The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, September 01, 1886, Image 3

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The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 1886, The "Ki'sprclablc" People thai Iiil Within tin-last few weeks quite a numb of murders have occurred in tills State, ai Within the sumo length of time, an Kdgolic Jury has tarnished ono more proof that the Is little* law for the protection of the person South Carolina. Ono killing occurred son 'what in this way: A constable's posse wet In search a negro charged with a trilli 'crime. They caught sonic negroes pJayii Vards. These high ollieials thought the ncg they wanted was In the party. The negro Van. The constable or his posse fired ai killed a man as he ran. It was then learm that the negro for whom they were in scan was not even among the parly. Of cour the constable and his party expressed the regret at the mistake, and of course Hie loc newspaper, as is the custom, was ready to ci tify to the respectability of the murderers. If not out of place, we should like to knu by what authority, a trial justice constat) becomes executioner? 15y what legal rigl tire these petty otliees empowered with tl uutl o Ity to shoot and kill whomsoever th< please? Another matter, which has occasloncd r mark on our streets, is, tlie great number "respectable'' and "respectably conneetci men who have thought it necessary kill somebody. From the published stat monts the reader may be led to believe tin our "respectable" people have turned out l<e a class of privileged murderers?we sr "privileged" for the reason that these "respe table*' people atv never, or at best, seldoi Vmnlshed for the disgraceful killings in wliic they arc so often engaged. If the statements of the various ncwspi pers, by editorial or oilier comment, Is to I t?ken as a criterion, very few men except tl "respectable" or "respectably" conncctc ' commit murder now. If tiiis is true the must Sea reason for it. Docs that resist And excuse In the fact that these "respect ble" people have lost their money, or liai (Abandoned the wholesome rules of industi tind'eeouomy by which men are enabled support themselves and their families ilecen ly and comfortably? Or, has it comes to till that a bloody hand is the test of "rcspectab: ity." In the olden times "rcspectab'o" pe pie were not the class who committed mu tier, except under the Code, which sanction* duelling, but now it seems to be rule for "r Ridable" men to shoot a poor fellow, with without cause, as he runs. If the victim shot before lie has time to turn and run tl plea of self-defense is always good. Does Xot Complain. ?\' The rrcss anrl Banner complains Ibat Pen tor Hampton did not extend any courtesies i,.. vrwit.iiwrii ,tf iho Press Association 011 tIk recent visit to Washington. This is n cru complaint to make. under the circumstance Senator Hampton has recently lost, a broth tind a (laughter, and of course could feel i sympathy with a gay and festive party of < cursionists bent on pleasure and sight-scciii ?yeubei-ry Observer Our neighbor is entirely mistaken when 1 says we "complained"' of Senator Hampto If \vc wrote so as to convoy that idea it, w from our lack of a knowledge of the prop use of the Knglish language. \V"e meant 1 "complaint' at all. We merely recited a fat "We iiave no "complaint" of Senator Ham ton. Personally, the Press and Bam> expected no "courtesies" from him or an lnidy else, and being no hero-worshipper, tli newspaper was not disappointed and did 11 "complain." Senator Hampton could co fer no honors on the South Carolina Pre Association, and therefore we had no right "complain." What we most regret is, tli our critic should be able to see only evil I the Press and Banner. ? ? Let (he Voter be on His Guard. Wc learn that various reports arc in circi Intion in reference tc? tlio candidate* to I voted for on next Saturday, and we woul suggest that our people be not too ready i believe any of them. Each of the candidati are honorable men, and, so far as we hav iufortnat'on, tliey are running a fair rac The candidates themselves would discount nance any act which would tend to tlie ii jury of any competitor. If the voter wi cast his own vote, and vote, according to ii own convictions, for the best men, ail will I well. Tiicre is no man in the field who not capable of filling any office for which 1 * Js a candidate. Take your choice, and ca your vote accordingly. THE ANDERSON PRIMARIES. Murray nn<l Vliitiicr 'Will Have t Make a Second Itace for the Sei ate?Three Representatives Selee CI. Columbia Itcr/Mcr. Ajtof.iwon, s. c., Aujiust 2s. ?The primal election In-Ill In this county Thursday retail ed as follows: Total number of votes cast, 3,l"0; nccossai - for election, 1,710. For Senator?E. R. Murray received l,"2s, F. Whitncr 925, It. 1'. (,'llnkscales !?j?. Clin scales is therefore dropped for the second ra< For Representatives- J. \V. Daniels, 2,-">K IJrown,2.61": I. A. Hudgens, : J.<\ Whl Held, 1,M0; K. V. Earle,l/.18. Earle and Win field will therefore try it again. Earle, hoi ever, speaks of withdrawing from the secoi race. For Probate Judge?'W. F. ("ox, 1 ."21; E. V Long, 1.01.1. There were four candidates f< this olflce. The two mentioned will have try over. For School Commissioner?J. O. OinkseaU 3,713; It. W. Todd. l.Wt. r DIED OF HYDROPHOBIA. Shocking ItcHtli of Major T.ovi I/, It rami. n Prominent Citizen < Edgefield County. Johnston, s. ('., anz. 23.?Major Levi I. brand, a prominent citizen of Ibis count AV HO II VL'U ll'll Hliif? iium ijiiiimm died this morning of hydrophobic, sifter 1 teuso suffering.' Last Spring lie was bitten 1 it coinnion cur do?, which was generally sn posed to l>o mad; hut the Major did not lliit there was anything wrong with the dog, ai resented the poiMbility of any had resul from the bite. His friends advised him to < to 1*111*18 and be inoculated by Pasteur, but I made light ot their fears. The wound heal< up quickly, and 110 notice was taken of it u til a few (lays since, when tin; Major devi op-.-d hydrophobia in its most malignant fori -Ma.ior I-ybrand was a prominent miltta Unserved through the entire period the war under Cioncrul Munigault, "and w distinguished jus a tirave ami gallant soldi* Ki'iil Kstato 'I'r;iiisl'crs. Mary .Jones to Kcbmia Cobb. 1 lot 7-"i \ fwt, ltth township, S2>, July Is<(;. bounded I 3Istry Jonos nncl.)J. s. (./otiiran. John I) Cochran and others to \V. IS. I,o' trance, 1-lCth part of several tracts of land, :> township, SJ(9.5!>. A. M. Weed and W. K. Weed to It. A, >1 Casliin, 1 lot, Oth township, Deecnib 15th 1SSI, bounded by J. S. Jlurnett, It. V Lites, J. W. Lyon. L. J. Merriman to C. W. Crows, so acres, L'i township, Si,aw, July 21, ISS'j, bounded by K. Oldham, C. M. Calhoun. Mrs. V. ii. Leo to Nick Middlcton, r>2 acrt 15th township, $11(1. Ausu^t- 7, UN!, boundi V. 1). Leo, Alston Kslato. Morrali Kstate. Mrs. K. C. Hell to John Iienr.v I'cll, <?J acn 12th township, S'<I0. July 21, l.voi, bounded I W. T. Ml I ford, W. 1'. McCuricr, L. lSowt-u at others. itlortsaem on liiiiuls. A resri cmtate agent in Athens says thut ou *:ts cannotijct half their value for farm lam ;jmiu iiiu liiist uuii-pw v gaged that purchasers will sec them pat < the block, when they can buy land at a me *oug. Northern loan companies, it is sal ( Jiiive deeds to vi\tt Rreas of farming lands, " .Northeast Georgia, and liul one place 111 llf Will be redeemed. The freight depots of the Air-Lint', Npartai burn and (Tnion and lite Aslieville ami Spa tanburjj railroads, at Spartan hurt:, have bet ?-<>nsoliilate(l under one iccut. l'res.idei Jlaoul, of the Augusta and l\ noxvillc kikI II 4>re \yuiid. I.iiincn. and S|>:ui:(iil>:iig ra roids, vvas in Spaj'tauburg la-t week consul lug with oJllcliils of the tli\st named rout mid we learn they eame to an agreement Ijuiitl a uiiloii p. . ..y-uigor depot iu that city. THE RAILROAD QUESTION. | A A PERTINENT LETTER FROM "AMICUS." , Shall llio Many be Oiiprcsscil for the j j ? Itcni'iit of tlio Fciv?Tlic ltailroad i nu l.j Situation at One West. I *] l>r! It Is natural for every community, whether I, i a rural settlement or an incorporated town i d | wiili its su|nrior ad van taxes, both literary Ul antisocial, to make sueli improvements as j ^ 1V will he conducive both to the prosperity of i the citizens and the widest dissemination ofj j 111 evangelical doctrines. Tliis principle is onelt.a, 10 of universal practice : it is one of the deep-j 'j: ,1 rooted and ineradicable propensities of our! j 'nature. The savage, in bis untutored state,} \ ,R without a single ray of divine light, without ig even n thought of tiie one omniscient and * y ro omnipotent creator of the universe, practices it. 1 lis diU'erent plans and schemes may be l's | without that element so essential to success, id system ; yet they are types or representations s Hj of liis idea of such thincs. They po' lray to . , us at once his mental or.subjecti ve state; they j y arc his natural proclivities expressed in the rp, xej form of volitions. I I,, j Incorporated villages, as a rule, nro more | concerned about things of this kind, especial- j aI ly tin- construction of railroads, than uinno- i j. r- tested rural vicinities. A post-oltice with two i Vc, j or .three stores must lie incorporated by nj I special act of the Legislature; next a town j vv council must he elected, the inevitable conselc qucnce of which is an abominable town tax ' ,** l,t to buy u.sclrxs street lumps, etc.; and finally the ; I!5(j {Iron monster with his extended tail must ' ,c i conic putHns; through her limits, the ineviia ?] jy I ble consequences of which arc a grog shop, a * I police and a calaboose. The town isnowconi- ; Hilete; no other improvement can increase its 1,SI' lapplness, the race is run?the goal reached. ' oi l The railroad ijuestion has been agitated in ,lUl the quiet town of Due West for three or four ! years. Different methods have been suggest1? el by the far-seeing and staunch citizens of C e.! tlie "Athens of South Carolina," but thus far, .1 ,,,'allin vain! Different companies have en- J jdeavored to appease thetuniult of excitement j j by gratifying lier citizens witli the constant J iy I visits of the locomotive, but with the same tor " lainenlahle result. (Speeches from men whose J | literary fame is all but universal, from men of n> whose moral integrity Is unitnpenchahle, have / :ii been delivered at different places in behalf of 1 ; this seemingly noble cause, but passed oil', I ter j not only unprolitie, but even detrimental to I T a*, the widespread reputation of some of her lit- lSii >e erary geniuses and polished orators. Well do I J ' we remember the excitement that prevailed jju' j four years ago wl.en the engineer was survey- ] d, ing the path or that ever welcomed visitor. 1 re | Time-beat en and time-honored men, whose vil . I hoary hairs gave unmistakable testimony of "\ | tlie nearness of their tinal departure, were :>> | toi a-; parent ly transported Into the visor of youth. i< to | The whole town was in a general upi'oar. Tlie .1 ... spot lor the depot was abou tdeel '.ed. Every ? - j thing was moving harmoniously; it was al- ! lo 1 most Possible to sec the ilux flyimr from the J it-! liills, to limr the runiblinK sound of the mid- j \ : ] night traveler ! The excitement prevailed J | not only anions the citizens but also among | .] il- j tiie young men of tlie College, the disease was llo o- contagious. They looked forward with much I j anxiety to the consummation of that work .1 I the anticipated result of which would be the ^ id) constant increase of the town until she would Ch t>. eventually reach the limits of some grand, l I and as yet unknown metropolis! J ! Hut Had to say, "every sunshine has Its ( is | shadow," and so it was with the llrst at- ,j llc tempt to get a railroad. The excitement con- ^ ' j tinned for some time but finally passed away, of | as a cloud before the splendor of the sun, to > | be heard of. and talked of no more. The Mi only memorial extant of that unsuccessful s I attempt is a mark on a certain tree in town Mi l!X.' cut by the engineer ami claimed to represent i toi"sea level!" S >{r Korean we pass without mentioning the vil ,.l| close contest between tiie railroad and I ?s, I anti-railroad parties no later than last year. Mi d i K1very one is familiar with the event and \ ,o | therefore it needs but little commentation. J x.' Speeches were made on that occasion by her ! J i<?t j leading citizens. Meetings to discuss this all- etl e" j important question were held not only in the ! I I town but in the surrounding country. Men j Oct 1101 of every class and profession participated in j V II. j iliU IUlfllMC MiS>l UvV?r.XJIUKi \\j viuiuxve ?| uu< as i cause, others to decry it. Eloquent speeches I j ' j were made In I.inUsay Hall in bebnll of this uc 01 I pregnant step. Due West, with ail her forces | / 10 ' arr.iyeU in opposition to that noble scheme, nc .( j was compared to the little"beli;;erent animal t J I that voluntarily ofl'ered battle to the ap- Scj P* proachlng locomotive!" The waiving slopes J er of tieorgia. in the vicinity of Donivlllo, which t J y I once wonId hanlly "sprout- peas'' ami which Ga '.7 eoulil easily have boon purchased for almost | J 1,8 nothing, but now,'owing to the construction i 1, 1 ot; of the Air Line Kojid can hardly he bought at I li I,, i any price, was said to lie a foe simile of her.'Ap lease. Kvery argument that ingenious man J ss could tic vise to ''disarm prejudice, and call S. < to j into play the sober reason and calmjudg- J ,lt mcntof man" was used on that occasion. Ga . i Iiul alas! the whole jiiriir was but as a bubble V ; that rises, bursts, and is seen no more ! I by I Truly Hue West has done her duty in trying | 11 I toget a railroad. Hut has she ever viewed iSei j the subject in the right light ? I iocs she real-1 J II v need one? Will a railroad be beneficial lojga, ! the town? Wiihout the slightest degree of ii j deliberation a fair and Impartial decision ue- .1 }q ' cessiiates a negative answer. This place is s 11 not an agricultural but a literary scat. At Ga 111 j least one half, if not more, of her citizens are J to dependent either directly or indirectly on the .1 L?s seminaries of learning, established there, lor Dei .their means of subsistence. The seminaries I .1 , of learning are dependent diieetly on the .1 e.: patronage of their many and highly esteemed i V e. friend*. The many friends patronize the in- / 'stitutions, saeriflee themselves and their I' "* money to send their sonsaud divflghters there 1SK: 11 because it is a moral place?a place "free from J js the many templationsand alluicments which ! Tw ' j besfit the young man when away from the ,e Christian infUu'iiccsof a pious father and ai .1 is i lovinsr mother?a place free from the gro? J ' shop, free from sparkling wine and intoxicat- ! ga. ins liquors! 't he catalogue of the College! 'J sl: itxfl/ says "the location is high and healthy,! J | the population around moral and correct: the X. j temptations to vice and crime are lew com-' ( I pared with those that exist in large towns and lSil' cities." Such the citizens claim to be; such V in fact they are; and we itin only say, i S "thanks be unto (iod that such is the case." ilia ! Give them a railroad and yon ?ive them | 1o thorns and thisilcs?yon give them vice in! 1 I every shape and form. Establish n depot in ry their midst and von establish a grog shop; S t- j you disscmmlnalc the seeds of vice and cor-! J j rnption; you subject our youiik men to temp- j 1' tntinns and allurements equal in every re- Jul speci 10 uiose 01 "largo xowns aim ciucs: ioi> y'Throw such tetnptailons before our young I V [t- 111011 ami you will place our institutions upon ta, jthe piano of moral and religious equality 1 J ryjwith those of larger places. I?o tliis and the Jul i Inevitable consequence will ho a decrease of J IS. j attendants. Decrease the nnnihor of pupils S. ( k- and you not only weaken,and probably close, \ e.1 the Collegos. hut you deprive one-half of llio \ ">; citizens of their present moans of subnet cncc! frc It-! We admit th;it a railroad would benefit her it-1 merchants, hut we do not admit that they are ; iv* i sufieri ng for such a step. id I The decision then can bo r?nchod by an-J -i sworliisr the following question: Would it hojos. V*. j hi-tt'-r to benefit a few merchants and dbcom- j i?r' mode one-half of her citizens, or vice verm? L1 to Answer this fairly and impartially and you A, will have decided the question at issue, s, AMICUS. ?|, , , Ion i I'ti STONY POINTS. 'J I oil lol ' *ll < ym j Items of Sews :is Ih'ixirleil by the Fa- < ?r! cilo I*on ol' ! be U1 ( 1 fot Stony I'oint, S. C.. August TO, lSsfi. i,s | The seasons have been favorable! for two an y- weeks past and the yield of the tlecey staple ] oil .v.j is promising. tin ?. Mrs. (i. 1'. o'Xcall returned from a visit to he " Waterloo a 'ew days past. j ( >.v Mr. and Mrs. John Kolhrick Iiave our svtn- inl !' pathios in the protracted illness of their little sin >K| daughter. in,, i Miss Florence Rtacey is ofl' on a visit to ] ut., { friends in rickens. A pleasant trip to her. inl iio i Ciil Ijiw will soon have llit> larires? vino- i.v I"' yard in I'pper Carolina. in''11 Mr. David Aiken loaves this week for a trip , '[ j to Pickens. i -'* Mr. liowen, of Kasley, was the guest of Mrs.) i?.' stswM-y a few days past. i'y | Mr. J. U. O'.Wall is preparing to plant an extensivevineyard. :is! I?r. and Mrs. <{. i, Cannon, of ('okesbury. I i and Mr. tieonre M. Smith, of Salem, sp--nt aj few days with Mr. havid Aiken last week. Mr. l?rennan, of Atlanta, was in town a> few days past. Our thanks to Mr..I. M. Major for a sample) *y of excellent sorghum. The Sunday School at tliis place lias been i iy* I much revived l?y t lie fleet ion of Mr. Major as j (Superintendent, r/Vc Mrs. I,. It. Iiautzlcr, re-I tsigned. Mr. l>avid Aiken takes Mr. Major's! c" former position, thai of Secretary. !?'" ijuito a congregation assembled at tin-! * .school house on yesterday, expecting to hear .! a sermon from I lev. Mr. Rogers. Many werej ., the expressions of rejrret when it was an-| " J nouueed that it was impossible for him to cotnc out mi account of sickness. We hope ho may soon recover, and be enabled to be! -,l* | Willi lis at sonic time not far distant. ! j >!!'. <1UIIH'> ViUUvwii ciiiimni ??? Iiatv jiii 14 i ; the lirst open cotton in .St' iiy I'oint. MJJX'lU. a child is killed. ii- ? ?. Is l-iCorm-l Account ??!' tile (iill in;; ?>!' J." Mr. W. I,. Nriiwrt^lit's tliuiiiltfor-?/i<t il, I'licts Wit it'll >: HKt TdiicIi livery1 ['! Heart. j??>n.\i.i>svii.i,k, s. (*., aiikusi ihvi. i 'j A sail accident o?'eiirrcd three-fourths of h 1 s<-'' tl_ mile above here to-tiiiy. A little child of Mr.; *>K r. \V. Ij. Neawrlsiht (a-icd I vni years) wim st ruek I" by tho down piuiscinrer train and instantly l?il i,(_' killed. She was standing on I lie end of cross bn i,. j ties. TImj cylinder chest, struck heron tlic jl_ ; head eriisldtu the rinht. side of the faeejue j. | breaking the neck and leflarm in two places,; ies Is A Jury of Inquest will enquire Into the mat-' tin i,j ' ter tomorrow. Engineer livuns and his flro-j vai ^touu will l>c examined. \V. 31. I thi CO. I, 19th S. C. V. Uo<'?sr?I of lis JlrinltorNliip?.i Xoi of Some of its Olliccr* ami Mo fliers. OA IT A INS. [ null Robinson, mustered for twel' Hit lis Stut ir serviro. uldison Cllnkseales, elected Captain nt i ranization or the war, died of disease Api t>To. LIEUTENANTS. iteplion M. Tril.blo, returned liome fro I'ilith .Mississippi, died of disease, ohu Itoberl Kills, discharged, died of di :e. tobert, W. Crawford, wounded at Atlanta, allies Mav'Hl. I*1111 *i>ii V Irilleil In lint.Ma Inula, July 2S, ism. Villinm X. iiamiuou, wounded at Cliic lUga. SKKGEAXTS. amucl C. McClain, killed in battle nt Be ivillo, N. .March 2ii, lMio. V. D. .Stone, killed iu battle at Frankli mi., November, '!, 1X01. V'illlam U McAdams. !. 1*. Cullaham. leorgc \V. I!rownlco, captured at Missions J ire?, died of disease at Richmond, Vu., N nbor 2o, lSUi. COKPOKALS. iiidrc II. Callaham, died of disease July 1 nl ins K. Moore. sane ('. Sebright. . T. Kielu-y. I. M. Ellis, discharRed at Charleston, Mar amcs Shirley, died of disease at Itoek Ii J, Missionary, IMclgo. PlllVATES. ieorgc \V. Alewine. uliu I). Alewine. osepli Alewine. 'rancls Alewine. aines 1). Ashley, died of disease at Charic i, February (5, ISO.'. olir. J. Ashley, wounded July 22, ISC2, di< disease at Gun town. Miss., June 1864. laron Ashley, uled of disease July 1S5-1. {eulien T. Ashley, died of disease at Chi , S. ('., May 1M55. liompson Branyon, died of disease Octob I, in Ky. ohn It. l!ranyo?, died of disease at ills ly ;?(), l.MIJ. lenry JJralehcr. tnbert )?. Hrateher, discharged at Shelb lo, leiin., F? bruuiy 1m>3. V'lillam Hurton, died of disease at Charh i February 18-12. 'rancis M. Hell. ames W. Hell. iteven liroclc. lainucl Hrateher, died of disease at home ohn T. Clump. Vllliani Clamp, died 6f disease 1S01. amcs A. Crawford. . Frankllu Crawford, died of disease ck Island. April 20,1MJ4. .oilis K. Clinkscales. . liaylis liorr. died of disease 1SS|. V. Franklin Duncan, died of disease aiicstou, S. (\, March l?u^. iicliard Duncan. Olin H. Duncan, died of disease 1SS3. icorcc \V. Davis, wounded July 22, 1&31. ames Darbcy, wounded July '22,1^04. fancey Dove, wounded July 22, 1S01, di diseiise August 1, 1804. I. Elgin, died of disease at Enterprls ss., May 1, 1802. :. .Milton Kisher, discharged nt Saltill ss., July 27, 1S02. ieorge W. Fields. trolhcr Freeman, discharged nt Shclb le, Tenn . February ISiPf. Jeuhen Ii. Freeman, discharged at Tupel ss., July 1SG2. V. G. Freeman. olin Guliter. nines Gr.nler. (killed on picket near Mat a, Ga, June 27, It61. tobert K. 11 use, surrendered at I.ynes, St; tober 20,1S02, and a.-aiti July 2S, 1804. Vesley A. Huso, left in Kentucky lu 15 J never lienrd from. olin A. Hinton, left at DaltoD, Ga, ni ^cr heard from. l. Ii. Hutch ins, lost near Dalton, Ga., ni Yer heard troin. nines Jones, killed In battle at Cblcamaui ptcinber 20, lt-63. jfvin Johnes. oil11 Johnson, killed in battle near Atlanl ., July 2<, 1SBL iarvey .M. Kay. died of disease Novcmb 802. L. 11. Kay, died of disease at Cliarlesto Til 1S02. nines II. Kay, died of disease at C'olumbi December 2. ISt>2. olin T. Kur, <lie<l of disease at Cuiubcrlm p, Ky., October ISO'.'. t'illiam I.. Loner, died of disease at .Sin k'ille, Tenn., November 1S02. iolit. M. Martin, died of disease at lion >tcnil>er '!, I-'fi'l. lenry Mattox, died of disease at Chattaiu i Tenn., .August li03. t. N. Mitchell. olin M. Moore, died of disease, amucl M. McClain, wounded at Atlanl , July 24, died J illy 31,1801. . <). McClain. anies M. McClain, died of disease at lion ireinher IS'14. (dm McDonald. aspcr II. Martin. ? t'illiam A. McClain. i licnton McClain, eter lliekctts, died in hospital Novotnb 1. ( asville. Ga. . T. Itussell. died of disease at Shclbyvill in., Decetuher 1S02. sane llobiuson. olin A.Sims. allies H. Sims, killed in battlent C'lilcnmn September 20, ISI!2 hos. H. Sims, died of disease iss:j. ames Smith, died of disease at High I'oli ('., May lsiiS. aleti Smltli, dropped from the roll Januai lar.d December 1SU2. V. I,. Strickland. teven K. Strickland, discharged ntCan mpion Columbia. s. C., December31,1SGI. 'ranklln Strickland. I. \V. Shaw, transferred to 17th S. C. Infar .\ia re11 imi.:. amuel s. Sims. ohn \V. Smith. 'oily S. Simmons, wonmletl at Allnnta O: ly 'II, lSJl died at Atlanta, Ua., August 1. William Webb. killed in bat'le near Atlu Oa., July t'S, I si I. allies M. Williams, wounded at Atlan !y 27.l*(i). died July 'J-!, lS'U. I. W. Williams, died of disease Charlesto l'., M arcli l.%"_\ V. Tlios. Young. Vesloy 1). Young, killed In battle nt Mi esburo, Tenn., December 1S??2. Don't 1?<? It! fHampton G'uardimi.} 'he campaign is now upon us in good ear , and candidates are getting proverbial lite to their "relatives, friends and n iantanees,'' and the public generally. It ne that the people generally should a<s< ir manliness. They should let severe ?ne thai candidate who, instead of run nil Ids own inorts, tries to build himself up I Hiii!; down some one else. . ['he candidal who tries to buy his way in See with cheap whisky, whether at ilu b; . box or elsewhere, should be let severe me. Jtlier tilings being equal, regard should al had for the men who were always to md in the forefront of the battle thatga the victory in ls")i. Those who hung bai d refilled to give, then ami aftcrwan her their means or sympathies, to aid ? struagle for 1 xnioeratlc supreinaey, sliou given t he go by. _ . niiilnlatcs should no chosen solely in i It-rests of public good. l'ersonal conditio mild he buried, as tar as possible. We \vn best men we ean net to till the public t t*s?men of a high sense of honor, men men of sobriety, men who are ea| : of discharging properly the duties devol ; upon them. Nwoetlunrt. 'Tis the prettiest word That ever was heard From lover to his near one, it means much more Than tifty score Of darling, pet and dear one. To lover tall l)oth 11 recall Ilis little lady slender; ller check's ripe peach His heart both strong and tender. And he her eye I.Ike summer sky. Or be it black and (.'b urning, Ami be she small, Or queenly tall, This word lor her is seeming. Sweetheart, sweetheart, If not one part Be hers nf beauty's power, Her heart so true Hi-:its NWi'i-l for vnn. You crave no taitcr dower. If loved were I And I should die, l!y him who'd learned to love me, Mi^ht on in>* stone ".Sweetheart" alone r.e sadly cut above me. ic l>iflcrcm*v SSctwccn Arson mi ?l u rilcr. Greenville Xew.i. Miroe ncfrrncs lie in Kdjulicld Jail unci itcnee of death lor arson, llieir crime eo liiiir, we believe, in the hurniux ol a bar the same jail there is a while man wl led three other while men in eold hlooi t whose trial at the recent term of C'ou lilted In a Ilium jury. These lads sit^e ul ions calculation in criminal mathema and tlic Kdjfelield scale ol punishineiil general result heiH}; that whtleone barn I tied at the life of three licsrroes, the lives i ee wliite iucu have no value at all. NINETY-SIX COMMENTS. N i MATTERS OF INTEREST FROM THE STOCK COUNTS Y. The Xarrow A djntant and Inxpct'Jor <?ciioral--"OIil Foffie.H mid CrartkN*' - Union Sunday Scliool .fleeting;-- Honored Gncst.s??.Nyiii pnm thy for Defeated Candidates. Ninety-Six, August 30, lusfi. is- Wo desire to offer our sympathy to thedcfcatod itindidatcs. With one or two exception* they nil ran well. While a large minority vote does not elect it is very consoling-, at (.'apt. King lias built one of flic best bridges in the county over Wilson's creek.on the road a- between Ninety-Six and Watt's Ferry, rt is above high water mark anil will last almost always. The County Commissioners hud always best employ the best workmen to build n- thtSSe bridges, it pays best in the long run. Those of our farmers who lost tiieir corn n, crops in me nouoms nre uikiiik auvantage 01 the giass that has grown up, and large quantities nre being cut and saved for winter consumption. ry All persons <vho wish to purchase a pure aro tide of red oals for planting purposes, can secure the same by writing to Mr. E. K. Addison at Ninety-Six, he has none but the best of everything. j Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Anderson who have ' been absent for several weeks have returned. General M. L. Honham. Jr., Adjutant and Inspector General of South Carolina passed up on Friday. His Ninetv-SIx friends turned cl, out en masse to shako his hand and congriiiu! late him. ills appointment means that, the si.! cause of military education is not on the wane as some of our people were weak enough to believe. Long five the soulh Carolina University ami Citadel Academy. Col. J. P. Phillips, who lias been absent for some time, lias returned. I)r. R. G. Turner and wife, of Edgefield county, who have been visiting Mrs. Turner'* sister, Mrs. Dr. G. F. E. AVenck, have return:s* cd to their home. Capt. G. T. Jackson who has been spending some weeks at Gicnn Springs, has returned He reports a nice crowd at the Springs and says lie had a good time. :s" Mr. and Mrs. Probst and Mrs. QuarlOH have returned from a pleasant ti ip to the mounor tains. Mr. S. M. Walton has been appointed post s*i master at Dyson's. A groat convenience to the good people of that community. We think the "church fogies and cranks" )' can work up a good voto on prohibition when the time comes. JS" Capt. David Boyd, of I lie firm of Alexander Stuart & Co., has returned from a visit to North Carolina and Tennessee. Mr. J. It. Hopkins, of Hopkins T. 0, South Carolina Kallroad, who has been visiting Mr. J. Henry Iticc, has returned to his home. Don't forget to plant turnips and sow some rye for the cows. All Ninety-Six rejoices over the nomlnaM tlon of Capt. lionham for Adjutant and Inspector General. East End Is especially Jubilant. Trial Justice Moore sent up one Austin !l1 Weaver for larceny from the field and Fish Harris for gambling, both negroes. Last Sunday was the 5th Sunday and as Is usual oil every 5th Sunday the MtKlay Schools meet ill union at one or the other of the churches and a speaker is provided to lecture the united schools. J,astSunday wns llie day in course at the Baptist church and the ie> Superintendent ot that school had invited Mr. 11 S. Morgan, of Greenville, to deliver the address. The house was crowded and tiie lecture was a fine one. Mr. Morgan has certainly given the Sunday .School question ti good y- deal of study. For one hour he held the audience to tiie strictest attention. Mr. Pratt the Superintendent of tiie Baptist Sunday School is entitled to thanks for making so wise a selection. I?r. Wit dd el I and Capt. Parks were in town last Sunday. They will both get line support here next Saturday. * ? The communication in Inst week's isMtcof the 1'rcsnand Banner signed "Agitator" sounds! iul |jite 'hopes disappointed," or per haps It Is the! . outgrowth of a vain atlc-inpt to pull the wool j " over tiie eyes of an intelligent people. Yes it, Is true that "the representatives thus far elio-j ^ sen are sound on the prohibition onestion." and we are sure now that we will have a1 5a chance to vote the ft tuff out of Abbeville] County. We also believe that tiie advocates j of this measure are in the majority. Like a> wise men they have trimmed their lamps itud reckoned their hosts, and before the tiling is cr over "Anitator'' will llnd out that tiie "old I church logics and cranks" have a wonderful j in? amount of sti'i'iigtii and Influence, and that! I tiie friends of this measure also have "the es- j in>!scntial requisites to enter this contest (I. e.) j Km i ?i u ll nil lnl!iioni?n " >d The reports that have been circulated liy j some of tlio enemies of C'apt. James X. King, L'l* that he was a member of the Yankee army are too absurd to notice, and would not he ic noilced by us if It were not on the eve of the election. I have nothing to say of Ills. opponent, C'apt. Mann, I know him to be a gentleman and have voted for him more than once, and will do so again when it does not eontliet! wilh my neighbor and personal friend. The! ft. attempt to be it Capt. King by such reports Is too preposterous, (.'apt. King served through j the entire war with honor to himself and ,c credit to his State, and the falsity of sueh re-i ports is loo patent. A\'e trust Capt. King's] friends throughout the county will correct this unwarrantable slander wherever they hear It. Mrs. l'ansom Chanv, of "Cow Grove" who cr has been very ill is Improving. It Is remarkable that two members out of three of one law firm should be selected for j stale officers. AVc suggest now that Brother j Cason run for Congress. Mr. J. D. Moore who lias been enjoying the u- mountain breezes has returned. Mr. GeorgeSusong lias boen in Xinety-Slx for several days. lie is a banker at Morris->1, (own, Tenn., and has already purchased a! large block of the bonds of the Atlantic, ry Greenville and Western Hallway Company. Our Narrow Gauge Iloait Is progressing linely and before the lath of October the line will >1' have hcen graded rrom Wtcrs ononis r.novc Cokesbury to Augusta. EAST END. Democratic State Ticket. For Governor, J. r. Riciiakdson, of Clorcndon. j* For Lieutenant Governor, W. I,. Mal'Liiix. of Greenville, n- For Secretary of Stale, W. '/. liKiTNKu, of Kershaw. 'a For Comptroller General, W. k. Stoxky, of Berkeley. ' For Attorney General, J. 11. Eaulk, of Sumter, ir- Fur State Treasurer, I. S. Hamjikko, of Barnwell. For Adjutant and Inspector General, M. L. Hoxit am. Jh., of Abbeville. For Superintendent of Education, a- J. 11. Kick, of Abbeville. ly Kj. County Ticket. For State Senate, ly KonuitT It. IlKifrmr.L. For House of Representatives, Ijv J. N. YoUXO, K. J. Komxsox, to W. K. itAKMOKK, 11- W. H. I'.XUKKH, y For Probate Judye, J. F. Lvox. r... Fur County Commiisioncrs, '!p J. W. I.1TKS, ^,5 G. M. Maytisox. Is, Fur School Commissioner, in K. Co WAX. lit ? . ? The f. <i. A- f. It. It. ,,'Jj [.1 iken Journal.] nt Mr. K. W. Iladdon of I'me West, S. C'., one of .)!' the IHreotors of the Carolina, IHimheiland j ot finp and Chicaso Railroad. is In Aiken in the J )ii- interest ol that road. Col. It. K. Ilowen, I'rcs-1 iv- I dent of the rond, has secured the sot- vices of | one hundred convicts, who will be put to | work grading the road from Aiken to Croft's Mill. To enable the President to do this, it isi necessary that S!0,tH)i) he raised i:i and around Aiken, the money to ho used for fccdinc I he1 convicts and paying for guards, etc. When j Trenton is reached the road will come into! I iiwimiv !ii nvi.pv tou-n nloii" tin? linn lias i voted ii subscription to it, and the rest of till*: wot|; will bceiisy. Mr. !iaddon,nccomnnnled J by Captain W. W. Williams, Is actively can-J i vassing our citizens in aid of this urn ml pro-| Ject, iiiul i? meeting with cneonra-zlmf siiecc-s.! The money subscribed now will not bo called for until October. Cupt. J. N. lifiiK. Greenwood Tribune. We understand that reports detrimental to j our honored fellow citizen ('apt. J. N. King, I were in circulation just before the recent pri-! inniy election. Wciireglsul tohavcan oppor-' j t in; ity to correct these slanders. ('apt. King's! I war record is as good us any man's In South 1 j Carolina.' , No man did better service or went more [promptly to the front than he did. In the: I imiiiiti.wrti nC 1v*7f. Iia W?C (1 I'll i t 111*111 tlflil Until* ins worker for the Democratic parly, rapt. KitiS is :i sood and a uspliil citizen. In tlx* recent kIt?i-U show ut Ninety-Six lie took an :i?:-| live interest, and by tiio exhibits lie had on ' liand il is clear that lie is a model farmer and a man of thrift and enterprise. If elected liewill make one of the be>;t. iroiiuniKslotiers Abbeville county lias ever hud. The Judgeship. Ninkty-Six, s. Aiijrnst '!). 18^. It Is reasonably certain that .lintge t'otbran , er will lmelected to ('onsress, and in this event j 11- the Kighth Circuit will be without a Judge, 11. hut not without tlie host material to lili tin;s 10 i vacancy. Kor this place wc believe Col. J. J., J, I Norton, of Oconee, is now the fittest man.' rti ('ol. Norton's record ns a soldier, lawyer, ell ist! zen and christian Kentleman cannot tie sain- ' t-jsayed. Without one spot orhlcmisli hlshishji s, j character stands out as a shlnins lisht. The i1 is purity of the judiciary will he preserved, ami 11 jf a galiuut son rewarded by liis promotion to j j the Beucb. FAIR 1'LAY. ' THE NEGRO IN CONVENTION. His llcligious Status Before tlic Wnr ns Compnrcil with Ills Present. I*o- 1 Nltiou on Hnttera of Religion. Before t!>c late war and the subsequent, emancipation of the negro, much time nnd attention was -riven by many Christian owners f and the rectors of the Parishes, to the reunions instruction and moral training of their slaves. It was full to be a duty andobligntlon which while It pressed heavily on the conscience, they tried to meet as well as they could. The result, was measurably eneouraijIns, mnny of the slaves became, ns far as human judgment could determine, humble anil consistent followers of their master's God and Saviour. The Journals of the Convention of j 1 South C arolina show, by the Purocliml Re- ' ports that sonic thousands were com muni- . cants of the Chnrch. In the opinion of the writer, who gave the hest portion of his time and ministry to thiR work, those communicants were better and more consistent Christians than many of the same race who now profess great devotion to their crude and Ignorant ideas of religion. In the "dreadful" days of slavery the catcchumens were taught the truths as well as the morality of Christianity, their children were instructed from their earliest years In the fundamental doctrines of revealed faith, and the morality they were required to practice, was not only impressed on the conscience hut enforced by the authority of the law of the master, at least so far as its outward observance was necessary. We allude to this state of things to show there might be and were many j Christians among the negroes in the days of ; slavery. The decree of the fanatic and Congress has not male them belter acquainted with Christian truth and a Christian lite. 80 , far as man could see, the people of those days were oapuzeu -ny tne one spirit, imo mie body," "whether bond or free," and the white Christian people, (who were oppressed by hii ! institution Imposed on them for greed by Northern slave traders and intending aboli- ! tionlsts,) tried to brlnir their dependents into a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus. In : many eases they had reason to think they ' were successful, and they greeted the bondslave as "a brother beloved in ilie Lord, (Philemon). Hut they did not. as with our more ] enlightened Christians of this diiy, think because a man was n Christian therefore he iiad all the rlchts'which appertain to tho whole range of human llre and society, they rather believed with the inspired Apostle, that while all might be vessels of God and the Holy Ghost, they were all intended for dltFerent purposes and to fill ditlerent stations. They did not feel called upon as Christians to be wiser than God, and to make black white, or, 1 to use a homely phrase, to put a square plug Into a round hole. If thene^rn Is entitled to be a legislator lor white people now because he is a Christian, he was entitled to be one when he was a Have, if he was a Christian, and our fathers sinned against God and truth. Jtocs not the Apostle say. 'There is neither Jew nor Greek, there Is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus," VVe quote the whole passage, for while the zealous advocates for negro legislators for white people, are very fond of this passage, I have never known them either In speech or writing to quote the whole, they keep shy of the female. Many of them, when tho measure was proposed in Convention, opposed the right of females even to vote in parish affairs, for Vestrymen, delegates and even though they, the gcn:lc sex, are the main supports of many parishes. Some may reply that the law of the land did not allow thelradmission to all the rights of Christians. The law of the land cannot take from or add to the law of Christ. If we believe and hold the word of Christ, wo must be ready not only to advocate, but die for it. A resolution of Congress could not add to or take away a Christian negro's right. But the passive from St. Paul Imd very little or nothing to do with the admission or non-admission of negroes to social and legislative right* either In Churi-h or State. And now as to ordlnntlon conferring legislative privileges and rights. We do not propose to foPow the positions taken by those whoassert that "legislative powers" are tuning the functions conferred by ordlnntlon, nor Is It necessary, for the "dense ignorance" of "ecclesiastical polity" and "Catholie usage" of those who ure opposed to the admission of the negro, (just out of the shadow of heathenism) to the dignity of counsellors In the Church ol Co t, will hardly be thutulit worth consideration. Besides these positions, are bare, bald a-smnp:h>ns, the premises arc taken for granted and the conclusion easily follows. Hut as :i> I lie superior Intelligence anti knowledge of 1 lie negro advocates, whatever may be Haul of the ignorance of the opposing clergy, It. cannot be alleged of man}' of the laymen. Many iif them have given more lime, thought and study toccclcslasltcal polity, and "the bearin.fs i.f Mils fle.-n nimstioii." than those who accuse them of ignorance. They show It by keeping tliclr balance under outward iuhI foreign pressure?and tUo temptation to be thought ad faneed?spirit Uiil, Catholic, Christians and churchmen? and by giving u reason for their opposition to the fanaticism of ttie day?r.tranirc to sny, more extreme at the South than the North. Still we will notice one or two of the assertions of the advocates of the rights of negro ministers. It is said that these legislative rights belong to them "ex-olRcio" by ordination, and not by virtue of any constitution. I have no recollection at ordinal Ion of having received any such 'ex-ofllelo" powers, and on turning to the ordination services I do not linduny such conferred. In those services the power is given through the Hishop to exercise tho office of a Priest or Deacon in the Church of (iou, to preach the Word, adminfs tor the sacrcmcnts and do all such tli^igs as belong to the clerical function. This and nothing niore? not one word as to a rtclit to sit In Conveniion. It may be said, that in order to do theso things effectively, there Is an inherent right in the clerical body, as they are men and priests to legislate, and make such laws and provisions 'as are necessary. Granted, but they must make these laws and regulations within a certain line, within t he powcis, which belong to them as clergymen. They cannot undertake to pass ordinances, which, however promotive in their judgment of the success of their ministrations, will be binding 011 the conscience and practice of the laity, who have had nothing lo do with their enactment. They have 110 power to lay assessments and enact laws which are only Indirectly connected with the Church's welfare, and call upon the laity to obey, if not under pain of physical punishment, at least spiritual anathema. Sonic have asserted this right, but only the Church of Rome and extremists in our branch of the Church Catholic. Jf the clergy have lezlslatlve rights, as a clergy, to make constitutions, so have the laity who are as much a part of the church as the clergy. Our blessed Lord appointed his Apostles and their succossors?not to be the Church, but teachers and laborers for souls In the Church; :iot to be lords over His heritage, but the servants of all, that they might build nnd advance His Kingdom. It is a mere sophism to say, because there is an inherent right to make a constitution, therefore! there is an cx-otMcio right, to livcor not to live I under the provisions of that constitution.! The people of a.State have an inherent right in America to call a Convention to frame a Constitution, but the Constitution having been enacted, they must live by it, according to its meaning when adopted. This is the position taken taken by the opponents of the admission of colored ministers in the Convention. When the Constitution of the Church in South Carolina was adopted, it n-iver for a moment was thou::lu possible that *ny but a whiter man could claim a seat In Convention under i any of its clauses. I know enough to assert; that If It had been thought possible, nil or a va<t majority of those who then voted It. intoi existence wou'd liavescen that it should be so worded, as not to do misinterpreted. Therefore It was, the proposition io Insert "white" before clergyman. In several articles j was rejected. It Is there already, though unexpressed. It was more fn order to aineud by the Insertion of black or colored. Hut further,,'us to the assertion of an exotllclo right. In the clergy to legislate, it is unousrh to say, let them try it in Kngland, In any state In Aincrien, in any country or branch of the Church in the world, and they j will bo Immediately confronted by the law of; the land, the Constitution of the particular! State, or the stern mandate of ecclesiastical i authority, or the custom and precedents or j tiinc and place. The truth is?and we think; history will sustain us?the mode by which I (he Church has been and is now governed, I! mean in its merely external human aspects, lias varied and now varies according to lime, I place and circumstance-. In Knslnnd it is in one way; In Home, another; in the Kast, another; in America it lias more or less conformed to I lie model of the United States.; And just here let us say a word about a conflict. with the General Constitution of the! Church In the United Slates. Tills (fcnenilj Constitution was In existence before the1 emancipation of the slave, when he, the ne-i (fro, had no l ight. In legislation of Church i or State at I lie South. There was 110 con-| fllct then?there might be inconsistency in appearance and resulting from the nature of! tiiiiiL's. as for instance, the difllculty of maHng black white, but there was no con- j llirt. There should bo none now?but Christian forbearance, love and charily, and an i earnest deMre on the part of nil to enlighten, teach, and Christianize the former bondsman, and to deliver him as far as possible from bis. slavery to all manner of sin, and so inakej him by God's grace, a freeman in Christ .Testis.) If lie is a true, hunihle follower of the Divine! Master, In? will consider It honor enough to|| have the otllce of leading his fellow-conn I rv-| < men in the way of eternal life. lie won't \ want to sit in tin- high places of the sytia- ' gogue. or to pass laws for his white brethren, i' W.M. U. IlAXCKEI,. i1 I!ro. Sims, of the Orantjebwfl Times and Dnnocrrit, gives the following righteous conn- ! sel to the voIcik of his county. We hope it, ( will be remembered by voters everywhere: < "Voters, remember that when a candidate for j office takes you by the arm and asks you to < drink with iiitn. be is IndirccHy trying to buy ; I your vntc a ml influence with a drink of wills-; ] ky. Not only refuse to drink with him, l>uti< rather tiilce it tis an insult that heshouldplace! I such a low estimate i>n ycatr character as to t lltink he eou?<I buy your vote so cheaply. As-1 < <ert your man hood at once, and romemtier |J when the primary election comes oil'wot to . > vote for that man." ' ' j. OUR RAILROAD CENTRE. > :he news as eepobted by the en- J| terpei8lng "mac." 1< (1 f inndny School Nhm MocUns-.--C.rcen- {J wood Male College ? Mercantile li Changes?Ice Cream Festival?Cotton ? Religion* Meeting ? Other ^ Items of Interest. ('KEExwoon, S. C., August 50,1688. On last Wednesday evening ine young peo- || Die of town had a delightful social gathering t it the residence ol Mr. B. Reynolds. j Miss Annie Blake, of Ninety-Six, is spendn/ a few days with Miss Hatt.le Reynolds. Capt. .1. H. Harrison, of Charleston. Is visit- o ng IJr. F. 0. Tai ks. l)uri ng I he war of Seces- v ilon he and his family resided here for some :iroe as refugee*. A union .Sunday school mass meeting com- J] posed of all the officers and pupils of the Sun- J: lay schools in the place, was held in the Bap- " 1st. church on last Sunday evening. The I? nectlng wns addressed by Dr. Charles Manly inci capt. it. ?. Morgan, 01 urcenvme. mese meetings arc held quarterly and lnouropln- _ ion are the means of doing much Rood. A lot belonging to Mrs. Af. J. Merrlman, sit- I uated on the western side of the railroads, opposite the residence of Mr. C. G. Waller has icen selecied by the Greenwood Educational / rYfwocitition us a site for the Greenwood Male " College. The buildings will bo crected In a a ihort tlmel Capt. J. T. Parks Is In town. Hon. \V. H. Parker spent last Sunday night with friends here. I What ailed the County Convention on Inst A Monday. It seems that not a few delegates A jpposod a man and measures that they were A Instructed aud had pledged themselves to A support. A A series of meetings will be held in the A Raptlst church during this week. Kpv. G. H. A Carter, the pastor, Is assisted by Dr. Charles A Manly, of Greenville. A Several of our merchants will chnngc their place of business In a few days. Sir. G. A. Swygertwlil occupy the bulldlnp: now occu- I pled by Mis. K. Kilns ; Messrs. Calhoun & Bar- e rett will move Into tlie room now used by Messrs. J. K. Durst & Co. as a grocery store; Mr. J. li. Leavcll will occupy Mr. J. VV. \ Greene's store on t he corner as soon as It is * vncatcil by Messrs. Calhoun & Barrett, nnd 1 Mrs. E. Ellas will sell clothing (luring the 1 winter iu the store now occupied by Mr. G. A. 1 Swygert. * CapU.T. II. Harrison asked one of our citizens the other day if any body ever died in , Greenwood. "1 ask the question," said ho , "because I have visited Mih place often since the war, nnd I miss so few friends now that I concluded that rf nnyof your people ever die, , it must be In a rHiiroud accident, or a cyclone * or by accidental shooting." Mr. G. A. Swypert has secured the services of Mr. It. P. Blake as salesman during the j next year. Mr. O. A. Barksdnle nnd Mrs. Barksdnle are i spending a few weeks in New York and other Northern cities. 1 The Ice cream festival clven by tho ladies of the Baptist church In Durst's Hall on last Frl- ] day evening: was attended by many of the t young peoule, and paid the ladies handsomely Mr. A. Rosenberg started to New York nnd I other Northern markets to-diiy. 1 We have been told tha tn child was struck , nnd killed by tho down imssenjrer train on , the Columbia and Greenville road near Don- I aids this morning. We have not been able to i lenrri the particulars. The second base ball nine of this place will < play the Cokesbury nine to-morrow af;ernoon. The Misses Boozer, of Newberry, are visitIns Dr. A. P. Boozer and family. Sir. Kobert Hasting,of Kdcetield, sold fortyeight bales of cotton to one of our cotton buy- . ers here last week. Judge K. & l'\ Olios sent a neero l.y the name of Richard iSales, charged with bigamy, to Jail last week to await a hearing of bis ease iu the Circuit Court. lie claims that after he had lived with his first wife several yours she one day told him that she w? s tired ol h m, and that she was going to seek another ti share her j*>ys and sorrows. a<l\i ing htm to do likewise. He ut once did s>> and was successful beyond his most sanguine expectation*, finding not oi.ly one, * uf many sympathetic females ready and w tiling to cheer his loneliness In wedlock. He sel ? ted and married one. Shedid her best, but fulled 10 fl'id one responsive swain. Her disappointment and his success maddened her. She appealed to the law and his deplorable condition is the result. Miss Ilal tie Clary, a charm log youne lady from Pelznr S. (I. after snendimr several weeks Willi her sister, Mrs. F. (J. (irceuo, returned to her home on last Saturday. Ornngo blossoms will soon be In demnnd In Greenwood. Listen for the chiming of wedding hells. A good rain Is needed. MAC. MOSELEY'S FORD. A Statement of Fart* Concerning' the 9Iaitngrein?iit of the Above Ford. Editor Press and Banner: I heurii good deal of unfavorable comment on the conduct of my friend J. Johnston Moscley in the matter of the ford across R'>cky River near where stood the double bridges. ThattliM public may fully understand ilic facts In the ease, and thereby be enahled to form a Just and correct, opinion In the premises, I shall briefly state them. During the heavy freshets some months ago the brlugo at this place was carried away. There being n point on Mr. Franks' land not far from where the bridge stood, which, with a little work, could be made a passable ford. It occurred to Mr. Moseley, who lives near by. that ne couiu miiKu k""'-* niing um, ? n u.? diguing down the banks and making a f'>rd and charging persons from rive to twenty-rive cents, acconliug to the nature 6f their convpynnep, for the privilege of crossing. This he has done and nothing more, and for which he Is gravely censured by sonic persons. In Justice, however, to those who are more outspoken in their censure of Mr. Mosely, I would state that they disclaim any disposition to deny to Mr. Moseley the right tocharge the public for crossing at this ford, provided the same wins upon his own land, but such not being the case, and Inasmuch as the real owner docs not object to persons crossing there that he has no right to charge for that privilege. They even go further and say that though the lord does not belong to him, and therefore lie has 110 right to charge for the privilege of crossing it, they would not be disposed to interpose any serious objections to charging the ordinary travelling public, but to charge the persons comprising a funeral procession, and that too of one of his near neighbor.-', as lie did the other day, they say is perfectly outrageous. Well. I must confess 1 that such It would appear at first thought or 1 under ordinary cireumstauces, hut it should < be borne In mind that whilst It is a fact that the person, the parties comprising the funeral procession of whom verc made to pay for the privilege of crossing at this ford on their 1 Wily Willi liie rui |ir>e n> uic tnn tj neighbor of Mr. Moscley, still It is also a fact Unit the deceased died at Abbeville Court , House, and consequently the mo6t of those comprising that procession were not neighbors of Mr. Moscley, but parties from snld town, and who, doubtless, while Mr. Muscly wus tugging awny, puffing nnd sweating In ( his efforts to make that ford, were sitting down in the shade taking their ease. I un- 1 dersland that some of these gentlemen express very ?:reai indignation because M'. Mosely charged them tllteen cents for crossing at his ford?a ford that required him tit least two hours of hard work to make, and yet they think nothing at Abbeville Court House of charging a fellow live dollars for hitching his horse for live minutes to a little sickly elm tree in the public square. Mr. Moscley no doubt thinks,and perhaps Justly, that It would be about as reasonable to expect the saloon keepers at Abbeville Court House to close up on a Saleday, as to expect 1 him to give a free passage to a funeral proces- ' slon across bis ford. It must be remembered that perhaps the County Commissioners may rebuild this bridge some time, and also that funerals don't occur every day, and Johnston's motto doubtless Is "mako huy while the sun shines." Now ns to the land where the lord Is not belonging to Mr. Moscley, and thercforo lie has | no right to charge for crossing it, I would simply say that while the land on both sides of tiie ford, na a matter of fact, does not beI ... i.i?, i.\r.. Iim Vranlti It. 1? nev crtlielcss a fact that In order to reach that fonl It Is necessary to pass over at It-ast twenty-live or thirty yards of Mr. Mosele.v's land; and it is for this privilege that he demands , pay. Those persons whom I have heard censuring Mr. Moscley, contrast his conduct with that of Mr. Jim Franks, who Is the real owner of the ford and over whose land the road leading to the ford parses lor several hundred yards, nnd who, notwithstanding, has made no objection. All I have to say to this is, if , Mr. Franks Is disposed to accommodate fu- ' neral processions and the public generally by letting the same pass over his laud, while the bridge is down, free gratis and for nothing, it simply argues that he 1* a clever gentleman, but II does not follow that beeutise he does so, Mr. Moscley should sutler the public to make 11 road over his land for twenty-Jive or thirty . yards for nothing. Itesidi-s. Mr. Kditor, Mr. I Jim Franks, like yourself, is a rich young t man with no children, and not even a wife to mpport, ami therefore is expected to contribute something. Plto 1JONO PUBLICO, Special I'rovidencc*. The plea of self-detenee which is becoming ' so universal and so omnipotent in this state causes one of our contemporaries to say: Some people pretend not to believe in "spe;lal providences." but such people, it seems [o us, are contending against, a migh y preponderance of evidence. Notice the frequenjy with which providence throws lis protect- lug arms around the murderer's intended vie- ( tim, not- only preserving his life but usually f nabllng him, with nimble pistol or ready , diot-gun, to send tho leaden of his would be slayer. No special providences, indued! \way willi such a theory. Sheriff's Sale. [. A. E. Waller against Jno. T. McKellar.? Execution. >Y virtue of an Execution to me directed Hi 5 the above stated ease, I will sell to ttaa Iphcst bidder, nt Public Auction, within the >gul hours of sale, at AUbevtlleC. H, on Monay, the sixth day ot September. 1S8H, all the Ight, title and Interest of Jno. T. McKellar In lie following Ileal Estate, to wit: All that rat-tor parcel of Land situute, lying ami beig In Town of (jreeti wood, containing THIRTEEN (13) ACRES, lore or less, and Iwuuded by lands of J. T. Immuns, J. C. Maxwell and C. O. Waller, tlno . ONE HOUSE AND LOT, n the town of Greenwood (13acres) on which lie defendant now resides, bounded by Estate lartin Hacket and others. Also SIXTY (60) ACRES, f iftnd, more or less, bounded by J. C. Max* fell, W. K. Klake and otherr. Also FOUR HUNDRED (100) ACRES, nore or less, in Whit#! Hnll township, bound', d by J.T. Ligon,V.'GrHBn,T.A. WaUwn and then. Levied on and to be sold as the prop* rty of J. T. McKellar, to satisfy theaforetakt execution and costs. TERMS?Cash. J. F. C. DuPRE. August 9,1386. ttheriif A. C. lichmond and Danville Railroad, Columbia and Greenville Division. 3N and after Angnst 15. 18S6, Pa??engrr trains will run as herewith indicated npofi tiito tmid nd Its brunches : DAILY, KXCEPT SUNDAYS. no. 59. Irr pamkxou. snre Columbia 10 46 * M irrive Al.-tmi 11 48 m Lrrive Newberrv 12 4S p Bl irrive Chappelra ? 1 34 ji m irrirr Nineiy-:>lxt D t. S 03 |> M irrWe Greenwood 2 42 p ?rt i Lrrive Hodges 9Kpm irrive Dnnnulds.... 9 26pm Lrrive Bel ton 4 il p in arrive Greenrilto ft 85 j? u NO. 52 MW* PASSE.IOE*. .cave Greenville 9 45 a m Lrrive ltelton 11 08 ? m Lrrive Donnalds 11 M p M Lrrfve Hodges 18 11 |i in IrrlvH Ji^-rrwcond 12 44 p ni Ninrty-SIi^D 1 10 p til * Lrrive Chappell's 2 08 p m krrlve Newberry 8 02 j> m lrrive Alston 4 06 p in Lrrive Colombia 5 15 p in AI1BEYILLZ BRANCH. >are Aliborille , 11 ftS m Arrive Dirratigh'* 11 XT am. Vrrlvfl Hotlges 13 K |i M !^cnr<t S 10 p n Vrrtve Dfrrauzh's 3 47 p I* Vrrlre Abbeville 4 10 p M DLVE niDVK RAILROAD AHV AHVT. MON EGAS CM. >ave Button 4 J5 p M Vrrlvc Amleraon 4 47 p IM < Vrrlve Seneea 6 00 p in / ' lirlve Walhalh 6 88 p in r^eAve Walhnlto 8 20 >m XriiveSencci & 4t * m Vrrlve Anderson 10 22 a m In'lve lklton 10 57 a ui LAUHINS RAILROAD. Leave Newberry 8 80 pra L<fav? Helena 8 87 p in Irrlvo Clinton fi 80 p in Arrive J.aurcns 6 80 p to Leave Lnurens 9 10 a in \rrlve Clinton In 00 a in h-. Vrrlve Helena 12 40 p in Irlvo Newberry... 12 10 p ? D?Dinner. Time?Astern standard. O. U. TALCOTT, Superintendent. D. CAKDWELL, AeeUt. Oen. Pas. Apnt. Atlantic Coasi LineT FAS3ENGEU DEPARTMENT. WiLMiNf#TO[f, N. C., .Inn- 22,1963. FAST LINE between Charleston and Columbia arvd Upper South Carolina. GOING WEST. Leave Charleston. 8. C 7 20 a m Leave Lanes, 8. C. 8 3-t a m Leavo Mttntvr. 8. C_ - i M > n Arrive Columbia, 8.0_ _..10 W ? ? Arrive Winnaboio, S. C_ ...... 3 12 p m \rrl\c Chester. 8. C? 4 15 |> m Arrive York*Hie, 8. U < 0.*> p n? Arrive Lancaster, 8. C 7 ffl p n? Arrive K?-ck Hill, C 4 W p m Arrive Charlotte, N. C 6 05 p hi GOING EAST. Arrive Charleston, S. 0 9 Ifl p m Arrive Lane*, S. C 7 45 p nt Arrive Sumter, S. O. 6 42 p :t? Leave Columbia, S. C ft 27 p Leave WlnnsWo. S. C 8 4S ji m Leave Chester. S. C .. ? 2 42 p ra Leave Yorkvllle, 8. CIS 11 45 p m Leave Lancaster. 8. C. 7 IK) * m Leave Uock IIill, S. C? 1 f6 p m' Leave Charlotte, N. C..._ 12 50 j> in GOING WEST. Arrive Newberry, S. C 12 46 p m Arrive Greenwood. 8. C > 42 r> m .Vrrive Laorens, 8. C 6 80 p m Arrive Andrranh, S. C 4 47 p m Arrive Greenville. S. ;C ......... & H5 p nt Arrive W'alhalln, S. C.. 6 83 ji m Arrive Abbeville, 8. C? 4 30 p in Arrive Spartanbnrp, S. C 4 4ft p m Arrive lleudersunvllle, N. C 5 85 p in GOING EAST. Leave Newberry, S. (5 8 02 p m Leave Greenwood, 8. 0 12 44 |? in Leave Liiiren*. 8. C 8 00 a ia Lear* Anderson, 8. 0. 10 22 a in Leave OreenvWe, 8. C 0 45 a m Leiive Wnllialla. 8. C 8 30 n in Leave Abbeville, S. ( ..1ft 45 a m Leave Spnrtanbnrjr. S. C 11 05 |> in Leave Uendersotiville, N. C 7 00 a in Solid trains between Charleston and Columbia. S C J. F. DIVINE, T. M. E.MKKSON, Gen'l sup't. Gen'l Pas*. Agon The Place to Get What You Want! THOS, M. CHRISTIAN HAVING bought the interest of Mr. .innv wirsnisi ?i.a k..ui.ia?u w ill VIIW k/HQIMVm formerly conducted by them jointly will keep always in store, a complete stork of FANCY GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS and CONFECTIONERIES of all kinds. The best and cheapest CIGARS and TOBACCO. The FINEST WINES and LIQUORS. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey For medical purposes a specialty. Also, Choice Liquors of any kind for medical purposes. ' Ciive him a call. Satisfaction guarantood All persons indebted to the firm of Christian ?fc Wilson must make immediate payment. THOS. M. CHRISTIAN, am%a?*;iia c n aUUCTlUC) Hi Feb. 13.1884,tf Buggy Lap Robes. J U.ST received a nice lotof Linen T-np Robrs beautifully embroidered, which I will Bell cheap, (.'nil til my harness shop. April 7, lSSC, tf THUS. BEGGS. - Extras. STJRHT'PS, Stirrup leathers, Girths, Hold back Straps. Breast and Yoke Strap# Uame Straps, Curb Straps, &e., on hand and for sale cheap by TllOS. BEGGS. Sept. 30,18i?. Biding Bridles. AX assortment of plain and round Rrldlrg anil Martingales, Just received, and lor sale cheap. TIIOS. BEGGS. Sept. 30,1885. Wanted. A LOT of old harness, for which I will pny a fiitr price, or take thorn In part pay lor lew ones, at my harness shop. April 7, ISSti, tf THOS. BEGGS. Cribs and Cradles. FOLDING CRIBS, with woven Wire bottoms, a new and excellent artlele, prices rum $3.00 to 37.5V. Cradles. Swing era IK S, .1. JJ. tX IU. 2fo< !!.">, 1885. tf For Sale or to Rent. SEVERAL Second Hand Stratn Engines, from Five-to Ten Horse. Terms easy. Apply to J. M. MATTHEWS, August 10, ISSti. It Ninety-Six, S. C. Steel Engravings, Chromos, rvIL PAINTINGS. nt low prices, suitable 1/ for presents. Fine line of mouldings mid rnmes. Toilet looking glass Willi levels ami liermometcr attached. Ntw goods. J. I). t'HALMLRS A CO. Nov- 25, lfii'5. tl . ???