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The Press and Banner; _ ( Wednesday, March 31,1886. ! n . i i , . ? i Building Upon the Sand. < 'TIs well to woo.'tls well to wed, j r i?i evi me wui iu una uuue i Since myrtles grew, and roses blew, And morning brousiht the sun. But have a care, ye young and fair, I Be sure ye pledge with truth: < Be certain that your love will wear ( Beyond the days of youth. For if ye give not heart for heart, As well as hand for hand, You'll find you've played the "unwise part," ' And "built upon the sand." 'Tis well to save, 'tis well to have A goodly store of gold, ( And hold enough of Stirling stuff? For charity is cold. But place not all your hope and trust In what the deep mine Wings ; 1 "We cannot live 011 yellow dnst ] Unmixed with purer things. . And he who piles up wealth alone, , Will nffpn iuivp to stnnrl Beside his colter chest, and own ! 'Tis "built upon the sand." 1 ( 'Tis good to speak in kindly guise, 1 And soothe whate'er we can ; For speech would bind the human mind, , And love link man to man. ( But stay not at the gentle words, Let deeds and language dwell; The one that pities starving birds 1 Should scatter crumbs as well. < The mercy that is warm and true < Must lend a helping hand; For those who talk, yet fail to do, But "build upon the sand." ! ABBEVILLE LITERARY 3LUB. i ( ' THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MONTH LY MEETING. .Subject Under Dlsenssion: "The 1 Homestead nnd Lien Laws"*?Essay ( by Colonel Orville T. Calhoun? i Remarks by W. C. Benet, Esq., Mr. I A. W. Smith, 8. C. Cason, Esq., L. J AV. Perrin, Esq., Judge McGowan, : , 1%'. JI. Parker, Esq., Mr. Hanckel, W. A. Lee, Esq., M. P. DeBrnhl. Esq., W. P. Calhonn, Esq., W. O. Bradley, Esq., L. W. Smith. Esq., I Col. E. B. Gary, and Dr. F. F. Gary. j Abbeville," S. C., March 26,1886. I The Club met at the residence of Col. E. B. ^ Gary. President L. W. Smith in the chair. ' The Secretary not being able to procure J minutes, the reading and approval of same , was deferred until next meeting. Dr. G. A. Neuffer and Dr. E. L. Wilson were | ' , .elected members. i The Secretary was Instructed to notify ap- ' yllcants for membership vhat the initiation 1 ifee of S2.50 accompany application. 1 The Treasurer read the revised list of mem- j bership. I The essayist for the evening. Col. O. T. Cal- ( Jioun, then read a paper on "The Homestead i and Lien Laws." which was followed by dis- i cussion. 1 An elegant 6upper was then served. ^Committee on essays and place of meeting ] reported for next meeting: Essayist, Prof. , Wlster Archer: alternate, Mr. XV. P. Calhoun, i Place of meeting, Hon. W. H. Parker's. 4 i The following members were present: 1 Messrs. W. C. Benet, J. W. Thomson, A. W. 1 Smith, O. T. Calhoun, S. C. Cason, L. W. Perrln, W. A. Templeton, S^McGowan, Wm. H. ; Parker, W. H. Hanckel, A. B. Wardlaw, B. S. ; .Barnwell, W. A. Leo, W. 0. B'adley, W. P. i . . T T? T> n..T7* I) n n , VOIUUUU, Jj, ? . OlllllU, JuU U U 3 J JL ' XJ. UOl J mnd T. C.Penrin. Visitors: Dr. F. F. Gary, Messrs. BT. T. Tus- j teu and D. L. Mabry. L. W- SMITH, President. j I. C. Pehrin, Secretary. . + i HE HOMESTEAD All LM LAWS. . J * ( nn-NTF. OF THE GREAT EVILS RESULTING < FROM SUCH LAWS. ] . _ The Lien Law at Present Is Host Ob- 1 Jeettonable?The People Led Astray ] by Howling Demagogues - - - The < Homestead Deprives the People of 1 a Basis of Credit - - - How a Good j Name May be Destroyed. ) No laws on our Statue books, hare been so j much discussed, and caused so much legisla- , tion, as the two which form the subject of this j essav ; and it is with diffidence* that I presume to give my viesra of them, especially, ' .the lieu law. This law has occupied the ( oitteution of all classes of our people, for , j,years past, and has been1 much discussed in ^the press, in the halls of our Legislature and upon the hustings. Yet all this discussion ihas wrought but Little change in the minds of our people. Among farmer*, there are many j <who demand its repeal, while on the other i .hand, the merchants and the laboring classes, t as a rulp, think it a good law, aud our Legis- \ Sators, like our people, are divided, and v Are at a loss to know what to do with it. r In 1877, the law was repealed, but imme- t rdiately there went up such a howl, that it was i xe-enacted by the same Legislature that, re- t pealed it, and is still ou our Statue books, though nyiny have thought that each succeed- i ing Legislature would abolish it". 1 me law as nrsi passea, gave to tue mer- ] t chant the preference, but since then many i changes have been made, all tending to render 1 it less objectionable to the farmer: but I can t safely say that as it stands to-day, there are \ more objections to it, by both merchant and j farmer than ever before. In fact it seems to i be one of those laws, that will not admit of a | compromise. It must be repealed, or let j Ailoue, and the question is shall we repeal it ? ( ff not, then the best plan would be to change 1 St to what it was before our last Legislature 1 interfered with it, for as it then stood, our j farmers were amply protected, without their rights beinjj too much trampled upon. But ^he chaDgeTeft the merchant so much at the mercy of the landlord and laborer that they 1 have been compelled to uuite fur common pro- 1 .tection, aod by refusing credit, have forced j | the landlord to waive Bi6 right, and allow toe ' merchant to siand in Im shoes, and to-dav ' the merchants occupy about the same position thttv did under the law, as first pass- j *d. 1 KOT X PABTiSAN. In discussing these important laws, I shall 1 not do so, as a partisan of the merchant, or t jarraer, lor indeed I am th? friend of both, and t thjnk the success of one, is to be as much de- i aired as that of the other. < It is true that the farmer is the souce of all i wealth, and must be fully protected under our j laws, but he cannot succeed without the mer- t chant, nor the merchant without him. Then i if they are so necessary, one to the 1 other, they should look upon every question c that effects them, from a purely business point* By so doing, each would help the other, and both would growprosperous together. Unfortunately, however, our people are.1 easily led astray by howling demagogues, ' who under the cloak of friendship for the 1 vtuoi- Tin'tnlit lruon f hctii?i>l vps in hv ' working on their prejudices and arraying oue ' class against another. I have chosen these laws as the subject of ' this essay, because thev are so dependent, { one upon the other, that they must stand or ' fall together. And after much thought I have ' concluded that they are the stumbling blocks * in the way q( our prosperity and should he repealed. shylocks. | TKorvrinf*in?l spcuritv in South Carolina is real estate, which to a jjreat extent is made Valueless as a security by tke homestead law, thus depriving our people of a basis of credit, ?pd thereby keeping capital out of the State, j aud trowing us upon*the tender mercies.of JocaJ Shy locks. This (s so, for all political economist will tell you that money follows security, and the better the security the lower the rate of in-i lerest, ^?Tow land bpiug about the only j {security the farmers of this State have upou which to borrow money jaod th.e homestead I being an incumbrance thereby lowering its !! s-alue as a security, it must follow that this j law has had "much to do with the high ;' rate of iuterest we have been paying. _ i TUB HOMESTEAD LAW. I It has been said that the homestead law has c done more to impoverish South Carolina, < than the ravages of the late war, aud if we f rill but examine the question closely we will ;ee that this speech is not extravagant, rust to think that money for years past ould be borrowed in New York for from three o six per cent, per annum, when we have : r i i_ ?? Tot 1 jeen paviug irum ceii iu twenty jjci wmu. aj&v iny one make the calculation of what the :xcess of interest we have paid has cost this State in the last eighteen years and he will >ee that the value of our negroes set free jv the result of the late war amounts to less. [ don't mean money actually borrowed, but he additional cost to the consumer growing nit of the scarcity of money. But this is inly one, out of many ways, in which the lomestead law works an injury. It encouriges extravagance and idleness and lowers [he morals. Let a man understand that what he owns, is ^ood for his debts, and he will buy less and ivork harder to pay tor wnat ne ouys ; wane >n the other hand, if he can claim the homestead he will run greater risks in buying and ,vork less to pay what he owes, because he thinks that if his crops prove insufficient to pav his debts, he can dodge behind the homestead, and avoid paying his debts; but let him understand that all his property can be sold :o satisfy his creditors, and my word for it le will shun debt, as he would fire, he will rise ;arly and work late, and all of this will bring jim wealth and happiness. I have said that ttie homestead law has a endpncy to lower morals, and if so, then it should be repealed, for poor human nature is laturally prone to travel the crooked paths of life, and when it can do so under the saction >f law, the temptation is too great to be resisted. U?rr- m?iir mnn in thia Pmintv pmild orpt, credit if they proclaimed beforehand that they intended to claim the homstead, when called upon to pay their debts ? We all know that there are very few. When men want credit, they promise to pay for what they buy or borrow and nine out of ten would be much insulted, if told they would claim the homestead when called upon to meet their obligations. But, alas, when the evil day comes, these very men will say : "The law jrives us a homestead, ami though we did not intend to claim it when we contracted our debis, yet we must io so to protect our families. In short, the law gives them the right and they claim the homestead to avoid the payment of their debts, and thereby lose their wood names, and are consigned to poverty for the balance of their days, for all know that to n man with a stain upon his reputation, the road to fortune is hard to travel. A GOOD NAME "WOKTH MOKE THAN A HOMESTEAD. A good name is worth more to a man than fifteen hundred dollars. Combine with it tiealth and energy, and a man can soon make fifteen hundred dollars, but once lost it is hard to regain. * A man may rally and patch up his character, but a dishonorable deed once committed ivill be rembered as long as he lives, and sometimes, will affect his children even to the third md fourth generations. As I have said, the homestead law has a tendency to lead our people from the path of moral rectitude, and in addition to this, under recent decisions of the Supreme Court it does not afford that protection which was contemplated by the Constitution. The Constitution evidently intended to give to each head of a family a home (that is one thousand dollars in real estate and five hundred dollars in personal property) which should be exempt from "attachment and sale under any mesDe or final process issued from any court," and which the bead of the family could not sell or mortgage. But under i recent decision of our Supreme Court a liomstcad can be sold or mortgaged before sr after it is laid off, which, in effect, is about the same as repealing it, for under this decision a person claiming the homestead, though be may avoid the pavment of debts then pressing, will in the end lose his homestead. When a person claims the homestead he proclaims to the world that he will avoid the payment of his debts, and thus forearmed, no one will credit him without security, and as the Supreme Court has decided that a mortgage of the homestead is pood, it is natural to suppose that when credit is asked, a mortgage will be required, and we all know that when a man mortgages his property for supplies, he places himself entirely at the mercy [>f the merchant. It matters not what prices are asked for what he buys, he must pay what is demanded. CONSIGNED TO POVERTY?NO CREDIT. He cannot say if you do not let me have joods cheaper I will go elsewhere, for no othjr merchant will sell to him and the result is that the homestead is sold to pay the mortgage debt, and the poor wretch, will go forth nto the world without honor or home and, as I have said, consigned to poverty for the rest jf his life. So we can readily see that the homestead law, under the decision abov e mentioned is )f no benefit but has a tendency to lower morals. As far as I am able to learn, the chief obection among us to the repeal of the homestead law is the fear that debts, contracted before its repeal could be collected out of the homestead. This could not be, as our const'tution prohibits ax post facto laws, and herefore if the law was repealed the homestead would serve as a basis of credit, and >ur landed property bring a bettor security. Capitalists would seek to invest their money villi us and competition would soon lower the -ate of interest. COMPETITION WILL FOLLOW REPEAL. One of the greatest benefits that would ?row out of the repeal of the homestead law s competition in trade. What a man owned hen would be good for his debts, and this vould give him credit with any merchant vhich would enable him to buy from the uerchant who would sell the cheapest and he merchants being more certain of receivng pay for their goods, could afford to sell at i less profit. Another benefit thai would follow the repeal of this law, is that capitalists, being uo onger able to demand a high rate of interest "or the use of their money, would seek invctTients in land, for as lung as they can get a letter return for their money by lending it ban by investments in lauds of course, they vill loan their money as it is an easier and safer way to make money ; but let the rate of nterest Be brought down to seven per cent, jer annum and you will find capitalists seekng investments iu lands and thus creating a le:nand for them, their value would be greaty increased, and thus we can point to the lomestead law as one of the causes of the low 5rice of our lands. NOT THE POOB MAN'S LAW. The homestead law has been called the poor nan's law, a protection to the widow and orphan. This is a mistake for whatever the notive was in passing thi?s law, it certainly <as a tendency to oppress the poor and help lie rich. I have already shown that it stifles coinletition in trade, and keeps up the rate of inerest and it is the poor and not the rich who ire affected thereby. The rich can go to New York with their >onds and other securities and borrow money it about four per cent per annum and loan it <> us for from ten to twenty per cent per anmm but the poor have only their little tracts >f land, which, incumbered with the homestead s valueless in New York as a security. The nonied men are not forced to trade with any par icular merchant and therefore can buy where >argains are to be found, while on the other land the poor cannot force this competition >wiug to the homestead law. THE RICH KIN'S LAW. f.i-fku.. M.o* 1,,r o X ?? aiJIIH ?UI bUVl vino IUH MUUCIIVO 1(1 V ich, it is only necessary to refer to the fact hat among its strongest supporters may be mmbered trie capitalists of Charleston, "and vhyisthisso? Simply because it keeps up ;he rate of interest and necessitates the coninuation of the lien law, which forces the 'armer into the hands of the retail merchant, ind the retail merchant into the hands of ;he factors, and the factors into the hands of lie monied sharks and in the end all of them ire paid bv the farmer. As an evidence-of truth of my statement hat the capitalists of Charleston arc suplorters of the homestead law, it is only necjssary to call attention to the fact, what an idvocate it has in the Charleston yews and Courier the well known organ of the caj>i;alists of that citv. If tlie monied men of Charleston are such friends of the homestead aw von may be quite sure that it is not a poor nan's law. There are many other objections to the lomestead law, which I have not time to npnt.ion. and will now nroceed to brieflv dis :uss the lien law. THE LIEN LAW. Some of the objections raised to the homestead law are also objections to the lien law, ind therefore in mentioning them, it will not j je necessary to discuss them at length. T I.O,.,. oL.ii'n lw.It. tV,.. i Iia? C OIIWM ll UUM iuc IKUIIWOWUU i aw stifles competition in trude, und auy one :an see at a glance that the lien law also kills : :ompetition and places the small farmers' lompletely at the mercy of the merchants, or any person of common sjnec must know MMaagm?aaw??a?gape?? that when a lien is given the person must o trade alone with the merchant to whom the lien n is given and the result I have already shown. One of the objections to this law is that to -y a great extent it renders the labor of the w countrv indenendent of the land owners, and T is the main prop to the tenantry system, * which is fast ruinning our country. There could be no objection to this system, if we . had good white men to rent our land to, but ^ as a tenant, all must admit that the negro is a ^ failure, and it is to him that our lands are rented, and right here the lien law is doing j most mischief. j( To be made valuable the negro must be brought immediately under the eye and con- F trol of the owner of the soil and this will be hard to do, until we repeal the lien law. A MULE AND AN OX THE BASIS OF CREDIT. k As long as the negro can keep a mule or j, ox he can get credit and find some person to ? rent him land, and not looking to the owners j of the soil for his subsistence lie cannot be ; controlled by them. Since there is no truer j maxim than that a power over man's subsis- e tence is a power over his will. The principal objections to the negro, as a t tenant, is his natural laziness, want of ambi- s tion and carelessness in cultivating the j soil. r WO UN OUT LANDS?WASTED FORFSTS. a "We have but to look around us and,see how much land has been worn out and how much ^ of our fine forests have been cleared, to at once condemn him as a tenant. Under this j system, our lands are planted year after vear [ in cotton, which, added to bad cultivatir.n, soon renders them too poor to 6prout peas, and fresh land must be cleared. This cutting down of our forests is a serious matter. Al- s ready there is scarcity of limber and in some i places, fire wood. And besides this, we are 4 told that to clear the forest causes droughts, i tornadoes and sickness. The best remedy v for these evils would be to repeal the lien law. 1 The negro, no longer able to obtain credit 1 from the merchants, must look to the land- i owners for his subsistence and the land- I owners, no longer able to "rent their lauds, i must hire him and feeling a natural interest I 1 ' '' - - J aUL. 1 in what Deionc 10 mem auu uciu^ ?uic m t control the labor will pu t a stop to this care- I less mode of cultivation and our land will be < improved and brought up to a high state of < cultivation and instead of clearing up our < forests much of our lands will be allowed to I grow up. The negro no longer left to his own \ inclinations, under the eye and control of i the white man, will be vastly improved as a < laborer, and the result of all this can be easi- ] ly seen. Under the tenantry system, It is I easv to see that the labor of the country is ! growing more ard more inefficient year by i year. The time, that should begiven to their i crops, is occupied gadding over the country, \ the women with their knitting, the men with I gun and dog, and the children playing or act- 1 ing the fnrce of going to school. All sub- i limely indifferent to consequences. Wo hear on all sides that the country will i never prosper until we raise our own supplies; I but it. is utterly useless to talk of raising j cnnnl?<?>{ nnlil the lien law is repealed and i the tenantry system abolished. The negro < tenant being without ambition to accumu- 1 late property, only cares to make enough to i pay his lien'and to do so, planted nearly his 1 whole crop in cotton. < But let this system be broken up and the 1 negro be brought under the control of the i land owners and you will see a change. ' Standing between the negro and the merchant, ] the land-owners feeling the additional responsibility, will be urged to renewed energy < and tbe regro stimulated by the presence of i the white man, our fields would blossom as a I garden, and you would no lohgersee the ] streets of our towns filled with wagons haul- < ling to our farms supplies raised in a coun- I J try where no negro tenantry exists. < To prove this fact it is only necessarv to i | notice those farms worked by, the owner, and j compare them to those reiited to negroes. , ! CREDIT TOO BA8Y?KILLS HONOR AND PRIDE, i | Another ereat objection to#the lien law is, j that under it, credit is too easily obtained and ] too little attention paid to the personal char- ^ acter of those demanding it. in other words, 1 u.ider the lien law, credit is extended more j under the authority given by* the law, then ( the good character of the persons asking it. And the effect of this is bad. It kills out the honor and pride of the citizen. A negro, i who is known to have no honor, is eiven cred- | it under a lien and a mati who has always I borne a good name and paid his debts, goes to I the same merchant for credit and he must i give a lien, and the good man finding himself in < the same boat with the dishonest neirro must I lose his pride and, as his good character does 1 not give him some advantage over his less 1 honorable fellowmen, he will in the end have i less retrard for character. This very want of 1 hono. growing out of the lien law, is one of the 1 principal reasons so many of our merchants > Break. Under it they extend credit to those 1 without honor, and these men having no i character to lose, or property to be sold, make < it their object to buy all they can and pay as < little as possible. Many bnlv rent farms i as a basis of credit and "spend most of their' I ! time loafing about and using all of their tal- < I ents in raising supplies for the merchants. J j And yet our merchants have gone blindly on, j | year by year, worrying themselves about the ? I repeal of this law and looking no further than < I the fact that it gave them a security, and i I stifles competition. Iam glad to see, how- i I ever that the eyes of manv have been opened I and the only thing that stands in the way of i ' * i. :A.. ?? gaining ine consent ui an iu us itpcai, is iuc < homestead law. I i I The Discussion. ] MR. W. C. BENET ] said he had not much to say on the subject. Gave it as Sam Jones' opinion that those who claimed the homestead and were agents for ! their wives and boarded with them, were des tined to a climate of warmer temperature than j this latitude. That he agreed with the essay- ( ist and thought the homestead aud lien laws ] should be repealed. MR. A. W. SMITH thought that the essayist had taken the correct view. MR. s. c. CASON* said that in his opinion the homestead law was both demoralizing and unjust. It was wrong , for a man to be able to claim the exemption ot | his property from honest debt contracted. It , lowered the sense of one's obligation to pay j his debts. A debtor could not claim homestead against the purchase money?this it I was thought by the law making power to be . ! iueauitable. vet he could have his exemption j I against a debt contracted for the meat and j I corn and clothes used in enjoying the home- | [stead, without which a homestead would be of , j little use. There is no justice in such dis- j | crimination against creditors. Under the.de- j : cisions of the Supremo Court a creditor may , I nistraiu for rent and the renter could not , | claim homestead exemption ; if he put his debt , for rent, however, into judgment, and sought , to sell the same property under the judgment, j which he could fcave sold under his distress | procedure, he-will be met by a successful | claim of homestead. This on the ground that the one was a process and the other was not. j There was 110 justice in this. A man could ( mortgage his homestead for a loan of money, \\ and i: could be sold to pay the money loaned*; | | if he had given u note for the same money, without a mortgage, he could claim his home- j stead. Su,ch distinction could not be made on j any moral ground. It was notorious that. j< I much more was set off to the debtor than he 11 j was entitled to. He would often select as his j ( I commissioner some one whe had claimed the ! | beuefit, or was a debtor and expected to claim j ( the benefit, and then a bad law was made j worse. It should be repealed and the lieu law ] with it. 1 MR. L. W. FERRIN 1 was in favor of the homestead and lien laws. , He thought that if a man made an honest fail-; j ure his propcrtv as a homestead should be i, withhold from the creditors and the debtor al- | lowed to have a home for his family. That!, the abuse of the homestead law was no argu-j, ! nient against it and was caused by the denior-1, | alization of the times. Did not think it \vas I ( I morally wrong for a mail to claim homestead,!, j and the creditor knew when dealing with his|< j debtor that the latter had the right to claim his [ homestead and therotore there was no imposi-, I tion. He thought the lien law was nccessnrv j j | for the protection of a certain class of our citizens ulio could not get credit without it. That!( | it was cheap security and was such as afforded ' i a ready relief. That it could not Ue saiG inac ^ the lien law had brought about such bad results < { as was attributed to it. It was a law that the j, I people could take advantage of or not, as they 1j saw fit, and was not forced on them. That a;v ! merchant at Prosperity stated to him that the ! j lieu law was not much in vogue there ; that) e they only charged their customers ten per ^ cent, above cash price and issued to them theiJ c checks which was the same as cash. That they had succeeded well there. [The essayist thought this fact was an argument ill his i'av- s I . r,] Mr. Perrin thought both laws should re- tilain. ' sa Mr. Tusten agreed with Mr. Perrin. si JUDGE MCGOWAN JJj hought the intention of the homestead law ras good, but that it had been fearfully abused jt 'hat the government thought that the citizen, part of the State, should be protected in the ^ njoymentof his homestead, as contributing . trgely to the wellfare of the State. Th^ omestead is not an estate but a mere exemp- ^ iou. The creditor can only collect his debt by ^ peration of the law, because ihe law allows 0j im to do so. If the law withholds from him ts process, he should not complain. It is a icrversion of the iaw to say it can be sold, yet t can be. It should be kept intact, as a hometead?the roof tree. That he was not very iuch in favor of the homestead law; that jf ;ept within proper limits it was tolerable, but jj f perverted it was intolerable. As to the lien T< ? I t- - I J i. U -.4.1 11 aw, ne s a hi ne couia nor muiu nuctuei uc tiau . definite, settled opinion in regard to its ut.iltv or uot. That his mind had often changed nregaidroit. The law was an anomaly, as t undertook to mortgage that which had no xistence. That it was neither sea nor dry and, but a thing in the air?a something in ^ he undeliveied womb of time. Thl country eemed to be one year behind in the provision jr itie, as the State was in its finanees, which he ; lever could understand. Under the lien law j? . man actually ate up his victuals before he g( uadethem. (Laughter.) The lien law was n t first intended as a humane law, and any law ^ hat is good and kind was jfenerally right and lolitic. There had been many efforts at re ^ ieal or change, and perhaps it would be well a 0 repeal it on some good year when there was c 1 good crop made. tj MR. W. H. PARKER. ij itated that he did not agree with the essayist n his views on the subjects treated by him. ^.s to the matter of homestead, he agreed very 8 nuch with Mr. Perrin and Judge McGowan e vho had preceded him. He was altogether in e "avorof a reasonable homestead. It was a P mmane provision for the family of unfortu- ? late debtors?was intended to be and should * >e a roof-tree or home, and incapable of alien- e ition or any disposition which would defeat 8 ;he intention ana spirit of the Constituiion. T, tie was surprised at the statements of mem- r bers that the homestead and lien laws were in- 11 f/* c/\mo rlonpnHAnf, unnn ^ jach other. The fact was they were enacted jntirely.independent of each other. At one time there had existed an exemption of personal property to a small amount, when there .vas no lien law, and again the lien law was jnacted in 1866 when tKere was no homestead provision existing. The ho uestead law was the creature of the political revolution in the State. *He regretted that the court had felt itself constrained to hold that the homestead jould be mortgaged. The statute declared a that no waiver, however solemn, should de- a feat the "homestead, but the Court held that e the right could be defeated by mortguge. He J regretted the still later decision of Bank vs. * Harbin. He did not believe in the application v in such cases of the equitable doctrine as to J two funds. He did not. agree also in the alle- * ration that the homestead provision encour- * * * ? J / ! f aged disdonesty or disregard 01 pecuniary obligations. The creditor was not misled; f he knew the legal right to homestead existed, J and he assumed the risk of losing his debt ? with his eyes open. He thought it the duty v :)f the head of a family, who was uufortunate, J to claim the homestead, and that only the direst necessity justified a mortgage of it, J which would defeat what was intended to be a * provision for his family. 8 As to the lien law he did not agree with the T essayist that it was the fruitful source of woes 8 unnumbered and of all the embarassment of (1 the agricultural interests. It had been per- * petuated because the people were not prepar- I ad to do without it. He held different Views [ from the essayist also, as to woman's rights * ?f property. He was a thorough woman's c rights man as to her separate property. ' f MH. W. H. HANCKEL said he did not believe in any body repudiating their debts ; that the Srate itself set the g sxample, when it repudiated the debt on th? r Stale House and made the holders of the j bouds take fifty cents on the dollar; t.:e stream v :ould not rise higher than the source. If the 8 laws were bad the people who lived under f tiiem would not have a correct idea of their ( obligations. r MR. W. A. LEE J said that he had listened to the essay with I pleasure and profit but felt constrained to differ from the essayist as to both of his positions. He was in favor both of the homestead ind the lien laws. The fact that the borne- t stead provision had been iucorporated into the 1 laws of every State in the Union, he thought. T ivasin itself a strong argument in its favor. 1 The unfortunate debtor was no longer regard- a jd as a criminal, and even in the late bankrupt < law of the United States $500 was reserved to t uim from the wreck of his property. Even in t South Carolina, before the war, in the days of 1 'cow and calf" exemption, it was strongly t urged to exempt bv law one or two slaves to 1 jach citizen. Had this been done, the result t vf1 ? > >h ti'miM ?\maKoK1it nnf Viut'n hoon t Jl k/Uu nai n uuiu pi Ui/a wij uwv uu>v ww? changed, bue we would probably not have c been charged with making a "rich man's war < i poor man's fight." By a homestead law he 1 thought the debtor was benefited and no in- 1 iury was done to the creditor. The creditor t acted with his eyes open, aud after extending i credit could not blame the debtor for making t use of the provision which was made by law ? in his favor. As to enhancing the rate of in- ( terest and other evils of the time, he thought 1 it was an argument of post hoc ergo, propter < hoc. As to the amount of the homestead, he * thought$1500 little enough; not more than i imough to pay the wages and board of a good i laborer, lie thought that in the matter of disposing of the homestead, the law to be consis- < Lent, should not only prohibit a waiver, but 1 prohibit the right ot'mortgage, which was to J all intents the exercise of th ejus dispuntndi. t With these restrictions, he thought the home- ri stead exernDtion should continue only until the c youngest child became ot age. As to the lien law, all the objections urged, f tie thought, applied to the whole credit svs- ^ tem. The lien law may in some respects, be a novelty in legislation, yet after all it is only 1 making more effective a provision' which al- I ready existed : the rieht to mortgage the fu- t ture increase of stock, and the products of s our labor. The arguments for the repeal of I the law savored too much of class legislation r in favoriug the rich against the laborer. a MK. M. P. DEDRUHL 8 said he was in favor of the homestead law but thought it ought to be so restricted and limited as not to be abused. He had not definite- J y made up his mind in regard to the lien law. J MR. W. P. CALHOUN 1 c said that in the outset he would state that he r found great fault with our government both n Vationol and.State in the tendency which } ;hey now had of interferring with the private ,1 iffuirs of individuals. Matters that should r oe left to the citizen, were being handled by he government, in such matters as the Blair j ;ducational bill, homestead and lien law. The prerogatives of our law making leaders only ;xtended to '"the welfare" of our citizens, as t regards theprotection of their life, liberty and I iroperly. The citizen should not be taught :o rely upon the government for his credit and v :he education of his children. As to the Homestead law he was unable at o :he present time to express any deiinite d vpinions, but at the same time he thought hat it had its advantages as well as its draw- * aacks. The lien law he thought was a complete a failure. This law had be.en passed in lbtili ind under it, corn cribs and meat houses had 1 lisappeured. He was decidedly of the opinion ;hat farming could uot be successfully carried )ii without the farmer would raise his supplies n 'or home consumption at home. Very few )f our farmers now did this." Abol- ? ish this law and the rtoht of the farmer to mortgage his crops and home supplies would . be raised by him and his financial condition n pub, upon a sound basis, independent of the nerchatt and the lien law As matters now R stand flic farmer was a slave to this law and j_ lis individuality destroyed. The citizen should not look to the government for support j-( jut he should support the government for the v protection given him in the peaceable enjoy- \ nent of liberty and property. Before the s passage of the lien law our farmers raised tl heir own supplies at home and had no need >f it, but. since its passage things had been c gradually growing worse. This plaiulv showed that when you interfered with the selfeliancc of the individual you did him a ^ larni. c Why should the State give the farmer :redit in preference to any ohter class of men? p rt'hy should it give the merchant a lien upon w he crop of the farmer in preference to the g loctor and the lawyer? All classes of men I should sai! on the same boat. The repeal ofjj; lie lien law he had no doubt would have a l vholesome effect upon the country and while j e t might pinch the farmer for a while in the b ind would be greatly to his benefit and make lim an independent man which he cunuot now e lain) to be. c' MR. W. o. BKADI.EY aid the subject has been so ablv and exhaus- ft \ ' ' rely discussed that nothing is left to be ;id. However as every one is giving exnres- f? on to their opinion I will say something. m rith reference to the the homestead law, I ^ ink, that being imbedded in the Constitu- ^ on it is a fixity and therefore will not discuss fti . If it were an original proposition whether N not we should have such a law, I would *ve something to say, as I have very decided S< iews on the subject. As to the lien law I >nless I am in favor of it, because I think cl le condition of the country imperatively Sj jmands some such law. It furnished a basis credit to those who would otherwise be w nable to obtain credit. No one is forced to 81 ike advantage of it if he does not wish to do ai ). I believe that, to some extent at least, ? rery man is the architect of his own fortune - * - J t - J ad if you give a man a cnance ana ne aoes 3t succeed, then the fault is in himself. Tbe ^ en law simply gives every man a chance, n ' the lien law is repealed, then the land irner will have to make the advances. It is lamentable fact that tbe condition of the mntry i? such, that a great many farmers g| ould De unable to make the advance without lortgaging their lands. Thus it would force ft lany men to stake all upon the uncertainitf f a single crop. Ii I think the last Legislature made a mistrke i their amendment to the lien law. This 5 mfindment should be repealed and let the H iw stand as it was before. There has been Ij j much tampering with this law that it is so nsettled that no one not even the courts can b cep up with it. It is like the views of a kaleide- ^ cope?ever changing. Let the next legisla"? rononl fhA p^npnt amendment and Dursue 0 course of masterly inactivity, so the merhants, the farmers and laborers, and lastly, I ie lawyers and judges, can know what the law i. 0 MB. L. W. SMITH aid I have listened with great interest to the c Bsay and the discussions which have follow- ? d. I hardly know on which side of this im or tant issue rav convictions are. When the a ssayist finished reading his paper I thought agreed fully with what he had said and as acn person concluded their remarks I could ee no reason why I should differ from the iews they enterlained. I do not agree with hose who think all of our present depression a business and the general poverty of our 1 ountrv is due to the operation of the lien law. J Ipon investigation, and mature deliberation, t ho fault, will hp fnnnri more in our neoDle r hemselves than in any particular law on our | fc Statute book. I object most strenuously to he present status of the lien law, for by legihation and judicial interpretation the law nas >een rendered inefficient and useless for the bject for which it was originally intended, 'he lien law is almost a necessity as long a? he homestead law remains in force and 1 dis- n greewilh Mr. Parker when he says the two ire in no way dependent on each other. The ssayist has very properly discussed the two ogether. The homestead law virtually reires from credit $1500 of property of all men I i-ho have the good fortune fco be worth that nuch. The majority of our citizens are not so brtunate and unless they mortgage what little , hey have they would be unable to obtain ;redit. The lien law comes in right here and ( fives an opportunity for credit to the poorer c :lasses of our people without compelling them r o mortgage what little they have. Of course 1 vhen I say lien law, I mean an efficient law, 1 me that will insure the security it is intended 1 o give. As long as the homestead law stands et us have an efficient lien law, but if the lomestead law is repealed, if the merchant md others feel when they sell goods or advance money, thev will be able to collect their iccounts and that tbe law favors the collection ' if all just demands against their debtors, and hat the law will not allow a man to hide his >roperty behind the homestead act, then the nerchant feeling that there is satety in nis msiness will be able to Sell his goods at reluced rates and not at the unnatural credit ] irices of lo-day, forced upon him on account if the great risk be runs. MB. E. B. GABY laid that he was neither in favor of the lien lor homstead laws, that the lien law disorgan- . zed labor and put many in possesion of land j vho should not occupy that position. It was J i maxim of political economy that the owners , >f the soil govern the countrv, and possession >f the soil was near akin to ownership. He did . lot see why a man should have his property ( is a homestead and leave his debts un- ( >aid. Let there be justice before generosity. ] DB. F. F. GABY. _ I Experience will connrm me asgcruun luat he enactment of the lien law has added so ittle to the material wealth and >rosperity of the State as to be appreciable. ' STo doubt it would have been repealed long igo, but for the fact, that the politi- , :ians were afraid. It was never contemplated o make it a permanent law, but simply to ide over the losses of the short crop of 1865 rfy objection to the law is that it partakes of he nature of clast legislation and jossism. It' is a well known fact that , hose wlio give liens are compelled to plant ? he grea'.er part of the crop in cotton. The i :onsequcnce has been that our State has been 1 :ompelled to rely upon other States tor the iay, meat and bread that should be raised at tome. This drains the country of all money, hereby entailing poverty and preventing any mprovementin agriculture. It is impossible o farm successfully without capital, and to ior>iir? if. frnm thf? merchant. who in turn se :ures it from the factor, whotin turn gets it 'rom the banks, entails too much cost. If Congress would amend the National Banking Vet so that money could be borrowed upon eal estate a real benefit would be conferred ipon our people. The lien system has almost put a stop to liversified farming. It reminds me of a gamber who risks his all upon one card and loses. Another objection to the law is that it makes 1 he party taking the lien a preferred creditor. ' There are other debts just as important, that >ughtto be paid. Another objection is it encouraees thriftless arming, which entails a positive loss to the vholo State. As to the homstead law, we faror that law. t prevents the buying up of our homesteads >y capitalists and speculators. It preserves he homogenty of our people, makes us one, 10 soldified our influence is telt throughout the Jnited Sttaes. Let the law remain as a nonument to our humanity for the women 1 ?.. Hinou on nrfnrtittintp us to be IIJU UliriUiCU Ui bliuav 0U ... - lold out , Thomas McGettiran*, proprietor of the J arjrest and best stocked saloon in the St?itef J nvites his many customers, his good friends ; ind the public in general, to call at the old ' 'almetto Saloon and sample his four-year ild mult whiskey and his California brandy nade fromt he pure grapes; sold at $4.0n per 1 ;allon, almost equal to the finest French randies that cost from $6.00 to $12.00 per gulon. Medical men cheerfully recommend 'om's old goods, and they warn their patients lot to forget again Thos. McGettigan.?Adv. Now is your time to get a good breech loadnc shot gun at New York cost. P. Rosenberg t Co. The styles in Spring millinery are simply leautiful. If you wish to see the latest call at iaddon's. 3-24 All the new shades of Spring dress goods irlth trimmings to match at Haddon's. 3-24 Sewing machine needles, sewing machine II, sewing muchine attachments, at Hadon'8. 2-24 Coming! comingj new spring goods at laddon's. . 3-17 Berlin and lisle thread gloves Just received | t Haddon's. 3-17 , \vonion Hrpsa irnods. liuht weight tricot's I he prettiest good out for spring at"HaUdon's. I 3-17 Black tanies, black buntings, black cushners, just received at Haddon's. 3-17 Our aim shall be to show a line of goods not o be found any where else in the County, 'all at Haddon's. 3-17 Envelopes with your card on them at very aw figures can be had at llie l*resa and, Bauer otlice. Everybody upph letter heads, and it is *???? A** "At crr\ fi\ fho />) />.? flYLfi. (Ktll?t; HUH >uu ??; nwt vw V.... ? . iunncr office anil net them printed. Mr. R. M. Hnddon hns been In New York ir two weeks selecting our stock. Buying an .*e do from headquarters in New York City. Ve will be nhle to slow a line of goods thisi pring not to be found in any other house in liis section. A big lot of prepared points, colors, leads, ills, &c, just received by Speed A Neutfer. 2-17 A small amount invested in window glass nd prepared putty will inulte your houses lueh more comfortable for the winter. Glass ut to tit any sash by Speed <fc Neutfer. 12-9. Always on hand, a large lot of white lead, repared paints, linseed oil, paint brushes, r , hich you ean buy in any quantity from peed A Neutfer. ' 12-0. | ] The large buttons forJSpring dresses are on- 1 y to be seen to be admired at Haddon's. .*5-2-1 J White Brothers have a good lot of shot uns. Among them are some very tine reeeh-loaders. Sept. 30. Let all the ladies wonting a cnshmere dress " xamine White Brotliers' stock before purbasincr. Sept. 30. Buy voiir tobacco nnd cigars from us. The May Kirby" Is hard to beat. Sppeed & Nouf- - - . V4" - : ' . f'\ ' i;, r . ; ]j f i ' I We are Htill In the name place, first door bere the National Bank. Our recent Impruveent has added much to the beauty and >nveuience of our store and with a complete ne or aresBes <xc? Dope to meet mi ucuwuuo. II ordersby hand or mail promptly and carelly attended to. Give us a call. Speed & n euffer. 2-17 J Try the crown fine cut charming tobacco, b )!d by Speed & Neuffer. 2-17 a Diamond Dyes,Diamond Dyes, the best and ' leapest dye stutf In the market. For sale by , peed & Neuffer. 2-17 ^ Mr. T. T. Hill's gallery is open every day, here the nicest work can be done. The )ecimens which be has on band are work of t. 3-17 For the latest style of wash dress call at [addon's. 2-24 All forms of contagions Itch, mangp and < jratches cured in thirty minutes by Woolird's Sanitary Lotion. For sale by Speed & euffer. Feb-24 tf J Send to the Pre** and Banner for lien and l lortgAge blanks of the best lurm. 1 Buy the Golden Machinery Oil for engines, < Ins, Ac., sojp by Speed * Neoffer. 12-9. t ChII and examine onr stock of overcoats be- t >re they are all gone. P. Rosenberg a Co. j Some late style raised edge and plain visit ig cards at Lawson's. Mr. Tusten's jewelry and watch repairing i I.I_ TLf i usmesH is in nit? new more in mcwia. ?, w. r [addon & Co., which has Just been beautiful- J j fitted up. . ] Mr. Tusten has moved his watch repairing 1 uslness to the new store of Messrs. R. M. [addon <fc Co. Don't foreret. that Mr. Tusten Is in tbe store f Messrs. R. M. Haddon & Co. Get yonr Job printing done at the Preu and tanner office. ] P. Rosenberg a Co. are selling their breech * adlng shot guns at New York cost. Sweet Gum and Mullien.the great medical I emedy now being advertised all over the ! ountry. for coughs, colds, Ac. Sold by Speed : t Nueffer 2-17 Bridge to Let.: " i f will let to the lowest bidder on Thursday, I April 8, 1886, between ine nours 01 n m. md 1 p. m. the bnllding of the brWse across he Saluda River at WaTT'S FERRY. The ight Is reserved to reject any or all bids. Specifications made known on day of letting. JAMES A. McCORD, Chairman B. C. C. March 17, 1886. 4t rHE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, . COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. lioudie N. Speer acd Martha E. Norwood, Administratrix, &c., against Jennie P. Glymph, Fannie N. Townsend, et al. [N obedience to the order of the Coart herein, all parties with whom the late Dr. W. 2. NORWOOD, in his lifetime, entered Into iny contract or contracts for the sale of any eitl estate and who have not as yet received itles for the same, are hereby notified and retired to prove their respective claims before ne on or before the first day of June, 18S6. J. C. KLUGH, Master. March 15, 1886. 4t The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, IN THE PROBATE COURT. Martha E. Norwood, as Administratrix, 4a, Plaintiff against Ludic N. Speer, etal. Defendant*.?Complaint for sale of land to pay debts. r will sell at public ootcry wlihin the legal hours of 6aie at Abbeville G'. H . on saleday n April next, for the payment or debt* the 'ollowlng described real estate blonging to ;he Estate of Dr. W. C. Norwood, Deceased, to ivlt: All that lot or parcel of land Pitnate In the own or Hodges with store house, having a front of 60 feet, length 117 feel, and 37 feet reur jnd, bounded oy lot of D. B. Ulymph, C. & O. ti. R. and other lands of said estate. TERMS CASH. Purchaser to pay for pajers. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court. March 17, 1886. tf Bridge to Let. I will let to the lowest bidder on Thursday, March 25,1886, between the hours of 12 in. ind 1 p. m. the building of the bridge acrow? Saluda River at BOYD'S MILL. The rlghtis reserved lo reject any or all bids. Specifications made known on dny of letting, JAMES A. McCORD, Chairman B. C. C. March 17, 1888. 2t nir__i _ _ iviuies. W'e will bave the finest CAR LOAD OF MULES here next Monday that has been here for twelve yearn. Will sell them cheap. Wallingford & Russell March 17, 1886. An Ordinance Against Carrying and Using Sling Shots. I^HE cureless nnd Improper use of Sling Shots in the Public Square and streets to the destruction of private property having been reported to the Council l>y Sundry persons, notice Is hereby given that the use of 31ingShots in the Public Square and Btreets Is forbidden by Ordinance and the Town Marshal is instructed and required to arrest all persons violating this Ordinance. By order of Council. J. S. HAMMOND, In ten da nt. March 17, 1886. t< Chairs. ALLIltinds and styles. Over 600 on hand. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. Nov. 25, 1885. tf Take Warning. ALL persons are warned not to TRESPASS upon iny lands situated near DonaldsviHe, either by hunting, fishing, cutting timber or passing through the same outside oi regniar road. Any one violating either of the ibove warnings will incur the full penalty of the law. MRS. BARBARA BROCK. March 10,18Sfl, 3t rcavuuuu HAS at Inst been reached In Cotton and Corn planters. The McCULLOCH COTTON and CORN planter and guano distributor is the cheapest, the simplest and the best, tor the following reasons : 1. It cuii be Httaciied to any plow stock. 2. It can be managed hy any boy. It will drop the seed In the hill at any required distance apart or sow them in any givin thickness and covers. 4. it saves the work of an extra horse and ivro hands. 5. It costs only 83.50 and does not get out of >rder. Call and see for yourself and you will find ;hat you rannot afford to be without one. Oriel's may be left with 1 tie undersigned or with .apt. Witter at tlie New Hotel. ?j. w, ij 1j1juv.ii. March 10,1880. tf Dissolution. rHE firm of BELT, <t- GALPIIIX, composed of W. K. BBLL and B. F. GAL:'HiN, has this day dissolved copartnership >y mutual coni>enf. The business will be cur led on by \V. E. Bell. W. E. BELL. B. F. GALPHIN. March 9, 1836. tf Webb Halters. A N ASSOKTMKWI JUSl receivcu miiu iui ; A. sale cheap by TIIOS. BEGGS. August 12,18S5. tf j r:.1 . '" ' "'' '0^0'^ . - ; t 'C- ' 'V--t. ' r%* c.f<) /**.- v.*. t>? -****4 v>?jy^mw<uo w -^??X/? ?? **>.?, **** ' ~ " ,. ' . . ;. CAROLINA CHIEF. <. - ^ rHOSE parlies desiring the services of thin thoroughbred registered Jersey bull will >e pleased to know that he will be stationed t Abbeville for the next two months. He rill be kept at the residence of R~ C. Wilson, n Floral Hill. 8ervice fee $3t,00. Parties nloViln,. nnutiaU TnHUSD ihAflM ftUIHIlIt he undersigned beforelnvesting. R. C. WILSON. Jan. 27, 1886. Press and Banner office. Sheriff's Sale. M. Mattison against N. G. Hughe*?Execution. DY virtue of an Execution to me directed, In u the above stated case. I will sell to (he lighest bidder, a Public Auction, within the eg?l hours of sale, at Abbeville Court House* >n Monday, the fifth d?y of April, A. D. 1886, , he following described property, to wit: Ait hat tract or parcel oi land, situate, lying and . - *?-./. A / tvv^iiiA rtoM#v_ )eing in laeujunvjr ui auucimc,k>uM?u v?t?Ina, and containing ONE HUNDRED AND POUR ACRE8, no re or lew, and bounded by lands of Mose* imilb, Dr. J. D. Neill, B. J. Martin and others. L<evled on and to be sold as the property of V. G. Hughes to satisfy the aforesaid Execu,lon and costs. TERMS?Cash. J. F. C. DuFRE, March 8,1886. Sheriff A. C. Sheriff's Sale. Francis M. Pope. et. al. against W. C. Foucbe. 15 Y virture of sundry Executions to me dlAJ rected, In the above state ease, I will sell Lo highest bidder, at public auction, within Lhe legal hours of sale, at Abbeville Court Howe, on Monday the fifth day of April, A. D. 1886 the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Abbeville, Sooth Carolina, and known as the Home- v stead tract and containing 3IX HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX ACRES, more or less, and hounded by lands of John Fooche. W. T. Henderson, Mrs. Tboe. Stewart, and others. Also one Store House and Lot In the town of Ninety-Six, bounded by F. M. Pope, public square, etal. ... > Levied on and to be sold as the property of W. C. Fnuche, to satisfy the aforesaid Executions and costs. TERMS?CA8H. , t p n nrrPRV Sheriff, aTc. March 6, 1886. Sheriff's Sale. G. W. Jack and other* ngaintt T. L. Douglnss, Executions. "DY virtue of sandrj executions to me direct ed, In the above stated case, I will sell to the highest bidder, at public auction, within the legal hours of rale, at Abbeville Court House, on Monday, the fifth day of April A. D. UM6. the following described property, to wit: All that tract or parcel o^ land, situate, lying and "being in the County of Abbeville, South Carolina, and containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of O. A. Douglass, L. W. Smith, Henry Harper audi olbeis. Also, ONE HOUSE AND LOT. In the town of Abbeville, bounded by Thos, McQettlgan, Mrs. F. J. Marshall and others. Levied on and to be sold as the property of TL. Douglass to satisfy the aforesaid Execution* und costs. TERMS? Ca?h. t. r. u uurnri, Sheriff A. CL1 March 6,1886,4t * Notice. > THAT an Application will be made to the1 Clerk of the Court of Abbeville county, 8. C., for a charter for the jBurial Aid 8oclety, of Greenwood, 8. C.,tnlrty days after tills publication. Robt. J. Lojran, President, Monday William*, vice President. Rev. G. W. Williams, Secretary. T. R. Gray, Assistant Secretary. A. J. Pool, Treasurer. ThoH. Anderson. , Elijah Jefferson. Henry Tarrant. March 10, 1886. Sheriff's Sale. Charles Smith and other* against James NCochran. |>Y virtue of sundry executions to me dll? rpptod <n thf> nhov? Atfltnd case. I wi<l selfc to the highest bidder, at public auction, within the legal hours of #a)e. at Abbeville Court Honse an Monday the liftb day of April, A. 1>1886. All the right, title and interest of Jag. N(Tochran in and to the following described real estate, to wit: One Inict or parcel of land lying and being in Abbeville county,, State ot South Caroiiua, containing , ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, more or less, bounded by lands ot tie Estate" of Philip Cromer, Esiate of McNary, Dr. A. P. Boozer and others. Also. Tract No. 2^. bounded by the above named troct, John 81 rawborn, Estate of Paschal Klugh and others, containing THREE HUNDRED ACRES. more or less. Also all that House and Lot In and near the town of Hodges, containing SEVENTY ACRES, more or less, bounded by lands of J. D. Cochran. Esiate ol Dr. W. C. Norwood and others. and known as the >IcNary place. Levied on and to be sold to satisfy the ubove execution* against J. N. Cocbrau and costs. TERMS?Ca*h. J. F. C. DuPRE, March 17, lc<86. Sheriff A. C. VALUABLE7" Mi n in i* ALL that tract of land situate In Csfliom* f township, Abbeville connty. on Little River,and known as the TENNENT place, and containing Six Hundred & Forty Acres, more or_lesa, wlth^nbont ONE^HUNDRED ANU KWTY AUKJDN oi cleared ianu, inwiuuinir SEVENTY-FIVE ACRES of Kplendld bottom land on Little River, balance In original forest and second growth: three miles of depot on Savannah Valley Railroad. For terms apply to DR. J. A. GIBERT, Bordeaux, S. C. MR. S. F. GIBERT, Lebanon, S. 0, and ORVILLE T. CALHOUN, Attorney at Law, Abbeville, S. C~ March 10,1886, tf Good Meals. HATTIE ADAMS rtJll keeps a RESTAURANT on the Dendy corner. Good, meals at all hours ol the day. Jan. 27, liiSti, tf Terra Gotta Wells. 1THE undersigned will put you up a 19 Inch Terra Cotta \Vell lor halt the prioe ol a dug one. The common wood bucket is used fi-.r rfniu-ln^u'jiter. The rleanlnif out Is the work of a moment by keeping a galvanized Kheel iron bucket in the bottom to be hooked out at will. Satisfaction guaranteed. Alsoagent fox the celebrate Cucumber Pump. C. M. CALHOI/N, Greenwood, 8. C. They are frog proof and superior to one dug. Joels. Bailey, Greenwood. They are bound to take precedence over all others. Prof. Blake. Greenwood. Joe LJcoii, Bradley. Kev. H. Smart, Troy, Dr. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six. Ilev. Pressly, Due West. D. J. Wardlaw, McCormlck. mn ntiior names uiven If necessary. Feb. 24, iSS&T'iy'r " GARDEN SEtD. w E HAVE received a large suppply of LMIEWS GARDEN SEED, a 11 <-orioiipr and warranted fresh. H. W. Lawson & Co. Feb. 10, 1886. tf