Hail road will lx pushed most vigorously until Christmas when the work will be suspended until the first. of March because of the bad wcathei i which we usually have in January and Feb ! ruarv. We know not how true the report as ! to the suspension of work may ho. The can have pissed over Little River bridge and tin track-layers are now making good headwaj toward Dr. U theft's. SaerelJ^ious. The Centenary newspaper contains a long let tor to our Lord .Jesus Christ, in which he is given a general synopsis of aflairs on this sphere. The editor of that excessively rcli gious paper relates some interesting facts, af to printers, editors and correspondents, whicl we know, will prove highly interesting infor ! mation to our I.ord and Saviour. His answei is anxiously looked for. "Schottl an?l State/' That good and true man, the Hev. Sidi IT Browne, editor of the Christum Neighbor j makes utterances on this subject, every word of which is as true as gospel. FfiMlif hem-lit <>f the Ahhcville Press and I??it nrr, we will say that the nlmvc are editorials, the balance of this page ami the page lacing this contains ?-x tr. cts, advertisements at. d schedules,?Ajciuca Frci Press. Very much obliged, neighbor. Xo misun uv;i.^kiu4\uii^ vii jo u vva, Wk arc very grateful to tin; brethren of the press, who have recently said so many kin<l tilings of the I'm* aiul Manner. Tin- approval and kind words of our brethren are wortli , much? they are above price. CORONACA'S COLUMN. | Xeiv SIorciinu^-Disappointod Groom ? Happily Married? E'isli Slory? I'liusual S'Inee ol BI iteliiaig a Mule. ('onoxACA, s. Nov. lfi, 1SS."). Messrs..!. (J. I'ylesand Uobert Stuart will be trio iihrehandisinu at t'oronaea about the lirsl j of December. They are bolh energeticand de j serving young men, and we bespeak for then] an abundant success in the mercantile bust I ness. | .Mr. J. 15. lJozeman's mill, on Saluda Itiver ; having been undermined during the recenl ! overilow, I'elJ one night Inst week. I M r. It. U. Foosh" eaughl a tish out of Sahuhi | Uiver a few days ago which weighed eight pounds and a hail. ! The change of sehedule last Sunday cm tlie j Augusta and Knoxville Kailroad was /juite ji i disappointment to a eertaiji jmrty of youn^ ! men who contemplated taking the morning j train at('oronaea for l'lum Hranch. 'J'o oiu | young 111:111 ( specially, nours scenieu uiimu.m ar I ion# as weeks, because lie was engaged to hi 'married that evening at half-past iive o'clock ; Id tme of Carolina's lair daughters. It was i some time after tlie inooli began toshcdhci i silver rays wlien the train came and bore thi:gay party swillly on. | Several ol' our cit i/.ens who had I he pleasure 1 of visit ing i lie recent fair in Columbia, speak ol" it in the highe.-l terms. A young man J'rom (lie country h.'jving recently visited one of our neighboring "dry j towns,"so-called, imbibed too much "red-eye." ['I'll" consequence was, instead of hitching his mule to a horse rack like other people, lit hitched it to a locomotive steam engine. X. ID- 0 The (ircpiinottil "Ijijftii" ScihIh <JroetiiiK" <? tl?' "I'rcsN and Iiaiincr." (.'rem,rood I.it/ht. We loo hope to live in peace and harmony with tlie 7Vc.v.vami Jimuirr. the Jtnniicr weekly of the Stale. \Vt? consider discretion the better part, of valor and before the Light tackles the hero of so many hard fought newspaper controversies, we will he sure we arft grounded in truth, right, eternal justice and deeply rooted in the hearts of every Abbevilli.-m. The abuse of the I'? < ** uml thinner by the former papers of (incuwood, no doubt, accounts for their to day. Why, we want to live aud nourish like the palm lice. OUR PUBLIC HIGHWAYS. * ir K'rnclicnl Suggestions for lhoir Improvement ? The (ircut Xoccssity f for More Thorough Work. !>] Extract from a Private Letter. '<! As a reader of the Press and Manner I have ]>.> noticed with nieasurp your editorials unon it, the necessity of improved public highways. t| and although your remarks are intended |)( more particularly lor Abbeville county, they ij ' arc equally applicable to thisland tliu other counties pi tlie upper portlqK of the State, I" , where we have hills and dulesfniud holes ami trlay. It may be that in the more Southern I counties, where they have a sandy soil and m ;i level land they need no improvement save II an occasional causeway across a swamp, but in certainly, in this Piedmont belt, "better ir roads" is the great want of the country. ot , I have often remarked in private con versa- 01 lion in I lie last few years, that if 1 wanted to E mount another hobby, now that the Stock tl ! Lawwasadopted.it would be a permanent U sj stem of improved public roads. And when tl (.Jen. liutler took hold of t he matter a year or two ago 1 ventured to congratulate him upon | the stand he had taken upon this question, rj lie wrote me that the Greenville yaws man oiiil lm 'MimiI hit. n(Y' 7iir?iv> llism I in o.ntild ? ' chaw." It may be that lie entne to that eoni elusion, but rather, I think, he found that tho general "attains of the nation" att'orded too . much employment to permit him to work out a plan. it is iruo, as a general rule, that most revo- r Unions move slowly, ami that our people *scorn to be as much wedded to these old roads, tl and the old time method of keeping them up, tl . as they were to the old fence law. I am satis- II , fled, however, that the more reflecting arc ci . having their eves gradually opened to the r truth, and that with proper eirort abettersys- hi tein can be inaugurated. What Is needed is o, . to arouse public opinion to the importance of \! the matter, as you are doing,and to formulate a scheme. Your suggestions so far correspond n ,?o entirely with the ideas thai have occurred s| " to me that I nave concluded we arc probably n - 011 the rlaht track and that it will be found so , on sounding the public. I thought at one }V t ime of submitting my views to the public ' this last summer, but never had time to go into the facts ?nd fteur^s as I wanted to do, and therefore withheld them. As Mr. Pettisrn said, "Law is a jealous mistress," and al- . though its votaries, or many of them, pitch into everything that comes along, they generally have enough to do to attend to the business confided to them. Hut you, as a news- T paper man,and an educator of public sentiment, can well afford to go to the very botT f,\%* it'U.tt t , LIJIU ui Hivnuwjwil* 1 JU?l twi iTtmu V?I\*j are worth such thoughts as have suggested themselves to me, and , 1st. As to the improvement needed. , A road bed ol a certain or prescribed-width, ' elevated in the centre and sloping tothe sides ] like ii water shed, with drain ditches on each ; side to carry oil' the water. This would avoid P mud holes and with the proper side slopes would require slight and perhaps only annual b repairs, if the rain runs oil as it la I Is and I, the drain ditches are sutlicicntand with prop- - > er outlets to carry it oil' there would be far 'J t less cutting from wagon wheels, and they li I would dry more rapidly as there would be no (? accumulation of water. The slid'clay of this ; country, in roads thus constructed, would be come hard and compact nine months out ol . the twelve and cut. far less in the winter sea- >: , son than our preser.t Hat road beds, where ,r i the water is not drained otr. r j I think also our roads should not cxcecd a * certain grade. This would make it necessary ' - to re-locate many, if not all our prcccnt roads J. 1 in part. We no longer need to climb over " the tops of high hills on the roads ol our fore, fathers, to took out for the smoke ascending o from some Indian Wigwam. The hollows fi " making down to our streams offer sullicient c 3 outlets to go round the hills at easy grades, ? . instead of going over them, and I don't know e that we even need the services of county sur' vevoi s for this purpose, as any practical man i can determine by liis naked eye the neccssa-l . , ry grade, though personally I should prefer the surveyor. A grenter difficulty to ho en countered and overcome will be the opposir tion of persons living on the present public. ^ ] roads who will be left off there-location. As a practical question the opposition of such - men will be an important factor in the piop1 er location of our roads. , '2. Mow as to the mode by which this im- ? provement is to be effected. I think it should be done by convict labor as you suggest, and I believe it will be more oili- 1 cicntly done by farming out the work to con- | tractors under a law prescribing their duties, p , A tax would be necessary to pay for the work >j and keeping it in repair, unless a system of toll ]; , gates would accomplish the purpose, and I be- t . lieve the average Democrat would kick against r such an innovation, and indeed tolls would j t perhaps do no more than keep up the nccessa. ry repairs. As already intimated I have not gone into r the figures or statistics and merely threw out [ these crude suggestions or hints for you to di- 1 gest and to accept or reject jus your more ma1' turcd views shall determine. n ,j I have very little faith in our County Com- t. i missioners as at present constituted to super- c lj vise and accomplish such a work. They would o > i always keep one ear open to the suggestions and objections of neighbors along the line of "! road, and to the caviling public, and entertain the chances of re-election as a factor of the work. It would be better perhaps if we had " hut one commissioner appointed by the Governor, or at least require the Board to hire out > the work under a law prescribing the duties of ? f the contractor. ' But I have spun out my letter to such a length that I will not attempt to elaborate these views. In sitting down to write, my sole purpose was to applaud you for your efforts in this direction, and to give you such encourage- 1 r ment as a single private citizen might oiler. , You are on the right traeK ana ro nnc?ci. a ne i i man who inaugurates a system of better pul>- j , lie roads will lie a public benefactor. I think', > you have taken hold of a subject of more im- I . portanee than any other you could discuss and | my sole purpose is to urge you to keep up the j - discussion until the public is brought round to : < your views, and something practical is done. j < 1 Stale of South Carolina, r ' J County of Abbeville. 1' IN TIIP: PROBATE COURT. s ;i " J. C. Jennings, as Administrator, i(rM Phiin- I 4 till', against James Edmunds, Samuel Ed- ,j mumls, ct al., defendants.?Complaint for sale of lands to pny debts. J . [ WILL SELL at public outcry at Abbeville j' r C. II., within the legal hours of sale on Sale- j day in December next, the following describ- I ed Real Estate, belonging to Ihe Estate of J Frederick II. Edmunds, deceit sod, for the pay- ( incut of debts, to wit: The Aleck Edmunds Tract, containing r ! Two Hundred and Ten Acrcs, 1 more or less*, bounded by J. C. Jennings, J. Green Calhilmm and others. This properly is resold at the risk of It. M. t Ilill, who bid off the same Saleday in November, and lias failed to comply with the terms of sale. TEIIMS OF SALE?One-half cash, the balance on a credit of twelve month# with interest, from day of sale, secured by bond of pur- ' I chaser and a mortgage of the property. PurI chasers to pay for papers. J. FULLER LYON, s Judge I'robate Court. Nov. 18, ISM, :Jt I Medium copy. ' V M 1 Sheriff's Sale. ! t Edwin Hates & Co,, and others against Young Napier.?Sundry Executions. T">Y virtue of Sundry Execut ions to me di- 11 "| reeled, in the above stilted case, I will sell h _| to the highest bidder, at public auction, with- C ' Ii. linillViif U.I III !,t \ llllllV 1 I !f> ('(llll't I House, on Monday, the seventh day of J><3-; '> comber, A. i). l?SSi, the following described I ' I properly, lo wit: All the ritrht, title and in-} I' ! i teres f- of Samuel O. Young, in the following] b Iteal K>tate, situate, lying and being in tlui M' ( county of Abbeville, South Carol inu, to wit: ri TRACT No. 1. 11, Known .is the Jay place, containing Tluve ] ff ii Hundred and Sixty-five acres, more or less, . j ; and bounded by lands of J. F. Cress well, es; tate of \V. K, Bradley and others. ,, ! Til ACT No. 2. ?< Known as the Lcard pjacc, containing One ^ Hundred and Fifty-threeaevs, more or less, ! i and bounded by lands of J. C. Tittle, estate of "i rat Gibson and others. TRACT No. '3. Known as the Finley place, containing One i y Hundred and One acres, more or less, bound-j . ed by lands of R. 1*. Cresswell, estate of V.'. K. ] j Rradley unci others. | TRACT No. 1, h Known as the Walk ins place, containing, J,c Sixteen acres, more or less, hounded bv lands j jv of F. It. Robinson, Geo. i>. McCaslau and oth-j ^ 1 j :vi TRACT No. 5. ( Containing One Hundred and Klsrbty acres,! ^ more or less, bounded by lauds of J. F. Cress-J j well and others. | m TRACT No. 0. | H< ' K I ' Reing the place on which the said S. O. tr ! Young resides, containing Ninety-Six acres, I i more or less, and bounded by lands of the es- j w ! tale of \V. K. Rradley, A. C. Urown and otli-esi ers. I.evied on and to be sold as the property 1 \v of Samuel u. Young, to satisfy the aforesaid j Pi Executions and costs. TERMS?Cash. j J. F. C. ln-RRE, Nov. lis, l?w. ot Sherill' A. C. I 4F imUWLWWWW.i W.WUmULWJL Sheriff's Sale. ia II. Martin against McNalry Cochran.? ' Execution. >Y virtue or an execulion to me directed, in ' the above stated ease. I will sell to the glicft bidder,at public auction, within the giil hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, 1 Monday, the seventh day of December, 85, all the interest of McNairy Cochran in io following described property, to wit: All lat tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and | ?ing in the County ot Abbeville, South Caro-1 na, and containing OUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE | ACRES, tore or loss, in two tracts, to wit: ONE1 UNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACHES. iorc or less, bounded by lands of Estate Pliili Cromer. Estate McNairy, A. P. Roozer and hers. THREE HUNDRED ACRES, moie less, bounded by binds of John Strawhorn, slate of Paschal ICIh^Ij and others, and by ic above tract. Tjovied on and to be sold as ie proporti* of McNairy Cochran to satisfy ip aforesaid execution and costs. TERM??CASH. J. F. C. Dt*FRE, SlierM' Abbeville County. Nov. 11,1S85, tf Sheriff's Sale. ,.T. Armstrong and ot hers ncainstD.S.Rranya 11 .?Execution. )Y virtueof sundry executions to mcdirect' fd, In the above stated case, I will sen to ie highest bidder, nt public auction, within io legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court louse, on Monday, the seventh day of De3m her A. D. 1SS3, the following described roperty, to wit.: All that tractor parcel of md, situate, lying and being in the County f Abbeville, South Carolina, and containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES, lore or less, and bounded by lands of Marliall ISigby, J. A. IJigby, Robert MeAdanis nd others. Levied on and to be sold as the roperty of David S. I5r?nynn to satisfy the foresaid execut ion and costs. rnvn>fu /? \ u IT JL IltlfctUO? . J. F. C. Pt'PRE, Sheriff Abbeville County, Nov. 1?, 18?5, tf Master's Sale. HE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COL'AT OF COMMON PLEAS. L. II. Ellis and \V. T. Ellis ngainst John E. Ellis and others 1Y virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated ease, I will otter lor sale at ubllc outcry at Abbeville ('. II., S. CM on ale Day in December, 18t3, within the legal ou'xol'snle, the followingdescribed propery, situate In said State and County, to wit; ill that tract or parcel of land known as the 'ract on which the late Mrs. Elizabeth Ellis vedntthe time of her death, near the incororate limits oi Due West, containing Four Hundred and Eight Acrcs -lore or less, bounded by binds of Joseph Elis, Milton Kills, H. 51. Young, Jolm II. Mace, und others. Said tract will be divided inn smaller tracts of not less than one hundred cres each, which will be sold separately and hits of which will be exhibited ou day ot ill e. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance na credit, of twelve months, with Interest rom day of sale, the credit portion to soured by bond ol purchaser in each instance nd mortgage of the premises sold. Furcliasr to pay the Master lor papers. J. C. KLUGH. Nov. 17, 18S5. ;?t Master. Master's Sale. NIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ABBEVILLE COUNTY. COURT OF COM310X l'LBAS. I. W. Cochran, ns Executor, against A. B. uucimwi uiiu inni'rs. 3Y virtue of an order of sale made Jn the above slated case I will offer for sate at mblle outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. on ;ale Day in December, l.sjso, within the legal lours of sale, ihe following described propery, situate in said State and County, of the eal estate of \V. T. Newell, deceased. to wit: 111 that tract, or parcel of laud, containing Eighty-Six Acres, nore or less, and bounded by lands of J. T. lubertsou, Mrs. Mary Winn and others. TERMS OF SAf-K?One-half cash, the baliveon a creditor twelve months with Interst from day of sale, secured by bond of pur baser and a mortgage of the property. JL'urhaser to pay fur papers. J. C. KLTTOH, Master. Oct. 17, 1853. Gt Master's Sale. rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OP COMMON I'LEAS. tobertsou, Taylor & Co. against Smith ?Sr Ilodgcs, et nl. BY virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case, I will oiler for sale at mhlic outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. C\. on inlmlnv in December. 1SKV wit'iiin the iesMii lours of sale, the following described propery, situate in said state and county, to wit: U1 that tract or parcel of land, known as the tinman place, on Saluda River, in Cokesbury ownshlp, containing Six Iluudrcd and Eighteen Acrcs, nore or less, and bounded by lands of W. /. i!c(/heo, W, H. Robertson, Milton Goldiny, ind 13. (.'. Ilart. Said tract will be divided ino three or four tracts and sold separately, )lat.s of which will be exhibited on day ol ale. Also, that tract or parcel of land, known s the Homestead place. In the town o! lodges, Cokesbury township, containing rwo Hundred and Nincty-Ftvc Acrcs, nore or loss, and hounded by lands of L. R. hintzler, J. A. Ellis, Sarah C. Ellis, and othrs, being the place on which G. M. Hodges ives. This tract may be divided into two inreels and sold separately, l'lats to be exlibited on day of sale if so divided. Also, hat tract or pared of land in Hodges, Cokes mry township, known as the Mill place, conalnlng One Acre, rore or less, nnd bounded by lands of \VI1latn McNary, Wesley C. Norwood and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance n twelve montiis, wiui iwcresi irom ?iay 01 air, secured by hond of purchaser and a nortgage of the premises. Purchasers to pay he Master l'or all papers and for recording. J. <J. KLITGH, Master. Nov. 9, I8S3, It Master's Sale. niE STATE OF SOUTH CAKOMXA. COUNTY OF AHDEYirXE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. i. McGowan ami K. A. Robertson, against M. V. Miller, ct al. [>y Virtue OI JUl oruer ui sm: uiiiuc m tin; 1} above .staled case. I will otter for sale at ublic outcry at Abbeville, C. J I., S. (J., on ale Day in December, 18*3, within the legal ours of sale, the following described propery,situate in said State and Counrty: All hat tract or parcel of land, containing, Seven Ilundrcd Aeres, lore or less and on waters of Saluda River, ounded by lands of JJ. F. Calhoun, A. K. haney and others. Also Lot No. 1, in tho village of Ninety-Six, iiown as the JJrick store lol, seventy feet out, more or less bounded on north by \V. I. Hilton, south by public square, and west y North Cambridge street, said lot containig three brick stores which will be soid sepautel.v. Al?o Lot No. 2, in Ninety-Six, about one undrcd and fifteen feet in length by thirtyve in width known as l'ost Oltice How, onixli'd by pub ic square, W. (.'. Moore, Wilain Johnston, J. P. Phillips and others, TKKMS of sale- One half Cash, balance In i ? . ? I... ...lit, (In tf t\f wn In kVl'l VU IIKMllll^ llll illiui I'nt iiv/ui u?j \'? >wv, insured by bond of purchaser and a mortugoofthe premises. Purchaser to pay the Iaster for pnpcrs. J. C. Kl.rcill, Nov. 11, l.ssl 11 Master. Sheriff's Sale. r'. V. Clinkscalos against S. S. linker, us Executor of Joseph T. Dakor?Execution. ?Y virtue of an execution to medlrectcd, in p the above staled case, I will sell to the igbest bidder, at public auction, within the ;^nl honi> of sale, at Abbeville Court. House,' ii Moudny, the Tlh day of December A. D. j tlio following described property to wit: | II that, t ract. i>r parcel of land, situate, lying ixl being in the County of Abl>evilie, South iiroiina, and known as the Joseph T. linker' lace, and containing SIX ll(JXDUKI) (GOD) A CM IKS, ioro or less, and hounded bv lands of W. II. i ott, Tbeudore Kennedy, Estat" \V. S. 15nsin and others. To be s-tid in tw > or more acts. Plats will be exhibited on day of sale. TKKMS?So much of purchase money as ill pay the above execution and costs in isli, balance on one and two years credit, itii interest at 10 per cent, and mortgage, urchuscr to pay for papers. ,1. F. C. DrPUE Shcritl' Abbeville Coui.ty. Nov. 0, I Si."), tf Master's Sale. ME STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, Ij COUItT OF COMMON I'LKAS. & J. W. Thomson against Mary T. Quarles and I olliers. j11 T1Y virtue of an order ofsaTc mnde In the *-* above Mated case, I will oiler for sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. If., S. C., on Saleday In December, 18S5, within the legal hours of sale, the follow!lie described proper- Q ty, situate in said State and connty, belnn of: D the Heal Estate of Thomas Thomson, deceas- oe ed, to wit: All that tract or pnrcelof land, vl known as Tract No. 3of the Fair plantation, containing Sixty-Seven and Onc-IIalf Acres, more or less, hounded hy lands of John Pratt, Wesley Crawford. Luther Haddon and others, lying in the lorksof the Abbeville and Due Ji. West roads. Also, Tract No. 4 of said planta- ^ tion, containing ej One Hundred and Seventy-Seven and Onc-Ilnir Acres, sli more or less, bounded by lands of John Pratt - mil othprs. Ivtnir on Little River north of tin ?c public ronil and adjacent to Fair's Eridai*. Al-1 dn so, Tract No. 5 o 1 said plantation, containing1! ! pi One Hundred and Eighty-Four and One-Fourth Acres, more or loss, bounded by lands of Mrs. Pratt, Robert Pratt. John Pratt and others, and ly? in? on Ml tie River. Pints of these three tracts may be seen at my of lice. Also. that, tract or parcel of land known aa the Richard Davis tract, containing Fifty Acres, ^ mnre or ?ess, bounded by lands formerly known as Davis lands, now owned by (). C. .. Stockman, by the C'lilploy lands and others. \ Also, that tract or parcel of laud known us the Rogers tract, containing Forty Acres, i more or less, nenr Calhoun's Mills, and bound- jj, cd by lands of Cool and others. TERMS OK SALE?One-half cash,balance In twelve months, with interest irom nay oi sale, scoured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. J. C. KLUGH, " Nov. 10,1S8-5, -It Master. A Master's Sale. STATE OF'SOUTII CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ^ coritt "of common fleas. Mary A. Hunter and Johnson A. Link against Samuel A. Link, and others. I T>Y virtue of an order of sale made in the i above stated case. I will offer for sale at P public outcry at Abbeville U. H., S. C., on Sale- a day in December, lS8->, within the le^al hours of sale, the following de>crtbed property, sitr 1' uate In said State and county, being of .the p Real Estate ol Emily Link, deceased, to wit: i ii ?... nr iitir/'ol nf kind.nmtulninir One Hundred and Twelve Acres, more or less, bounded by Innds of Mary Na- f pier, John Bunknmn. Wiley Burnett and oth- | era.* To be sold al the rlsltof E.T. Llnlc; former purchaser. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, bnlnnce on a credit of twelve month*, with Interest from day of sale, secured hv bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the promises. Farchaser to pay the Master for papers. J. tt KL17GH, Nov. II, ISSo, It . Master. Masters Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 2 COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, C0LrHT OF COMMON PLEAS. j J. E. Caldwell against M. C. Caldwell and others.? Partition. TJY virtne of an order of sale made In the c JJ above suited case, I will otlcr lor sale at t ? * t.l 111^ rr IJ (J /1 *-*r* I * puoiic outcry jiu ./Yi>ue? n., .3. w?i r Saleday In December, ISSo, within the legal L hours of sale, the following described proper-;! t.v, situate in said State and county, being of I he nal estate ot M. C. Caldwell, deceased, to wit: Ten lots of that tract or parcel of laud at Mt. Cannel, containing 1 Twenty-Five Acres, more or loss, bounded by lands of T, G. Baker, and others. Said lots being suitable lor residences or stores. Plats will be exhibited 011 i day of sale. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance 011 a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, with leave to the purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. J. C. KLUGH, Nov. 11,188'?, Master. Master's Sale. TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COITIIT OF COMMON l'LEAS. M. G. Zeigler. C. C. P.. as odm'r, Ac. ngninst , John R. Mattison. ' !' T>Y virtue of nil order of sale made in the ' i U above stated case and dated June 11, lKsf>,: f I will oirer for sale at public ouicry at Abbevibe C. II., S. C., on Saleday in iJeceml>er, 1885,1 s within the legal hours of sale, the following: , (inscribed property, situate in said State ami county, lo wit: All ihat tract or parcel of' land, lately belonging to Eliza Madison,de- j ceased,on which she was living at the thneof her death, containing Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, more or less. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, the hnl- : anee in twelvo months, with interest from I day of sale, secured l>y bond of the purchaser | and a mortgage of the premises. The pur-; chaser to pay the Master for papers and pay j for recording. I J. C. KLUGH, Master. Nov. 10,18S3, 4t Master's Sale, j THE STATE OF SOUM CAROLINA, < COUXTY 0F AHBEVILLE. COURT or COMMON I'I.EAg. Jordan ?fc Tope against E. C. Simklus and S.; 1'. Sjmkins. 11 TJY virtue of an order of sale made in the J c J-' above stated easy. I will offer for sale at i f public ontcry at Ai-bevlUe C. II., S. C'.. Sale Day in I>ecember, 1885. within the legal hours i of sale, the following described property, sit- i mite in said .State and County, to wit: All; that lot or parcel of land, situate in the town of Troy, being Forty by One Hundred Feet, t bounded West, by line of A. it IC. H. R., P'ast! E by alley between this properly and property ! of J. ('. Tittle, North by street, and South by S property of J. T. Morton. : TERMS OK SALE?One half cash, balance, on a credit of twelve months, with Interest: from day of sale, secured by bond of the pur-1 chaser and mortgage of the premises. Pur-:* chaser to have leave to pay all cash. Pur- ] j chaser to pay Master for papers. J. C. K LUG IT, If Nov. 11,1885. it Master. |r Master's Sale. \\ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,' (i COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. CDl'ItT Of COMMON 1'LEAS. Jane Taylor against It. P. Shaw etal. T>y virtue of an order of sale made in the i*' above slated case. I will oiler for sale at! I outcry at Abbeville Court House, s. C., on *>- I.-., nv: ?l,a 1mm I [ [ DillCUiiy, HI !( >?, niiuiu tuv hours ol" sale the following described property, .situate in said State and county, to wit:' a All that tractor pared of land on Turkey! I creek, waters of Saluda River containing j li | Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, J ! more or loss, bounded by lands of (}. M Mat-1 ' tison. Win. Robinson, N. Gaines, G. A. .Moore . and others. T1CRMS of Sale?One half ensh and thebal-! anco on a credit of twelve months, with in-'tl t crest, from day of sale, secured by Loud oft the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises. [ Purchaser to pay the .Master for papers. I r J. C'. KL.ro 11, j <Nov. 11,1S85,-It. Master. tf Master's Sale. ijj THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, t! COURT OF COMMON 1>I,KAS. R. T. Gordon, asslsnee, Tu lie M. G. Zeisler, > el Clerk, against J. Kii Kills. ' j J"?Y virtue of an order made in the above sta' led ease, I will oiler for sale at public outcry at. Abbeville Court House, S. on .Sale Day in December, 1S>'*\ within the lejral hours of sale, the followinsr dei*ribed property, situate iu said State and county to wit: All that tract or parcel of land containing Two Hundred and Ten Acres, more or lrss, bounded by lands of Mary A. _ Stephenson, W. T. Kills, liev. J. X. Young and 1 others. Terms of Sale?<'ash. Purchaser to pay the . Master for papers. J. C. KLl'tlir, / Master. Xov. 11. Uj.o. It SAHE OF M wmw\ l .' Y VIRTUE OF A POWER CONTAINED ? * *? in a mortgage given i?y a/iuuuvn, arlng date April 11,1876, 1 will sfell nt Abbelle C. H., on salesday of December next, Ninety-Three (93) Acre?, < r>re or less, of the Morton Home Tract* npou fiicli stands ihe valuable property knownns ORTON'S MILLS, on Long Cane creek, on e road leading lrom Abbeville C. H. to old imbrldge. Plat of the tract will be exhibit* on day of sale. Parlies desiring fopttr-? aso are referred to A. H. MORTON, Esq., lio will slmW the premises and give all dered information. rEItMS OK SALE?Ono-lhlrd cnsli, remain^ tr In one and two years, with interexC from iy of sale. The credit portion to be secured r bond and mortgage. Purchaser to pay fur ipers. S. McGOWAN, Mortgagee, Nov. 4, \m, ot Messenffcr copy. iVOTIOB. tie snbscrfbors to (he Capital Stock of tbe [atioial Baik 6f AMlle, S. C, t| k RE hereby notified that a eall lor the payV. metit of the first Installment (being om*alf of their subscription; has been mauo for ' ,j December 1st, 1885. The Cashier will be prepared to reccfpt for ?-f le same at the office of the Bank. .. B. WARDLAW, President. . BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Cashier. Nov. 4,1835, tf "he State of South Carolina, V i COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, in the imiobate court. ^TOTTCE is hereby given Ihnt. theExemtors 1 of thela?t will and testamentof Eapklcl :rwfor. deceased, have applied for settlement nd discharge. Disordered: that Thursday, the 3d day of \ ecember next, be fixed forgranting the relief rayed fur. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court-. Nov. 4,1885, tf ' V., . firm a ijli.x. 11 \/ * * v m tim ,'\rA En accordance with the act o raise supplies lor the fiscal year coninoncfng November 1st, 1884, approved f>. December 24\.h, 1884, notice is l>ereby givm that the Treasurer's office of Abbeville rounty will be open {or tlie eollectHm of axes PHURSDAY, OCTOBER 1,1885, M ' ?V ind will be open except the days in the %>hedule of appointments made below in his notice. Tho rate per contura of taxes is as follows: ; State purposes, 5? mills* County cirrrent,....~~...~__ 3 * Roads and bridges,. IJ ** ; Schools, 2 " Total 12 mill?. Poll tax ?1:00. ' In all eases where the May installment las not been paid, a penalty of 5 per centum upon said installment will b? idded. Taxes are payable in the followmg rinds of funds and no other: Goid a>ad Silver Coiu, United States Currency, Naional Bank Notes, and Coupons whict) jhall become payable during the year 18&5, on the consolidated bonds of thi? State, known as "Brown Bonds/' and on he bonds of tins State known as "Deficiency Bonds," Jury certificates and titer [>er diem of State witnesses in the Circuit Courts will be received for County taxes, . lot including School taxes. Parties liable to Poll Tax, and failing >r refusing to pay the same, will be proceeded against as for a misdemeanor and ipon conviction "shall be fined not moce ilian Ten Dollars, besides costs, or by imprisonment in the Comity Jail not ex;eeding thirty days." All taxes remaining unpaid "on 10th day of November*. IS80, tbo County Treasurer will proceed to collect tbe same jy distress or otherwise as now prescribed by law, together wi.h the penalty of i ft ecu per centum on the amount so deinquent, and if the amount of such der inquent taxes and penalties shall not bo >aid on or before the 15th day of Decern >er, 1885, then tho same sliall be treated ? delinquent taxes on such real and pcrional property, and shall be collected by talc of such real and personal property iccording te law." In order to further the collection of tfte axes and to accommodate tho tax-payers u far as I am able, I have arranged the ollowim? schedulo of appointment ami equest the tax-paj-ers will take due 110ice thereof, as the offico at the Court louse will necessarily be closcd on those lays. Ycrdery, Tuesday, October 6th. Bradley, Wednesday, October 7tb. Trov. Thursday, October 8th. McCoruiiek, Friday, October 9th. Greenwood, Saturday, October 10th. Ninety-Six, Monday, October 12th from rrival of down train until dopartuveof ip train Tuesday, October 13th. Hodges, Wednesday, October 14tli. Donalds, Thursday, October 15th. Due West, Friday, October JOth. The remainder of the time I will be in lie oilico at the Court House. Tax-payers in Lowndesville, Magnolia, alhoun and Bordeaux townships, will lkn that the Savannah Valley tail road tax will be collected at the samo me and subject to the samo penalties aa le State and County taxes. All information as to taxes will ho lieerfully given by mail or othorv/ise, ut I will not pay postage. J. W. PERRIN, County Treasure^ Sept. 0, 1885, tf Webb Halters. I X ASSORTMENT just rocfiived nnd for 1 sale cheap by T1IOS. liECiGtf. August 12, 1k5. tf