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smmmmm i mi. i i ,iii_ n, hi ? $h3 Press and Banner Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1885. : The Literary <'5nJ?. The regular monthly meetly, for IVcPtnher was held last Friday uii^lit at.tnolloilscol Mr: ( J.. W. lVrrin. Mr. Henot road a paper on , "White and liiack in t lie South," in'whieh he! tliiA nwo miration \vhw*h <?mifroillS I t.'ieSoutlietn States to day.. His paper lasted | fifty-live minutes, an,d contained more talua-i ble u?!i11er Hum we have ever heard ton-' densed in the same space- It would, there- j lore, be impossible to srive an int? 11 i?r?*nt syn-1 t>psls of it, but we hope to reproduce it in full j in these columns. His lending idea on the; Negro question, was, that tlrj Negro should lie i let alone by both North and South, to work j out his own salvation; thai he should be! treated liken man, and not like a ward or) spoiled net; that the Negro himself demands ; tiiis aud deserves it; that thus only will the j negro be able to evolve a civilization suited I to his nature; that (lie two races can tlius j live on the same soil, working on parallel i lines of progress ami development which need j iiever conflict because they tiro distinct; and that thus there need be no antagonism lie- j tween the tworaccs, because there is 110 rival-1 fry-. . 1 Colonel E: B. Gary was pronounced In his opposition \o the whole school system, and ; thought it Wrong to continue it. The ?ollti-| clans could not be sincere In their z<\"il in be-, half of negro education and he believed the! substantial citizen was fully convinced of its ! folly. Judge Cothran, Mr. Lee and others discuss-; ed the race question from other standpoints} than educational. Interesting1 Case; Quite a large attendance of citizens assembled at Ponaldsvilie last Monday to witness the trial of the case of the State .against E. H. | Booker, a merchant at that pi ice, charged with violation of the law in failing to keep a correct register of his purchases of seed cot inn. it win i>e reniem>*t?reu uiai uic mw requires tluit a register shall be kept for public! inspection in which shall lie legibly written j ihennmeof the party selling, tlie date there-; of, his place of residence, and the number ofi pounds sold. Mr. E. II. Hooker's clerk under' :1 misapprehension o! the requirements of the statutes had failed to jtlsert the place of resicnccof sundry parties from whom cotton was purchased. Mr. J. E. Todd sued out a warrant lor Mr. Hooker. Mr. Todd employed Messrs. Walter L. Miller and I). II. Magill to represent 1 lie State. Mr Booker employed Colonel K. H. Gary to defend him. When the case was first called the State moved that the case he nol ftrovte / because of defects in the affidavit, and j the warrant issued thereupon by Trial Justice Sitton from whose court it was moved to] that of Trial Justice Martin. A new case was t commenced, whereupon a Jury was empanel- j ] Jed, and after hearing the evidence in the case, ;ind speeches of counsel, returned {? verdict of , iWit guilty. The jury was composed Of intelll-;1 tent farmers. j The Cjc.hur Smith Murder. The Coroner's jury of inquest at Donald's Adjourned last Monday night, after rendering;] ? verdict that the deceased came lb his death ; c Sit the hands of parties unknown to theju-j rors. The people of Donalds are very much ;t h roused and are determined, if poss'ble, to i i ferret out the murderers. The Coroner's jury or i in nest held several sessions; at which : i ii number of witnesses were examined: They i .? scut to Anderson for several witnesses who j appeared before the jury. C.-esar Smith was well thought of hyJioth white and black, and t it is generally supposed that he was murdered 11 for money. Many persons in the neighbor- jt liood sunpose that a fotune-teller by the name ' lif Ole Henderson is in some way responsible ' j for Ills death, she testified before ibn (,"?(r0- \ \ iter's jury, but no facts were developed sufti- j j cient to warrant her arrest, A voluntary con- ! t tribution was taken tip on Tuesday from the ; t citizens of Donalds to buy a railroad ticket < for hor in order that the town niiirhtbe rid of her. One of the witnesses who testified was1 r a respectable-looking mulatto woman to11 ^vhom CjesarJKmith was to have been mar- l ried about the tirst of February. j t ! 1 Enveloped in a Sheet of Finnic. A negro man near Lebanon was ttllinc a kerosene lamp last Friday night,, the .lamp; ilnd kerosene <% >n exploded, Scattering the oil' over his own clothing. a*id the clothinuofa ?rirl in the same room, both Of whom were iin1' mediately enveloped in flames. The girl rolled in a pile of seed cotton, nnd extinguished the tlaine which was burning her, but the man ww completely bewildered, lie ran in the i yard, where nothing could be done to save him. His skin was burnt to a crisp, and ho J Hied in an hour and a half. The clothing acted as a lamp wick, holding the kerosene until i it wa< burnt, when the clothing itself was consumed. j , The morn'of this story is: Don't fill your 1 imps by tire light The cas from kerosene! ttans hive been known to ignite at a distance , of ten feet from the fire. Ileniember this. Kerosene gas i* no respecter of persons, and it mny as readily destroy ii white mau as a black man. ? ? I Silver Wedding:; i Mr. and Mrs. (J. A. Visanska celebrated j their silver wedding last. Friday. Twenty tive years ago they were married at Due WVst. j Since that time many and varied scenes and ; fortunes have (alien to their lot. While they have had a share of the ordinary troubles of j life, they have had many of its blessines. | .Vhile they mourn for two children who have gone b -fore, yet they have a house full of livfisg children, who are happy in themselves,' and whose excellence of character tCfid lovcal?le disposition yield n wealth of pleasure to i their parents. Having prospered in basket and in store, and heinsr at pe?r.ee wit 11 all nihn- i lUiul, these pood people have much to live for. Mrs. Visanjika's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. M. Winestock, if they live until next. September, will celebrate their golden wedding. M.iy rich blessings attend them. At the Altar. j fsundayat noon. The prompt assistance of j ourcitizenssaved the building with but lit-I: .tie damage to the property. Hon. D. Waratt Aikkn* returned to his]1 liomc In Ookesbury from Baltimore a few ] <lays ago. where he had been In consultation i with eminent physicians. lie is painfully afflicted with a nervous ailment resulting from a fall which he received a year or so auo. ( We learn that his physician ordered him to , lie in bed for a period of 6ix months as the'. n>est means of aireeting lelief from his suffur-; Sngs. I, Tiik Abbeville Wholesale Store will be i J converted into a Western Warehouse the! ilrst of January. Mr. lingers having rcrentcd < 1 he store now occupied by them only reserv-) jng an office. They will store their Mam- ! moth Stock of meat, corn, and flour in their' Warehouse. They will keep several cars of 1 each 011 hand all the time to supply the traile. ! Thk Central lkjtel will be opened on the 1 first of January, by Mrs. Marshall, for the accommodation of permanent boandors. ;' Those of our citizens who may wish a pleas-j1 nut boarding place in a central part of the;, village could not do better than to appiy to , Mrs. Marshall. j( Mr. Thomas MoGettigan, of the Palmet-j( to Saloon, Is mindful ot the wants of his pa-j trons at this season of the year. lie has the ; 1 best of everything kept in his line. Call on; nun ior .your i ihimiiih* uucu. hc av.-u? ui.-s . goods at the lowest prices. ;, Coi.onkl Joe Gordon has sot out a mini-1; ber of holly trees on the sidewalks about the , J?ew Hotel. The Colonel warrants their growth, and if they grow they will make si < beautiful shade in the course of a few years, j Tiik library of tlie Abbeville Literary Club . has been moved to a room over the bank, ; where the patrons of the club maylindtbei periodicals and a comfortable quiet place to spend an hour, if they choose to do so. I Sheriff DcPre has a charming lot on F>e-!, cession Kill, and he has recently put a neat and comfortable cottage on its crown, lie has a vineyard planted, and the grounds', are beautifully ornamented. Mil and Mrs. J. A. Brooks, and Miss Mag-' gle Brooks, returned from Miilcdgevillc yes-! ierday, whore they had bc+n attending the': marriage of Miss F. L. Currlngton, sister of, 3irs. liroolcsL ;j J9 Mules ami Horses. Messrs. Hartzog & Hays, of Greenwood, have at their s ilo stables in Greenwood some of the best mules and horses to be found in i this part of the State. They were recently i bought, and in order to sell them quick, they are ollered at very low figures, Let those who I need horses apply to them before the price | goes up. Polo^ei; O. T. Calhoun and Miss Sallie! (iibert were married on the lOth instant, and the happy couple are otf on a trip to Charleston, visiting friends and relatives in the city. Kkv. I?. F. Mili.kh had a siek horse in town last MondUy night. Mr. John H. Walker: physicked inm, altd Mr. Miller drove the horse home yesterday morning. Miss Nancy Cr.i:vi:i,axr> of Anireville, died at the lit tine of the late David M. Milford. i last Friday night, after a fc'iort Illness. Heart disease. iMlJ. .1. F. C. Di'Pnrc hns the finest hog in! Abbeville county. It is about six feel in j length, and weighs between 500 and G;M? pounds, j Miss Kate .Maushau and Miss Sallie Mar-! shall recently took important parts in oiieofj the most fashionable weddings of Greenville, j Mrs. Mii.r.KK finis madenn addition 'to the! pia/.yH of the Abbeville Hotel, which uUdl-j lion is quite an improvement. Tiik Lebanon Christmas tree will shod its) fruit at two o'clock ; after which reireshiueuts : will be served to the multitude. \Ve iiave never had more pleasant and seasonable weather in December than during the present month. Tiie pump on the upper part of the square! has been out of tlx for several days, bin it Is! all right now. The stores at Abbeville wiU be closed on i Christmas day. Von needn't come to town. ..Oct* .streets Have beenCrowded with wagons from the country with cotton. The boys have burnt many a fire cracker during the last week. Or it Legislators are expected to be at home on Thursday evening. Mr: Seal is still making improvements to the New Hotel. Tiie infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Orison is quite ill. Da. IIenuy, of Due West, was in town last Monday. Colonel Yarb Madden* Is a good fireman. Hon. Robert Tombs, of Georgia is dead. EVENTS ABOUT GREENWOOD. Items as triiced on Paper by the Pen- , cil Point of Our Correspondent. (iKEEN"\voon, S. C., Dee. 21, 18-5. , The railroad authorities are doing some < much needed work around the depot. j Messrs. Hartzog A Iiayse have a very fine lot nf mules and horses for sale. Tlicy are gobd j business m?-n and will succeed. : The more I'ortunatcare having hogand hominy now. It is still bacon and cabhuge at. our j ranehe. j i A young gentleman from New Market is j | making frequent visits to our town. There is ; something up. I r. T. F. itiley can now accommodate froni i, en to two hundred guests. He has had put L ip the largest cooking stove in thecountyi Uur town council at a late meeting passed a , csolutis.m looking to the opening of new > streets and setting out shade trees. Let the! i ;ood work go on. ' i j The people.of this community arc gratified j i o know that, the ltev. W. A. Itodgers lias been | t eturncd to this charge, also the presiding El- i lor. It. 1). Smart; will reside here. . The law requiring a license of $o(tft.f,0 to bry , seed cotton, may be beneficial to a few, but .? vHl work agrtlnst a huge mSijbriiy of our peo- j ile. In that they can make no disposal of j heir remnants of cotton, as no one would s hink or could ultbrd to pay the license re- , pi i red. I lev. Mr. Millard's lectures here were highly i ippreehited and instructive to the lew. who ? ieard them. Our people do not appreciate a | itcrary feast, as was shown by the slim at- ( cndancc, but a legerdemain show can always < ?ave a good house. i The iukewarmness in some of our churchcs i nay come from trying to burn preen pine vood in the stoves. The merchants who advertise their entire ] stock at cost will bear watching. I 1!hike MiII wee says there are a great many , hings lie has never done; among them lie has ?. lever dug wells, topped trees, rode a bycieie, j olned atkating rink, nor shod a mule. j Trade has been pretty brisk Jor the past v<-?k. ] We are inclined to think the press too severe ; m the preachers because of the failure of that ; ile tnstuance company, jney nuvii t g.>t ; Aings, bv.it. are human like; as* wc art', and ] ?ven more unwary. 13ook?eiler? found this ] >utycaif? ?igo. ( We have hud l?nt little experience in the | 'earing of the youth, but we think every vesige of superstition should be kept sts near as possible from the mind of a child li'om infancy ip, us we iire naturally a superstitious people, Reconsider it a mistake to impress upon n :hiid the existence of a jnythieal being just 1 o please or frighten, as "Santa Claws," or 1 'raw head and bloody bones" names that are t :oinmon in every household. If our children J iecd pacifying, let it be dune In a proper way. t 'f we want to please them with presents let us t live them as mama or papa, that they may enow their rightlul donors. They would cer- i ainly uotappreciate them less, and would be 1 vlieved in alter years of trying to obliterate i roni their minds their tirst, most lasting, and 1 i vc may add most erroneous impressions? i hat of the existence of a .Santa Clans, his s'ed f. tnd his reindeers, and his means of entrance < ind exit out of the room through the chim- I icy; ! t Therewill be an entei talnnvont given by the ' iollege girls in their chapel this (Wednesday) \ veiling. Admission free. Public generally i nvited. In behalf of the ladles we ask that I obacco chewers leave their quids al the door, . is no receptaelc has been provided for tlKill nice, and the floors are too nice lo be spit * itniri. . j 1 . Oapt. 0. Witter and Mrs. E. Kelly of the' Ke\V Hotel wore married Inst Thursday morn- t in?, hy the Rev. ('. II. Prltehrrd, and the new- j Iv married couple went offon the morning > train to visit a brdther of Captain Witter on !jj Lake Harris in Florida, whom he has not! seen in eighteen years; We wish them nil ! j the happiness that may be accorded to inar- ( ried people in this world, and trust that many j 1 years of health and prosperity arc In store ! t t'orthem. The New Hotel has been for a lone h time oritt of the b'fst institutions of the Ulna in the wlidle country, and We have no doubt f that it will be further Improved by the coin- c blued eflbrts of Mr. and Mrs. Witter. ! I Groat Tree Planter. I Colonel Joe Gordon is the c. ainpion holly-;1, tree planter. He transplanted and set out ' oho hundred and fifty this wofk, nnd he! ' warrants every one of them to live forever. jAst week he set out three mulberries at. the : and Ttnnner door ?nd they will make a , : delightful shade for delinquents who come to ,, I>ay their arrearages. i; ?? *1 in toil Lodge Xo. 3. 1 The officers for the ensuing Masonic year ure as follows: Eugene I*. Gary. W. Mv S. (i. Thomson, K. W, E. O. Gmydon, J. W, ??. ii. .u<?'*n\ i rtsiMirer. i M. P. DeBruhl, Secretary. T. M. Christian, Tiler. "December's as Pleasant A** jlny," Not during ?n age have we had so fttttch W beautiful weal her in December. It has been , I really delightful for most of the time. \Ye < hardly n alize that we are in the midst of the winter, and passing through the season when , < the weather is usually most inclement. : t ? i ^ Fire. * The roof of the Ontholie parsonage occupied ' ' Viv Tip I.. T Hill, w.is (Iisi'ovfrofl tf? he <in liri> . _ unuMiai quiet, i no coiuni crop wis uisposeu t i?f at depressing prices, and cotton seed tliatat j< first brought llic. have declined to 1214c. per < bushel. " | Major J. Ilarp Vance lias a hat he occasion-, filly wears, composed of fur from three foxes mid twenty rabbits lie had killed. It. was : made for liim in ISM l>y a hatter then living in 1 Laurens. When returning from the mamifac-J' Hirer's wearing this hat, he "was met by threeh i?f Wheeler's cavalry, who liking Mie looks of I it, commanded him to take it. off. This the j: Major retused to do and with his usual cool-' ness pulled out an old army pistol and said, jl "Gentlemen, there are three to one, but the l man that gets this hat timst Mown inc."' Meeting with such unexpected determ'nation !| the spokesman s:iid to his companions,"Come j on b??ys, this old euss means biz." They left, j Kev. It. I). Smart, of the Methodist church,! preachoda capital senium to an attentive con- j grcgution in the Presbyterian church, on Sun-: i pay last. Cad Waller, "Wagner'sPet-,"rushed through l town on Monday trying to find his way home I from lJieman's hotel tire at Walhulla. 11c; managed to save a paper collar and ? pair of spur.s. CADMUS- i "Holla Ryan wi'l be hcfce Thursday night. A ! orchlight profession and serenade by the roung men the same night. Mr. \V. S. Hell has leased his plantation for l tehn of years, and will go West soon. Rev. Mr. Millard, the eminent lecturer, >reached an able sermon in the Presbyterian lnireh Sunday, from the te.xt'Rtst in the jord." The most Instructive of all his lecures was that delivered ili the same church Sunday evening, dn the lli'eoir John l>unyan. No finer music can be listened to than that urnished by the church of the Presbyterian :hurch. It is consoling to the married tinners of the irtsent day, who have children, and we don't enow of one who hasn't, to know that old | nan Iiunyan, John's father, was a tinner. Little John worked at the trade awhile himself. He would take a glafcs Uf beer occasion* lily too; as -all tinners do. The strangest of ail s, that he should turn preacher. We venture o assert, that there isn't anoiher case on rec>rd, where a tinner was even called to preach, rhe fear of being cast ill a duugeoll has no loubt kept many a good man but Uf the mln-, stry. S. ViUliiiSBUltX S fliVVS ( ??? . I Personals, IncidoulN, .Straws, Faols. 1 Railroads. ' COKKSHUKY, S. 0., 1)00. 21, ISSi. Mrs. L. K. Dant/.ler, of rlodges, has disposed >f Iter poisonnI property, ami will make her mine in future with her sons at Greenville iml Stoney i'oint. A small ne^rochihl in town was lmdly burn?d last week by standing elosti enough lo the ire for its clothes to ignite. Cokestmry was named in honor of two Methodist divines. Bishop Coke and As bury, rhc "A" was dropped making CoUcsbury. Mr. lJethum* (Mass, who holds an important position in the Charlotte-, Columbia and Auj'usta Kail road ollice in Columbia, spent Sunlay with his mother. 'I here are two vacant dwellings in town for >ale or rent. ? Cnpt. Kirk, Vice-President and Chief Engineer of the pro]K>sed Narrow ' Gourge,"' has purchased the most desirable building lot In own. Whether as a speculative venture or for the purpose of permanently locating 1 loubtless depends upon . Wellj wheth-!1 ?r he'll need tlie services of au officiating cler- t jyman soon or not. ! Dr. 11. C. Hart, has opened out a stock of roods in the store formerly occupied by Mr. j El. L. Odiorine. The Conference school has suspended exer-, ;ises for the holiday season. I Only five special delivery stamps have been j sold at this otlice since their introduction. ) Messrs. Gus Gil lam and Joe Aiken are at; liome from the Piedmont Institute, I'ickens, j 5. C. Prof. W. M. MeCaslan, Its principal, is, an Abbeville man and a most thorough in-j struetor. His school deserves the support not' Duly of his county, but of all who desire their j ] children well prepared for college. j < The proverbial calm?preceding the storm j i we expect to overtake us in the shape of a rail- < road?is upon us. In everything there is an . FROM DUE WEST. Jinny Readable ParasrajiliN-Lifc and j Love at ttic Athens of Abbeville. DVK WKST, DOC. 21,18^"). | A merry (Christmas and a happy New Year; to the many readers of the Press and Banner.! The Uaptist .Sunday school will have aj Christmas tree on Friday event if g of this! week. Miss Susie Calhonri will upend the Christ-j miis vacation of her school in Due West. And now It is said that a ministerial widow-' er not a thousand miles Irom here eontem-1 plates committing matrimony again. The fascinating MisS Carrie Bradley, of j Troy, is visiting the family of her uncle, Dr. ! J, \V. Wideman. One of the weddings announced by us in j your colnmnscamc oil' on schedule time, and i we have no reason to anticipate a "stay oft proceedings" in the other. This interesting item is from the Chicaf/o j Lmlf/cr: "The man who cari keen hettven in j his heart wliil? he had Hie other place in his: stomach is tlie proper sort of a Christian to tie to." After to-morrow evening Due AVcst can; boast of having within its corporate limits, two brand-new brides. Of the number of! prospective one's deponent sailh not. Miss Julia Kennedy will t.ttke the place in ; the Faculty of the Feni tie College vacated by t MU'sMaryil Miller; who this morning obli-| gated herself to "'love; honor and obey." Among the neatest wedding etirds we ^collect ever to have seen arc those announcing the nuptials, this even ins, at Mt. Hebron. X. C., of Mr. W. K. Vourts and Miss Eunice Bell, a graduate of the Due West Female College. lias Abbeville any male citizens wlio are neither Generals, Colonels, Majors nor Cap* I tains. It would be refreshing to hoar of tlicfii ' sj01ton of occasionally as "Mister." M rs; 11 .'in let Heceher Stowe's celebrate work I "Uricle Turn's Cabin,'' has been translated i ? j to the following languages: French, German, i Danish, Dutch, Flemish, Hungarian, Italian, ' Polish, Portugese, Spansh, Russian .Swedish, i In a few days ihe year 1SS5, with its Joys and its sorrows, its hop-is and Us fears, its doubts and iis disappointments, will have been liuiribered with the tilings that were. And it is sad to reflect that many of its golden opportunities have been unimproved and many ot iis pressing duties unperformed. < We are all nearly one year older; are We one ; year wiser? "Ay, there's the rub." May those of us who are permitted toliveso order I our steps that at the close of 18S6 we shall < have fewer reurets than at the termination of I the year w hich is about to wins ite everlasting < Might into the regious of the past. ] It is charged against woman that she can- . not keep a secret. Your correspondent has < demonstrated the falsity of this charge in ( i>ne instance at least. A young lady friend of < ours was entrusted with the secret of the date I of.Miss Mary Miller's marriage, and all the expedients that we could Lnvent to retract it from her were unavailing. She kept the secret "'like a little man." Does prohibition prohibit? Not much, If we ire to believe the lestimoiiy of the Hon. P. M. sutton, a Senator of the Prohibition State of 1 [mva, who says that the number of open saloons in that State is larger no\V than when the prohibitory law Went into effect, about wo years ago. It is proper to add here that Mr. sutton is a pronounced anti-liquor man; jut he is satisfied thai the law is a failure, uul that high license is the only satisfactory solution of the Honor oroblbm. Here is the speebh made by Mr. Morrison :>f Illinois in the Democratic caucus when he llaccri Dr. MUbuni; the blind orencher, in j ,nomination for chaplain of the National s (louse of Representatives: "I nominate a i nan for ehapiain who loves God, hates the levil and always votes thcstraight Democrat- t c ticket, knowing the Northern Melhodisls c is I do. I as It that tl a mem iter of that Church ? ,vho has voted the Dcmoeaftiic ticket in that State for tf.venty-Jlve yeilrs deserve well of a c Democratic House?" It is needless to finy I hat Mr. Milburn received the nomination >nd that he Is now chaplain of th:it "Demo- < LTs'tie 1 louse " ( Tile Columbia Record, alluding the "late nn- i Meafjantne.xs" between Secretary Bayard and 11 senator Hampton, says among other things s :hat the former gentleman was the latter's t hoiee fur Vice President. Mr. Bayard was c Senator Hampton's choice for President at 1 Cincinnati in iSSOand u^alnatChicauo in ISs-J, | lot withstanding the (act that the convention j r which sent h!m to the latter city was over-jf win lmlngly for Cleveland. And Senator ( Hampton voted for Mr. Bayard even after it I ecame evident that Mr. Cleveland would be 1 loininated. Perhaps that is the reason why i South Carolina has fared no better at. tin* t lands of the President in the way of appoint- '] incuts to otlice. 1 At nine oclock this morning the ecere- ;] nony which united the loving hearts of Mr. i r. T. Mighani, of Chester county, and Miss! Mary II; Miller, third daughter of l?r. J. L . Miller .of this place, wjls performed by the! itev. \V. L. Press I y of the Associate Reformed \ I'resbyterian Church, and the "happy couple" i stereotyped phrase) took the ten o'clock train or.the home of the groom. "Leaf by leaf the roses Ml, Drop by drop the springs run dry; One by one, beyond recall," Due West girls marry and skip out {The above may not be very good poetry, nit it Is the truth till trie Mime. Pace-i nol.l n flirt 1% . I r\tr M i t* i ,IUUOilli"S3 ?r?iur, tug ?uu i n>'iun iuin, j [ligham in very high regard ami sincerely I ( lusts that the new duties she has assumed! t nay rest lightly upon her. A married gentleman acquaintance of ours, L Alio Wiis quite.-iek requested his wifeto make ( 'or bim a blue mass pill. In ruinating L iround for the mercurial drug his wife eaine | \ jpon a box of blistering ointment, and look- j ng upon the opportunity as a good one to', :et ott her "woiser" hull', she had about con- , luded to administer to him a dose of the t ust named exhilirating preparation. But v lpon reflecting that he was insured in the ? 'busted 'Mutual Niidowments and that sheL votild realize nothing front his death, she L hacked the blue mass into him and thus at-! r owed him a Utile longer lease of life. Moral: j j VIways scruiinmize closely medicine admin-: stcred at th? hands of your wife, particularly ; j :o 11 your life is insured in a company that , iiisn't "suspended payment." To the late Hon. B. Grantz Brown, the can- t lulate for Vice President 011 the Greeley icket, more than to any other man* the Dent- c icrats of Missouri owed tile redemption of a .heir Stale from Radical rule. An original Union Democrat, Mr. Brown drifted Into thc|, [tepublican ranks during the war; but in I.hTO, c tvhen the state Convention of that party j,, plltonihe question of supporting a consti-js ntiouul amendment aboiistnng the tost oath, ic went with the Liberal wing of his party ? uul was nominated by them for Governor in : x opposition to J. W. McClurg, the regular Re- i iiiblicau nominee. The Democrats refrained', Vom making a nomination, and heartily sup-j juried Mr. Brown, at least those of them who1 x ivere not disfranchised under tl.e infamous i ' hrnlm ( V^nutllntinn " en I l/wl ft'nin flut Aw?t lint it. was drafted l?y Charles i>. Drake; ! i ,vhom Grant apppointed Chief Justice of tiio {i Jourt of C.aiins, u life olHce. Mr. Krown ( nade tlie opening spccch of his campaign in uj lie city of St. Joseph, nml it gave utterance I :o the sentiment "Love is stronger JhHti|t Hate." This was adonted by th'o Liberals as i. :lioir 'watchword during the long and stuti-!,, tornly contested lijiht which ensued, and ] :liey made the State ring with it from "eendlr :o eeiul.'' The lesnlt was tiiat. Mr. Brown was i . lected by about ;W,0U() majority, the Demo-j | rats electing at the same a majority of the ? Legislature and sending to the I'iiitod States j Senate the gallant Federal General Frank 1'; i i [ildir, ;TK The Adoption of the constitutional intendment unfranchised from 4l),0u0 to Wi,(it)0 ! ^ Democrats, and the State has been in the pos- \ session of that party ever since. Mr. Brown ivas a Kentuckian by birth, and a man oft splendid abilities. During a portion of his j n i/'e he wasiiuite dissipated, but lie quit drinknganil during his latter years was an cln-j inent ternneritnce advocate.. Peucc to his lslics: The late convention of "shorn lambs" r A'hich assembled in Greenville to examinein0 the aflati\s of the defunct Mutual Kndow- t nent Association is said to have been a very >triking body, both intellectually and phys- I enlly, one of the nieiiibfcrs having been liken- j t Hi unto the late (>. Washington, the gentle-13 men who couldn't tell a lie. These innocents, j 1 together with hundreds of others, had been 1 ndueeJ to insure in this thriving (V) instim-js ion upon the most flattei ing representations; i j Hit whilst nibbling at the bait, we greatly j 1 ear have succeeded In getting the barbed look pictty firmly imbedded in their 1 Is.: r We extend our hearty sympathies to all the j f victims, having frequently in our youtful j s uid inexperienced days been victimized by j \ [emptinc inducements to "cu*t our bread up- i I m the waters" on the promise of its return-j'J nig to us "after many days," but all bread i c bus disposed o( was invariably gobbled upjt ;>y some greedy fish. "Fighting thu tuer" is ; c no more hazardous than investing in such en-! t terprises. Jiolh arc games of chance, with \ i 1 lie chances largely against you. If any one j t wishes to "die happily, easily, and comforta-. i?ly," they should in test where "moth jiorM rust do;h corrupt nor where thieves break 11 through and steal." The members of the Associate Reformed j f Presbyterian Church who are hunkering after I r i union wit the United Presbyterian di-nomi- 1 nation should secure a copy and read the ad-; r [tress of the Rev. \V. 8. Owens, on Home'' Missions, delivered before the last United 1 I'recbyterian General Assembly. In the' roursc en ins M'liiurivK on mill/ occasion .nr. i Uwciis ssiicl: "Tho strength of tiiis grout j American Union lies right in 1 lie belt where;.' United Prosbyterianisin prevails. The South 11 would bo a better region if United Presbyle-|1 rians could get their h inds upon it. The type i i?f citizenship that we develop under ourj( teaeiiing is onu of the grandest to lie found in j t : 11 this grand country.'' So it seems that the 1 United Presbyterian Church considers the 11 sout h a fair missionary tield, and one of their j lendingininistcrs declares that their object in i i getting hold of it is to make it "a better re gion." The Associate Reformed Presbyterian J t Church lias .iot done its duty, the South is a j t good field for missionary work, and we, lhe| United Presbyterians mustst< p in and evnn-jl gelixe both it and our Associate Reformed! I Presbyterian brethren. And what are we to I understand by -making the South "a better re-1 gion?" Perhaps an answer to this question : > may he suggested in considering the loea-i tion of the "belt where United Presby- |' terianisni prevails," and where, as Mr. Owens ! iitlirms,"the strength of this great American !: Union lies." That belt is composed of tho! strongly Republican States ol Kansas and Iown and the Wes(ern Reserve of Ohio, wliicl*' embraces the district that kept in Congress' for years Joshua Ja (bidding*, one of the most noted abolitionists of his drtj*,-,ai*d nfter. CJiOj war was represented by men who never failed to hold up the hands of President (Iran t when lie was dispersing Southern Legislatures At ihe point of the bayonet, and filling our State j Houses with ignorant, brutal blacks'. It seems to me that when a proposition for t^n-, ion comes from such a sonrcc the fnjftver; should be: Is thy Associate Reformed Presbyterian brother a dog? ThequartetIy musical entertainments giv-i enby the pupils and Faculty of the Female1 College are oases in the desert of Due West I winter lite, and they are always looked for-! * * = >- ...I, 1,11, I WHl'U U) wilii |)ii;iiMii<iuiriuiiii:iM<ui"ii'i ? ?. * | never lall to he fully realized. The entertainment last Friday evening was no exception to ! the general rule Our ueoplc turned out en mime, nnd from them we have hoard only expressions of delight. The young ladies marched Into the hall with perfect military precision to the strains of a inarch executed j upon the piano hy Miss Leftwich, a recent acquisition to the Faculty. Miss Leftwich is fromTenne.sspp, a dauuhter, we helieve, of a a distinguished minister of the Methodist, j Episcopal Church, South, and as many of your readers have not had the pleasure ofi meeting her, we will state that she is a petit* blonde, highly intelligent, as graceful as a swan; and as pretty as a picture. The wcrcises proper opened with a linely-rendered chorus hy the pupils?"Down in the Dewy ltell." Then followed in quick succession piano duetts. songs, recitations, &H. The recitation by Miss Kerr df Winnsboro?a selection from a "School for Scandal"?reflected i much credit upon that young lady. Her I voice was Well .modulated aiid her articula-| lion clear and distinct, and although the se^j lection was quite lengthy, it was recited wlth; oiftaflaw. "i'h.c Burning Ship,'.' another recitation, was well given by Miss Gertrude Brownlec. In vocal music, our home talent among the pupils shine, conspicuously?the Songs ''Bunch of Vlo'tils" by Miss Marie Power; and ''Go, Gentle Flower." hy Miss Claudia Ellis being sweetly and skilfully rendered. In instrumental music we class as the gems of the evening the piano duetts by Miss ;fe!inie Ed wards and Miss Leon a Blake, arid by Miss Leftwieh and Miss Tompkins, sill of these ladies being graceful and accomplished performers. Among the teachers, we think! Miss Mollie McBavid's song, "Tell Me," fairly divided honors with the "Judith" of the stately Miss LeGal, whose magnificent vocal powers are sd well known to your readers as lo require no allusion to.by us. The exercises Mritii *im hoiiii(ifill (>linriis "(ireol In?* I to Sprine." Of the rendition of this urand | composition, it in onlv necessary to say that ;t was civon by the Misses LcGal, McDavid, letinie Edwards and Leftwich, and consequently eon id not bp otherwise than well executed. For courtesies extended on this occasion yonr correspondent desires to return .hanks to Professor Kennedy. THE TOWN OF McCORMICK. Trains to be Put on the Savannah Valley Railroad -- Tlie Sew Court j Houses at McCormick, Lowudcsville, Ilonea Path and .\inely-Six ?The "Advance*' - - Personal* and i Other blatters. McCoimick, Dee. f), 188") Dr. J. P. RoMnson and wife returned Friday | light from Charleston, whero they have beeu | pending some time. We welcome the happy :ouple back. Mr. William Harmon and family from Lille River, will soon move Into town, and oc upy the new resident**: that Mr. James Harnon had erected. The side wH.'ks are, at last, being put in to!-1 Table good condition. There is vast room for I mprbveinent yet. We hear that a passenger coach will lie put i >n tiie Savannah Valley Kailroad for the ac omtnodation of the public. Passengers are laily coming in on that road now. This will | je quite a convenience to the Bordeaux and airruuiulingcommunities. Mr. Wa lley says hat he will soon have a regular schedule and :onvey l'ieight from and to McCormick. The oads are so bad now, that farmers can bcarqe-. y get their cotton to market by wagon. This oau will be of incnlctSable benefit to citi/.ons! liong its line: Already they are speaking of its ] sonvenience. The town of Hordcaux lias < ?een layed olF, and one store has been erected. | We hear that several others wiil soon lie put, ip. Dr. Gibert owns all the property within j he limits of town; and offers lot* very cheap.; I'liis is tlie way to have a t->wn built up rapid- j y. In our town lots are worth toS'iOO for ; HJxlOO feet. This is too much to a*dc for lots in I i new town. We noticed a piece you clipped from the I Advance last week about the memorial of our ! tew county to the Legislators. I see you still i h in If that. Mi'l Orili ick will do all tlie Work I in<i Troy reap I In; benefits. We agree exact-1 y with you, where, you say, that Lowndes-J fllle Ninety-six ana several other places: should in like imtnner have a new county too,' t' McCormick can have one. This is Just, ivli.'it we are trying to do- hut not to kill out \bbevillc. Our intentions are to get the Legslature to do away with the present acreage icecssary for the formation of new counties. Six hundred and forty s jnare miles is too imch, for a new county. Wo want it. reduced J ,<>, say, ahoiu four hundred square miles,' hen Abbeville, Laurens, Edgefield and New-' jerry can furnish several new eountics, and j air people can he more convenient to the j ;ourt House. Troy, Mr. Editor, is not suited ! it all for a county site, it is too m-ar to Abbe- ( Mile. Then Lowndesvilh'i Ninety Six, and; lonea l'ath can trot in for one, hut Troy can ! icvcr get a county site. We like Troy audi verybotly in it, and if we were convinced hat. it is better suited for the Court House,! vliy, we would do all we could to have itj here. Tioy is a go ahead place and no doubt, vhen the Carolina, Cumberland Cap anti Chi- j .ago ltailroad gets there it will lie a city, and i nect McCornilek and join fences. Vv'c say, et the day soon coine. Messrs. IL P. North and John Morrah were | 11 town on Friday. Mr. North is on the coninittee of floor managers. Messrs. J. W. Peak tV Williams took a trip ip the savannah Howl on Friday. A so-called Prof. Wilder exhibited n slight >t hand show on Friday night. Persons who itlended say that it was not very good. The academy not being pain ted. or rather lot finished, debarred the participants in the onilng drama from rehearsing. Jt is to be op ret ted that the good Lidies cannot get a j niitable place to practice. Miss Mary Harmon, from Bordeaux, re- j urned last Friday night from Williamston, \ I'hnrn kIih has been at school. Miss Harmon i s quite an accomplished young lady, and is nueh aduiired by all who know her. Last November a year ago, when the fire vas in MeConnick, Mr. Louis Chamberlain indaiiille pig near to one of I he stores that vas burned; Some one seeing It lii the pen let [ t outs ?nd it ran throuuh the tire and all the | tail* wits singed of}. Yesterday Mr. Chamber-j am killed it and it weighed -2(i7 pounds net. i'ho pig was only tttteen months old. The Calico IIop conies off to-night, (Tueslay.J A good many yards of calico was loubtless sold last week. A pleasant time is Ltiticimitcd. Ice Inst Tuesday morning was one and a [iiartcr inches thick. Mr.\V. Penk purchased the horse beloneng to the llev. Mr. Murray, when he left for lonference. One half of the Adumicc is now owned bj* a oilitsloek company. Mr. ('olley, tlie present j ditor, we hear, will not run it any longer; ban the Jst January 1SSG. Clic Charades?E^rif-Nogs?Jwffs?Sale j of I/oits; MCCOIOIICK H. 0., DPC. 21, 1885. The Calico llop was a grand success in every : espcct, Kvery one preseut. had a niec time, j Miss Ilattie Fills, spent several days in'; own last week. ! The lots, (i) belonging formerly to Messrs. \ L. and M.'L. 1:. Sthrkey were sold at aueion on the liith. Mr. MoLane bought one. )r. Talbert bought tlie lot containing the muse reeenily Occupied by Mr. M L. H. Kttirtey. We have nvver heard who bought the itorelot. It was bid off Tor S">tK) by some one I' >rcsent unknown to the writer. The fourth ot. was not sold. | The ladies managing the charades for 2Sth ! if December are making great preparations! or it 10 he a success. The rehearsals are j pleudid up to now, and we are su titled, it viil ie tlie very best drama ever given in j HcCormick. The supper will l>e elegant. I 'urkeys, pork, chickens, hams and in f;ict ov- j rylhlng good to oat, will he on hand after the [ haradfs and will be sold cheap. The pro-1 eeds of which, will go towards completing i he Baptist church. The ladies deserve credit;; or the manner in which they are working to j nuke the entire thing a success. jl Mr. AY. Ii. Link, is studying telegraphy,; with a view of taking the ollicc and depot at | A'illlngton on (lieSavannah Valley Railroad. Two of our couneilim n, at a meeting held or tlie purpose of giving C'apt. J. N. 15:iss, Su-| lori 111 uluhi 11 t?lf f ilf? A llfllStiL mill Iv IH>\ vllle I I bill road a hearing in the case the council hud mainst him for .*70.00 damages, rendered aj . erdict that he should not pay it. This is lUtlUing up our town, isn't it ? Col. Cat Corley, is tlie best auctioneer in AIh i, xsville county. Mrs. S. M. Moore, the mother of Mrs. T. M. Scott, was married in Aiken, F"?. C., on the; r.th to Mr. William Merritt of Kidtre Springs , Kdgeticld eoounty, S. C. Mrs. Moore was aiscd in I'ltt county, N. C? and came to Me-1 Jormiek in June last. Iler stay wasa short) >ne with us. We hope her new home and lushand may prove all that will be to make ife a happy one. Kgg-nogs are gclting very numerous in [own. Tlirec last week. Christinas is near, lugs sire daily ariving. We can't say whether i they contain molasses or red eye. We presume they are composed of the hitter. Dr. <). A. Traylor, returned Saturday, from , the Medical College of Augusta to spend the j ii oil days. Now is your time to get a good breeeh load-! Imr shot gun at New York cost. 1'. Rosenberg t Co. Call and examine nur stock of overcoats before they are all gone. 1'. Rosenberg it Co. P. Rosenberg & Co. arc selling- their breech loading shot guns at New York cost. THE OLD STAR FORT. . ? SextH from Xliie(y>Si.\ and the Good I'eoph- Thereabout. Ninety-Six, Dee. 21, 1R85. William Muckwell, the suspect, who was arrested for killing the old ear driver in August:!, was released as he was the wrong man. Tl?? store fix!ores and personalty of the late R. 1\ tiuarles were sold on the 10th, bringing goou pri?:cs* J. C. (irlillu sold under mortgage buggy, stock, <Vc. J. ii. llrooks, Jr., who lms been at the Citadel Academy for the pant year has returned. At the last communication of Eureka Iiodse No. 47, A.F.M. The following officers were elected to serve the f/uxt ensuing year; George F. E". Wetirk, \V. it, J. D. Watson, S. W. James Rogers, Jr., J. W. E. M. Osborne, Secretary. A. J. Quuttlebum, Treasurer. A. S. Osborne, Sr. Deacon. R. L. Pratt, Jr. Deacon. M. A. Deloach, \V. T. Heard, Stewards J. N. Lipscomb, Tiler. Tne Knights of Honor will have an oyster supper on the night of the 2i?rh December. The many iriends of the Rev. S. P. II. Elwell regret that it Is necessary for h^j* to leave Ninety-Six. We only hope his future home may be pleasant, and that his successor here may prove sis acceptable to the people as Mr. El well has. Capt. R. F. McCaslan was the delegate to the insurance convention which met lii Greenville last week. The Rev. "William IT. Lawton was up to see his daughters; Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Phillips, lust week. W. R. Smith lins moved back to his old 1 home Hi Chanpells. 1 The Rev. W. G. Nbvllle.lias moved to Rlack- ' stock, where he will be located for the next year. To say thatve art all sorry to give him up would not express our sorrow. Mr. T. C. Lipscomb attended Conterence last week. Mr. W. S. Richardson had a thoroughbred Poland China sd\V badly littrt by dogs last week. Uiiuht Jones, eolored, was accidentally killed last week by young Clarence'Nichols, white. They were projecting with an "unloaded pistol." M?*. and Mrs. Josey, of Orangeburg are vis ithij? Mr. J. C. Griftin and fiimllv. Thomas K. Fouclie lost his barn with all his corn and fodder and some provisions Inst week. Mr Folic ie is a poor man and a good , citizen; and his friends sympathize with him deeply. Secretary and Treasurer Pope, of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western railroad, is still \ collecting one Instalment of the subscription. IIu tells me everybody pays promptly. Mr. J. A. Moore ha-* been to Charleston on a pleasure trip. He is a line merchant and a prince of good fellows. EAST END. Troy's Contribution to the Xcws World. TroV, S. 0., Dec. 22, i8.c">: The Christmas holidays promises to be very lively in Troy and vicinity. Invitations have been issued to several parties, a large number of weddings and a grand ;:erinan 011 Wednesday night Dec. SDth. Many visitors are expect- 1 ed and ihe<rerman will be the grandest social event that Troy has ever seen. Miss Mamie Stehle, 01 Sumter, is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. T. Solomons. l)r. Millard, of London, delivered a splendid lecture in the Baptist church last niijbt, taking as his subject "Oliver Cromwell." He is a ; grand orator and those who were fortunate enough to hear him, consider his lecture something far beyond the usual talk of traveling lecturers. 1 Messrs. Jay & White hrtve shipped ten car ! loads of cotton seed to Augusta this season. 1 Dr. W. P. Addisoli entertained the members of the Troy Social Club at his residence 011 last Thursday evening. ( Mr. T. M. Jay and family have moved to'i Troy and are now occupying the house recent-1 ly vacated by Mr. .T. S. Harris. Mr. Jay makes a good citizen, and we extend to him a hearty , welcome. Every one seems to sympathize with Mr. , Span Harris, and well they may. If his girl don't come back soon lie will be in ft bad fix. At a regular trieelIngot tiie Kniahtsdf Hon- , or 011 last Wednesday, the follow ins; officers! were elected : C. F. Mills, Grand Dictator; J. S. Addison, Vice Dictator; It. A. McCaslanj Assistant Dictator; Hen Chiles, Reporter; A. T. ltoblnson, Financial Reporter; T.M.Jay, Treasurer; W. II. Adamsofi, Guide; J. S. Jay, Sentinel. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jay, Misses Nellie Morey arid Addie Sihert, and Messrs. J L. Burnett, J. M. Kennedy and Julius Visanska, attended the Calico Hop at MeCormick 011 last Tuesday night. ^ /I ft! till: millUD Will tiunu licit; un vwiifiniao ttiy. TIIOY. In Hcmorinii). DIRD, on November 20ili, in ('heraw, 8. C\, J. KKNNKKLY GLASS, aged is years, youngest son of Mrs. J. S. Glass, of Cokesbury Death Is :it nil times the king Of terrors and under all circumstances is the saddest event in human history. Hut. how much more peculiarly distressing It is when the young pre taken away in the spring time of; life, with bright prospects of usefulness. In i the death of otir dear young friend many! hearts are made sad. lie was one of the most | genial companions, cheerful, generous and; kind and was a universal favorite with young 1 and old. Fie was a good pupil, beloved by his 1 teachers and classmates: lie was fond of j Sunday School and his place was never va-> cant in his class, for tie was always punctual in his attendance. Ills family almost idolized him. His devotion to his mother whs a beautiful trait in his character. After leaving home to engage in business he never neglected to write to her regularly and his greatest delight was to minister to Iter comfort and happiness in ttvery possible way. His example is worthy of all imitation by sons and brothers. May the God of the fatherless and the widow minister consolation to the bereaved ones is the earnest player of one who knew and loved him from childhood. "Ah i turn and weep, 'Tis nuinllnecs to be heart-broken here, For the grave of earth's best nobleness Is watered by a tear." 3Iisi>rint. Editor Press and Banner : i'lease allow me to correct a mistake in the last issue of your paper. I was not elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of A. F, M. or smith Carolina, mil nave tne honor 10 nam i the otlicu of Grand Marsha) in that Lrdj:c. EUGENE B. GAHY. All kinds of Job work quickly and neatly done at this office. We have Just received > . I new supply of hill heads, note heads and other paper, and can furnish them In pads if 'desired. Our prices will compare with any oilier market. KvKRYBony usos letter heads, and It is strtMigc thai you do not go to the 1'rcss anil Banner oftice and get them printed. Envelopes with you 1* esird On them at very low lifjures c:Vn be had Ht the 1'rcss and, Jiani\er of lice. CONSIGNEES. Express?Miss Hannah Hemphill, Dr. P. IC. Black, Miss Bessie Norwood, . w. O. Dundas, J. ('. Dunlay, Geo. Norwood, \\rm N. Hansome, Qunrles tfc Thomas, Mrs. L. MeOaujjhlin, (J L. Carrlngton, L. Tajrgart, Dr. K. D. McAdatns, C. McClondon it Co., J. L. Clark, I J. II. Latimer, Miss Lizzie Clark, J. \V. Per-j rin, .Susan James, T. Young, Miss L. J. Speer, i II; K: 11111: Freight?T. Hakor, (i. Baker, T. G. Baker,; G. NV. Belcher, J. E. Kvans, \Y\ M. IIill, J. B. Philips, W. K. Powell, Mrs. W. Mellwain, S. M. Moorf, IX J. MeAlay, Jas. A. Heed. W. II.' Sharp, David Hamey, M. J. Thrift, L. B. Humes'. MARKET REPORT. f'OTTO N"?M a rk c t s tendy. Stains 7 Better grades 8 ItAfJfi 1 NO. Good pieced bagging per yard.. 10 New bagging per yard IdV. 1New Arrow Ties, per bunch SI 10 to 1 *>0 i l'ieced Ties per bunch 1 25 1 So i'kovisioxs: Meat, 6}4 j (.'oll'ee : 10 15 | Sugar, Yellow 7 7'^ i White Granulated 7% i> : Salt, tine, per sack 75 tii Liverpool, 200 Ih sacks 1 25 Nails VS. 4 Hlce V4 s Tobacco M fiO .MolasseS :iO to Syrup 25 50 ]>11y ?ooi)s, Prints f "> 7 Bleach Cotton t>!^ lOlrj Shirtings r.'.j (iV, Ti Shirt iinr (5 7 i < H shirting S It) Plaids S 10 Opening of Schools?Examination of Teachers. rpTIK public free schools of Abbeville conn-i' i ty, for the scholastic year t8Sf> (> will open: on the itrd Monday in January, l.sstl. An ex-; uinination of teachers, embracing the usual branches, will be held on 1st, Thursday and ! Friday in January, I"S(?, for while and colored teachers respectively. All certille.ites issued:1 by the present Foard ot Examiners, or our!1 predecessors in ofliee, are hereby revoked. Certificates from adjoining counties will not be recognized. We earnestly beg tin? hearty co-operation ol all who are interested in the welfare of the schools. Respectfully, <; EG. r. lioouivs. .T. ('. KMTOJI, J NO. A. ROHlXfsOX. County Hoard of Examiners. nijjiniiili frrn'ii THE LIGHT RUNNING NEW HOME IS now (he favorite among Sewing Machines and i<? certainly above ail competition. Doing the widest range of work, equipped with all the latest, improved attachment*, it is beyond all dispute the easiest and lightest running shuttle machine on the market, and is fast growing to be the most popular machine sold. Parties who contemplate buying a machine will certainly find it to their interest to see and try the "Ligrlit It mining New Home"" before buying. Sold upon easy terms, within the reach of all, either on monthly installments or on time with a *ash payrrent. Try the LIGHT RUNNING NEW HOME and you will buy no other. For sale E. M. KEATON', Feb.28,18:5. 10m Abbeville, S. C. RIOSHELEY'S CELEBRATED MOLLIS OIL IS a splendid Lubricator for Engines. Printing Presses iind S-iw Mills and is the best :?nd cheapest oil for Harness, Belts, Hoots, shoes and Leather generally. Warranted a Waterproof Leather Preservative; It is penetrating. and renders soft and pliable the hardest Leather. For sale by J> Knox & Co. August 5, lS85t tf The Place to Get What You "Want! THOS, M. CHRISTIAN HAYING bought the interest of Mr. JOHN WILSON in the business formerly conducted by them jointly will koep always in store, a complete stock ol FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of ill kinds; The best and cheapest CIGARS arid TOBACCO. The FINEST WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Masli Corn Whiskey For medical purposes a specialty. Also, C'hoice Liquors of any kind for medical purposes. Give him a call. Satisfaction guaranteed All persons inuobtcd to thenrtn r>f Christian it Wilson must liiilke immediate payment. TflOS. M. CHRISTIAN, Abbeville, S. C. Feb. 13.1SS4, tf Columbia and Greenville Railroad. ON and after November 15. V:$\ Passenp-r trains will run ns herewith indicated upon this road ?ml its branches : DAILY, KXOEPT SUNDAYS. NO. 53. I'P l'ASSENKKi:. Leave Columbia 10 45 a in Arrive Alston 11 45 iu Arrive Newberry Yi 43 p tit Arrive <'happell's 1 34 p hi Arrive Ninety-Six, D..., 2 03 j> m Arrive Greenwood.... 2 42 j> in Arrive II<m1?*c8 3 05 p m Ai rire 1'iinnald* 8 2(5 p in Arrive Helton... 4 11 j> in Arrive UreeiivMo 5 35 p ui NO. 52 DOWN PASSENUER. Leave Grebnvllle ; :. 0 45 a m Arrive Belton 11 C8 a m Arrive DuiinaMa 11 51 p in Arrive Hodges 12 17 p m Arrive (ire<-n\vond 12 44 ji in Arrive Ninety-Six, D 1 10 p in Arrive ('happeiPs 2 OS j> m Arrive Newbetry 3 02 j? iii Ari'lVe Alston 4 05 j? in Arrive Columbia..: 5 15 p m AKIikvil.I.E HI!AM II. Leave Abbeville 10 45 a m Arrive Dirra null's 11 <'9 a m AitIvh HortsfeS 11 45 p m Learn Hodges 3 30 p tn Arrive Dirraiiifh,s 4 03 p in Arrive Abbeville 4 30 j> m 1ILUE RtlKiE RAILROAD AM) ANDERSON BRANCH. Leave R-.-Jlon 4 15 p in Arrive Anderson 4 47 p m Arrive Seneca C 00 p in Airive Wnllinlla <5 3:3 p in Leave Wailisilla 8 80 a in Ariive Senrc-i S SO a m Arrive Anderson 10 22 a in Arrive Helton 10 57 a ui I.AL'KE.NS P.AlI.ltOAI). Leave Newberry 3 25 p m Leave Helena 3 12 p in Arrive Clinton ft So p m Arrive Laurens ti 30 p m Leave Laurens S <)0 a in Arrive Clinton 8 SO a hi Arrive Helena..:....;..::.. 11 00 [i m Ar.ive Newberry 11 10 p m D?Dinner. Time?Knstcrn standard. G. li. TALC0TT, Superintendent. 1). GAUD WELL, Assist. Gen. I'as. As- nt. Atlantic Coasi Line. rASSEXG E I? DErA ItTMENT. Wii.misc.ton, N. C? >Inne 22,1S85. FAST LINK between Charleston and Columbia and IT..,...,. I Vl-oHlVl M. Vl'J'v. - GOING WEST. Leave Charleston. S. C 7 20 a m Leave Lanes. S. I! 8 34 a m Leave tMimUT, S. C 0 33 a in Arrive Columbia, S.C 10 40 a in Arrive Winnsboio,S. C 3 W2 p m Arrive Chester. S. C 4 1ft p m Arrive York villi-, S. C <5 Oft d ill Arilve Laneastc, S. C 7 21 p in Arrive Itcek llill, S. C! 4 54 p n? Arrive Charlotte, N. C G 05 p in GOING EAST. Arrive Charleston, S. C 9 10 p in Arrive I.anes, S. C 7 45 p in Arrive Sti inter, S. G li 42 p ni Leave Columbia, S. C... 5 27 p m Leave Wintisboro. S, Ci "? 4> p m Leave Chester. S. O 2 42 p m Leave Yoikvllie, S. G 12 10 p in Leave Lancaster. 5?. G 7 W0 a in Leave I.'oek Hill, S. C 1 N? p ni Leave Charlotte, N. G 12 50 p ill GOING WEST. Arrive Newberry. .5. G 12 43 p m Arrive Greenwood. S. G 2 42 p in Arrive Laurens, 3. C 6 30 p in Arrive Anderson, S. C 4 47 p in Arrive Greenville. S. C ft 35 p in Arrive Waihalla. S. C 0 S3 p in Arrive Abbeville,S. C 4 30 p m Arrive Spnrtanbunr. S. G 4 40 p ni Arrive lk-tulcisoiiville. N; C 5 35 p m GOING EAST. Leave Newberry. S. G 3 02 p in Leave Greenwood, S. C 12 44 p ni Leave Laurens. S. 0 S 0?? i> irt Leave Anderson, S. C 10 22- a :n Leave Greenville, S. 0 II 45 a in T ... .... < ( S a ..i L**ve Abbeville,:?. V 10 a rn Leave 5r |>art:iubnr-r. S. (.' 11 0;"> |> in Lrtive Uentlersimville, N. C 7 no a m S>li<l trnins between Charleston and Columbia, S C J. V. Ml V INK. T. M. KM Kits ON, (ieii'l Iniji't. Cr>n'l l'as.s A^eiit. Horse Blankets. JI'ST received, a lot. of Horse lilankcts which I will sell at short profits. J>o not let your faithful animal sillier (or the sake of ;i lew dollars. ' TICS. IJKviUS. sept. :;o, .sssi. Buggy Lap Robes. JrsT UW'KIVKn, a. lot of I'.iito.v Plush, and Woolen Jiiip Holies for winter use. Call soon as they are ready sale." TliUS. JL'.EGtJS. Sept. :>0, INS"). Be in Time. C1ALI, soon if you want a hand made linrt iiess, we arc trying to keep up a -apply. May >-. '>> ), if Tlit'S. liEotitf. "election notice. j^ToTICE is hereby given that in pur-' . 1 suanee of the provisions of an act of tho" -Ja General Assembly of tho State of South'' ^ Carolina, entitled "an act of charter the' Greenville and Port Royal Railroad Com- }M pauy," approved December 23rd 1882 an election will be held on the 19th day of January, 18?J, at the voting precinct for ;v| Cokesbury Township in the town of ;.3| Cokesbury, at which election shall bo submitted to the qualified elector's of said IS township, the question whether or not the said township shall subscribe the -amocrnt of five per cent, of the assessed value of taxation of the total property in ~'cM [sard -township in interest bearing bonds of Cokcsbury Township maturing^ /'jp in twenty years, to the capital slock of % Greenville and(Port Royal Railroad Com- 5|| pany according to the provisions of said' act and the amendments proposed there-" .'"M to by the board of corporators of said Railroad Company. " At said election those voting in faVor of ' % said subscription, shall cast ballots, hav- C-y ing "written or printed thereon the word ?'M| "SUBSCRIPTION," and those voting -y^ against said subscription shall cast ballots having written or printed thereon the words "NO SUBSCRIPTION." The ^3 polls shall be opened at 8 o'clock, a. in., : , / J and remain open trntil 5 o'clock, p. rrt., of J said day, and upon closing, the rrfanagerrf of said election shtfl! at otoce proceed to' count the votes and shall return the same' with their statement and tally sheet, and /i'M the poll list to the office of County Com* missioners for Abbevilfe County, qti Monday next succeeding said election. M. A. Cason, Jesse C. Ellis and Wm. Ilenry Moore have been appointed Managers to conduct said election according to law and the provisions of tho said ant; A'aS By resolution of the Board. JAMES McCORD. Chair. Bi d; Co. Com. Abb. Co. S. C. )'t|| Dee. 8, 1885. ELLIS a. GRAY DON. WM. S*. GRAYDOX. GRAYDON & GRAYDON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ABBEVILLE, S. C. All business promptly attended to. Dec.0; 1885. tf Iflli, CON" GAREE -M II WORKS. Coumbia. S. C. Agnt for CHAPMAN'S i:;|| PEEPETUAL EVAPORATOH S| rpIIF.SE WORKS WERE ESTA8LLSAED In | I 1847 by Messrs. Geo. Sinclair and James AnI derson and purchased by me in the year 1S56, nnd .J:, i from that tune till now carried on successfully by myself. ?Mv friends and customers will bear wiine*4 ' of the large "and stupendous Jobs executed by me: It wuS at my works where the larsi-st nnd almost only ->?'4 job of its class eVer executed in this city was douo I viz: the making of the pipes ft>r the City Water ' 'JS Works In tho year 1WS. In the brunch of BELL ! FOUNDING, I can say that I have made the laigest J9 i bi lls ever east in the State, such as the bell for tlw 5>|8 Citv Hull in Columbia. ~'%r%S? i My slock of patterns for ABCRITECTURA1/ I WORK COLUMNS for Stove fionts, is large and j vi I various, anil in RAILINGS for Balconies, Gardens, j and Cemeteries I have the largest variety and mott / ; modern patterns; manv of these are patented and I have purchased the risht for this state. In the machine line I can furnish my patr.?ns with V STEAM ENGINES and BOILEKS of any size and ~ . description. My CIRCULAR SAW MILLS have ''4 carried off theprizeat ev?ry State Fair held In this ! city, and in their construction I have taken pains to combine simplicity with the most useful modern improvements, and may flatter myself that my CIRCU- c>3j LAR SAW MILLS find favor with every sawyer who understands his business. I The manv orders I am steadily receiving for SU- '/ I GAR CANE MILLS prove that the public appreciate i the mills of my make, and so it is with mv GEAI>' ING for HORSE POWERS. GIN WHEELS, GRIsT ! MILLS ami oiher MACHINKRY. i I have tho manufactures risht of many PATENTS v such as castinss f??r ROCK COTTON AND HAT') :<< j PRESS nnd three or four different FEED CUTTRS and other implements. I I will bi* nleased to send my circulars to any nppli cant, together with pi loe list or estimate. My price* I tire moderate, and I assure tbe public that they aro j lower than those of Northern manufacture?, ond that | | tiiv work will com para favorably with that of any othcr maker. Address John Alexander, Congakee Ikon Wokks, Columbia, s. C. Seal, ;fl * 1 fflcllwaine I & Co. f .... jm I JJaVE on hand almost every variety oi CARRIAGES, f BUGGIES, 1 and? WAGONS, 1 | which they ofTor to their customer.*! on the j most advantageous terms. wmm a specialty. 1 t 3 . T1 With the best of workmen In every branch of i otir business, and an abundant supply of j lumber, and other materials, we arc prepared I to do all kinds on repairing in the very uc*t ! manned, at the shortest notice, nnd on the , most accommodating terms. All work fully J warranted. ISEAL, McILWAINE & CO,, Washington Street. | WM. II. PARKER "\V. C. McGOWAN. PAKKES & McGOWAN ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS,' AHHEVILLE, C. II., S. C. \T7 ILL practice also in the Circuit Court sot m the l.'nitedrttatesfor South Curolina* Jan 7. 1SS0. tf unairs. ALL kinds and styles. Over fiOO on hand. J. D. CHALMERS A.CO. Nov. ?5, ISSo. If Webb Halters. AX ASSORTMENT jufet m*?ivod nrd fojr sale cheap by TIIOS. BEC1GS, August 12, 1^3. tf J