The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, April 21, 1886, Image 4

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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, April 21, 1886. The Schools. At a meeting of the Scht>ol Trustees of Abbeville County, July 23.18S5, It was? ''Resolved, That Inasmuch as the public -? nnnnniitior to thp number lunu IN 11U1H.U UWvr.vuQ of children taught In each township, therefore, the full salaries of teachers shall be paid by the township Id which the school is located." The following report of the Trustee's meeting at the came time Is also made: "It was agreed that the true policy of utilizing the public fund Is to make it a supplementary fund, and to get the patrons of the school interested In the education of thejr children." The above resolution and "the true policy" may be of special interest just now, during the contest about a school on Hard Labor for white "renters" in White Hall township. There are, so far as we are informed, only one or two white schools located in that township, and the Trustees have heretofore been supporting schools not only in other townships of this county, but also in Edgefield county. The trustees still refuse to open auy other school for white children and if they Rhould be governed by the school powers of the county restraining them from keeping up schools in other townships and in other couu tics it will be interesting lo know bow they! propose to discharge their duty without "fear or favor." It may sound a little strange to outsiders, but it is nevertheless a fact that ttic trustees of White Hall have been supporting schools in other townships of this county and in another county, while twenty white children of their own township are denied school privileges, except on such terms and under such difficulties that very many of them uro unable to accept. As a straw going to show with what zeal the Trustees support their own school, and the inaccuracy of their statements in opposition to the desired school for poor white children. In their own township, we append their table of alleged distances from their own school to the homes of the patrons of the New School. In the opposite 4coluinn is the distances, as ascertained by acluai measurement, while the Jastcolunmof figures shows the under esti - J- J .? .11 nnl ArtDa. 1 male in yarus iu uuvu iuuimuuui vims . - j ? - ! Actual Meas- 5 c Ikom ured Distance.: u1*3 | ! 2z 33 ! H ! < | Miles. Miles. J Yards. Yards. Tolbert's. 2 2 1 1700 ; 17-30 Baugh's I VA 1 135)9 ! 519 <'romcr'8 -J l'.i 1 J(Hi9 I 629 Worthlngloii's.: 1% 1 j 1510 8-3G AVI 1 son's.., | V4 | 1 814 | 404 Howard's j 114 1 ! 1501 I C21 .lMgby's I 1)4 | 2 j 171 j 10-31 It will thus be seen that the distance to the "White Hall school was under-estimated in ev^ry Instance. Tbe reader will readily see with what care the School Commissioner regarded the senti* *-4 -* 44>- rr?.?ii-inno in tlipir menl ui iue vuuui^ nuoiwo ? -conclusion that the "true policy of utilizing the public fund Is to make it a supplementary fund." Instead of reducing the maximum monthly pay of teachers to S15 so thatlhe parents, if they desired to pay a higher price to theirteachers might "supplement" their salaries as contemplated, the School Commissioner, at a time when the people are harder pressed than they have ever been, and at a time when cotton is selling lower than at any time within the history of a lifetime, raises the pay, and as a matter of course the increase 01 pay stops me pumic schools sooner than they otherwise would have been stopped. Some of the schools, we presume, will close this week. If the pay of teachers from the public fund had been reduced to $15 a month, public spirited citizens would have made up any monthly deficiency and the public schools would have been kept open for perhaps three months longer than they will be under the present liberal pay of teachers from a limited public lund. We of course cannot do more than give an opinion, but we have 110 doubt at all that the a month is the real cause of all the trouble in "White Hall township. If each school had teen allowed S15 a month, there would, in our opinion, have been no dissatisfaction. But as it is, the Trustee's school and other schools would have beeu stopped, (the Trustees say) a month sooner if the white renters had been furnished a school. Ky paying all the schools 4MA 010 on/1 Ol " r.AnAV,Jliirr f r\ orro (\ C* t\f 1 Pfl oh Of <?lVt Cl"i| ttUU vlu, MVVUIUItlQ IV v? ?V??V..V| all the schools in White Hull would have been kept open longer thau ever before?including the New School. The trustees school, with a small number of richer children inattendance.is going on daily at White Hall in the pay of the government, while a school on Hard Labor with about twice the number of children of white people, a majority of whom rent land, is denied any of the public money. The trustees under their officiul signatures, dcclarc that one of the chief reasons for denying pay to this tehool, is the fact that the scholars are "the children of parents who rent land.'' The School Commissioner supports the trustees In theiractof refusing the school. Although no living man would be ready to believe that any such a condition of affairs existed in any Democratic government on the face of the earth, yet the statements above are believed 10 D0 KOlia IUCUJ lit Auueviiiv rouuij, nuitu we believe tb.it no mau can successfully controvert. Prohibition. The whiskey men seem to be agitated in nil parts of the country. They are strong and earnest in protestations of their love for temperance. But, we infer Irom the newspii. ipers, that they are alarmed for fear the saloons may be shut up. They sometimes even go to great lengths and assume that they are tho people?the Democratic party?and speak of the temperance people as if they were public enemies, alleging that the furtherance of their purpose will break up the Democratic party. The license or no?llcense question furnishes the widest scope for argument. No actual ifactsjare needed. All that the whiskey side jjced to do, Is to appeal to a fertile imagination, and all the facts are at hand?great piles of jugs at the depot, drnnkeu men on every ^corner of the town, and empty treasuries. The temperanoe people have about as definite tfacts on which to base their arguments. But they have reason and common sense on their ide. If the closing of the bar-rooms gave the <Jraro-drinfcer more whiskey, why <toes he oh. j Jeet to the closing of the place In which lie de-1 lights so much, and which be defends so vlpr-orously? If the bar-rooms are not an evil,' why is Jt that a majority of the church people, and nearly all the women are opposed to j ? them? The temperance people certainly caunot be charged with a desire to increase the t$ale of whiskey by closing the bnr-rooms. All the talk about the alleged Increase in the *ale of whiskey under the no-license sya-! tem will go tor naught If the proper means ! are adopted to enforce the law. Will any | body say that the revenue laws or me uniiea i Stales baa increased the stilling business in j jthls State? Wo think not. If whlskey-mak-j ing may be suppressed, then its sale may also ' be suppressed. It can and will be suppressed,; Jn a large measure, if the Legislature will ere- j an office, to be filled by an officer whose ! ?luty ijt shall be to see that the law is enforced. J But wlthcfi4 sych an officer it would be little i Jess than criminal to pass a prohibitory law j for the vrhoic Si?,te, Our people will not turn Informers, Mb. C.<4V. Mooen has withdrawn from the: editorial management of the Scneca Free jl'rcw, and Mr. John C, Cnry goes hack to the ! .editorial work, Mr, Moore was aa excellent ^editor, wh? was not afraid to utter his sentlfnents, and we have ao doubt that Mr, C'ary vili keep the Free Prc*s up to Its foruier stal,Ldl3.nl, Good will tv each. "Foreign'' Advertisements. We are constant ly In rccciptof propositions to Uo advertising for agencies who are anxious 1 to open an account with "us, or who have a ' limited number of advertisements to give out > to the lowest bidders, of who want an adver ' tisement published for nothing in order to start business which will in the luture be re. muneratiye; and still another clivss offer to sell us something for half wish, if we will buy their goods at "list" prices and publish 1 their advertisements to the amount of the other half of the "list" price. 1 We have given this class of cheats some at tention, and we have come to the conclusion that newspaper editors had better write edito- 1 rial wisdom on the back page of all such prop- 1 ositions. Recently, we received a proposition t<> do a great deal of advertising, provided we 1 would take Chum hers Cyclopedia at ?30.00, we paying S15.00 in cash, and doing much advertising for the other Slo.OO. The fact is, we ' have in our library the leather bound vol- 1 _ - / i 1. c? ...ut.i. oi r umes Ol 111 is uuutt lur wiiutii \> e i>jiiu wui^ oiu. That being the bookseller's regular advertised | price. No country printer need expect to get even ; starvation rates for "foreign" advertisements. Another matter. We are constantly In receipt of printed slips, which we are requested to publish tree of charge. Only a short time ago a patent medicine swindler sent us a notice which would make perhaps two thousand ems. These two thousand cms would represent exactly the cost of setting up that amount of reading matter, and the only promise of pay resting in the vague idea that its publication would be "mutually beneficial." Some time ago the manager of a charitable institution sent us a column of matter to be published without cost to the institution ?IMC cost iu u.s ui i-y|>u-??;tL:iiK wouiu uu>c been more than a dollar. It Is needless to say that we did not publish it. The newspapers or magazines which ex- , change with us on the condition that we publish monthly notices of them are dearly paid for. .Such notices will average perhaps one thousand ems?they certainly will average five hundred. To set six or twelve thousand ems during the year will cost most of us, a sum greater than the subscription price of the | paper advertised, to say nothing of the exchange which is furnished regularly. We believe the true rule for country editors to adopt is, to publish no "foreign" advertisements of any kind, but we are perfectly cer-j tain that advertisements which are to be paid i for in the purchase of the goods had better be let alone. As long as the editor has sufficient , ment<il powers to be allowed to go at large, we think free advertisements in which he is in no way interested should be left outof the paper. The true way, as we think, is, to fill the pa- j1 per with the best matter possible, but when i dull weeks come, as cume they will to nil of, us, then do not fill the paper with reading 1 matter, but fill it with any dead advertise- i men ts or other suitable standing matter. We i < should not be expected to give the same ! amount of matter every week. Wh?n we I have interesting matter to publish, we believe j < it to be well to leave out jis many yearly, or j' contract, advertisements as may be necessary j to put It in, and then when we have little or j' nothing to publish we may fill up with any- 1 thing that costs nothing. By this means the:' average cost of composition is kept down, and we'are enabled to print a better paper than if we printed exactly the same amount every 1 week. Tlie Railroad Meeting. ( The delegates appointed to attend a corpo- ! rators meeting of the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Railroad made reports in the Court i House yesterday evening. Owing to the fact11 that the delegates had previously spoken free-11 ly of the matter ou the streets, and the fact ' that very ac;>urateaccounts had been publish- ! ed in the daily papers there was not a very < full meetiug. 1 The necessity for the road is admitted by all. That is a fact which goes without saying, and needs no argument to convince anybody. All we need now is unity of action. Uy a' united effort we believe the road from North ! i Carolina by way of Chester, Greenwood, Ab-! i bevllle, Elberton to Alliens is a possibility. If the proposition is a practicable one, we, 1 would suggest that we look neither to the: right nor to the left of the line as laid out in i the charter?unless some point on the line 1 should fail to do its share, in which case other ;' propositions might be entertained. Let us then take the practical plan of learning what. forme u'ft onn u'if h P^horfcnn Tf ivo can get the right of way, and then raise a sufficient amount of money to induce him to build the road, it seems best for us to work as a whole line without any reference to where any particular dollar is to be spent, or where work is to be begun. We have set out to try to build the road, and we should stick together, being careful i at all times of course to make safe contracts. From the present agitation among railroad circles, and the great anxiety among tho people for additional railroads, we are firmly of the opinion that one or more new roads will be built across the State. It is in this day and time useless to dwell on the importance of securing such a road through Abbeville. There can be r.o man so far behind the times as not to realize the fact. We have the best and most direct route across the State from North Carolina to Georgia, and with as great an effort as others may put forth, the great prize will be ours. With this road built, the necessity for t lie building of C., C. G. <fc C. road will be apparent to every one. Abbeville would then be a crossing place for t wo of the grandest roads in the South. Abbeville having pledged tlve per cent, to the C\, C. G. it C. R. It., we have no doubt she will give three per cent, to the Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville road. Uy a strong pull, and a pull all together, wc can win. Reasons for Closing: the Schools. Thereare several reasons for the school fund running short in Due West township this year. The numlicr of scholars in the schools of the township for last year fell short. The; amount of money received is based on the numberof scholars. We lost in this way some $100. Again the trustees overdrew their share of the funds by nearly a hundred dollars and it had to be made up off of this year. Again a large majority of the teachers are first grade. We may add as information that there are only two colored schools drawing pay fiorn their fund this yeur.?R. S. G. in Abbeville Messen- j ger. The above paragraph speaks for itself. In it! there is much food for thought. We may be mistaken, but we thluk the increased pay of the tcacher had about ns much to do with the early closing of the schools as the grade of the teacher, but we presume this fact was oveilooked. It will be noticed that the colored peopleare supplied with schools in that town- l f?> In a limit fhA co mn rntin thnt thn it'hifo renters of White Hall township arc furnished I with school facilities. The last words in the last sentence of K. S. G's article would seem to indicate that the colored people may have a school which does not draw pay from the I public fund. If .this is so it Is to the credit of : the colored people. It. wotifd seem, too, that j if the scholars stayed away from school lost ' year at Due West, and thereby lost ?300 which j < they usually drew from the treasury that the people are losing interest in education in j' those old classic groves, which have hereto-! I fore enjoyed a wide reputation for oratory and j I music, and great love of education. It may j < he that history is repeating itself. Those ojd .1 cities which were so distinguished centuries i ago for their oratory, and their temples of! learning, had their rise and full. Their love j i of learning decreased, and their books weroji either destroyed or neglected. Their day of ! f splendor was succeeded by days which werei1 Jess brilliant, but we hope that this marked | decline in education ot Due West may be more apparent than real. When Due West |1 neglects education, the outlook is indeed dls-1' couraglng. We are indeed sorry to hear the! t report of the decline in primary education at i Due West. If the increased pay iiad closed' I the schools, that evil could have teen reme- l died, but when children stay away from! ( school, then the situation is alarming. I The Schools. 1 The public schools deserve our special consideration. Abbeville county pays about ten thousand dollars annually for this purpose, c :ind It should be the earnest desire of every n citizen to see this money expended In a man- t ner so as to do the most good to the greatest * number. For this reason, we should be glad ^ to publish communications 011 this subject, t which may discuss any of themany questions ? connected with the education ot our people. J We should be glad to hear from any one who r should ne pleased to give tue puunc me uen' . ? fit of his views : t 1. Is there any good reason for closing the r schools on Saturday ? Why not keep them s open six days in the week ? 2. How many hours should a school he kept t open in a day ? 3. Is grammar a profitable study ? c 4. How can the public school fund be ex- 1 pendedsoas to be of the greatest benefit to the r children ? T 5. Is the school fund for the benefit of the teacher or the children ? If for the benefit of the children, then why not pay the teacher a 8 less monthly salary, and keep thcschool open | longer? If for the benefit of the teacher, then c why not raise the salary to a larger sum, and v thus close the schools as soon as possible, so as to give the teacher a big holiday ? 6. Should we not appropriate more of the 8 public money to securing better school 1 houses ? * 7. Which are the best months to open the public schools ? Why not let each school be * opened at a time when it would best suit the patrons ? 8. Should the people be compelled to submit ' to the arbitrary rule of trustees, or should the 1 trustees respect the wishes of the peoole? ( Which are of greater importance, the people or the trustees ? o wimn teaciiuro pprpivf ft month from < the public fund, should the public pay their expenses In attending the Teachers' Institute? ( ? . i The PreHbyterlnns. ' We nre much gratified at being able to pre- ( sent a clear and concise account of the Asso- 1 ciate Reformed Presbytery which recently f met at Ora, in Laurens county. The discus- ! siou of Union with the United Presbyterian ' church Is exceedingly Interesting, and will be 1 read by all the church people of the county. We have only a vague idea as to what is meant by the word "slavery" which is sootten used in connection with the United Presbyterians. We take it for granted that the United Presbyterians of the North have no ' desire to entertain any principle as to slavery which would be repugnant to the Associate Reformed Presbyterians. Then why do they use idle verbiage which is offensive to their ' Christian brethren of the South ? Such action seems worse than foolish. We hope, therefore, that our Northern Christians will expunge the word "slavery" and all like mcaulue words, from their "basis," and let us unite ' once more in love and Christian fellowship. ( Slavery has been dead so long In the South, i that it Is only remembered in history or tra- . dition, or when some old pious deacon refers to the fact. We hope, therefore, that our ' Northern Christians may not rake up old I tilings, and make themselves disagreeable , about a matter of the dead past. All church ' utterance about slavery,one way or the other, is idle?if it is not foolish or malicious. With our limited knowledge of the Bitua- 1 Lion, we cannot possibly conceive of any good 1 to come from any talk about slavery by Northern Christians or anybody else. Let them talk of advancing the cause of the Re. , Jeemer's kingdom, and cease to Irritate our , people about a dead issue, and our Associate Reformed Presbyterian friends will go into fellowship with them without hesitation. Soldiers, statesmen, politicians and citizens generally have ceased to talk of slavery and we see no good of Northern Christians coming Into the sanctuary to thrust an offensive corpse into the faces of their Southern bretli. | reu. Expensive Funerals. One craze of the times seems to be in the de- ' sire for expensive funerals. In our way of thinking there is nothing more ridiculously nbsurd than the Idea of putting fine clothes on the corpse of one who had during life never been able to wear "purpleand fine linen," and i the climax is reached when the man who had J slept all his life on a four dollar bedstead is buried in a fifty or a hundred dollar coffin. The sin of such extravagance is better seen 1 when It is remembered that It is chlcfly the poor of this country who entertain tlie friends i of the deceased by gorgeous funerals. A large part of the dead man's estate Is often consutn- 1 ed in this way, leaving his wife and children without a dollar, and sometimes using even the money which should go to pay debus. It is all a mistake to believe that expensive funerals are evidences of affection for the i dead. It is not so. It is more often a spirit of , Belf-laudation. Affection for friends Is made manifest in kindness during life, and not in expensive funerals and monumental piles. It is of course right and proper that a decent burial be given to the dend, but the desire of ignorant or ostentatious poor people to give splendid funerals is unbecoming, and brings no words ol praise from right thinking people who realize and know that our affection for , the dead is not measured by the number and size of the silver handles on a coffin. The true way to honor the dead is , in heart service, and not in the glitter and splendor of costly funerals for which we are 1 in reality unable to pay. , Cliestcrfieldinn Politeness. *'or tncsiernemian politeness, wiui miniras and candor of specch, commend us to Mr. j Brawley, of Charleston. "When representing the city of Charleston, he can receive railroad solicitors for subscriptions wil.li more genuine politeness and give them lens money than any man on the face of the globe. His speecli in the reception of the Augusta delegation of railroad builders last week was a gem of art. He is so courteous, so fair, and tempers his j candor with bo much genuine courtesy, that we have no doubt the Augusta delegation felt < good, even though they wore denied the faint idea of getting any money. Since Mr. Brawloy has occupied the position of attorney for the South Carolina Railroad, and has been appointed to the position of receiver of the city's distinguished cuests who come in the interests of railroads, we have taken great interest In his letters and speeches. We have now become pretty familiar with his style, and we note these characteristics tunning through his every act: ' 1. lie is honest. He holds out no false hopes. 2. He is so polite that it is a roal pleasure to railroad nroiectors to be refused their rcciuesL for money. ' 3. He never promises accnt, and he never , gives any more than lie promises. Primary Election for Congressmen , mid State Oflieers. "VVn ?1nKlrr> tn imiMPKR llUOll Olir llCODle the importance of considering the question of j' primary elections for Congressmen and State L nllicers. No convention can represent the ( will of the people as fairly as the people can J i jxpress it themselves. For this reason, we would urge upon our people the propriety of I s looking into this matter at their meeting in t [he Court House. Under the new order of things the primary election is the real elec- ^ Lion, while the machinery of the State elec- ji Lion is used oniy to ratify the former election mm i m ' c If the words ,Jwe are pleased," and "we re- j jrot to learn," or words to that effect, were:' eliminated from the editorial utterances ofj iomc of tlie country press, tlicre would be ] rast amount of space left blank. The newspaper, as we understand, Is a chronicler of r ;vents, and should In nowise be reduced to a medium for the "professional weeper" or me v 'journeyman rejoicer," to note hLs crocodile j xnrs or to publish his professions of deep feeing which every sensible man must know to t )e the merest make believe. Who of their nany readers care to know their private griefs 1 >r rejoicings ? A nowspaper is not the proper ilaeo to parade such feelings. 1 'he Cheater, Greenwood, Abbeville and Athens Rond. We ask attention to an article which wc jj opy from the Elberton Leader. Its tone is i nythlng else than assuring. That article, 8 aken with the fact Mint our Georgia friends leglectcd to meet with us In Columbia last reck may mean that after our hopes have ieen raised, we are to be disappointed, but we hall not be discouraged until Elberton flnaly turns her face elsewhere. When we emember that the road which it is proposed o build by Abbeville and Greenwood to Ches- 1 er is of much more value than the proposed J oad from Chattanooga to Augusta, we are \ till a believer in the wisdom of our Elbert t rietids which will cause them to stick to their >est interests. We hope that our people may read the artile referred to, and ponder well the matters . herein contained. Elberton, like Abbeville, nust get a railroad now, or else be lorever rithoutonc. ^ Abbeville, S. C., elected twenty nine deletes to the Columbia railroad meeting, and msse a resolution saying its citizens were wiling to make a subscription equal to 3 per ent. of their taxable property. Thai people vill have a ralIroad.?Elbci'ton Lcadir. We hope so, neighbor, but we are relying t ipon our Georgir friends for help. We want ( i great through line from Norfolk or Ports- t nouth to Athens, via Elbert. We under- ' itood that your people would stand to us, and ] hat wc, together, would make a united eftbrt. 1 )ur people are in earnest about this matter. 1 3nt we will be left in the lurch if Elbert now uns off after strange gods. Let Elbert stick io us, in this struggle, and we will secure a oad which will do her and us good all the lays of our lives. Some of the boys in town enjoyed the News md Courier's account of the recent visit of Hon. lMtrio.k Wnlsli to Charleston in search jf money for his Javorite railroad. His distinguished success was so much on a purallel with the success which attended the efforts of jur delegates about a year ago, that our people are lu a condition to enjoy the good speech which Mr. Brawley delivers on special occasions. We shall expect the millenium when Charleston goes to fooling away my of her money In railroads. MEASLES AND MONEY, rHE ONE HAS GONE TO THE COUNTRY, THE OTHER IS LOCKED UP. Ill Sorts of Interesting Paragraphs ?Thought, Fact and Comment by Our Correspondent. McCormick, S. Cm April 20, 1880. Miss Lesvina Jero died last Tuesday. Cause Df death, measles and a congestive chill. She was an industrious girl and was well thought >1 by her employers. She was housekeeper lor Mrs. Peak. Horseback riding and wishing are becoming very common with some of our folks. The passenger and mail train r;iu into a box car at liradley last Thursday, tearing the cn?iue all to pieces. Jackson was the engineer. I'he section master left the switch open and traused the damage. The box car was on the side track. No one was hurt. The engine was hauled to Augusta last Friday for repairs. There has been four burials In the cemetery within the part three weeks. This is tilling up at a rapid rate. Some work is being done nt the cemetery in way of removing stumps, &c. Mr. \V. 0. Sturkey has a milliner from Baltimore in charge of his millinery department. Mrs. Hrittand the Misses Britt, of Sandovcr, sperftSunday in town and went to Augusta on Monday. The I lev. J. C. Chandler preached an excellent sermon on the importance of honesty and truthfulness last Sunday from Acts v, 11. It was a masterly effort, and one which we should long remember. The most of his arguments were based on Annanias and Sapphira's sudden death from dishonesty and lying. Mr. Chandler is a model of a young inan.| His remarks were very plain, and he said] that it was not his intention to offend any one by his remarks, but if he did so lie would] preach the gospel at any cost. He said further, I am dulng as I tell you to do, and I d$I'y any one to produce a contrary .statement. Those were not tlie exact words of Mr. Chandler but they have the same meaning. This Is the sort of a preacher we need; one that fears no man or regards his feelings in the pulpit, but fears God alone. Company K, l.itli S. C. V'., met In McCorrniek last Saturday according to previous notice to appoint committees and a day for a reunion of said company. The day appointed for the re-union is the 4th of August next, when a large dinner, speeches, dec., will be given. Saturday afternoon last was a busy one for nnr merchants. One day last week Mr. McLane, depot agent :it this place, received something over live thousand dollars for the Savannah Valley Hail road Company. Just before the live tVclock train that brought the money came, Mr McLane went to his home to see his slclc wife; but before he left the depot, he had partly changed the combination of his safe, and while lie was gone the train came and Mr. Traylor put the money in the safe and turned the combination. Now the money cannot be gotten at, and the hands on the Savannah Valley Railroad have not been paid olf for a month. We wonder how It will ever be taken out without destroying the safe In part. A few gentlemen from town went out to Mr. Henderson's Monday evening and bagged fifteen squirrels in about two hours. We could have killed forty or fifty if we had had time. Mr. Britt, of Sandover, was in town on Monday and said he had his eutlre crop planted and was working corn. We are needing rain very much In tills section of the county. An expert is expected up in in a day or so to open the depot safe which contains the Savannah Valley Hail road money. A good many negroes came Saturday evening to be paid off but was much disappointed at finding the money locked up. There was an old blind negro in town the o.il/l 1*^ xttoci CO vnnrc nl/I nnrl h:id 100 grandchildren and 50 great grandchildren. He moves around sprightly enough yet. The measles have left town and Is spreading In the country. The base ball players are beginning to play every evening now. Mr. .Tan. R. Cunningham will be glad to have all his lady friends to call on him nt Wm. E. Bell's. -1-21 Miss Ella Bell Is slill with "Wm. E. Bell. 1-24. Mrs. Mary Taggnrt. has charge of Wm. E. Hall't: /Ipoau-mnHiiu' rl r>ivi rt m r?n J.2! Bonds! beads! for hat and dross trimming In till shades. Wm. E.Bell. 4-21 Gloves, silk and lisle thread in tans, belpe, cream, golden, brown and black at Win. E. Boll's. 4-21 Just, received, one case of hats in all the new shapes and shades. Will. E. Bell* 4-21 Our lacing kid cloves is the host to buy. We have them in all shades. Win. E. Bell. 1-21. Fresh lot of drpss ginghams just received Wm. E. Bell. 4-21 Silk net ladies' veils at Wm. E. Bell's. 4-21. Millinery, millinery, in all the new goods, it Wm. E. Bell's. 4-21 . Novelties in hat and bonnet trimming at Wm. E. Hell's. , l-2i. Ladies' collars with cape from oc to 20c. Wm. E. Hell. 1-21 Large white plaid lawns for dresses, something beautiful at Wm. E. Bull's. 4-21 ( Roman draperv for window curtains, at Win. E. Bull's. 4-21 I can get you up something new and nice in tiats, Wm. E.Bell. 1-21 Pearl buttons from 5 to 35 cents per dozen. Wm. E. Bell. 4-21 Curtain lace at all prices. Wm. E. Boll. 4-21 j, Hose, hose, ladies and misses, in all the j icht shades at Wm. E. Bell's. 4-21 Paint! Paint! Paint! Speed <t* Neuflfer iave a full and complete stool; of white lead, lils, varnishes, colors, ready mixed paint, te.,iVe. This is the time when a coat of paint!1 iVill do your houss the most good. Oil and : f ;o Johnston's dry sized kalsomine. For sale < jy Speed it Nentrcr. Mr. T. T. Hill's gallery Is open every day,;1 vhere the nicest work can be done. The specimens which ho has oil hand arc work of irt. 3-17 Ladies and children's parasols in beautiful , :olors, at Wm. E. Bell. 4-7 White satin and feather fans; something lew in st vie. Wm. E. Bell. 4-7 Ml:s Sarah Brady will be glad to show all I he iii>w shapes in hats on opening day. Wm. I, J. Bell. 4-7 | The White mnrhlno Is the best in use. Call! tnd get one at Win. E. Bell. J.L.Simpson, j Don't full to examine the White maehlneon tpenlng day at Wm. K. Bell. J. L. Simpson, j Novelty braid for lace, in ii 11 styles. Wm. S. Bell. 4-7 [ You should sec Miss Snrah Brady's trim-i nlng before you buy your hat. Wm. E. Bell, j Chew "Sulivans Free and Easy" tobacco at r. l'errln. 4-7 The finest cigars aud tobacco at T. C. Por:u. 4-7 Buggy Aprons. SOMETHING every one that rides in a blipj cy wants?a waterproof apron to keep ofl he rain and mud. For sale chcap. Call and ;et one before they are all gone, from TIIOS. BEGGS. April 21, 1886. NOTICE OP Stockholders Meeting. MOTICE 18 hereby given flint, the Annual [l Convention of the Stockholders of the Sn'an 11 ah Vulley Railroad Com puny will be icld nt Anderson, S. C., on WEDNESDAY, he 12th day of MAY next, at 11 o'clock A. Mi J. E. BREAZEALE, Secretary S. V. R. R. Co. April 21, lSS6,2t FOR SALE Black Trotting Stallion "MESSENGER," l messenger is a black stallion IVi 7 years old, 1 n\4 hands high, with beauIful mane and tail. Kecord 2.40y?, which he ran beat at least five (5) seconds on good milt .rack. Messenger has not been in the stut1 since July last, and is now in grand form Warranted sound. Price, delivered at anj In 11 road in Charleston Sl.000.00 cash, or one nilf cash, bill nice to be secured payable No /ember 1, 1880. Address A. J. SALINAS & SON, Charleston, S.C. April 21,1886, tf NOTICES. The subscribers to the Capital Stock of th National M of Altaille, S. C, ARE hereby notified that a call lor the pnj ment of the sixth Installment (bein one-tenth of their subscription) lias beei made for May 1st, 1886. Tho Cashier will be prepared to receipt fo Ibe same a I the office of the Bank. A. B. WARDLAW, President. BENJ. S. BARNWELL, Cashiei Dec. 9,1SS5, tf Dissolution. THE firm of BELT. A OAI,PHI\, eonr nosed of W. E. BELL and B. P. GAI PL'I^, has this day dissolved copartnershl by mutual consent. The business will be eai ricd on by W. E. Bell. W V. RtfT.T, 13. F. (iALFHIN. March 9, 1SSG. tf Kow is Your-Time TO SECURE BARGAINS!! ciuTBumim $15,000 Worth of Goods to be Sol for tlift Next 20 Dnvs at Great ly Reduced Trices. WE ARE COMPELLED TO HAVE ROO? for our Spring Stock, aii'l that we ma have it, have reduced the prices on everj tiling. AN Immense stock of (!LOTIIIN(?, 0VEF COATS, MENS, YOUTHS AND BOY SUITS, will be !>old regardless ol cost. BRKECH-LOADING SHOT-GUNS, at Ne< York cost. A 1.90, srnnt reduction on BOOTS, SHOES: and Hats. rPIUTNKS, VALISES, SATCHELS, &c., a 1 shaved prices. Dress goods, cashmeres, worst EDS and FLANNELS, at prices that wl astonish every one. Always on hand a hiruc stock of dome? tics, rlaids. ginghams, Ac., tlni will be to your interest to examine. OUR. STOCK being too lsxrjre to mention erythlng, we only call over a few arttelc as above to show how we Intend selling., \V are not miking mere assertions, but mean e: actly what we say. Look to YOUR OWN INTEREST, an give us a call. P. ROSENBERG &CQ Dec. 39, 18S5. INSURANCE LICENSE. Exkcutive Depabtmext. Office of Comptroller Gkxkkal, Columbia, S. C'., April 1,18SG. T CERTIFY, That Mr. J. T. PARKS. < Abbeville, Agent of THE CONTINENT A FIKE INSURANCE COMPANY, lncorpon ted by the Slate of New York, has complie with the requisitions of the Act of the Get eral Assembly entitled "An Act to rcgulal the Agencies of Insurance Companies not li corpora led in the State of South Carolina, and I hereby license the said Mr. J. T. Park Agent aforesaid, to take risks and transact h business of Insurance in this State, in til County of Abbeville, for and in behalf of sai Company. Expires March 31st, 18S7. \V. E. STONEY, Comptroller General. April 7,18SG. Preparing for the Colt Show I AM making a lot of flue bridles and ha ters, hoping to sell them to persons exhli iting colts and others on ttalcsuny of May, ji my harness shop next to New Ilotel. April 7,1&6, tr TIIOsS. BEGG.S. Chairs. ALIikiuds and styles. Over r>00 on hand. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. Nov. 2o, 1885. tf YJALTER L. MILLER, Attorney at Law, Abbeville. S. C. ?^v,Ofllce formerly occupied by JtidgoThom anril 7. lhsll. Important Notice. ALL ye that anticipate attending the com mencenient at Due West, see that yon harness are in good repair. If not, send then to the subscriber and have them made al right. Til U.S. BEGGS. April 7.1S86, tf Lost Notes. I^WO NOTES, as follows : One belonging t< Miss S. M. Devlin on Cunningham i! i'empieton for SSt'i.l'.. The oilier note beinj iue to the undersigned by J. W. Seolt for SI'2.1 Payment of said notes has been slopped, ant ill peisuns are forewarned against trading fo ?ither of them. 11. J1. DEVLIN, Dec. 1, lSfjo, tt Vcrdery, ,S. C. rhe State of South Carolina COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COUKT OF COMMON PI.EA.S. iV. II. Emerson, Ex'or, vs. S. II. McGhee et al IN pursuance of the order of the Court it: the above stated case, all creditors of tin ate W. Z. McGhee. deceased, are hereby noti led to present and prove their claims before lie on or before the i>sth day of May. lsstl. Ail nersons indebted to the said W. Z. Me ihce are hereby notified to make immcdiiit< wiymcnt to me, and against those who fail tc my within a reasonable time I shall begin uieh legal proceedings as the C'onrt has di' ected. J. C. KLUGII, April 0,1880, -it Muster. Medium nud Messenger copy. SORBY TO ETDBB TOD, BUT YOU MUST READ THESE FACTS, l m .1 I rtl-.il ' I ' 1 r MI! UlOlfllOS! UIOIIUUU,! I SPRING & SUMMER " 1RFE lmve just received our Springnnd Sum " VV mer samples and styles, and are bettc prepared than ever to oiler our friends am customers the following lines of goods: GENTS' SUITS made to order by the best of tailors and guai anteed to fit or no pay, at prices from 815.(1 to $(>0.00. Boys' suits made to order and guai anteed to fit or no pay, at prices from $8.0 to Sib 00. Gents'ready made suits mfule by tli Latest Styles and Patterns, and guaranteed to fit or no pay at prices fror . S7.00 to $55.00. Boys ready made suits guarau teed to fit or no pay at prices from SJ.OQ I ftiitrta omIIovg nnffja. hnfilprv. Riisnpr ^ dors and underwear, In fact eoerything neec - ed to complete a gentleman's or boy's drcs made to order or ready made, all of which ar guaranteed to lit or no pay. We have th pleasure of representing the largest clothin establishment in the world, thatof JOH' WANAMAKER, successor to Wanamaker< Brown, of Philadelphia, and with its million of capital and ample facilities make It Willi out a doubt the cheapest and most satisfact< ry way in which to buy your qlothes. All w ask isjust one trial. MILLER BROTHERS. March 31, 1886. , SMITH & HAMMOND ? ABBEVILLE, S. C. Dealers in GUANOS & FERTILIZERS planters in need of fertilizer I nr diiaiios would do well to call on til undersigned, who are agcnis for the sale < some of "the best fertilizers In the market. A. \V. SMITH. J. S. HAMMOND. Jan. 20,1886,3m , ABBEVIlLEIOTELT I TTAVING lately gone throush some repaii IJ. is now open for the accommodation < the traveling public. Terms reasonable. B. K. BEACH AM. 1 Manager. ^ Jan. 6, 1886. t? Wanted. J AH CORDS Tan Bark, will pay the higl lUv/ market price. Apply to G. H. MOOKE. Oct. 21,1885. tf o "foutz'S MMnnr- /> M p* riATTI IT DAUinrD< nVKOC Hllil vn ku r w II ? Ho Hobbb will die of Cot.tc. F.ots or Lckq F Tkr, If Foutz's Powders are used In time, iv Foutz's Powders will cure nhd prevent Hog Cnoim Fontz's Powders will prevent Gapes in* Fowl Fontz's Powders will Inrrea-e the quantity of ml ?nd cream twenty per ccnt? and make the butter fir 5, tnd sweet. Foutz's Powders will cure or prevent almost evki Dtsi ask to which Horses and C attle are subject. Foutz's Powm r.3 will givk Satisfaction. it 6old everywhere. DAVID E. FOUTZ. Propriotor, - TAIiTUCOUE, LID. 11 FOE SALE BY : COTHRAN & PERRIN. 3 - _ _ Lt WM. H.PARKER AV. C. McGOWAN* PARKER&Mc60WAl ,s ? - J ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ABBEVILLE, C. II., S. C. d J \\J ILL pmctlcc also In the Circuit Courts ?V the United Statestbr South Carolina' Jan 7. ISSO. tf ; H. 0. REESE, falcl Repairer and Jeweller, In the Store of Messrs. Bell & Galphiu. ABBEVILLE, S. C. if r aT I ftntfiKtf-rl tn him PJlTPfnilv PX IJ ? """> V -- ? i- IX ciited in llie best manner at. reasonab (1 prices. Jan. 27,1886. * To Tlie Public. THE Undersigned subscriber Is prepared s, 1 Terrace Land upon the most seientll II principles known to modern agriculture, le will furnish a good level aiid render my se d vices at reasonable rates to all who may fav< me with their patronage. Sali.slaction gun anteed or no pay required. Correspondent solicited. K. A- PRKSSLY, Jan. 13, 1S86. tf Lowndesvllle, S. C. . KTO. 3421 Treasury Department, Lt I / X ' i Office of Comptroller of the Currenc; Washington, December 16th, 1885. WHEREAS, by satisfactory evidence pri sen ted to (he undersigned, it lias bet - made to appear that "Tie National Bait of AlMle, in the TOWN OF ABBEVILLE, in the Com ty of A BISKYILLK, and State of SOCT] i-1 CAItOLINA, lias complied with all the pr< I visions of the I to vised Statutes of the Unite . States, required 10 be complied with before a I association shall be authorized to comment the business of Banking; 'Now therefore I, IIKXItY W. CANXO> [. | Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby eert .. fv Hint ''Tfrrc NATIONAL HANK OK A HBP n ' VILLK." in the Town of Abbeville, in til 1 Cmintv of Abbeville, and Stale of South Cai | olina,"is authorized toeomnience the busines of Hanking as provided in Section Fifty on hundred and sixty nine of the Revised Sta | utes of the United States. In testimony whereof witness my lian ? i (L.S.]and Seal of ollice this iGth day of D< ccuiber, 1&&. II. W. CANNON, Comptroller of the Currency. 1 Dee. 21. 188o. tf r i Buggy Lap Robes. JUST received a nice lotof Linen Lap Rob^ beaut iluliyembroidered. which I will sel j cheap. Call at. my harness shop. April 7, l.SSfi, tf T1IUS. REGGS. Attention, Ladies. , II/IIEN yon arc invited to ride in a buss; i W to Due West or anywhere else, sot- thn ,, your relative or friend has got one of thos [ nice Linen Lap Robes from tiie subscriber jit may save you a nice dress. ' April 7, ISSi, tf THOS. REGGS. ?j Cribs and Cradles. I^OLPJNG (MlIRS. with woven wire bot toms, a new and excellent article, price! from $3.00 to $7.50. Cradles, $ 1 :S>. Swing era dies, $2.o0. J. D. CHALMERS & CO. Nov. 25, 1SS-3. tf - ?? ????itewi CAROLINA CHIEF. ??? * ; rJ THOSE parties desiring the services of this thoroughbred registered Jersey bull wll! be pleased to know thsit he will be statlor.ed at Abbeville for the next two months. Ho will he kept at. the residence of It. C. Wilson, on Floral Hill. Service fee $5.00. Parties wishing to purchase Jerseys should consult the undersigned before Investing. R C WILSON^ Jan. 27,18S6. Press and Banner office. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. ' , '''%? "j Loudle N. Speer acd Martha E. Norwood, Administratrix, Ac., against Jennie' P. , Glyinph, Fannie N. Townscnd, et al. 11 I: f N obedience to the ordor of the Conrt here* ? I in, all partica with whom the late Dr. W. C. NORWOOD, in his llfetlmp, entered Into any contract or contracts for the sale of any I ? a nt?/l U.itm <to irat vo/ialt^Afl rc?ll COl?tC IUJU Willi uato u?/u ua jvv ivwi ?v%? titles for the same, arc hereby notified nn(^re> quired to prove their respective claims before me on or before the first day of June, 1886. I * >? - * .-r ? :%i*7 I J. C. KLUGHr ' Master; March 13, 18S6. 4t . . - : M An Ordinance I r J Against Carrying And Using Sling ' * Shots. r- HPHE careless and Improper use of Sling 0 I Shots in the Public Square and streets to r- fhe destruction of private property havhig 10 been reported to the Council by Sundry pere sons, notice Is hereby given that the use at * Sling Shots In the Public Square and street* Is forbidden by Ordinance and the Town Marshal is Instructed and requirpd to arrest all n persons violating this Ordiuauce. 0 By order of Council. ? J. S. HAMMOND, ; I1 Intendant ie March 17, 1836. tf f Perfection . . . .'-A ID TTAS nt last been reached in cotton nna !" XI Com planters. The AIcCULLOCH COTTON and COLIN planter and guano distribue tor Is the cheapest, the simplest and tbe best, for the following reasons : 1. It can be attached to any plow stock. 2. It can be managed by arty boy. 3. It will drop the seed in the hill at any re - quired distance apart or sow them in any given thick nes< and covers. 4. it saves the work of an extra horse and 5 two hands. 5. It costs only $3.50 and does not get out of order. Call and see for yourself and yon will flnd . that you cannot afford lo be without one. Or3 der* maj be left with ihe undersigned or with Capt. Witter at the New Hotel. J. W. McCULLOCH. S March 10, 1886. tf . ip Be Careful. DO not undertake to brcnk your colts with old harness; you may ruin them. Come - > - and pet a new one that you can depend on,ut a reasonable pt ice. from April 7,1SS?, tf TIIOS. BEGGS. . s VALUABLE # h ALL thnt tract of land situate In Calhonii township, Abbeville county, on Little River, and known as the TENNENT place. - and containing c.* Six Hundred & Forty Acres, Irnore or less, with nhout ONE HUNDRED . ' AND FIPrY ACHES of cleared land, inetndInH SEVKNTY-K1VK ACbBS of tplentftd bottom land on Little River, balance In orlsi* f nal forest and second prowth; Min>e miles of ^ g. depot on Savannah Valley Railroad. A For terms apply to * , * DR. J. A. GIBERT, lie iu Bordeaux, S. C. " ;T MR. S. F. GIKERT, Lebanon, 8. C. and ORVILLE T. CALHOUN, Attorney at Lawr Abbeville, S. C. March 10,1SSC, tf Good Meals. JH ATTIE ADAMS still keeps a RESTAURANT on the Dendy corner. Good meals at all hours ol the day. Jan. 27, lfcSO, tf ' Terra Cotta Wells. oi rpHE undersigned will put you up a 19 Inch i Terra Col ta Well for halt the price nl a dug one. The common w.ood bucket is used ? for drawing water. The cleaning out is the work of u moment by keeping a galvanized sheet Iron bucket in the bottom to be hooked out at wilt. .Satisfaction guumntf-ed. Also ageut for the celebrated Cucumber Pump. C. M. CALHOUN, Greenwood, S. C. They nre frog proof and superior to one ring. . Joel S. Bailey, Greenwood. They ore bound lo take precedence over all others. Prof. Blake, Grceuwood. Joe Jjigon, Bradley. e. Bcv. II. Smart, Troy, lc l)r. L. Anderson, Ninety-Six. I?ev. Presftly, Due West. I). J. Ward law, McCormick. 100 other names given if necessary. Feb. 24, l&tf. lj r ! GARDEN SEtD. >r r :c w '' E HAVE received a large suppply of LAIRETH'S GARDEN SEED, All varieties, and warrented fresh. ^ H. W. Lawson & Co. Feb. 10, 1SS6. if , . I Seal, | fficllwaine n &, Co. e r,s J JJaVE on hand almost every variety o| ^CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and : WAGONS, " J which they oftcr to their customers on the | most advantageous terms. {'ripairim a specialty. ? I With tlic best of workmen In every branch of our business, and an abundant supply of lumber, and other materials, we are prepared to do all kinds of repairing in the vory beet manner, at the shortest notice, and on the most accommodating terms. All work fully warranted. ! SEAL, McILWAINE & CO,, ' Washington Street.