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The Press and Banner Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1885. The Sonsr the Corn. I was made to be ci'en. And not to be drunk; T<> be thrashed in a barn, Not soaked in a tank. t nc -1 fcW<iin<? When put in a mill, As a Might and a eursc When run through a still. Make inc up into loaves, Ami your children are fed ; But it' into a drink, I will starve them instead. In bread I'm a servant, The eater shall ru e; In drink I am master, The drinker a fool. Then remember the warning? My strength I'll employ, If eaten?to strengthen,* If drank?to destroy. PCTinMPniMIiSNS. A JLlJUUVUAJJiii A AN ADDRESS TO THE RACES, WHICH CONTAINS BOTH GOOD AND EVIL. A Number of Xcgro Preachers in Charleston .Mnke a Fearful Arraignment of the White PeopleAfter Misrepresentations, Contradictions, and Bat! Advice, They Give Wholesome Admonition to Their Own Itacc, Whieh Would as Well Apply to Any Other People. On the second of November, 1885, a mass meeting was held in the Morris Brown A. AI. K. Church, Charleston, 8. C., with Bishop Shorter in the chair, to consider the condition aud prospects of the colored race in America. On that occasion the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the pastors who have addressed this meeting be authorized to prepare and publish nn address to the races ou me faunjici maucr 01 mis evening's discussion. Agreeably with this, the undersigned re-j epcctfullv submit the following paper: Tlie Colored Race la America. The position of the colored race In the Unit-; ed .States is unique. For two and a half centuries they have dwelt for the most part within the old slave States as the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the white race. Yet to-day they are almost as much unknown and misunderstood by their white brethren as if they lived on some unvisited island in midocean. O f this ignorance the Southern whites I are totally unconscious; they claim to underderstand the uegro thoroughly. Everywhere, however, ridiculous notions! concerning the negro are promulgated. A book of wide circulation through the South undertakes to prove that the negro is not a man, but the highest order of beasts. An authority so high as the Encyclopedia Britannica, on information obtained from Southerners, "who know the negro," gravely asserts that the negro's skull and brain are so constituted that he can never reach the mental development of other races. Before the census of 18S0 showed the rapid growth of the negro population in the South It was declared that the Southern negro, without the fostering care of slaccry was dying out. Others aftirm, without knowledge, that the negro is so improvident and carelcss of the future that he can never acquire property, but must forever remain a pauper and a S - servant of servants. It is solemnly asserted that the Creator made the negro without a conscience, mat ne is uoru u iiiki, ?v mn jmiu i tt sensualist, and that female chastity among the race does not exist. Time has exploded these theories, but still the nogro is not known. Much of this ignorance is invincible. Having once formed an opinion on this subject men are unwilling to change them. The Progress of the Race. It is a lamentable fact that but little attention has been paid by our friends to the progress of the colored race since the war. Freedom found the colored people destitute, ignoraut. bomelessand withoutrightor title in the soil. Slavery had produced moral and intellectual enervation. It would not have been strange hud they turned robbers and highwaymen, and, in turn, terrorize and rob society, as society had for so long a time terrorized and robbed them. Instead, however, j of turning outlaws the black men of the i South went to work to improve their condition ; and how much they have accomplished let facts and figures show. Ten years after | emancipation they had deposited in their pavings banks over Sl2,000.0iX). In the Stato of Georgia they own 580,0)0 acres of land and j nay taxes on ?11,000,000 worth of property. The bust census shows that the colored people of the South are assessed for over ?110,000,000 of taxable property. In the State of South Carolina there are large property-holders among the colored people. Even under the blighting 4>i?n<?rw? <-?f klnvorv lrpe neonle of color anil i pome slaves acquired considerable property in Charleston ; and this has been done under the most unfavorable circumstances. A iace that accomplishes this certainly shows the ability to become In time a prosperous people Ji a fair cliance be generally allowed them. The Colored People at School. Nor have they been unmindful of the advantages of moral and intellectual development. The South is dotted all over with normal schools and colleges?every State has them?for the education of the negro. Koj man can visit them year after year without! acknowledging the progress made. These! schools are supported principally by Northern ; benevolence. Ke it said, however, to thecred- ] It of the South, that she is increasing the] number of free schools for the education of, the colored youth. It is the uniform testimony of teachers in all the schools that the colored children, other things being equal, do as well as whites. And in higher education the colored youth show the5r ability to cope with students of any race. In languages, sciences and arts they are working their way upon their own merits. Colored lawyers, editors, clergymen, physicians, teachers, merchants and artists show what the race has a- complished in every department of mental] activity. The negro has built churches, parKdnnpps. nsvlums. emnloved cultivated minis-! r tern and teachers, organized and conducted benevolent societies, and so proved his respect and veneration for morality and religj Ion. Though slavery was not a good school jor morals, yet there are men and women with characters clean and spotless; true in all their relations to God and man. Wo submit that this record of twenty years of pro(rress is sufficient to awaken the regard of all overs of humanity. For four hundred years the present proud ,\nglo Saxon wore the collar of servitude. lie was sold with the land and never raised a linger to end his slavery. It took him centuries after Columbus discovered America to rise to his present greatness. So that the African race in America can challenge the world's races to produce a parallel to its advancement In the first quarter of a century of its freedom. The Legal Rights of the Colored Race in the South. It is this racc that has accomplished so much against such odds that now raises its voice in solemn protest against the cruel wrongs and injustice to which it is subjected. In the Southern States the brethrcu of a common Father dwell together. Ttie white race boasts that behind it are a thousand years of civilization. The colored remembers that it was but yesterday that it came out of the /x*' Tim (*mmf i f ii f inn nf tho ll\'Unv vi vvnui^vt * *?v vw?w..vm..v.. v. ...v United States and tlie laws of our country say that these races are equal before the Courts and In the enjoyment of their civil and political rights. Public sentiment, as iormuiated by the press, the pulpit and the forum, declares that the n<*gro hjis rights * which the white man Is bound to respect. It is with sadness that we are compelled to say that in South is Carolina this practically untrue. The colored people are deprived of their rights to the protection of life, liberty and rroperty. The strong tyranize over the weak. t is denied that the colored man is unsafe, t>ut Cod knows it is true. Any night a hand of desperadoes may ride up to t he humble cabin 01 an inoffensive negro, and for some supposed wrong he may be dragged from his home and be cruelly beaten, and perhaps murdered. If a colored man is accused, through malice, as an insult to a white lady, he is likely to be hanged, or shot down like a dog. Until recently there was no respect for colored women in the South; any crime might be perpetrated upon their persons, and Jf the criminals were white men there was jh> redress. "The whole jrachinery of the Courts is in the haxuls of white men. If a negro is arrested for stealing a hog he has a plain road hetore him. He goes from the tri.il justice ollice to the jail, l'roin the jail to the courthouse, and from thecec to the penitentiary. There is no disagreement about that. IJut let a white man be tri^d for killing a negro, and you will lind that the jury cannot agree. II the prisoner is a while man he gets the benefit of the doubt; if he is colored, the benctit of the doubt goes to the state. IU Klliu 11IV. II IMKV ,..u ?? en the jury, not one, in some of the counties of the Stale, is found in the jury box during a whole J-c^t 11 of Court. White men are in an overwhelming majority in the jury box, and colored men arc in an overwhelming majority in the penitentiary. It woulu seem as if many white people were striving lo see how far back the colored man can be pressed towards ante-bellum slavery. The infamous chain gansr now takes t lie place of the old time slave collie, but its torlures are infinitely worse. Someol the newspapers of the State are now agitating the whipping post. As the majority of the oi mm EJJ u i WJU i Jiw lucu'muww^if?.\ . fenders arc made to l>c negroes, this will lie a I practical resurrection of the calaboose and the "horrors of thesuj!ar-hou*e." When it comes to the exercise of political rights in the South, such a thing for the negro is unknown. There has not been r.n election that could he called an election in eight years. The great number of ballot boxes at the polls, the peculiarities of the registration laws, the closing of polls before the time, the removal of polls from one to another place, arc means successfully used to hinder a free ballot and a lair count. It is not strange lhat the Governors of some of the Southern Slates asssuiv their Northern friends that "the negro is not so much interested in politics as he used to be."' A Threat of "evolution. Now, what shall bo done? Boonuso of injustice ami wrong many colored people go every year l'rom South Carolina. A general exodus has been threatened many times. This will not do. The colored people know they are deprived of their rights, and a deep murmur is heard on all sides. It seems to be the policy of the present Administration to turn all colored men out of office in the South. It is openly said that this is "a white man's government," and the negro must be kept down. W'e must warn the white people in time. They may go on depriving us of cur rights until forbearance ceases to be a virtue. It may not be long before the revolutions of St. Domingo in the time of Toussaint I/Ovcrturu will be repeated in the South Recent events in and around Charleston in the Prince Howen case, in the McKnight case, in the Hutchinson case on Kdisto, the III ley case, and the murder of a poor lunatic at Summerville, and others in various sections of the State, have so roused the colored people of this city and elsewhere that nothing but the influence of the pastors and the churches has prevented an outbreak. Our people are a reading .people. The ablest daily journals and monthly porlodioals in the United States are read at our firesides. They need no one to tell them of their wrongs. They read all that is written, either for or against them. It is only another evidence of the supine ignorance of the white race when it is thought that we do not understand and smart under the wrongs which af Hict us. IJarmoiiy Between tlie Races. We now come 10 the expression of our views respecting the necessity of harmony between the races as a condition of progress. The prosperity of the South must, depend upon tins. "Can two walk together cxcept they be agreed?" Capital and labor, brain and muscle must be united for their mutual benefit. Prejudice must be banished, and impartiality control ns in all our dealings. "Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so to them," is the dictate alilic of natural and revealed religion. The colored people are willing to practice the Golden Rule. Our race has Ijeen patient in submitting to indignities and sull'ering wrongs. Even under the cruelties of slavery there were friendships established between the master and slave. During the war tiio Ne?ro protected and supported his master's family during his absence. The Negro has made the South what it Is. lie cleared its lands, raised its crop*, built its homes, roads, churches, villages and eitics. White people in the South are attached to the Negro, but, as Carl ychurz says, "they show him much kindness but scant justice." They would not take any other being on the face of the earth in the place ot the Negro laborer and servant. He is with them from the cradle to the grave. - 1 3 - fV CIIIUrtTU IllllfU VHIKurauu i mm iu w...w.v,-, and n colored nurse closes his eyes In deat h. What folly it is for two races thus connected to be at all at variance! The lack of harmony hinders the full developmout of the material Interests of the South. Driving- Aivny Capital. The South needs outside capital and skill. AVebavean abundance of resources in land and water, woods and minerals, brawn and brain, sutlicient indeed to have made it far wealthier; but slavery has in the past been its bane, and the spirit of the dead corpse stil I hovers around It to the general injury. A gentleman, some years since, negotiated a loan, in Boston, on a rice plantation along our coast. On the day the papers were to be signed he went, to the otlice of the money lender. This man stood reading a paper when the Southerner entered, lie turned to him and said: "I cannot loan this money on your plantation. This paper contains an account of a riot at Ellenton, S. (J. A State that cannot keep out of race conflicts can furnish no security lor capital. I would not dure to go there to collect on my mortgage if I were obliged to foreclose it." The unsolved problem between the races keeps capital out of jhe South, and both races ure forced to unproductive idleness. The trade of Charleston is suffering because of the Jolly of persisting in maintaining a conflict between the iaccs. Divide the Land with the "A'esro." Being largely an agricultural people, and the soil being the original source of all wealth, it is among this class that the labor reform is most needed, aud there it should begin. The contract system in vogue there requires the laborer upon the plantations to accept "tickets," instead of cash, till the end of the year, for his wages. All his wants, outside of his rations of corn and bacon, must bo obtained from merchants on these tickets at a ruinous discount. So that at the end of the year lie is as poor, if not poorer, than at the beginning, In many instances It lias resunea in me attachment, by accumulated debts, of the laborer to the soil in practical slavery. Let all Ibis he chan^t d ; let a l'u!l day's w<iges be paid for a lull day's work. Let the colored nam be encouraged in his desire lo purchase. Where his employer cannot furnish all cash, U-t him pay in part in land. And soon will the wild forests and dreary wastes be converted into smiling fields of cotton, grain and other products of the soil. And though large landed possessions may bt tower than before, yet the ag-jreuatc wealth of the Stat" will be greatly increased, the p.oduols of the soil more diversified, more capital retained at home, and independence and contentment prevail. When liberal inducements are ollered foreign colonists to settle in the State, would it not be wise to make the same offers of lands to tho native colored man? Could not the emigration to Arkansas and elsewhere be slopped by making the same oilers of opportunities to acquire farms and homes which are made by the Southwestern State? Would not Negro settlers be as beneficial to South Carolina? Justice in ths Courts. Again, justice in the Courts, as well ns in business matters, must be freely accorden as a matter of simple duty. Injustice causes dial-trust, discontent aud alienation. Ilere there is much to unlearn: so long as the colored man is regarded as naturally and necessarily inferior, so long as his life, his honor and his property are considered as less sacred, just so long will offences against him be treated as less heinous and less punishable. Justice is fitly symbolized as blind-folded and holding in her hand an evenbalanced scale. This must become a reality before harmony can be established. The revolution here needed must begin at the fountain-head. Legislation must make no invidious class distinctions. The pulpit must cry aloud and spare tot, and show my people their transgressions." The press must maintain a high | sense of justice, and honor must be thedefeu! der of innocence, and a censor whose voice irivnc IVii-t.li no liiieeiiain sound. It should I speak of the colored people in the same language of rcspeet and appreciation as when it. j speaks ot the white. Tho ordinary and now meaningless titlis of Mr., Mrs. and Miss should no longer be withheld by the newspapers from colored people who are as respectable as the whites to whom they are given. It is both a solemn duty and a gracious'privilege fcr those who are in positions of influence to lead tho way in all reforms for the benefit ol humanity. "To whom much is gr.cn, of them much will be required." We thank God that already a few leaders of the people have recognized their obligations, and, adopting as their motto "iSo just tied fear I not,'' have spoken in the interests ol the opK1 essed. All honor to such men as Drs. A. (J. aygood, of Georgia ; C. K. Marshall, ol Misjsissippi; Carlisle and K. Y. Meyuardie and | Itev. d. W. Mcmtninger, of South Carolina, j and Jhshop Dudley, of Kentucky! The better | classes of the whites in the South, who laj incut the lawlessness and violence from which ' the colored people have so long suffered should should now come to the front and control i public airairs. T!ie Xoj;r?? lit It is unfortunate that politic:*! diirerences have hitherto divided tho races. The Southern whites declared that supreme necessity ! bade them act and hold the control of polii tics. The colored citizen could not but he en! raged at their practical disfranchisement,and i have hitherto refused to go over to the opposite uarty. As this condition of things cannot continue forever, wisdom would.suggest a j coin promise. Let the color line he broken at the polls, and the past significance of party names disappear. Would it not be well lhat i thetitle8"Kcpublieans and Democrats" bcex|changed for Liberals and Conservatives? ; 'Ihere must of necessity bo parties as ail men CUllllOt SeeatlKC, Olil ine SUI VIVIII 01 me iiiudi j applies as well here its elsewhere. Said Thom| as JeH'erson, "God has no attriinite that can , take side with the oppressor." Let theeolorj ed race ally themselves with those anions our I white fel low-citizens who arc willing to sever themselves l'rom the dead past, accept, the i teachings t?f Providence, and thus reaii/.e the j declaration of the . 'salmist, "Happy is that people whose (Jod is the Lord." Iic<li;N(ry and Ktoiiomy. Recognizing the truth of the proverb that j "The gnds help them who first, help them[ selves," we now turn to the colored race, and would first call their attention to the necessity j of industry and economy, ilwoit.d, at llust : thought, seem unnece-sary to speak of industry to a people who have all their lives been j used to work, hut since there is room for improvement we therefore speak. Ail that has | been accomplished, or e ver will be, 5s the result of labor. Diligence and pcvseverar.ee I make the path of life smooth and pleasant. ' They overcome every barrier, and resist all opposition. All men must labor hot h for their ! own and for others' good; our civil, moral and family obligations, all command us to labor. And the present rapid progress that the eivilI ized world is making in all things urges us to j be up and doing. I'nless we as a people keep ! up with that progress, some other people will I "I jdisplneo us. and leavens to the poverty and ! wretchedness that will conic of our own indifference. Industry finds something to <lo al-i ways and everywhere, and It. recognizes the Pict that whatever is worth doing at all, it is | worth doing well. It also recognizes the justice of giving the full amount of labor that is j due before it can claim its compensation; it i frowns upon all shirking a? dishonorable and | unjust. It lays the foundation for success and Independence by unswerving lhlelity to its I contracts. Labor Is dignifying; nothing i thrives without it. It is not, as some think, a | discredit, a compromise of our standing : "Honor tind shame front no condition risfl, Act will j our part, there ull the honor lies." Il tcc prejudice cannot Phut out competent {and honest, laborers. In this 3*011 will unit a j weapon with which yon may conquer, sooner i or later, even that, in vote rate foe. Selfishness j says tlie most labor lor the least money, but j there is no surer way of I icing left to yourself, i The in habitants of hritnin rose from dwellers 1 In caves to the occupants of palaces by iudus* try. The men who have accomplished the i most in arts, literature and mechanical skill jdid so, not so much by their genius as by in1 dustry applied to the mind as well as the 1 body. Industry weeds the corn, cleans the j cotton, gathers the rice, stems the tobacco, i sows the grain, and by the diligent use of the t head and the hand succeeds in the great work of life. (Jenius, wealth and greatness are dormant In the womb of industry. It makes the successful farmer, the skilful mechanic, the wealthy merchant, the independent gentleI man, the refined and accomplished lady, the powerful race, and the great and prosperous nation. Economy the Surest Roatl to Wealth. But a necessary concomitant to such attainment is economy, both of time and of means. It is the judicious management of all our possessions in a manner that will presvrve for future needs whatever there is in them of value, be it. money, strength or skill. One has said that "economy is wealth," therefore gather up the fragments that nothing be lost. It is not so much what we make as what is saved that brings wealth. It is easier to cage the bird in hand than it is to catch and then cage it. It is bettor to save ton cents of the money earned each day than to wait until higher wages will warrant the saving of 1 ifty cents per day. You can do this by cutting oil' the luxuries. What is a necessity in the house of the man worth S">0,000 is a luxury in the house of the man worth hut ; and what is a necessity in the family worth ?10,000 is a luxury in the family of the laboring man working every day for his daily broad. Property-holders are a power among every race; the oppressed and despised are the poor and the ignorant. No man is likely to question the right of a man to act and think for himself who has by his industry and economy accumulated his 310,000 or $20,000. Wealth, as well as knowledge, is power! Look at the foreigners who come to our country; saving their pennies by learning to live upon a little, they are soon able to help their oppressed people across the waters. To be able to resist oppression, among other thing?, you must have money. Without a competency the race can never reach the desired position to make it independent ami happy. The ZVeccssJty of I>enriiJn;? Trades. And since skilled labor is always most in demand. we now ask your attention to a few thoughts on the necessity of learning trade's. Webster defines the word "trade" as "the business which a person has learned, and which he carries on for procuring a subsistence or for profit; occupation, especially mechanical employment," &c. The necessity of learning a trade is seen in the fact that all official positions j^re precarious; all manual labor of a subordinate character, which anybody can perform, subjects one to removal through rivalry or caprice, while the technical knowledge of any calling of head and hand, especially if it is advanced through diligence and experience, invariably commands patronage and good compensation. Need we therefore call the attention of parents to the supreme duty, next to the cultivation of the morals of their children, of having them learn trades? They let go a golden opportunity who, for the sake of gratifying a child's love of money or their own, instead of improving their early years in the acquisition of some useful pursuit, spend it as office boy, messenger, waiter, or | some sum pour fsunsiuutc. ji \v?t? it iun among the Jews of old to teach all their boys a ! trade, whatever may, after that, employ their I talent. We fear that there is a want of interest among our people concerning this kind of education. The Education of tlic "Sepro." While we favor the higher education for those who expect to enter some one of the professions, or who feel called of God to the work of the ministry, we are convinced that for the mpst of our youth the training most needed \k elementary and industrial. W e have to confess that the colored youth has labored under great discouragement in his efforts to acquire a trade. Prejudice here, as well as elsewhere, I has been his barrier. How few shops there are which will take such an apprentice where i there are whites! But, thank God, this diifiI culty is largely removed by the mechanical I schools attached to those institutions of learnlike Claliin University, in this State; Clarke University, in Georgia; Hampton Institute, in Virginia, and similar ones scattered over the South. Jf anything like pride deters any of our youth from learning trades, let us warn them that they will in the future pay dearly for it. Manual education is the preparation for a future work, to meet future obligations and I responsibilities, lieuce the necessity of fitting ourselves for it. I It is said bv an able writer that "A man un trained in any labor, unskilled in usefulness to society, is a barbarian, for civilized society rests upon the idea of mutual and skilled helpfulness 011 the part of all its members." Just this is what many young people do not see, and hence their desire to break away from school and t he workshop, and with-raw hands and minds go out to earn, as by chance, a few dollars to waste in pleasure. The Rev. A. D. Mayo, of Boston, says: "The first thing that the illiterate classes need every where in our country for their permanent I industrial ilivction is six months in each year j of thorough elementary training in schools I managed by good teachers, for live or six years of their lives; and only a generation so taught can ever learn to work in connection I with the labor-saving agencies which are revolutionizing every sphere of human industry." I Again, the necessity o( learning trades is seen in the fact, that the South is in need of more | skilled laborers, and the colored youth, who is j wise, will prepare himself to meet this de! mand, otherwise, another class will be called to supply it, while they are forced to remain "hewers of wood and drawers of water." Says Prof, (ieorge Magoun, of Iowa College: "The labor of the South is subject in these I years to a marvellous revolution. The only ! opportunity the freedman has to rise is by furj lushing such skilled labor as the ?jreat changes going on in that splendid section of the land i requires. How can he furnish it unless theed! irlv/,11 liim i* inrliitttrtat nnfl | technical ?" The colored man ;us wage-worker and producer is in the majority in this section; ! let him hold his position by improving his opI portunitv; by growth in skill and experience, I and, with all hisdisabilities, he will so successfully cope with others us to maintain his independence. TJic Necessity of Mntii?.! Piitroiinse. Tteeognizing the force of the motto, "Union is strenetli," we would earnestly call the attention of our people to the necessity of mutual patronage. We think that there is no need of labored argument to prove the value of race patronage. The very condition of the negro in tins country must convince him that if lie would advance to that degree of power and position of usefulness among the nations that the Almighty has made possible for all men, he must, as all other nations do, lend a helping . hand to each other. When we patronize each other in any kind of business, we are helping ourselves. Our peculiar situation in this country has linked us imiissoiubly together. What concerns one concerns ail. We are all treated as of the same grade in character and ability. !f a few are indolent and improvident they are held up to the gaze of mankind as samples of the rest: if one negro steals a bale of cotton, I the race are branded as thieves. Fellowship in suffering must unite us closer in sympathy. ! Now what we need do is to come to the help of ! each in business of any and a'l kinds. We pre I fi.tr tin* interchange of patronage Between uie races, if tlu' white's will do the same, but they have so commonly shown tint contrary spirit, except when it is to their advantage, that, we ant forced by the law of sell-protection to regard race interests as of chief importance. ! We must have more race pride; the old-time Jealousy must be thrown <>fl", and wo must 011j iy bear in mind the fact that we arc a nation, or, rather, a class, who are battling against I heavy odds, but determined, with the help of ! (.iod, to win. it is sometimes said by our own ' people, us soon as one is rising in the world, j "he is proud and stuck up;" and you withI draw your patronage from such. Meanwhile I you have been patronizing those of tlie other ! race who have grown rich oil' your patronage ! and now despise you? The Love of Race. j We would not for a moment encourage race prejudice, nor would we say anything to ere! ate'animosity between the two races who live together, but we would inspire the colored i man wii.ii more- love of race. For there are I some who are ashamed of their race simply I because they are under (lie ban of human prcjiKiiee inn' ii von have buta tenth part of ne : yr<? blood in your veins, you are placed under till* s:tiiir l;:m, and, therefore, your only hope I is to hanji together. No legislative enactment or amendment to the Constitution ean help us | so uiiK'li as a union of etlorts for I lie amelioration of our condition. We have all the elej incuts of strength in us; all we necil islheo|?| (Killunity to use them.and that will, by the help of (Tod and our own endeavors, conic ! sooner or later. Religion, wealth and ednea| lion :n'" I}n levers that ean and will lift us up to jireatilers, We must pal roni/e our own mer| chants, nucha"lies, attorneys, physicians and i t'lhers provided that (hey areas reasonablejis o.hers. Said that philosopherofourown times j Horace (ireele.v: "There is no friendship in i trade." lie isour best friend who will in trade save us the most money. Till we learn thus to appreciate the enterprise and skill ofourown people we cannot expect the success and independence that command the respect of others. I On the other hand, those of our race who cx1 peel our patronage must present as attractive j places of business, as various a stock of goods ; and tLic tuuuc accommodations as others. ''Help us to help each other" should be our prayer and our practice, us well as oUr song. Colored Teachers in the Schools. AVe'cannot forbear, while on this subject, to allude to the exclusion of our people from the better class of colored schools as teachers. It does seem unfair that after they have qualified themselves to become capable teachers, that they should be shut out from the opportunity of instructing their own people, except in the poor country schools in which the compensation of the best does not exceed thirty-five dolI'li'c n<iv month nurl u'hr>rn tlin nvnrnt.V Ipncl.h of the school year docs not exceed four months. In the two colored schools of this city,- supported by the public taxes, where there are { .bout two thousaiulchiidrcn, and aboilt thirty to forty teachers, there are but four colored teachers, and they are only there because in the gift of that school building and furniture by the New England Relief Association to the City of Charleston, it was stipulated that onehalf of the teachers were to be colored persons. Here, fellow-citizens, are our grievances. We feel them sorely and call for redress. It must not be expected that we can submit to their continuance,still lesstheirincrea.se. We are men and citizens of the Commonwealth; we are required to obey the laws and are amenable thereto. We claim that all be subjected to the same requirement, regardless of color, rank, Ac. We ciaim the same protection, the same liberty, the same rights. These are not now secured to us. It cannot require a long time for a professedly Christian people to effect a reform in the administration of the laws and secure justice to all. We know that many deplore the existence of the things of which we herein complain, but action, early and positive action, is what is needed. Those in nigh places must take the initiative. And here wc rest our cause. J. E. Haynk, H. Cabdozo, W. H. IlKAKD, E. C. HKOWN, L. 11. Nichols. Charleston, S. C., November 19,1^85. Knox's Hotel, CONSISTING OF NINETEEN OR TWENjty rooms, up-stnlrs, over the stores on Knox's corner, IsoH'ered for rent,. Terms reasonable. Location desirable. Apply to JOHN KNOX, Nov. 18,188-5, tf Abbeville, S. C. Fair Warning. ALL persons indebted to me must come forward and settle on or [before the 7th day of Doc-ember, or their accounts will be found elsewhere for collection. \V. G. CHAPMAN. Nov. 25, 1S85. tf 2%T otice. I OFFER for sale a small tract of land within two and a half miles of Abbeville village, containing about ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE ACRES. For particulars apply to the undersigned. Nov. 18,1885, tf J. W. LESLY. A A mi-niot-pa+nv'o TMnflPfk Iiuiiiimu n aivi 10 nuuuv, ALL PERSONS Indebted to the estate of J. MARION LATIMER, deeoased, will make payment to me,and those having claims against said estate will present them to me properly proven. THEOPIIILUS BAKER, Administrator with Will annexed. Nov. 24, 1SS5. tf The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, IN TIIE 1'KOBATE COURT. DR. J. D. NEEL, as Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Gibson, deceased, has applied for settlement and discharge. It is ordered : that Saturday, the 5th day of December next, be fixed for the settlement and discharge prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, J udge Probate Court. Nov. 4,1S8.3, tf The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, ir* iiici rnui3AX?< LUOIU. N'OTICE is licrcby given that, the Executors of the last will nnd testament of Ezeklel Ilasor? deceased, have applied for settlement and discharge. It. Is ordered: that Thursday, the 3d day of December next, be tlxed for grunting the relief prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court. Nov. 4,1885, tf Bridge to Let. TlIE BRIDGE over Wilson's Creek, near Burdett's Mills, known a* the "LOWER BRIDGE," will be let to build, to the lowest responsible bidder on Thursday, December 3, ISSo. Right reserved to reject any or all bids Specifications made known on day of letting. WILLIAM KILHil, County Commissioner. Nov. 17. 1885. 3t The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court?Citation for Letters of Administration. By J. fui/lek Lyon, Esq., Probate Judge: \\J HEItEAB, J. H. BELL has made suit ?V to me to srrnnt bim Letters of Administration "cum tcstumcnto anncxa, dc bonii noil," of the Estate and effects ol Joseph F. Bell, late of Abbeville County, deccused. Those are therefore, to cite and admonish nil and singular, the klndredand creditors of the said Joseph F. Bell, deceased, that they be and appear before me, In the Court of Probate, to he held at Abbeville C. H? on Monday, the 7th of December 2nd, 1S*5, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any they have, why the said Admin istration should not be grunted. Given under my hand and seal, this 22nd day of Nov. in the year of our Lord one thousand eielit hundred and eighty-five and in the 110th your of American Independence. Published on the25th day of November, 1885, in the JVm and Manner, and on the Court House door for the time required by law. . J. FULLER LYON. Judge Probate Court. Nov. 25, 18S5. tf SALE OF By virtue of a power contained in a mortgage given by A. 11. Morton, bearing date April 11,187(5,1 will sell at Abbeville C. II., on Salesduy of December next. (.7,) Ninety-Three (83) Acres, more or less, of the Morton Home Tract, upon which stands lhe valuable property known as MORTON'S MILLS, on Long Cane creek, on the road leading Irom Abbeville (J. H. to old Cambridge. Pint of the tract will be exhibited on day of sale. Parties desiring to purchase are referred to A. II. MORTON, Esq., who will show the premises and give all de MIL'U IIIIIinilUMUU, TERMS OK SALE?One-third cash, remainder in one and two years, with interest from dny of sale. The credit portion to be secured by bond and mortgage. Purchaser to pay for papers. S. McGOWAN, Mortgagee. Nov. 4,1SST>, 5t Messenger copy. Spring Beds ! Spring Beds !! WOVEN WIRE 15ED, price S5.09 and SW.on. Twin Springs, "full set, pncc $3.00. MO ] spring lied, price ?3.50. 30 spring bed with slats, pricc?1.75. One-third of life spent In bed, make your beds comfortable. The prices are go low all can secure a good bed. J. D. CHALMERS A CO. Nov. 25, tf Steel Engravings, Chromos, OIL PAINTINGS, at low prices, suitable for presents. Pine line of mouldings and ! frames. Toilet looking gla?s with levels and thermometer attached. New goods. J. JD. CHALMERS & CO. NOV- 25, 18S5. tf | Walnut BedsMAPLE REDS, Ash bods, priecs from S2.50 to ?12.00. All goods at bottom prices. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. I Nov. 25, 1885. tf Cribs and Cradles. FOLDING CRIBS, with woven wire bottoms, a new and excellent article, prices j I from $3.00 to ?7.50. Cradles, SI.25. Swing era* ! dies, 32.50. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. | Nov. 25, 1SS5, tf j I State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. IN THE PROBATE COURT. H. P. Galhpln as Admistrator, Lula N. Quarts as Administrlx estate of R. P. Quarles, deceased, Plaintiffs against Agnes W. Quarles, Sarah B. Galphiu, et al, Defendants.?Complaint to sell real estate to pay debts, <?c. I WILL sell at public outcry at Abbeville C. H., within the legal hours of sale on Saleday in December next, the following described real estute belonging to the estate of R. P. Qua lies, deceased, for the payment of debts, to wit: (1) One dwelling house and lot In the town or Ninety-Six, containing Three Apres, more or less bounded by lots of Dr. J.J. Bozoman, C. P. Roberts and Columbia and Greenville Railroad. (2) One Brick Store House and lot in Ninety-Six, containing :}0 feet front and 70 foet in length more or less, bounded by lots of J. R Moore, Moore & Quarles and Cambridge Street. (3) One-luilf interest In a Brick Store House and lot in Ninety-Six, 25 feet front width and 70 feet In length more or less, bounded bj J. P. Phillips, the store above described anc Cambridge Street. TFRMS?One-balf rash, the balance on t credit of twelve months with Interest fron day of sale, credit portion to be secured bj bonil of purchaser and mortgage of the prem Ises. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. FULLER LYON, Nox. 17,1885, tf. Judge Probate Court. State of South Carolina County of Abbeville. IN TIIE PROBATE COURT. Marthr E. Norwood, ns Admin istrlx, Ac. riaintifl' against Ludie N. Speer et al, De fendants.?Complaint tor sale of land t< pay debts. I will pell al public outcry within the legn hours of snlo at Abbeville C. II., on Snh-da; in December next-, lor the payment of debt the following described real estate belongini to the estate of Dr. W. C. Norwood, dcccased to wit: A11 that lot or parcel of land situate In th town of Ilodges with store house, having i front of 60 feet, length 117 feet and 37 feet rea end, boundt-d by lot of D. B. Glymph, C. & G It. It. and other lands of f-ald estate. TERMS CASH. Purchaser to nny for p:; pcrs. J. FULLER LYON, Nov. 17,1S85. tf. Judge Probate Court. Fine Horses. ^ITE have for sale in our stable a fine lot c ft HORSES. Among tne lot aie a numbc of excellent BROOD MARKS. WALLINGFORD & RUSSELL. N9V. 11, 1885. tf "yaluableT TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALI Estate of Mrs, Thos. Thom son, Deceased. THE HOMESTEAD TRACT, containing Ninety Acres, more or less, which will be divided Into lot and pnrcels. l'lats of which can be seen a the ofHce of Thomson <t Thomson. Also, th Long Cane plantation. Ave miles from Cour House, on road to Cedar Springs, containln Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Acrei more or less, all of which will be sold on Sal< day in December next. TEItMS?One-half cash, balance on on year's credit, with Interest from dny of sal< secured by mortgage. Purchaser has prlv! lege to pay all cash, and must pay for paper and recording. T. P. THOMSON, S. G. THOMSON, Nov. 18,18S5, tf Executors. The State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. IN PKODATE COUKT. In the matter of the Estate of Jacob MIUci Deceased, M. M. Miller, Adminlstratrlx.Petltion for Settlement and Discharge. MRS. M. M. MILLER, as Administratrix having llled her petition in thlH Corn praying for settlement and discharge. It Is ordered: that Wednesdny, the 9lh < December next be llxed for settling said e: tute and grunting the discharge hs prayed fo J. FULLER LYON, Nov. 9, 188.5. 5t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINJ COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A. R. Ellis and W. T. Ellis ngainst John E. E lis and others. T>Y virtue of an order of sale made In th J-* above stilted case, I will offer lor sale a public outciy at Abbeville C. H., S. C., o Sale Day in December, 1S85, within the lege hours of sale, the followlug described propel iy, situate In said State and County, to wit AH that tractor parcel of land known as th Tract on which the late Mrs. Elizabeth Elll lived at the time of her death, near the incoi porato limits of Due West, containing Four Hundred aud Eight Acres more or less, bounded by lands of Joseph El lis, Milton Ellis, H. M. Young, John R. Ma pee, and others. Said tract will be divided ir to smaller tracts of not less than fifty no more than one hundred acres each, whlcl wiilibe sold separately and plats of whlcl will oe exhibited on day of sale. TERMS OF1 SALE?One-half cash, balanc oil a credit of twelve months, with Interes from day of sale, the credit portion to be sf cured by bond of purchaser In each Instanc and mortgage of the premises sold. Purchas cr to pay the Master for papers. J. C. KLUGH. Nov. 17, 1885. 3t Master. Master's Sale. TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ABBEVILLE COUNTY. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. S. W. Cochran, ns Executor, against A. I Cochran aud others. BY virtue of an order of 6ale made In th above stated case I will ofFer for sale a public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., 01 Sale Day in December, 1885, within the loga hours of sale, the following described propel ty, situate In said Slate and County, of th real estate of W. T. Newell, deceased, to wit All that tract, or parcel of land, containing Eighty-Six Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of J. 1 Kobertson, Mrs. Mary Winn and others. TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, the hal anoeon a credit of twelve months with intei est from day of sale, secured by bond of pui chaser and n mortgage of the property, i'ui chaser to pay for papers. * J. C. KLUGFf Master. Oct. 17, 1885. 3t Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COUllT OF COMMON PLEAS. S. McGowan and E. A. Robertson, against M V. Miller, et al. By virtue of an order of sale made In tin above stated case. I will oirer for sale a public outcry at Abbeville, C. H , S. C., oi Sale Day in December, 18S5, within the lega i?r.viimitinir ildur>rihnfl nrnnpi* IIUll I' *) IJI DcViV, fclii; |?uv;i>...b X. ? I'-~J ty, situate in said Stale and C'ounrty: A1 t hat tract or parcel of land, containing, Seven Hundred Acres, more or less and on waters of Saluda River bounded by lands of 1J. F. Calhoun, A. F Chancy and others. Also Lot No. 1, in the village of Ninety-Six known as the Brick store lot, seventy fee ! front, more or less bounded on north by W R. Hilton, south by public square, and wesi by North Cam bridge street, said If it contain ing three brick stores which will he so?d sepa lately. Al*o Lot No. 2, in Ninety-Six, about on< hundred and fifteen feet in length by thirty live in width known as Post Office Row bounded by pub 1c square, W. C. Moore, Wil 11am Johnston, J. P. Phillips ami others. TERMS of sale- One half Cash, balance ir twelve months with interest from day of sale secured by bond of purchaser and a inort gi'ge of the premises. Purchaser to pay thi 1 Master for papers. J. C. KLT'GH, Nov. 11,1SS5 it Master. i ?? Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TH COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. J.W.Thomson against Mary T.Quarlcs and Ro others. TJY virtue of an order of sale made in the tj JJ above slated case, I will offer for sale at JJ public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on pul Saleday In Decernbor, 1885, within the legal Sal hours of Hale, the following described proper- hoi ty, situate in said State and county, being of ty, the Real Estate of Thomas Thomson, deceas- Ail cd, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, Kii known as Tract No. 3 of the Fair plantation, tov containing Sixty-Seven and One-Half Acres, mc more or less, oounuea ny mnas or jonn rrau, >*c Wesley Crawford, Luther Haddon and others, an< i lying In the lorksof the Abbeville and Due to , West roads. Also, Tract No. i of Bald plaiila- pit s tlon, containing sal One Hundred and Seventy-Seven and He One-Ilalf Acres, Xi ; more or less, bounded by lands of John Pratt m( ' and others, lying on Little River north of the public road and adjacent to Fair's Erldjre. Al- ers ; so, Tract NO. 5 of said plantation, containing uv ! One Unndred and Eighty-Four and p,* 1 One-Fonrih Acres, ' bu i more or less, bounded by lands of Mrs. Pratt, tal i Robert Pratt, John Pratt and others, and lyr Inz on Utile River. Plats of these three tracts may be seen at wt my office. Ua Also. that, tract or parcel of land known as * the Richard Davis tract, containing ln I'ifly Acres, 881 1 im more or less, bounded by lands formerly th j known as Davis lands, now owned by O. C. Stockman, by the Chlpley lands and others. Also, that tract or parcel of land known as ] the Rogers tract, containing ? Forty Acrcs, , more or less, near Calhoun's Mills, and bounded by lands of Cool and others. E( TERMS OK SALE?One-half cash, bnlance J In twelve months, with interest from day of ^ sale, secured by bond of the purchaser and Jj . mortgage of the premises. Purchaser to pay . ;! the Master for papers. > J. C. KLUGII, ? Nov. 10, ISM, 4t Master. ^ Master's Sale. | ? STATE OF SOUTII CAROLINA, co I COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. COURT OP common I>LEAH. H Mary A. Hunter and.Tohnson A. Llnlt against ?' Samuel A. Link, and others. "DY virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale at public outcry at Abbeville C. H.,S. C.,on Sale- ? ,f day In December, 1K85, within the legal hours " - of sale, the following described property, situate in said State and county, being of the n Real Estate of Emily Link, deceased, to wit; All that tractor parcel of land,contaiulug One Hnndred and Twelve Acres, h ?lj more or loss, bounded by lands of Mary Na- q, pier, John Bankmau, Wiley Burnett and othI i rs. To be sold at the risk of E. T. Link, former niirphnsfip. ' TERMS OF SALE?One-hnlf cash, bnlance qi on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from day of sale, secured by bond of the nor- ei chaser and a mortgage of the premises. Pur* . chaser to pay the Master for papers. . J. C. KLUGH, Nov. 11,1885, -It Master. ,n W Master's Sale. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Y COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, ni H 13 t COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ei e J. E. Caldwell against M. C. Caldwell and otht ers.?Partition. ? RY virtue of an order of sale made In the a above stated case, I will ofler for mile at _ public outcry at Abbeville C. H? S. 0., on j- Saleday In December, 1885, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, situate In said State and county, being of \\ e the real estate ot M. C. Caldwell, deceased, to wit: Ton lots of that tract or parcel of land f* at Mt. Carniel, containing \ Twenty-Five Acres, I more or less, bounded by lands of T. Q. Baker, b, and others. Said lots being suitable for resldences or stores. Plats will be exhibited on s< day of sale. p TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance t! on a credit of twelve months, with Interest c< 1 from day of sale, secured by bond of the pur- F chaser and a mortgage of the premises, with r leave to the purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. P J. C. KLUGH, ? 1 Nov. 11,1885, 4t Master. J c ULLctsiei a sjaxe. ? 1 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, " if COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. ? r' COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. M. G. Zelglor, C. C. P., as adm'r, &c. against " 3 John R. Mattlson. T?Y virtue of tin order of sale mnde In the -L* ubove stated case and dated June II, 1885, E I will offer for Rale at public outcry at Abbevilie C. IL, P. C..on Kaleday In lJeeeinber, 1885, T within the li'gal hours of sale, the following j described property, situate In said State and , county, to wit: All ihat tract or parcel of P laud, lately belonijlng to Eliza Mattison, de- '* l* ceased, on which she was living at tbe time of ? her death, containing ^ Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, & " more or less. S il TERMS jOF SALE?One-half cash, the bal** ance in twelvo months, with interest from ; day of sale, secured by bond of the purchaser n ? and a mortgage of the premises. The pur- y s chaser to pay the Master for papers and pay a > for recording. D J. C. KLUGH, Master. Nov. 10,18S5, 4t ; Master's Sale, THE STATE OF SOUrH CAROLINA, h COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. A I) COURT OK COMMON PLEAS. o Jordan Js Pope against E. 0. Slmkins aod S. t 'p. Sjmklns. ti !- tl e T1Y virtue of an order of sale made in the j] j. above stated ease, I will offer for sale at Ci public outcry at Abbeville C. II., S. C., Sale p Day in December, 18S.5, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, sit- 0J . uate in said State and County, to wit: All that lot or parcel of land, situate In the town of Troy, being n Forty by One Hundred Feet. sl * ai bounded West by line of A. <fe K. R. R? East p by alley between this property and property al of J. C Tittle, North by street, and South by , property of J. T. Horton. ? TERMS OF SALE?One half cash, balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest 0 from day of sale, secured by bond of the pur chaser and mortgage of the premises. Pur* n chaser to have leave to pay all cash. Pur1 chaser to pay Master for papers. Tl . J. C. KLUGH, 11 p" Nov. 11,1885. 4t Master. 1 I Master's Sale; jr TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA J oi COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. tl I 4 I [- COURT OF COMMON FLEAS. ?'( Jane Taylor against R. P. Shaw et al. 1' "Ry virtue of an order of sale made in the . -lJ above stated case. I will otrer for sale at outcry at Abbeville Court House, S. C., on Saleday, in December, lss.5, within the lei:al hours of sale the following described proper* V, . t..v, situate in said State and county, to wit:! ~~ All that tract or parcel of land on Turkey creek, waters of Saluda River containing JA Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, i E more or less, bounded by lands of G. M. Mat- tl tlson, Wm. Robinson, JN. Gaines, G. A. Moore tl: and others. U TERMS of Sale?One half cash and the bal' anceona credit of twelve months with interest from day of sale, secured by bond of B the purchaser and a mortgage of the premises, t Purchaser to pay the Master for papers. _ i J. C. KLUGH, 1 Nov. 11,1885,4t. Master. 1 Master's Sale. TIIE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J COURT OF COMMON PLKAS. hi ' ' le R. T. Gordon, assiznee, In Re M. G. Zelgler, for Clerk, against J. Eli Ellis. j is * I \ l T>Y virtue of an order made in the above sta-! " . J XJ tod case, I will offer for sale at public out- v.; t | cry at Abbeville Court House, S. C., on Hale;,'] - Day in December, 1K?'5, within the legal hours - of sale, the following deeribod property, sit' uate in said State and county to wit: ! m sj All that tract or parcel of land containing gc ki i Two Hundred and Ten Acres, tr more or less, bounded by lands of Mary A. w 1 Stephenson, \V. T. Ellis, Iiev. J. X. Young and c:i ? otlu-rs. wl *; Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay the Pi 2 Master for papers. J. C, KU GH, Muster. I NOV. 11, 13S5. it ; V ' *73 Master's Sale. % [E STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COUKT OF COMMON PLEA& bcrt^on, Taylor & Co. against Srfcldi & Hodges, ct al. Y virtue of an order of sale made In th?f above stated case. I will offer for sale at illc outcry at Abbeville C. H., 8. C.. oil eday In December, 1885, within the le^al jrs of sale, the following dei?crihed propersituate In said State and county, to wit: , that tract or parcel of laud, known its thd nnmn place, on Saluda Elver, in Cokesbury -~ rnsbip, containing ~ 'it flnnrtrpd nnd Ri^htMn KUtMi ire or less, and bounded by lands of W. Z. :Ghee, W. H. Robertson, Milton Gelding, d B. C. Hart. Said tract will be divided inthree or four tracts and sold separately, its of which will be exhibited on day of e. Also, that tract or parcel of land, known the Homestead place, in the town of >dges, Cokesbury township, containing wo Hundred and Ninety-Five Acres* ire or less, and bounded by lands of L. R. ntzler, J. A. Ellis, Sardh Cf, Ellis, and oth* i, being ttie place on which G. M. Hodges t es. This tract may be divided into two reels and sold separately. Plats to be exited on day ol sale if so divided. Also, Ji at trnct or parcel of land in Hodges, Cokesry township, known as the Mill place, conining One Acre, are or less, and bounded by lands of "Wll.111 McNary, Wesley C. Norwood and others. rERMS OF SALE?One-half cash, balance twelve months, with Interest from day of le, secured by bond of purchaser and a ortcrage of the premises. Purchusers to pay e Master for all papers and for recording. J. C. KLUGH, .*j Muster. Sov. 9, 1885, 4t ' m />( n l I snerut s saie, Iwln Bates & Co,, and others against Young & Naplef.?Sundry Executions. . ?Y virtue of Sundry Executions to me dl' rected, In the above stated ca?e, I will sell the highest bidder, at public auction, wlththe legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court ousc, on Monday, the seventh day of Dumber, A. D. the following described . ,< operty, to wit-: All the right, title and in' reht of Samuel O. Young, in the following eal Estate, situate, lying and tieing In the iunty of Abbeville, South Carolina, to wit: TRACT No. 1. " M Known as the Jny place, containing Three undred and Sixty-five acres, more or lew, id bounded by lands of J. F. Cresswell, elite of W, K, Bradley uad otlK-rs, TRACT No. 2. Known or the Leard place, containing One nndred and Fifty-three aore#, more or lens, - iid bounded by lands of J. C. Tittle, estate of it Gibson and others. TRACT No. 3. ' A* ' Vw Known as the Flnlev place, containing One undred and On* acres, more or lew*, boundI by lands of Ik P. Cresswell, estats of W* K. radley and other?. TRACT No. 4, Known as the "Watklns place, oontalnfng xteen acres, more or less, hounded bv lands ' F. it. Robinson, Geo. B. McCaslan and oth* '8 r,> s ^ TRACT No. 5. Containing One Hundred and Elebty acre*, ore or less, bounded by lauds of J. F. Cressell and others. '' TRACT No. 6. " ? -n'-' Being the place on which the said S. O* oung resides, containing Nloety-Slx acre*, ore or less, and bounded by lands of the es?>te of W. K. Bradley, A. C. Brown and oiha. Levied on and to be 6old as the property " Snmnel O. Youucr. to satisfy the aforesaid xecutlons and costs. TER.VfS?(^ash. J. F. C. DoPRE, Nov. 10,1885. 3t Sheriff A. C. Sheriff's Sale. William P. Connor Assignee, against A. P. Connor.?Execution. > Y virtue of a decretal order by Jndpre PressJ ly, to nie directed. In the above stated ease will tell to the highest bidder, at PuMlc uetlon, within the legal hours of sale, at Abevllle Court House, on Monday, the seventh ay of December, A. D. Ito5, the following de;ribed property, to wit: All that tractor nrcelof Land, situate, lying and being in ie County of Abbeville, South Carolina, and jntalning I'VE (585) HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE J ACRES, lore or less, and bounded by lands of John yon, J. L. Dronnan, Nancy Kennedy, and thers. Levied on and to be sold as the proprty of A. 1'. Connor, to satisfy the aforesaid udgment and costs. TERMS?One-half of le purchase money in cash and the balance n 12 months credit, with interest and mortage of promises. Purchaser to pay lor titles. old at the risk of the forme? purchaser. 1 J. F. U. UUl'ttE., Nov. 14.18S5. 3t Sheriff A. C. - * Sheriff's Sale. [. H. Scudday and others, againstC. A. Huckabee.?Execution. 3Y virtue of an Execution tome directed, J in the above stated case, I will sell to the ighest bidder, at Public Auction, within the >gal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, n Monday, the seventh day of December, 5S5, the lifetime interest of C. A. Iluckabee i the iollowing described property, to wit: .11 that tract or parcel of Land, situal*, lylg and being in the County of Abbeville, outh Carolina, and containing THREE (300) HUNDRED ACRES, lore or less, and bounded by lands of Anna [. Huckubce. G. G. Dawson, L. C. Clinkscalea nd others. Levied on and to be sold as the ronfertv ofC. A.HuikabeetosatiRfy the afore ilcf Execution und costs. TERMS?Cash. J. F. C. DuPltE, Nov. 14,1885. 3b Sheriff A. C. Sheriff's Sale. ,.T. Armstrongand others njraiustD.S.Branyan.?Execution. )Y vlrtueof sundry executions to me direct* ' ed, In the above staled case, I will sell to le highest bidder, at public auction, within ie legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court louse, on Mondny, the seventh day of Doiinber A. D. 1885, the followtng described roperly, to-wlt: All that tract or parcel of ma, situate, lying and being In the County f Abbeville, South Carolina, and containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES, tore or less, and bounded by lands of Marlall Bigby, J. A. Bigby, Robert MoAdarns tid others. Levied on and to be sold as the roperty of David S. Brunyon to satisfy the foresaid execution and costs. TERMS-CASH. J. F. C. DuPRE, Sheriff Abbeville County, Nov. 12,1855, tf Sheriff's Sale. ia H. Martin against McNairy Cochran.? Execution. JY virtue of an execution to me directed, In the above stated case. I will sell to the ighest bidder,at public auction, within tho eral hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, n Monday, the seventh day of December, So, oil the interest of McNalry Cochran In ic following described property, to wit: All iat tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and jing in the County ot Abbeville, South Caro- . na, and containing OUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACRES, iore or less, in two trncts, to wit: ONE UNDRED AND FIFTY-THREE ACRES, iore or less, bounded by lands of Estate Phil? Cromer. Estate McNalry, A. P. Boozer and hers. THREE HUNDRED ACIIKS, moie less, hounded by lands of John Strawhorn, slate of Paschal Klugh and others, and by ic above tract, Levied on and to be sold aa ie property of McNalry Cochran to satisfy le aforesaid execution and costs. TERMS?CASH. J. F. C. DrPRE, Sheriff Abbeville County. Nov. 14,1S85, tf 4 Sheriff's Sale. '. V. Clinkscales against S. S. Baker, ns Excctuor of Joseph T. Baker?Execution. -- i ? .? ,11 f\ Virtue OI !IU wauuwii HI mrumvuu, lit 9 the above stated case, I will sell to the gliest hldder, at public unction, within the gal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House, i Mondiiy, tiie 7th day of December A. D. s."), the following described property to wit: II that tractor parcel of land, situate, lying id being in the County of Abbeville, South irolina, and known as the Joseph T. Baker ace, and containing SIX HUNDRED (GOO) ACRES, ore or less, and bounded by Innds of W. B. iott, Theodore Kennedy, Estate W. S. Rasn and others. To be sold In tw> or more nets. Plats will be exhibited on day of sale. PERMS?so much of purchase money as ill pay the above execution and costs in sh, balance on oue and two years credit, ith interest at 10 per cent, and mortgage, lrcliaser to pay for papers. J. F. C. DrPRE. SlicrilT Abbeville Coui.ty. Nov. C, 1SS5, tf