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ABBEVILLE, S. C.
Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1886,
The Ferguson Trial.
The evidence and speeches, including the
Judge's clmrge in the case, occupied ?rom |
Tuesday morning until Thursday evening
?ibout seven o'clock. The jury after remaining
in the jury room for nearly forty hours I
reported that they could not agree, and a mistrial
was ordered. It Is reported that the vote i
stood eight for conviction, and four foracquit
lul, with the further report that three of those j
who voted for acquittal were willing to vote
for conviction, if the other dissenting juror
would join them in a verdict to that effect.
We do not republish the evidence and the
speeches. We have already published them
twice. The people seem to have lost much interest
in the case. We believe further they
have made up their mindsonc way or the other,
and we do not believe that any of tlie
speeches or any of the evidence on this trial
changcd anybody's opinion.
It is reported that the counsel for Ihcde-j
fence will move for bail for their client. Of
this we know nothing. The decision and J
lirmness of the jurors in their respective
opinions was a matter of note.
?
The Tobacco Culture.
While we know nothing of the culture of
tobacco, and while we do not feel competent
to give any advice on the matter, yet we are
Inclined to the opinion that our people had
better let it alone. Our great grandfathers
cultivated it in their time, and wc presume
they quit it for some goou reason. It is the
filthiest crop that grows, and it requires great
barns in which to cure it, and the art ot cur-.
ing the crop is almost unknown to us. We
have neither the barns nor the presses, and
we know nothing of its culture, therefore, in
our opinion, it is well to let others lead the
way in this doubtful experiment.
The Greenville News in commenting on the
recent difficulty between the editors in Columbia,
says:
"Whatever may De tnougiuoi tnewisuomi
nf ihe participants in tin* aflairs alluded u>, I
everybody must acknowledge that each of
them, without exception, bore himself well
nud bravely."
We fully concur with that sentiment. If
there had been a man among them deficient
In courage, somebody would have been shot.
Avery large percent, of the alleged killings
In self-delence, if we are to believe the Court
reports. Is done by men who are afraid of
their adversary.
It has been alleged that corn which is
planted on the last days of February or {he '
Jlrst of March, seldom tails to make a good
crop?no matter whether the season be wet or
dry?and it may be that some of our farmers j
might do well to give this matter due consideration.
i
General W. S. Hancock of the United
.States army is dead. He was held in the
highest esteem by the whole country and
greatly beloved by the Southern people. His
military and civil career was without a blemish.
The good old Greenville Enterprise and
Mountaineer had a narrow risk from fire last
week. We congratulate brother Bailey that
he was so well iusured and that his loss was
so slight
Ex-Goveknor Horatio Seymour of New 'y
York is dead. *
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THE FERGUSON TRIAL. j
The News and Courier's Report of
the Evidence.
Furnished by their Local Reporter.
Mr. Riley, the marshall, testified to arrest- i
ing Ferguson immediately alter tiie shooting; |
thai Ferguson wan tea to kuow if he could
not give bail and if Mr. Brooks, Ferguson's
father-in-law, would not do for bail. Thei
prisoner was then taken before a trial Justice
and a few minutes afterwards, hearing that
Benedict was dead, Ferguson was taken to
Jail. |
Hettie Bel ton and Lucy Sanders, two colored
women, then testified to seeing Ferguson !
shoot Benedict, they at the time trading witL !
Benedict for the purchase of shoes. I
Daniel Jordan, a venerable old rnaQ, testified
to hearing an altercation between Ferguson
and Benedict on the Saturday before tlie
homicide; Ferguson was pretty drunk at the
time.
Mr. J. S. Hammond, the intendant. testified
to Ferguson asking him if he could not get
out on bond instead ot goiug to the guardhouse,
as he wanted to attend a wedding that
day; Ferguson was pretty drunk; did not
know at that time that Benedict was killed.
"My business," said Mr. Hammond, "was
weighing cotton on the public square;" and
although he saw the defendant oiten. that he
never saw him drunk before the day ot the
homicide.
Sam Milford, white, testified to hearing Ferguson,
a short while before the shooting, tell
Stark Martin to come on down there it lie
wanted to see him (Ferguson) kill a d?d Jew;
Ferguson was diunlr at that time, but quiet.
air. ivunsKy tesuneu uiai me ueienuauion .
the day of the shooting came into his store ,
and wanted to buy some cartridges. He had r
none, and Ferguson then remarked that lie
had enough anyhow, to kill a man. He was i
drunk hut not at all boisterous; had seen him
drunk, but only drunk once before, llere the i
estate closed. _
The Kev. John It. Riley, the first, witness for
the defence, testified that Ferguson Loarded r
ivith him while a student at Adxer College,
and that one day in the recitation room he _
noticed t hat the defendant was very pale and
looked as if he was about to fall over. I ask- t
ed some member of the class to take him out.
I had asked him some questions and could
get no answer. He was similarly affected at
another time while at the breakfast table.
The defendant frequently complained of!
pains in the head. I regarded him an aver-1J
age student. I never made any report of the j'
matter to his father at the time. If he drank ij'
jany at that time, I did not know it. He ap-:*1
reared dazed but his eyes were not set when I}
lie had that spell in the class-room. j
Martha Whaton, the nur?e of thedefendant, l.
next testified that, he had spells when a child, 0
and always looked pale and complained of
Ills bead, and his hands appeared to be stiff. J'
They would rub him with camphor when he !
would be restored.
A.J.Ferguson, the defendant's father, was a
the next witness, and also testified to the
spews oi pmeiiess or luiniing ins. 111 l^oi-o-, i -
while hauling logs in the woods, one of these
spells came on John and he staggered and s
Jell down. This lasted l'oran hour and a half,
4>r probably a little longer. Never saw him
have another attack until after John was 11
married, when one of these spells came on in
July while he was worfcirg in the bottom
land. This spell also lasted about the same
length of time as the other tainting spell. *
Again, in June or July, ISM. while John was
iioeing cotton, he had another one ot these
**pells. In February. 1881, John received some "
cuts in the hack, ana .since then he has al- c
ways appeared to he melancholy and to have
h "shy disposition." while before he was the
reverse. Johu had also been drinking heav-1 v
ily for several months before the shooting of
Benedict. One of his.sisters died from a sim- "
ilar complaint, and one of his younger broth-1 '
ers had a like attack about eight years ago. |
This last about his brother is new lestl- 11
mouy. Several other witnesses, including j
the mother and brothers of the prisoner, cu- ^
roborated the testimony ol A. J. Ferguson.
Several witnesses were examined s to the 1
drinkicg of the prisoner, and from their testimony
he must have been a very constant ?
and heavy drinker.
JMssected llis Horn and Got His I!
Money.
M. A. Goer of near Atlanta, fed his hogs!,r
Saturday morning, and went, to town lor the rf
.purpose of making purchases. When about w
:top&5'i'or them, he missed his wallet, which I
c ontained He at once retraced his steps jtf
without -stumbling across his treasure. At'
;-.3ast reaching the hon pen, he decided that he I fu
'must have dropped the money while leedimrl
them, and immediately set to work to kill!
them.with the .viow ef finding his money. In , F
this he was suocessful, finding in the entrals
. 4?C one of< the animals a wad of pulp, into I
.which the greenbacks had resolved them-1
pelves. He took this to Mr. Lot Hill, president
of the Gat? City national bank, who es-! w
tinmtes that, it coisti&ins ?20<)of the money, so; di
that the other SoO is in some of the hogs 111
wiiich have not yet been killed. Mr. Hill i a'
will send the pulp to the treasury department! P<
in Washington for exchange, I t?i
- ! tl
If cream Is well stirred, after being taken 1 P<
from the milk, so as to become well mixed. IP'
and then put into the churn at the right torn- i tl
perature, the butter will uot be troublesome | al
to gather. ' ll
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THE DRAWING OF THE JURY.
Extracts from the Law Which Shows
Who is Ilesponsible for the Dis*
charffo of this Duty.
As t he general make-up of the juries at
each term of the Court for the last, year have
become u matter which elicits some attention,
and some remark, it may not be amiss
to quote some extracts from the law on drawing
juries, that the people may know who Is
responsible for this important, work.
There shall be appointed by the Governor,
and confirmed by the Senatt*. one otJicr for
each County in the State, to be named and
designated a Jury Commissioner, who, with
the County Auditor and Chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, a majority
of the same, shall constitute a Board of Jury
Commissioners for County. T * *
Tilt' Board of.Jury Commissioners of each
County shall, once in every year, during the
month of January, prepare ? list of such inhabitants
of iheir respective Counties, not absolutely
exempt, ris th'jy may think wdl qualified
to serve fix jurors, beintj person* of (/find
'moral character, of sound judgment, and free
from all leg:d exceptions; which list shall include
not less than one from every twenty
voters, nor more than one from every ten
voters, of their respective Counties, to be selected
without regard to whether such persons
reside within five miles or more than live
miles from the Court House. * * *
Of the list so prepared, the Board of Jury
Commissioners shall cause the names to lie
written, each one on a separate paper or bidlot.
and shall fold up said pieces of paper or
ballots so as to resemble each other as much
as passible, so that the name written thereon
shall not be visible on the outside, ami shall
place t hem in a box. to be furnished them bv
the County Commissioners of their County
for ibnt purpose, and by said Board of Jury
County Commissioners to be kept..
At the same time, they shall place in a separate
and special apartment in the Jury i>ox.
to be known as the tales box, the names of
fifty persons qualified by law to serve as jurors.
who reside within live miles of the)
Court House, from which shall be drawn jurors
to supply deficiencies arising from any
cause or emergency, during the Kitting of the J
Court. * * *
If any member of the Board of Jury Commissioners
shall be guilty of fraud, either by
practising on the jury box previously
to a draft, or in drawing a juror, or in returning
into the jury box the name of any juror
which had been lawfully drawn out, and
drawing or substituting another in his stead,
or in any other way in the drawing of jurors,
he shall be punished by a fine not exceedirg
five hundred dollars,or be imprisoned not extwo
vmrs in flip Kfjit.n Peniten
ti:iry. * * *
When jurors arc lo bo drawn, the Board of
Jury Commissioners shall attend at r he office
of the Clerk ot Court of Common Pleas within
and for that County, and in the presence of
the Clerk of the Court and the Sheriff of the
County, shall shake up the names in the jury
bo* until thru are well mixed, and bavins unlocked
said box, the Hoard of Jury Commissioners,
in the presence of the clerk of the
Court and the Sheriff of the Countv, shalf proceed
to draw therefrom, without seeing the
names written thereon, a number of ballots
equal to the number of jurors required. Provided,
That if the Clerk and Sheriff shall fail to
attend, after due notice, the Jury Commissioners
shall proceed without them, and the jury
so drawn shall be lawful. * * *
Whenever it shall be necessary to supply
any deficiency in the number of grand or petit
jurors duly drawn, whether causcd by challenge
or otherwise, it shall be the duly of the
Jury Commissioner to attend in open Conrt,
together with theClork of the Court of Common
1'leasand Generalsessions and thesheiitf
of the County, and under the direction of
the Court, to draw Irom the special apartment
In the jury box, known as the tales box, such
numberof fit find competent persons to serve as jurors
as the Court shall deem necessary to till
such deileieney.
VIEWS OF DR. ANDREW SIMONDS, PRESIDENT
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHARLESTON, S. C., ON THE FINANCIAL
SITUATION.
An Important Meeting of the Share*
holders?A Reduction in the Capital
Stock of 20 per Cent?A Dividend
of 25 per Cent.
and Courier, February 3,1SS6.]
A meeting of the shareholders ol the First
National Bank was held yesterday, ilr. Goo.
\\\ Williams in the chair. Dr. Andrew |
Simonds, the president, stated the object of
Lhe meeting as follows :
"This band was organized on 30th November,
IStio. Its corporate existence lias beon extended
to December, 1905. Of the success or
its first life of twenty years I need not speak,
.lis known to the whole country. In the:
it xt twenty years we will have to do more
tvork for less pay. Close competition will
necessitate a higher order of ability and more
ii-cipliued training for the successful management
of banks in the future. Rates for
noney were never so low as now, produced
>artly by the general depression and part.y
jy the action of the Government in reducing
is interest to three per cent. In all connTies,
sooner or later, rates of interest on gwod
iecuri ties approximate to t hose paid by the
jovernments. Ours is no exception. There
las been a settling of values which will not
je likely to change fur the benefit, of banks in
lie future. Tin-re is no decline in tuxes, expenses
and risks, while profits have lallen to
ibout one-half of what they were. The suc:ess
of your bank is due not. to money made
jy discounting notes, the receipts from which
iVill not pay the taxes ami expenses of the
>ank. Operations and investments outside of
,his routine work have made your money.
"But the time tor these is now past. Savngsand
otlier banks are multiplying nil over
lie country. I>epo.-its accumulate, thusaunnenting
loanable funds, and another factor
ippears to cheapen money. Your bank has
exceptional advantages in its large holdings
>f Government and other bonds, which en*
iblelttodoa tiiven business on a smaller
apital than banks without such advantages,
ts securities commanding money quickly on
lie most favorable terms, to tide over any
emporary pressure. I therefore recommend
i reduction of 20 per cent, on your capital.
"Government 4 per cents are selling at
>rices at which they yield about 'IV, per cent.
>er annum. In New York the bontls of cities
ind States in good credit sell at prices which
Meld about :> per cent, and first-class railroad
nortgages are being absorbed at prices which
>ay from laiJ/> per cent. The time has come
vhen we will liavc to be satisfied with smaler
returns on fixed investments, when the
iccumlatlons of wealth will be slower, wiien
ndustry, thrift and economy must blaze the
oad to success."
On motion of Hon. Henry Buist the recrminendations
of the president were unani
nously adopted, and at a subsequent meeting
if the board of directors a dividend of 'Jo per
:ent. was declared on the reduced stock of the
?iink.
Items From Stony Point.
Stony Point, Fob. 15, lS3r?.
About four o'clock on the morning of the
1th, the brick ran^e ill Cel. Law's was enirely
consumed by lire, containing servant's
oom, kitchen, wheat room, smoke-house
nd wine room, containing the vintage of ]
wo years. Loss about, three thousand dol- <
iirs. No insurance. Cause unknown. Ky ]
he utmost exertions of kind friends the <
iwellinsi house was saved.
The grain crop is injured much worse than ,
ras at. first supposed. Upland oats are en- ,
irely killed, ami the early wheat seriously (
njured. Consequently the fanners are much |
iepressetl.
'l ite young people had a very pleasant dance
t Mr. O'Neall's one night last week.
Mrs. Dantzler, of Hodges, is now with her '
on, Mr. L. K. Dantzler.
Mr, Y. H. Stacy, who left our neighborhood 1
jst fall for Florida is much pleased with his 1
ew home. '
Messrs. Rampey & Mayor are improving
lieir place by erecting new out-building. 1
The narrow gauge road lias been surveyed
lirough our town. We hope soon to hear
he whistle.
Miss Laura Wells, of Greenwood and Miss ?
[ale Wells, of Mississippi, are visiting their 1
ousin Mr. G. P. O'Neal I. fc
Mrs. Stacey has moved in her new house.
Misses Ella Major and IdaGreene, of Green- ?
rood, spent last, week at Mr. J. M. Majors. i j
Messrs. Emerson, of Cokesbury, and Sharp, j t
f Donalds, were recently ttie guests of Mr.
? . /v. Olill J . I .
Mrs. Caldwell, who lias been absent some
nit', is expected home in a ic<v days.
Miss Kltirric staeey has been on a visit to c
liss Kula Cobb, of social Circle.
There has recently been quite a number of (
l ish peddlers in our community.
Mr. \V. Wi Jones, of Laurens,' has been in
ur neighborhood for a few days.
Mr. Ziich. Munday, who has boon in Flori- x
la all winter, is expected homo soon.
Miss Lilllie Jones, eldest daughter of Mr. J. 1
. Jones, is expected to leave soon for Jialti-jc.
lore to complete her education.
Capt. Mel'all of Cokesbury, who is very I,
inch enthused over tin* new railroad, was ! s
Hind last week getting the right of way, and j i
as very success! nl. |
The continued bad weather has rendered .1
10 roads almost Impassible.
>'o work has been dune in the garden and
,rm up to this time. r
TltO TEM."
rec Tuition an<i Furiiian I'niversity.
s
"Layman" in Baptist Courier.
It is a fact that anything that is valuable is | 0
orth working for, and what we have that:
id not cost us anything, we do not value a
inch; and "opposition is the life of trade," I
id a business tluit cannot stauu strong com- jj
Mition is not worth much. Let us stop tl
ilkimj about free tuition, and go to work and
loroughly equip Kurmau University, and
len we will not near any more about the op-1 b
isition of the State College. And just in
roportion as we make sacrifices for any- r
ling, in the same ratio will we love it. We p
1 know the mother loves the wayward boy I c:
mt gives iter the most trouble the best. u
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i THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
THE PAY OT TEACHERS?THE AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE OF SCHOLARS-THE
SCHOOL AGE.
The School Commissioner of Abbeville
County flakes Many Hughestions
of Vitnl Iinnortunce to the
People.
Office of School Commissioner
Ahhevim-b County,
al5bevij,lr, s. C., Jan. 14, 18Sft.
ThcCounly Hoard of Examiners have agreed
that the monthly pay of teachers shall be according
to yrade of certificate, or grade of
school, as follows :
First Grade, Twenty-Five Dollars.
Second Grade, Eighteen Dollars.
Third Grade, Ten Dollars.
That the minimum average number of pupils
per month that shall entitle a teacher to
full pay in country schools shall be 15; in Incorporated
villages and towns liU. In casys
i where the average number between the ages
I of ti and ltj falls below the minimum the trusj
tees shall pay a per capita share of the monthj
ly pay.
j The following changes of sreneral importance
to trustees and teachers have been recently
made in the School Law :
1. Ceriillcates granted by County Boards are
valid for 2 years, and are renewable with or
j without examination, at the discretion of the
said Hoards.
2. It shall not be lawful for any person who
is less than six or more than eighteen years of
age, to attend any of the free public schools.
The law requires the trustees to meet as early
as practicable in the year, in order to locate
the schools and elect teachets. This ought to
be done before the 1st of February of each
year, so that by that time all the schools of
the district shall have been established and
all the teachers employed. No school oujjht
to bo opened after the first week in February
unless under peculiar circumstances. The apportionment
of the school fund to the several
school districts is madeon t he 1st of February,
or as soon thereafter as practicable. Unjess
the trustees lix some limit to the time during
which they will cont ract with teachers of public
schools, they cannot know the number ol
teachers nor their grade in time to ascertain,
with the accuracy that the subject demands
Int.nrHi tliAc.ilinnl loi'lll frtr t ll ui ! ft i?t riff
The trustees, therefore, are urged to ascertain
as soon as the apportionment is made the
length or the school term for their district and
report tlie same to all the teachers and to the
School Commissioner. The school term of each
school of the same district, for the time it is
operated us a public free school, should be the
same.
j There has been a giear defect in the administration
of the school law in respect to the location
of schools. In some places the schools
are located too neareach other. This distribution
of the forces and efforts of a community,
as well as the distribution of the public fund
has had the effect of shortening the school
term, and depriving such unfortunate communities
of the influence a ad advantages 01
one good, well paid, well-equipped and well
sustained school. I recommend to the trustees
the sentiment of a distinguished commander,
who, when asked the secret of his
success, promptly replied, "I concentrate my
forces."
In some places, on the other hand, the
schools are too far apart. The effect has been,
prooaniy, more disastrous uiuii in ctswhiichthe
schools are too near each other. It has
lessened,alarmingly, the attendance in the
county schools, and, doubtless, smothered the
spark of genius in many a worthy youth.
This part of the school law is as difficult of administration
as it is important. While the
law requires the trustees to pay due regard to
any school house already built, or sites pro
cured, it also requires them to have regard to
"other circumstances proper to be considered
so as best to promote the educational interest
of the district." I am disposed to believe that
there are schools in the county that ought to
be removed from their present location, And
established in places accessible to a larger
number of children who are not now within
a convenient, distance of any school. No two
public free schools for the same race ought to
be within le<s than five miles of ^ach other.
Two and a half miles is not too great a distance
from a good school. A very few only will
be required to go even this distance, and they
can, surely, well afford to do so, if, by having
fewer schools, we increase the length of the term
and. the cjfficiaicy of those that we have.
It is u" lamentable fact, known even to the
casual observer, that in some sections of the
county there'is an increasing disposition, on
the part of parents, to shift the responsibility
of tneir children's education from themselves,
where it properly belontrs, to the public, where
it belongs only in cases of extreme poverty
and misfortune, or wilful nrgleet. They demand
that the public, which exacts from them
a few dimes lorschool tax,shall in return educate
their children, build and repair their
school houses, and even pay the incidental expenses
ol the school. This disposition ought
to be checked at every point, and especially in
the matter of building and repairing school
houses. It. is a manifest injustice to the teachers
to take any part of their already too small
salary and appropriate it to building and repairing
school houses. The school house is a
local matter, and the community ought to
build it at their own expense. 'J he circumstances
ought to be very exceptional indeed,
which would induce the trustees to appropriate
any part of the public fund to building
and repairing school houses. I feel sure that
my views on thissubjest will not be well received,
but I believe them to be right, and
that is a sufficient reason for me to recommend
them to theearnestcousideration of the
trustees.
The trustees will please see to it tint the
teacher's monthly reports are properly tilled
out ?i< Itio Sc'nnnl Prmitiiissioncp's nnnilnl ri>
port is based upon those monthly reports.
Any letter conveying suggestions and recommendations
to trustees js essentially defective,
that does not ask their hearty support in
the proper administration of the school law,
in raising the standard of teacher's certificates,
in increasing the efficiency of the
schools, in arousing an interest in the all-important,
subject of properly rearing and educatingourchildren.and
in making during the
short, period of our office, unmistakable advances
all along our own lines in the grand
march of education.
Respectfully,
GKO. C. HODGES.
School Commissioner A. C.
Two Valentines.
I.
A valentine I gave my love
Two years ago, a dainty thing,
Lace frinaed, hand painted, and above
The motto Hashed an opal ring.
My reverend homage von her heart
By all the wiles of love beguiled.
And, when I made my>elf a part
Of the love gift, she blushed?aud smiled !
II.
Lnst year, when the good Saint's day came.
My low and I each'other gave
A valentine, one and the same.
within tne cnurcir* sacrea naveUpon
her hand I placed the ring?
i'roud In my joy thai all could sec?
That made me of her heart the king
Through life and through eternity.
Air your hedding every day, and if possible
In the sunshine. It is a good plan to hang the
;*ornforiers, quilts, blankets and pillows 011 the
line several hours once a week, the day you
change the sheets and pillow cases. This,
ivith the daily airing in the room with open
windows, will keep them fresh and sweet and
wholesome. Always air a spare room thorjuuhly
before you put a guest into it. A shutup
room never has good air.
The appreciated woman is blessed above the
ess fortunate of her sex. No matter how
lard her work,she does it with a light heart,
iueause she knows that her efforts will be
neasured and repaid by love, without waiting
or her reward in eternity. Being understood
lorself, she understands others and hasa realy
sympathy and genial smile for all.
Our line of cigars and tobacco is much larger
than ever be tore, and we only ask atrial
o convience you of superior quality of same,
ipeed A Neil tier. 12-17
Johnson's Kalsomine, the prettiest, eheap>st
and most valuable preparation of the
elnd in the market, tor a testimonial extinine
Speed & Neutier's store. 2-17
Jersey stripes at CO cents, worth 75 cents
3ell & Galphin. 12-U.
Brocaded velveteens at CO cents, worth 75
:cnts. Bell & Galphin. 12-9.
Blue-stone In abundance. 3 pounds for 25
:ents. Speed & NeuHer. 12-9.
Messrs. Seal, Mcllwaine il* Co., have a mi niter
of good second hand wagon* and buggies,
'cry cheap for tbe money. rtf ^
Tiwrrrnrt. lint! nlvircn t\f ATofifiVfi
it'll & Galphin's dross makiug?dc;;>artment "/
,'all uiui see Iter. Sept. oO. jjl
Any nnn desirous of getting something A
lice, pretty mid cheap in the millinery line In
hould give us a call before first January. X
)o not forget tlmt we are ottering a large part ,
if onr stock at New York cost. R. Al. HadIon
<fc Co.
Mens, youths and boys overcoats at prices
educed to suit every one. 1*. Rosenberg & Co j cn
Rrocadeed silk velvets at 51.25, worth 81.75
toll & Gal phi u. 12-!).
A handsome lino of picture frames various
tyles and sizes, at Speed ?fc Neu tier's. 12-0. .
Blankets, blankets, blankets, at New York or
ost. P. Rosenberg & Co. ) w,
If you want a good pair of all-woo! blankets ! tei
t New York cost, call on P. Rosenberg & Co.; Sj
P. Rosenberg Co. are selling all-wool' f
lankets at New York cost. Now is your time ! re
:> secure a bargain. |co
Call on P. Rosenberg Co. and get a pair of ilt
lankets at New York eost. I 1
Thomas McGkttigan. of the old reliable I
almetto Saloon, has greatly reduced the j611
rices of his tine old pure goods. Give him a!
ill and see for yourselves before buying uclui- j br<
sratcd liquors.?Adv. col
OUR SCROOL TEACHERS.
Record of Teachers Certillcntes
Awarded by the County Board of
Examiners,' January 7tli and Stli,
1886.
The following named applicants Ivere
awarded teacher's certificates:
White Teachers.
FIRST GRADE?ON EXAMINATION.
E. C. Rice, Hodges.
J. It. Clinkscales, Due West.
W. T. AlcDavid, Due West.
J. P. Anderson, Ninety-Six.
John W. McCulloch, Abbeville.
J. P. .Tones, Ilodges.
Lemuel lteed, Abbeville.
G. VV. Lomax, Abbeville.
j. ai. ijoiin, image*.
Vincent Grittin, Bradley.
\V. B. Acker, Dunalds.
J. N. Carwile, Level Land.
C. C. Heed. Cokesbury.
T. J. Pyles, Coronaca.
N. O. Pyles, Coronaea.
11. J. Robinson, McCormlck.
W. T. Milford, Antreville.
Mrs. Carrie Clinkscales, Level Land.
Mrs. Alice M. Tyler, Abbeville.
Miss Minnie Cowan, Wideinans.
Miss Alice Logan. Greenwood.
Miss Nannie E. Mattison, Abbeville.
Miss Marv Harmon, Bordeaux.
Miss Ida P. McAllister, Calhoun's Mills.
Miss Corrie H. McAllister, Calhoun's Mills.
Miss Amanda Cork, Jones.
Miss Mat tie Reagan, Troy.
Miss Nannie White, Abbeville.
Miss Carrie L. Brown, Troy.
Miss Anna W. Bell, lireeuwood.
Miss Lula Brown. Troy.
Miss M. A. Brown, Troy.
Miss Cora L. Morrow, Verdery.
Miss Mollie Jones, Lowndesville.
Miss M. S. Grlllin, Ninety-Six.
MissTaliulah Anderson, Ninety-Six.
Miss Leila A. McDill, Donalds.
Miss Lizzie J. Edge. Dry Grove.
Miss Louella Edge, Dry Grove.
Miss Lucia P. Norris, Antreville.
Miss Nannie Harkness, Due West.
Miss Annie E. Emerson, Due West.
Miss Susie CaRon, Mt. Carinel.
Miss Lula Cason. Mt Carmel.
Miss J. E. Ca>on, Mt. Carmel.
Miss D. R. Penny, Mt. Carmel.
Mrs. M. M. Owens. Willlngton.
Mrs. S. F. Eakin. Greenwood.
FIRST GRADE?ON COLLEGE DIPLOMA.
Miss Mary E. Morrah. Widcmiins.
Miss Nannie B. Hawthorne, Due West.
Miss Julia F. Kennedy. Due West.
Ml*s Jennie Edwards, Due West.
Miss Clara Robinson, McCorrnick.
S It. Pritehard, Donalds.
Mrs. 0. A. V. Bradley, Maplelon.
Miss Hat Me Pope, Ninety-Six.
Miss E. Maggie Gibert, Abbeville.
Mrs. J. F. Hodges, Hodges.
Mrs. J. A. Rleiiey, Abbeville.
Mivs Lucy Gibert, Abbeville.
Miss s. Ada C-owan, Wideman's.
Miss Bessie P. Cothrnn, Millway.
Miss Nellie Pressly, Lula.
Mrs. L. J. Hutchison, Verdery.
T. A. Graham. Cokesbury.
J. B. Franks, Lowndesvllle.
Wister Archer, Abbeville.
Guy Lovejoy, Ninety-Six.
S. P. Boozer, Greenwood.
Miss L. 0. Coleman, Ooronaca.
Mrs. Julia Martin, Warren ton.
Miss Bessie Z. Cox, Due West.
Miss Mary J. Cilnkscales, Due West.
Miss Mary Stuart. Ninety-Six.
Mrs. M. A. Kobinson, Due West.
Miss Julia Glass, cokesbury.
Hev. A. Ij. Patterson, Mt. Carmel.
Miss Lillie MeGhoe, Hodges.
H. H. Walk ins, Donalds.
Mrs. Eugenia C. lleed, Cokesbury. *
SECOND OIIADE.
J. R. Edwards, Due West.
Mrs. E. I. Hidden, Antrevilfe.
Mi*.< T.nnie V. K.ukin 1)lift West..
MissCorrie Monro, hue West.
Miss M. E. Crawford, Due West.
Miss Jennie Mcllwain, Abbeville.
Miss S. K. Burton, Due West.
M iss Mary Rogers, Mountain View.
Miss Belle Morrah, Wideman's.
THIRD GRADE.
Miss Jnnie E. Woodhurst, Lebanon.
C. L. Parker, Antrcville.
Newlin Mercer, Monterey.
Colored Teacliers.
FIRST GRADE?OK EXAMINATION.
A. C Gogsrnus, Cokesbury.
D. S. Klugb, Hodges.
.T. I>. Hlaekwell, Cokesbury.
Miss Ida L. Campbell, McCorrnlck.
Mrs. K. A. Pindle, Verdery.
K. G. Lesly, Lowndesville.
Miss C C. Williams, Abbeville.
FIRST GRADE?ON COLLEGE DIPLOMA.
W S. Johnson, Ninety-Six.
Miss Hattie S. Babridge, Abbeville.
Mrs. W. C. McLester, Greenwood.
SECOND GRADE.
R. C. Taggnrt, (greenwood.
A. (j. Pressly, Bradley's.
.). W. McDowell, Greenwood.
J. T. Donaldson, Abbeville.
M. W. Washington, Hrad'ey.
F. C. Covington, Wldenum's.
J. W. Walker, Greenwood.
W. T. Fin ley, Abbeville.
Wrn. Clarke. Greenwood.
G. Martin, Verdery.
Mrs. Susan A. Pressly, Abbeville.
Miss Indiana J. Butler, Cokesbury.
Miss Silvia White, Abbeville.
Mifts Sarah Starke, Donalds.
Mrs. J. A. Pressly, Verdery.
THIRD GRADE.
R. B. McDowell, Ninety-Six.
K. J. smith, images.
Normsin Kichcy, Abbeville.
Kichnrd NVrisrht, Calhoun's Mills.
J. E. Vauss, Due West.
J. L. Adams, Abbeville.
C. It. Davis, Cokesbury.
\V. C. Morntne, Verdery.
B. \V. Turner, Verdery.
I,. D. Fletchor, Greenwood.
J. C. Hemphill, Hoiiea Path.
J. H. Smith, Wideman's.
Wm, Watkins, Cokesbury.
Luther Roebuck, Dry Grove.
J. II. Black well, Cokesbury.
J. O. Turner, Troy.
II. D. Martin, Verdery.
S. A. Wright, Lowndesville.
W. F. Martin, Bordeaux.
Miss Emniu J. Marshall, Abbeville.
Miss E. J. Banks, Calhoun's Mills.
Miss Laura Banks, Calhoun's Mills,
Miss Emma E. Owens, Cokesbury.
ulditionnl Teachers who Ilnve Been
Granted Certificates Under Special
Dispensation.
KIKST GRADE?ON COLLEGE DIPLOMA. j
MissSallie A. Reed, Donalds.
Miss Carrie F. Bradley, Troy.
Ilev.H. ('. Fennel, Monterey.
Miss Ella V. Miller, Honea Path.
Miss Mary N. Mabry. Abbeville.
Miss Lillian Hearst, Verdery. |
Miss Sue E. Morton, Abbeville.
'J hos. J. Griffin, Bradley.
FIRST GRADE?RENEWAL UNTIL JULY.
Mrs. W. E. Wideman, McCormick.
Mrs. J. H. Jones, McCormick.
Mrs. Susan A. Wardlaw, Abbeville.
J. F. Ilarper, Lowndesville.
H. O. Stevenson, Abbeville. t
Miss Eliza Truit, Sandover. '
Mrs. S. M. Wardlaw, Abbeville. 1
Miss M. L. Covin, Mt. Carjncl.
Miss Lula C. Wright, Dry Grove.
\Ti-t- V W Tmioc Mi.r'ni.mi/ilr
Miss Anna It. Jones, Greenwood.
Miss Ellen Linli, Abbeville.
FIRST GRADE?LICENSE.
J. A. Held, Abbeville.
Miss Anna Cnson,
Miss Tabbic Nance, Due West.
Airs. Bethea, Abbe\ ille.
Miss Bessie McLaughlin, Phcenlx.
D. 8. Benson, Abbeville.
SECOND GRADE?RENEW A L.
Miss Nannie E. Gordon, Abbeville.
Miss M. C. Truil, handover.
Miss Julia E. Black, Mt. Carinel. ^
THIRD GRADE?ItENEWAL.
Mrs. M. L. Brown, Abbeville.
COLORED?LICENSE. t
P. R. Jones, Due West.
It. L. Garlinjrton, Abbeville.
B. F. Moore, Antrevlile.
A. G. Hampton, Antrevilla
Charles Cunningham, Antrevlile. *
Mary F. Devlin, Abbeville. J
Anpreltne Romans, Abbeville.
Win. T. Riehev, Abbeville.
Isuae White, Bradley.
We are still in the same place, first door here
the National Bank. Our recent improve- .
ent Iihs added much to the beauty and }
nvcnlenee of our store and with a complete
ne of dresses &c. hope to meet all demands.
11 order shy hand or mail promptly and care- lly
attended to. Hive us a call. .Speed &
culler. 2-17
Try the crown fine cut charming tobacco. /
)ld by Speed & Neulfer. 2-17 *"
Diamond Dyes, Diamond Dyes, the best and
icapest dye stuff in the market. For sale by ~
iced it Neutler. 2-17
\ big Sot of prepared paints, colors, leads,
Is, ifcc, just received by Speed & Neuffer. 1
2-17 J
Remember, when you want to buy a pound J*
two of nice freneh candy for your girl that
i have again added it to our stock and innd
to keep a fresh, nice lot, always on hand. ~
iced it Ncutler 2-17
*wect (inm and Mullien, the great medical
medy now being advertised all over the
un try, for coughs, colds, Ac. Sold by Speed ! "1
Nuctl'er 2-17 I 1
[f anything wanted in the stationery line;*11
n't fail to examine our stock. Prices to
it the times Speed & Nen Her. 2-17 lct
Velveteens, Velveteens, Velveteens, black, I
Dcaded and colored, in a great variety of J
lors, see them at Bell & Gulphiu's.
f
MORTGAGEES
Sale of Land.
BY virtue of a Power of Attorney executed
to Theodore K. Miller, Daniel
Miller, Win. K. Miller, Robert C.
Davidson and J. Frank Supple, partners
as Daniel Miller & Co., by John E. .Bradley,
George C. Bradley and William T.
Bradley, fiirtners as Bradley Brothers,
bearing date 10 April, 1S85, to secure pay
ment of several notes ot same date, with
interest, the balance due being ?3,107.49,
besides costs and fees, we will sell at public
auction at Abbeville Court House, between
legal hours of sale, on Saleday in
March next, all that
LOT OR PARCEL OP LAND,
situate and being in the town of Troy,
[ country of Abbeville, on which are the
TWO BRICK STORES,
lately occupied by the said Bradley
Brothers, and Dr. j. S. Addison, part o)
Block B, corner of Main and Twiggs
streets, bounded by said streets on twe
sides and on the other two sides by vacant
lots.
TERMS.?CASH. Purchaser to pay
for papers and Taxes, if anv.
DANIEL MILLER <fc CO.,
Mortgagees.
For information apply to Parker <S
McGowan, Attorneys.
Feb. 9. 1886. 3t
FT* "L T1 J - r A _
iowusiup cuaru 01 assessors,
for Abbeville
County.
THE following citizens (Freeholders]
have been appointed Township
IJuards of Assessors in their respective
Townships:
Ninety-Six?F. M. Pope, M. II. Coleman,
Madison Richardson.
Greenwood?C. A. C. Waller, J. W,
Green, H. F. Fuller.
Cokesbury?M. B. McGee, A. M.
Aiken, T. G. Ellis Sr.
Donaldsville?J, R. Latimer, G. M.
Mattison, W. E. Barmore.
Due West?H. P. McGee, M. B. Clinkscales,
Hugh Robinson.
Long Cane?R. H. Hughes, G. .N
Niuklos, C. A. Botts.
Smithville?W. S. Lomax, J. L. White,
F. L. Morrow.
White Iiall?G. H. Caldwell, D. W.
Jay, S. P. Bi-ooks.
Indian llill?R. J. Robinson, J. D.
Neel. J. H. Chiles.
Cedar Springs?J. L. Pressly, John E.
Bradley, John Lyon.
Abbeville?T. C. Seal, W. C. McGowan,
J. W. Thomas.
Diamond Hill?J. E. Brownlee, Dr. J*
H. Bell, VV. A. Black.
Lowndesville? H. Baker, I. II. MeCalla,
Jolm T. Baskin.
Magnolia? \V. M. Trggart, B. D. Boyd,
G. W. Speer.
Calhoun's Mill?M. 0. Tolman, J. H.
Latimer, J. H. Morrah.
Bordeaux?Jan. Cothran, Jr., A. A.
Traylor, W. T. Jennings.
The Township Boards will meet and
organize by electing a chairman during
the first week in March. The chairman
of each Towhship Board will meet the
County Board in Auditor's office on the
Jth March next, to equalize Townships
and hear complaints tfec.
J. T. PARKS,
Auditor A. C.
Feb. 10 1830, tf.
Medium Copy.
IfvXMlkFon W86.*3%Wi
V7111 be mailed FREE to all appllcaoti, and tocnitomeriof
lut Tear without ordering it. It contain! about 180 pagee,
600 llluitraUoni, prices, accurate deieriptioni and valuable
direction! for planting all Tarietiee of VEGETABLE
and FLOWER SEEDS, BULKS, etc. Invaluable
to all, eipeciilly to Market Gardener*. Send for it.
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan.
Harness Shop.
FOR the manufacture and sale of nil kinds
of harness, and everything usually kept
in such an establishment; also repairing attended
to with neatness and dispatch. Should
you want anything we have not on hand, give
us your order and we will see that it is done.
THOS. BEGGS.
Feb. 17,1886, tf
^151S. Jefferson St., Chicago.
The "Little Detective" K oz to 25 lbs, 83*
Should be In every House oud Office.
?=LaSiO'll!, family or Farm Scale, 25.
rgsk" ^ Sprclsl prices to Agents and Dealers;
igSplJ 300 different sizes and varieties Including
Counter, Platform, Hay, Coal
iWffirnln, Stock and Mill Sculea.
S ? <S*Ton "Wagon Scnl??, 0x18, 840|
I - C-Ton, 7x13,8GOt
' I- l.Ton. HxJl4. 600.
ffSEl fLJf
Boam Box and Brass Beam Included.
-^Farmers' Portable Forge, $10.
^S^Jrorgfl and Kit of Tools. |3 hi
Tools needed for Repairs.
ll Anvil*. Vl?e*. En nun erf, )c)fe.
J jf \ Toilers, Drills, Bellows and
Ms of Mmis' Ms, i
And hundreds of nsefbl Artlcleo
[Jf jH"T ICetnlled less than Wholesale ,
KjL/frS I Prices. Fnrzes for all kluds of
BvKa I I ?hop?. Foot-Power I,uthe? and
pS-|J Tools for doing repairs In small Sliopa.
f Improved Iron Corn-Sheller.
Weljht, ISO lbi.,
PRICE, ?6.50.
Shells a bushel a mfnnte; Fannin*
Mills, Feed 11111s, Farmers' Feed Cooker,
&c. Gave money and Eend for circular.
A $65
OnTrinir
pagagggg^up winn, juqujuub
?mTM[ For $18.
Drop-L.eaf Table, Five
Pfply**^rCn Drawers Cover Box and
li&iv n11 attachments. May the
* r-^'A -mr^i Xate?t, Jieweit and Beat.
All Machines Wnrrnntcd to give
* * Satisfaction. Thousands sold, tg
va go to al; parts of the Country.
SEND L-OR FULL PRICE LIST.
Lddress CHICAGO SCALE CO.* Chicago*
WM. II. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN.
PARKER&McGOWAN
ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS,
AliBEVILLE, C. H., S. C.
VWJ ILL practice also in the Circuit Courtsoj
?? the United States for South Carolina*
Jail 7, 1880, tf
Chairs.
I LL kinds and styles. Over fiOO on lmnd.
I J. D. CHALMERS & CO.
Nov. 25, 1885. tf
Horse Blankets.
[UST received, a lot of Horse Blankets!1
I which I will soli at short profits. Do not
it your faithful aniinui suffer for the snke of
tew dollars. Til OS. BEGGS.
Sept. 30, 8885.
Drs. Mabry & Hill.
T7E have this day formed a copartnership
'V in the PRACTICE OF MEDICINE in <
1 its brandies. Jn cases where the attenDti
of both of us may be needed no extra "
large will be made.
T. J. MABRY, M. D. .
L. T. HILL. M. D, *
Maach 12,1581,11
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?ia? '<? r AlWW?'?aiiWM?wii?wwwwMwCT?MWM>B??i>
BARGAINS! BARGAINS!
The Entire Stock of the Late Firm of J
mmiaM & TJUTUTII
Is now Offered for Sale. f
COME EARLY AND SECURE THE CHOICEST GOODS*
' . '--M*
? v
WALTER L. MILLER, Assignee.
J. R. CUNNINGHAM, Agent. -1
W. JOEL SMITH & SON 1
ARE NOW OFFERING A
: COMPLETE AND MA.GMSTIEICENT
m
STOCK OF ; .
Merchandise for Fall and Winter Uses.
i ?'
HMHEIR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS ARE FILLED WITH
Well Selected, Seasonable, Attractive Goods,
containing MANY real Cl/COVTUIWr nnd Persons wishing to lay 1ft their
bargains. They keep LV ttt I I IIIII0 WINTER SUPPLIES can not oftly get
I WHAT they want, but the best of It, and at REASONABLE prices.
> Vfc#1
C LJ A F C 0?r stock of Shoes Is very large, Ladles, Misses, Gents, Boys and Children all '
anuria, complete.
HATS. Our stock of Hats cannot be surpassed.
r ? AT UI MP 0ur fi,nck of Ready-Made Clothing Is always large. This season we
LLU 1 rililUi cansultyou. Come and see.
nov rnnnc Twilled White, Red and Bine Flannels, Dress Flannel*, Flannel N
JJJlI I UUUiJ J. Cloakine", Water Proof Gopds all prices, Blankets, Robe?, Counierprtnes,
Hleached and Brown Sbeetlims, Hosiery. Thcae goods are
all very cheap and you would do well to examine them,
DRESS GOODS ^,w^,,id8tockacompieteiineofstandardaudFa8i3'ionabie
W. JOEL SMITH & SON.
Oct. 7,188-5. tf , ? '/f.
SPEEDS NEUFFER, 1
33 2ru.gr grists. . ,|
Keep constantly on hand a full and well selected stock of pure
DRIJGS. CHEMICALS, etc., etc. All the latestand popular llnea or PATENT
AND PROPRIETARY MEDICiNGX. }H ERBlNKr tf>e best Liver Medicine, cores
Dyspepsia, b'nr sale, only by tu. Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL lor Summer Complaint,
and our COMPOUND SYRUP SAKSAPARILLA with IODIDE POTASH for thfi Blood.
BED BUG POISON, the most convenlent W?y of destroying these Insects DIAMOND DYES
all the staple and fashionable colors. A full line of FANCY GOODS. TOILET ARTICLES,
STATIONARY, etc.. etc The best brands or CIGARS, TOBACCO AND CIGARETTES. A
complete stock of WHITE LEADS, PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, ETC., ETC PAINT
BRUSHES, WIN DOW GLASS, GOLDEN MACHINE OIL. We sell the celebrated Harrison
Bros. PREPARED PAINT, the best In the market. Special attention paid to the
^Prescription Department.
Physician's prescriptions and Family Recipes filled at all hours of doy and night by experienced
and competent hands. Orders by hand or mall promptly attended to.
SPEED & NEUFFER.
April 29, 18-c5, tf
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PALMETTO SALOON. ?
Tie Largest and Best Stocked House ii tie Up-Comtry. M
WITH SELECT BRANDS OF ' v
JpiNE ^yHISKEY, Jg RANDY AND "^HCNES, j^OREIGN . j
AND jQOMESTIC, T^UBLIN AND J^IVERPOOL pORTER
AnD ALE, FRESH JgEER ^LWAYS ON JJAND^LSO
A JpULL 0F 'J'OBACCO, QIGARS AND QIGARETTS,
jyjOUNTAIN Q.AP J^YE AND jgT0NE J^OUNTAIN
QORN "^yHISKIES A gPECIALTY.
Tl. Ad TW/?/2L<a4"4"S a>n ti PvAnwnfni*
JL 11 (JO. Of 111 JL X VU1 AbVVl
No, 4 Washington Street.
Elberton Machine Works,
ELBERTON, GEORGIA.
BUILD AND REPAIR AI.L KINDS
Machinery, Engines, Boiiers, Sat Mills, Grist Mills, Case Mills
SHAFTING, PULLEYS. &c.
j
Agents for the best Stationery, Portable and Semi-Portable
Engines in the market.
Korting's Universal Irjector, the best Boiler Feeder known
jThe Van Duzen Jet Pump, for raising Water to Tanks and
Mining jf urposes.
The Vanwinkle Cotton Gins and Presses.
Freeman's Patent New Era Power Cotton Press.
Keep in Stock Steam and Water Pipes and Fittings, Globe
Valves, Check Valves.
Steam Guages, Guage Cocks, Oil Cups, Malleable Oil Cans,.
Lubricators, Files, Soap Stone, Asbestos, and - .
Best Italian Hemp and Gum Packing; Set Screws, Lo?
Screws and Bolts.
Will be glad to furnish estimates foranything needed in the MACHINE Hne* Correspondence
solicited. Respectfully,
PHILLIPS & GARBUTT.
Nov. 4,188-5, Gm
NEW DRUG STORE.
OottLran db Perrin
HAVE Just opened a new and elegantly fitted up DRUG STORE on the Marshall Honse
Corner, under the Preis and Banner office, and are now receiving and will continue to>
rccelVe till their stock Is complete a full line of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Dye Stuffs, &c.
Also, all the popular PATENT MEDICINES kept in a first-class Drug Store,all of which we
warrant to he fresh and good.
"We also oit'er a well selected stock of FANCY GOODS, consisting of
Colognes, Foreign and Domestic, Handkerchief Extracts
in great variety, Handsome Vases, Lamps, &c.
Our line of BRUSHES AND SOAPS is simply complete. Every variety of HAIR, TOOTH
NAIL, FLESH, SHAVING AND SHOE BRUSH SOAPS from the finest toilet to tiie cheap
Mt.
January 28,1885, tf
b."f7shith,
ABBEVILLE, S. C.,
Is now prepared to furnish all kinds of Rough or Dressed
Lumber, and is ready to fill all orders for Carpenter
Work of any kind, at the very shortest notice and at the
most reasonable prices.
Juuc 15,1651, tf