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3 The Press aud Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, Sept. 29,1886. n The Register** Opinlou of our Kailrosid. Tinier tl>o heading of "Who will Support Them?" our city neighbor and friend, the Cv>lumbia Register raises its wm nlng voice against tho folly of the up-country districts building nny "more Georgia railroads." That paper, uinong other things, says : "It may do very well to bold sip to reproach the working of these convicts in the phosjtllntepits. It will not Iks forgotten ihat the most cruel and brutal treatment these |mjoicreatures have ever receive 1 was upon some of the new railroads. And what do the-e roads that have been built wan convict moor mean for the State ?" In answer to which we would say: If the notes of pardons, as recorded in the iiei/ialcr tor the last few months mean anything at nil, we ure led to the opinion that tlic cruelties and atrocities practiced on tiie new railroads were the merest nothings when compared to I he enmities and atrocities which these poor creatures- have suffered at the phosphate works. Nearly j'.U the pardons that have been granted of late were for the reason Of the broken health in phosphate works. M*c do not pretend t-> give the words, but merely the sense. For our own part, wenre at n l.vs to know whv a nhosnhatc dicger should l>e more humane than a railroad builder, and we all know that grabbling phosphate rocks from their watery beds in malarial swamps is not more healthful than the work of throwing dirt on a railroad embankment in the salubrious air of the mountains. W'eare inclined tothc belief that the chief reason fortheopln' Ion that rail road work is the more cruel, exIsts in the fact that the low-country newspapers were horritled at the knowledge of cruelties on the np-conntry "Georgia rail roads" whllo the eyes of the same newspapers were shut to the greater cruelties which were being practiced in the low-country phosphate J>eds that were to onricli low-country people. The convicts whose health is being systematically and continuously destroyed by exposure, unhealthful location, or excessive work, have received no attention from the press Of theSbite. Although the flies of the Jlcgisicr will furnish proof that many convicts have l?een returned from the phosphate beds broken In health, or in a dying condition, yet we do \ , not recollect to have seen a singlo protest from -i.i 'i'? "?v .,,..,) VVlir-n VlUlUr LI1U XIKJl ATCIVOMm* VVWI ?v. . .? u few convicts on our railroad, were reported us ill-used, the Rey aster and Ncics and Courier created a sensation all over tlic State imd excited an indignation aguiust such railroads as wero"tilled with dead men's bones." Hut when llie phosphate beds are tilled with the same hind of bones, wo hear nothing of itConsistency, friend, in this matter wou!il be a JeweL It may bo wicked in us, and it may be nu'v it to our low-country friends, but we are in. -fllltved to.theoplnlou that there has been much dlbrt to embarrassiheup-country. Especially Is this true of her labors to build new railroads, which should answer a much needed demand. Under a humanitarian cry the couvicts :wcre takeu from our railroads, while the lowwautry kept all the convicts they had, and could get.-us many more as they wanted for phosphate beds. The Railroad Commission, we verily believe was created with the especial object of fur. ther crushing the building of railroads in the up-country. Uudertlie cry that Charleston was being ijiscriiuniaiuu ill UK'iu.iuvi ui iiwaiiw, petitions were uumerously signed by country merchants, as we believe, at the instance of Charleston merchants, praying the Legislature.that some action be taken fur their relief ?one allegation, by Inference, if not In swords, being thai tire Clyilcs were charging more for cotton to Charleston than Jo Norfolk, wheu the fact was, that when the 4'. & Ci. Railroad reduced the tarift* on ?-otton to Columbia 41 rents the South CaroJiua railroad immediately raised its tariff to the exact amount which had been taken ofl by the Columbia and Wrcouvllle. And thus It was tliit the city newspapers made it appear that the charges for carrying cotton to Charleston were higher th in to Norfolk. If llic Register doubts this, let it examine the railroad books for proof. We doubt not that vigorous search will llnd It. The Itcyiiler says: "And what do these ronds that have been i built with convict lab.ir mean for the state?" Why bless your soul, my friend, it means more than tongue can tell. In the tirst place, | the labor of one handed convicts for two] years?which labor was paid for in stock of tlin mnd_ and which the Slate ">ldat 75 cents iii the dollar?has securcd to us two hundred miles of the finest and best equipped railroads I in the Stale. These roads have quickened commerce imd trade,and have bull t upaud are building up splendid towns all along their lines, but hi tter far than all tills, the people are furnished with an outlet to the great n.arrets of the world. They get cheaper, freights and better accommodations. The .state, in these lines of roads, lias secured more than a million dollars worth of property for taxation for all time to come. The State has had hundreds of convicts for years on the Columbia canal and what can the Itcgislcr show for It ? The Register says; "They are going to do the city of Charleston more harm in the long run than the recent terrible earthquake. They will literally haul away her trade, so that, for all that country Threaded by the Central system, Augu>ta and Savannah will become the trading centre and f .shipping port." Our l'rieud may ho correct in the above and lie may not be. We have seen the statement that the Georgia Central hauls freight to ^Charleston as low as it does to Savannah. If this Is true, then why should we go to Savannah, if it is not for the reason that we can get better bargains. The law of trade knows no boundary lines. If the people of Savannah ran and will give us better terms than we can gel from Charleston, then, if we are not a set of ullots, we will goto Savannah. Even il the Georgia Central docs charge more for haul, ing cotton to Charleston than to Savannah, why cannot the roads which run direct to that city, carry the business to Charleston as cheap its the Georgia Central carries it to savannah? j"';' The Register says: "They want the convicts to build more Georgia roads to carry more trade away from Carolina marts and buil'l up Georgia eiticsat the expense of our own." The right way for the Register to say this avould be; "They want more railroads to enable them to seek better markets and more liberal transportation rates than they now have." We say this: If Carolina cities cannot compete with the (icorgla eiti?*w, it Is our duty to go to the Georgia cities with our trade. For our own part, we expect to trade with the people tliat make it to our intcrci-t to do so. Undersomeold fogy notion that Charleston "Was ClllltlCU CO US anil all wo n;ui, itiiu I.iwring under the luiotako that (.'liarleston cured for lis anil our trade, we have looked that way Jor generations, and have often begged tliat city to help us. but never a dollar hasMie Xivcu for any railroad. Augusta has built two hundred miles of splendid road for its, jmd pur people are grateful to her for it. Our jtntlicis loved the people of Augusta, and now their children will return to the good old -city which ha* built us such splendid roads, iiiul wltlc.il gives lis such good accommodations. Indeed we are fortunate to have sueli good neighbors as Augusta, Georgia. The Air Line was buijt without help from Charleston, and although Greenville and Spartanburg wore In rallrwad connect ion with that city lor twenty-live years neither of these towns made any notable progress until they jhad built the Air Line road and had been emancipated from their old masters in Charleston. Greenwood in our own county, marls slow prow 111 until the Creenivood and Augusta ltoad Was built. Then it njvw rapidly, ami is ^iow one of the most prosperous towns In the JMutc. ^aureus, although it had railruau coiuuc* . ..'.f. | tlon with Charleston for inorc than thirty] !years, was still a sleepy, tumble-down old] ! wooden town, until the road from Augusta ! reached its borders, when new life wasinani-! J fest, new houses were built, new capital came, j and new business was started. j We ask the Rryist<v in all Kindness if nearjly every live town in the State is not on a ; cross-road, leading elsewhere than to Charleston ? We would also ask, if nearly every ' dull, thriftless town in theState is not located I on a railroad leading to Charleston ? i Wc would further nut the question direct. , Does not. commerce anil trade with Charles-' i ton act like u blight on tin- prosperity of iuiy i town that comes within its grasp? There j I inay In- exemptions to tlie rule, Init we do not j i believe there are many In this pari of the' i State. Again: the KcgMcr has been urging the J pledging of the credit of the State for the pur-j i pose of raising money with which to rebuild j , the city of Charleston. This proposition can j I never be curried out, except by a vote of the j I people, and the people will never vote for it. j : They cannot aflord to do so. In many scc*i j tions of the country the people arc already! j heavily taxed, and in other sections they are ! not, for various reasons, in such a condition! j of prosperity its to warrant the outlay. We | have not heretofore made mention of the j j /{'(/Liter's proposition. We let the matter pass! j for the reason that wo did not care to appear ungracious, but we think the pressing of this' I question is Ill-advised. In the first place tlie j I proposition is not one to be considered by the jSUite?the Constitution and laws of the! | United SUites, wo are told, would not pcr-i J mitit?and in the next place, Charleston's rc-' ] cent action toward the up-country in refer-J j ence to thedebt for our railroads is too fresh in t our memories. The fctatc, several years ago, I in order to give Charlestoniaus and a few othj ers living outside the city limits, an opportunity to invest their money for ten years without taxation, induced the Lcgislotnre I to exempt the factories from taxation for a period of ten years. This was to | bring capital to the State and to encourage manufactures. And tills was all very i well. Now let us see how the up-country j fared when they had a favor to ask. The peo-1 i pie in various sections had burdened thein-j selves with bonded debts to grade various railroads which had induced millions of Uol-j lars of forolgn capital to conic to our bor-j ders.and the people in many other places i were also contemplating the further gnulii'K and building of other roads. The] frieuds of the new railroads in the up-country thought, and still think, they deserved as much consideration as the Charleston capitalists who may have chosen lo build factories. I'nder this impression they foolishly proposed to their masters that the Stale allow the taxes upon the increased property which they had securcd, to go to the liquidation of their b:>ndcd Indebtedness. This proposi-! lion wr.s almost identical with the exemption ! of factories, except that the factories were in j the main built with home capital, while tiicl railroads were built almost exclusively with foreign money. As a matter of course the proposition to aid and encourage the develop, ment of the up country did not meet the approval of our aristocratic factory-builders in Charleston. In fact, the opposition in Charleston was so strong that we believe the city newspapers, never once fairly stated the proposition, but with great ' horse-heads'' it was denominated a proposition for the State to assume the indebtedness of the railroads. It was all plain sailing under a delightful breeze as long as Charleston capitalists were the special recipients ol tiio benefits of t lie factory exemption, bnt when \vc up-country people, struggling in our poverty, ask a like favor in behalf of our new railroads, the lending newspaper of tlio.Stale, and the city ol" Charleston, did not, as far as| we recollect to have seen, even once state the j proposition fairly, and, if wo err not, the Charleston and Columbia delegations were solid against it. The up-country has not forgotten Charleston's part in the defeat of the census bill, whereby she unlawfully retains several members in the House of Representatives. JXei-| therdowc forget that Charleston lias two Senators, when in all fairness and in all justice, she is entitled to but one. In fact, it would, wc believe, he dilllcult to eito one single friendly aet of Legislation Tor the up-country, to which Charleston has not been solidly opposed. We think all the regulation, as well as all the political acts which have been brought about by Charleston's inllucnee, has been either with an eye single to the interests of Charleston, or with a view to repressing or retarding the pro gross of the up-eountry. In case we err in this matter wo would thank the Regis-1 tcr to show one friendly act by Charleston to tho up-country. We think the records I tire lull of the proof of unfriendly net?, and! wc already fear that our city neighbors have begun to think that they are the State, anil that we of the up-country are mere hewers of j wood and drawers of water for them, and i that our fields are pastures green iu which they may forage at their own sweet will without let or hindrance. If Charleston has ever been guilty of one friendly act to the up-country we shall be glad to be reminded of it. W'e cannot recall the act. The Legislation, in our opinion, lias been so thoroughly partial to Charleston that wc believe it would tie a safe rule for the up-country members to oppose whatever Charleston or Columbia may propose or advocate. Their daily newspapers would make the State believe that the digging of the canal was of first importance, and that the suppression of the building of "CJeorcia railroads" in the up-country by convict labor was barely second in importance. We would n<>t seem to strike at Charleston ! in the hour of her calamity. We deeply sy in-) patiii.se with her in her misfortune, and we : are sorry indeed, that the people of Abbeville , have not given more sut stautial evidence of their sympathy for the people of the stricken city, hut for all this, wo cannot let | t!it' Kri/i.u'vr take advantage of tlie occasion to make war on the up-country. We must protest against its using tin* time for inlUicuciiig public sentiment against us, and we would protest against its disrespect for such up-country members of the Legislature as may dill'er from it in opinion. Why should they "howl against employing the convicts in phosphate boils?" "Is thy servant Jllio upcountry member,] a dog that he should do this groat thins?" No doubt the low country delegate who, by speech and vote, might favor the continued drain on the public treasury to pursue the work on the canal, would niter his words in j more eloquent and more melodious tones than ! are usually attributed to thai class of orators | and statesmen who dare to take issue with the j wisdom of the J{rt/inlvi', and who choose to represent their constituents, rather than levy j tribute on them for tlio Columbia canal. It really seems to us that the IiryMir\ ! might be willing from courtesy, if from no other motive, to admit that there arc at iea^t j a few men of honesty and ability who do not see as it does, and who arc not rod u cod to the} necessity of howling, even when enunciating opinions which are antagonistic to its own' j views. However much we may be mistaken, | ' we are inclined t<? tlio opinion mat me mem. j bora who oppose Ilu* canal are about as honest | and lully as able to speak, ami areas little jiiv- [ en to howling, as arc those who favor that ex-1 ; pemliturc oi the public money. j The statements which wc have made we ; believe to bo facts. If we are in error, wc j shall be glad to l>o set right. If ttc have done Charleston any wrong we shall he I | only too uia-J to change our mind, and toj make all needlul reparation. i Wlint is mi Agrfenltural ('ollcsc? t I Isn't it a manual labor school ? If ?o, Ab-I bevilecounty has been atilicted with such In-' 1 sii tut ions fur tliree-i|uartcrsof a century. All | of them have proved to he dead failures. If ' tiie State concludes to go into a manual labor 'school under the hlfaluHn name of an Agri-I cntluinl College, Abbeville county will beg to ' be excused from taking any part in it. Mi:. 13i;>'t:T Is oil' to Columbia. | iii? nna?*?e???? Personnl Popularity. Judge Cothran's election last week is 01 the most remarkable evidences of pers lHtpulnrity that wo havehad since Although he had three nblc and p lar competitors for the office, lie coived more votes than all the others, remained on the llench or at home <ll the whole campaign with his family o: tending to his olllcial duties, while the ot were atlve and vigorous canvassors. While .Judge Cothran's ability has ah been aclcnowldgod by the people, and v he must have known of his own populi with them, yet he lias never been an fi seeker. He has invariably waited for otlicc to seek him. He went into the artr a private soldier, and never sought pre ti<??, though his company chose to elect Lieutenant after he had served as Serg In 1S7C, he was asked to take the pla< County (Jhaiiman. Ho was appointed euit Judge a few years ago without sol tion, and now he is elected to Congress most without elfort on his part. The pi literally made the demand at the polls ft services at the capital. lie lias never ambitions for official station, though neighbors have always been ready to ei honors upon him. He lias continued U> tin their favor, and they have on each su sive occasion, invited him to a higher j j and lie lias always been equal to every c gency. The Chester, OreriiHood and ?1 tor Itnilroad. j We learn from Mr. Joel s. Uaily, of G wood, who was in town yesterday, thai I surveyors of tills road would likely i Greenwood to-night. The surveyors will J ceed at once to Abbeville, and if any om give them any assistance in locating a route, it will be a favor to the road and t people. It is thought that, by a proper effort, most important road can be secured, ant hope that our people my lend every pos encouragement to an enterprise which prove of such lasting bene tit to Abbe county. It is to be a great through line, docs not come by Greenwood and on to viile, it will be almost sure to go elscw Let us unite and make a strung effort t< it. We are directly on the desired line, for this reason have the advantage of other section. I.et us remember how 1 ens acted many years ago. That town immediately on the route between Coin nud CpoMivllln mwl u'onlfl nivn noLhinc the reason that they thought it impossibl the road to go around them. Our ret know the result. Fur Jiidsr. Various candidates have hoen menti for the place which will be made vacan Judge Cothran's election, but wo know c one whose character, abiliily and lega tainments would better lit liiin for the i than the Hon. \V. H. Parker. lie has i dicial mind, is laborious and painstal while his large practice and long ex peri at tho Bar eminently qualify liiin for place. Ho would be a worthy succeast the distinguished Judge Colli ran. ?I S'nns. We believe it is generally conceded puns arc to be religiously avoided by per who write for the press, but when a mar get olf one like the following from the J\*i published by tho President and studci the Williamston Female College, we can ceive 110 objection to a violation of u rule: "A recent note from Miss?.inform that, since the Uih of July, In-r Xaiml oug have been addressed i.o Mrs.?. ?. Sic We congratulate him on stoughing so vj ble an article among his stougii." Many of our cxclmngos have publish noiicc of a brother newspaper, Ihi copy of the same could be had for one i To set up the noiicc would cost perhaps cents. In that way the editor paid ten ? for what any reader could get for one < Investment of this kind contribute to couutry editor's wealth. ELECTION OF CONGRESSMAN. Judge Colli ran lteoeivCM 700 Y< More (huii all the Other C'ni (IlltOH. The primary election for the nominate Congressman eame oil' last Thursday, the result which is shown below. .Ii Colbrsn received "Mi moro votes than all other candidates. We have given a tahul statement of the vole of Abbeville Con with only the aggregated vote in the ti counties. Judge Cot bran's election to Congress wil casion a vacancy on the Circuit liench. will probaib.v tender his resignation sooi ter the general election, to take elfcet in uary or February. l!y this course the 1, liit lire will havcauoppport unity to elect a ces.sor, and there will be no interrnptio the holding of the Spri-og Terms of tiie ( in the Circuit to which lie may be assigni i i i i 1 c ! - ! - i - r ~ s 2 ! i ? I'KECINCrS. ! I = . 2 ' % I ,c; o1 * : 5 X : 8 ^ * Abbeville ' 27(i J 1 Antrcvillc J|l:? i - Ilcllevlcw I lt> ; Hordi-aux ; SO ' Itradley ' W S <'.ilhuun's Mills 121 1 ; (Vdar Splines ^s > ' (,'okeshury :w J 2; 7 Due West 1-".' 1 1; i I ?< hi :i His vi 11 o 1_:J 1 | 1 (ifucmvootl -I!) 2 2i f I 1:iiiipt.oii : 51 ' Hodges i Mi Hi j H Lebanon : 2.T 0 j IjOn? OHIO. ' 111' 1; 1 fjowndcsville 232- 1 " Mel 'orinick : lit:) l-l Mountain View Ss ' Mean's Chairol I 2ii N'rw Market ' li' -I Ninety-Six ! Mi 12. J Muitliville [ 11! I'h.enlx i 1M J Troy 112 I! Walnut Grove ."7 Magnolia ; :)2 2 Total 51). -ill It." ltKC.VI'ITl'T.ATIOTf. Ai)iii.*vi lie t r>o ih~!i i'iekens itii wi '.'17 ? Anderson tl'MJ 17 7:!S IS Oeonee taw 7<H*. Ill 17! New berry ' 277 s!i*? (! i>! Grand Total I23J.175110fl.V UU. Mits. f',vr.uorv, mother-in-law of Mr. Hrulil. (licit in Augusta, of typhoid frver Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. HeUruUl went d on Monday. Adam Hisatton, colored, who wasrepo last week as in a dying condition Is dead, Alex, .rohna'on is in jail waiting trial. I'ltup. I'KitJtv of Greenville and Miss r.i of lute West were married lasL week. I pincss and good hick to thcin. On: llowerson the New Hotel piazza just like the llowers in tho millinery stt Just too pretty for any thing. si:k the notice of Mr. 1'. W. Hicks, w! prepared to ijlvi* tIk* iuosI liberal cash p for all cotton o I Cored to him. Wk lift, our warning voice utr:iin say thai it Is important to gather anil saiv the hay you possibly can. Mks. II. I{. Mautin of MeCorinlck, Is visit to her motiu:r-in-law, Mrs. FuunicI tin ill Abbeville. Tin: KilleClub will be inspected on Ti day night at hall-past eight o'clock on Public s5<|iiaiv. Capt. It. Nit aim*, of Duo West, died Thursday niyht, aged about seventy years of ago. i"'i>i!TY eculs a hundred pounds seems t about I (to usual price paid for picking cu this year. 'I'm-: Hantistry at. the IJiipti-sl church is iug put in readiness to immerse several m-'Uibcr*. Kiev. .1. r,. Martin preached inthcl'rc leriiin church hist Sunday, morning evening. Nr.i.i.Y Diuuai'isii, colored, died ;it iuer's Crossing. 011 last Friday night, agei years. ,0 or1 ALL ABOUT MOSELEY'S FORD. UUSll ! 1S76. . * ?pu- A CLEAR AND FULL STATEMENT OF ALL! re* THE PAHTICULARS. iring r n{_ Mr. Jloseley Speaks in His Own lie. hers half and makes the Whole liu.sihoms Clear. Vfiys liown pksvii.i.e, S. C., Sept. '.JO, ISSti. rhilc Editor Press uml JJiuuiur : nrttv ! ',;;AU Hik?In your Issue of September 1st, , ls-sii, there appeared an article headed "Mohcifllee-1 ley's Ford," purporting to give the fucts contho j cerniiiir the management of said ford. I will iv ns Pro<:ce(l hi as brief a manner as possible to '} | give all the facts in connection with said ford, >tno- j just as they are, and, in doing so, I feel ashim | sured that those who know them will not i I gainsay or deny them. In order to do this iauu ; | dCem ft necessary to tlrst explain the sltua:e of: tion. Mr. Franks owns the island where (jjr-, once stood the "Double Bridges," hut It Is i It j no longer an island, for the run on the west k 'ia- jidc |s almost tilled and grown up in willows, i, al-11 own about two acres of bottom land boundrjoniojcd on the South-east by this old river bed, I r*r? ihn I/oct thn pIv*#?i* r?n thi? X'ni'fluAiKf liv >r liis a (.rec|j aJ)l| on j.i,e North-west by a road leadbeen jing from LownUesville across this creek ami i },isiol? tlic Smith-west by the Lowudcsville road j I cad iny: across the liver. When on the loth :?nicr [ 0j- jm,e mley let out tlie contract for the grow rebuild Ins of the bridge at this point to be icccs- i completed by 1st of September nt the sollc. | ilatiou of some of the citizens lie also let out,l!ice' a contract to have the river banks dug down ;incr- in order that the people might have the convenience of a ford until that time. 1 was not at home when tlilw was done, business having called me away, but I had consented to give a ber- road free of cost around the edge of my bottom. The road through this ford strikes the bank some distance above where tins point of reon- the island is or was, and does not. touch Mr. j Franks'land on my side the river. Now, it Is 1 ,tlol one hundred and thirty yards from the river each to the public road, and one hundred and pro- twenty of that is in cultivation, whilo on the ether side it is sixty yards from the public g can i-0iUi the river, only eighteen yards of that gooU is iu cultivation. On Wednesday morning, o the lime ltith, I found Mr. B. 1\ lluchinson digging down the river banks and indeed him if j lie* l?nu wuillllltivu L'; wj/ru u|; ii i u?u w?? ?4?j this side the river. lie said lie had not. I then 1 we i xv"enl to see the parties with whom I lmd eon' I sen ted to give the road to the public ami told slide j i,i,n it would take two hands about a half may day's time to make a road, and if the comsville "'ivnity would furnish them I would take them and make the road, hut Instead of doIf it j|,g this, ns soon as Sir. Hutchinson finished Lbhc- tiie ford, tiie public generally cnmnieneed iiere driving over my bottom promiscuously, ' which was then planted In corn and about > Kl't knee high. Finding I would not submit to and this I was asked to sell a road through the ...... centre of the bottom which measured one I hundred and ten yards, for which. I asked >anr- j ti^oe dollars. Thinking the money would be was i made up J took my plow and laid ofl a road, inbi-i' having been asked to do so. An effort was j made to mise this three- dollars, but so few ? 'or j being willing to contribute the cfl'irt failed, le for i most persons giving as a reason that tbecou.il(jGrs I ty should pay for it. This road was used for more than a week and the corn on it destroyed. About this time the bank on my side of the river became very boggy, and a very serious accident occurred, hi whiehr had not Mr. Edward Smith received aid. he would oned ! have lost r, very valuable mule. Iii othmpl. ? . ing to pull up the bunk his nuile mired and 1 by | fell back into the river. I was called to his )f no , assistance by the cries of Ins wife. When I 1 at. i reached him his mule was lying in such a po. Isitlon it was Impossible for hint to rise, and place | he (Mr. Smith) standing holding the mule's * ju-1 head above the water. From this accident king i and the notices which I nut up, the ford went ' I into disuse for a time. There was a ford up lencc I near the mill all this lime with two princithe | p!c objections: the w-iter was rather deep, >r of anu l,,e roan leaning cut. nirougn .ur. r rum? plantation front il was very rough. I was asked again about opening the ford, aud then told tliem they could have (lie road through the bottom for five dollars or make oue where I first proposed to locate it for that threo dollars. Another high water banked i up sand in the gap on my side higher than at sons (As matters stood now, I proposed to the i can j road supervisor to put the ford in good tlx, uiad i keep it so until the bridge was up. and make a good road around the edge of the bottom its ot for sjx tioiitvrs. Mr. T. Uatccr said to me, if he eon- were In my place lie would not do It, ns I good | would have more work to do than Mr. HutchI in son had done, for which lite county had I agreed to pay hint ten dollars. Failing to acs us! ccpt this proposition. I then tried U? let it be ht to i generally known that I would open the ford nigh, j'11"! 1)1111 eertain day and all who would iluu-11 nsK'sl in making it could have for hitnsef ami j family free use of it until the btldge was bitllj. On the morning appointed two neighj burs came and they from the opposite side of | the river. We went to work about eight ed a.o'clock. About nine o'clock tliree young it a ! men came down from Ijowndesvillc to go in ?nt ; bathing and they assisted us. About eleven j o'c oek another came. Wc worked until two ten o'clock, my horse and wagon hauling rock :ents I very nearly nil the time. I worked with a ' ? j negro about two hours in the evening hauling rock, so, instead of two hours work I the ! spent eight and then had the help of others. I then gave all those who wished to avail themselves of It, free use of the road and ford If they will have it so for twenty-five coats. About eight or ten paid this amount. I then charged l'or a man on horseback five cents; single buggies overand back, ten cents; two I liyiw VlrilltlC UI.M ?nvn j ...vv? .. WW....... [>to# i Mr. T. lJaker paid me for his mill and family! right, one dollar, one of Mr. Hucknbeo's 1 it-1 | tie boys looked after the ford for aliout eight days. In that time It paid three dollars, the [principal part of that being from parties in of j who took the right, the half of which I gave with him. So you see it was nogood thing to me. tidge The ford paid in all not exceeding eight doithe , lars; a grait many crossing that t did not see, a ted j and many others who said they did not have inly, (be money but would pay me. thcrj I opened the ford simply for my own convenience mid those who would assist in rnak1 oc- ing it. and after having been treated as I was He! I made up my mind that others who did i at-1 cro-s mil ft pay ine for It. Jnn-1 When I finally opened the ford I located the etris-1 road where I proposed to give it free of sue- , charge, and after doing so, expressed myself n in i as befeg willing to take five dollars for the ourt j work Iliad done, and thv road, in the pres'd. i enec ol a dozwi men, and throw it open free to all. Had the party been in the funeral] j procession as is claimed they would have hud no occasion to cross at this ford, as the hearse j catnc ami returned by another way. 1 Now, .Mr. Kditor, afterliavingsutt'ered more, I perhaps, than any other man in the cornmunj I ity in proportion to my means from the frcslij I els, did I not propose in the first instance to . ! do enough ? la i These are the simple facts about the ford X and toy action in reference thereto, to which <5 good men in I.owndesvllle are ready to certi? fy. JONATHAN JOHNSON' MOSELIflY. j()|. -*?-* r Hi Tlic Convict (lucfitiuu. f, in ]?nrr,;-(L > 1.,'i The Abbeville I'ress and Banner make an jjj,!excellent practical suggestion in reference to : j-itlie employment of the Penitentiary con, |i!(; victs. It proposes that tlicy l?e employed In ; .I'- ; building railroads, or in working tlje country j ' roads and building bridges. J'lie convicts | must be made to work at something to pay , ]>o|l'or their living ajid safekeeping; confine ?*> i incnt in idleness would be, to many ol tbein, '? ."'.tan acceptable boon. Tbts system ol'hiring I! <,j{ j them out is objectionable on humanitarian I III 'grounds and for other reasons. Let those of .<s them who arc not needed to work on the ' !>i; canal or other .Slate property, and who canis 7,, j not bo prolitably employed inside the 1'eni* ...j/ teutlary walls, be put ut work on new rall1 V(i ruads, of which theie are ho many being bull; I .1-, or projected. 'J'hey should be kept under the ; iT-, immediate control and superintendence of i | the Penitentiary authorities and not hired 'i o'j tout to the railroad company or contractor] ' ' | uuless with this proviso. This would it in [.) > (! true bring them into competition, in some I j measure, with the labor of honest men who might desire to be employed by the railroads to do the same work, but this competition r^r.' cannot possibly he got rid of entirely without ! ! keeping the convicts idle and taxing the hon iest people to support them. . bj Still better, however, is the suggestion to .J employ them on the country highways and ' " bridges. The present system of working the i,? ?-.1..?i?1f..i,Mii(. imniilit nck'nim'!. I.">51 .edged to be exceedingly deteetivo and unsat-j jistactury. It does not accomplish its intended object and is u source of much annoyance Dc- Jand interruption of business to tlic funneic. i ,ast Jlut tlio prevalent indiscriminate outcry for owu j lower taxes Hiatus It rutiie to .surest a j ton of working them l?y contract. A late act' rled of the Legislature autliorl/.cd the employ* j ami, meiit of prisoners sentenced to the county > ijails in working the roads, but, like many i r.acts of IIlat body, it was incllcctive, because > r ' 110 practicid means were provided for con- j 1 . trolling, guarding and feeding the prisoners j when out at work. The most important | are ' highways in the State could be worked en* j JlL's> j tiaely by convict label*, and kept iu first chis* j 1 condition, even if there wrro not a sulllciciil j 10 is force to work all the public roads. And nr.rices der the (tlicicnt l'onilenliary discipline the | | work woiiid be done much better and in less; : tune than In required by the ordinary "road J I, ! hands." There are few public m,'Users of muri : i importance than this one of public roads. A [ system of good dirt roads covering tin' State 1 ; and kept in such a hight state of excellence uar- i,s 10 encouraue and faciliate their constant' ; use would do wonders toward developing the, jurs-i material resources of the .State and improv-! the inj; the condition of tlio people. It would ' ; render the people less dependent upon tin last railroads and thus restrain the latler from -live ''shorbitance, at the same time that it would; 1 increase tlie volume of their legitimate busl- , ness in passengers ntld IVeitrlil. (iood r<md?.j one abundant facilities for intcn'ommuiiicatioii ttoa[iln([ exchange of conniioilitics, are second I only in iinportar.ee to universal education a* : be-i a means of promoting the prosperity andj new happiness of a country. siiv 1 Miss Nktiii-: Koo.ns will be glad to Miowj mid the ladies ati the no with-.* in hats and bouj nets Lrimuiiugs on September ' <) and < >etolicr ...j I land-, \Vm. R Hell. I 1 \r, I I-'aj.l opening on September Si) and October 1 and - Wiu. 15. Hell. | The Atlantic, (ircenvillc an<l West- I cm Railway. Greenville Enterprise and Mountaineer. , A special meeting of tlie stockholders of ! the above Corn puny was held at Ninety-Six I on Friday last the 17th Inst. The object, of the meeting was to give authority to the President and Board of Directors to mortgage j the property and franchises of the Company ) to raise the necessary means to complete and ? equip the road and put it in working condi- [] tlon. I Every dollar of the stock was represented.,, in the meeting, which shows the deep | interest the stockholders feel in tlie speedy ! g completion of tlie road. The utmost liurmony prevailed and the proper res-1 j olutions were adopted to authorize tiiej, carrying out of the purposes of the meeting! j and to make tlie road^standard-gauge, if L thought advisable by the Directors, lly-laws r for the government of the Company were I r adopted and the whole workiug organization j j( perfected. v A.t a meeting of the Directors on the morn- f Ing of Saturday the 15th. Messrs. Susong it) { ! Co. submitted a proposition to take the as- ? ; sets of tlie Company; that is. the township bunds that, have not been sold, and the pri1 vutesubscriptions and pay all indebtedness lot the Company, and complete the road, equip, and put it in first-class working condition from Augusta to Piedmont.. Tliey include in this proposition a condition that tliey will give the several townships second mortgage bonds of tho llai'road Company, bearing seven per cent. Interest for the stock held by tlicni; and, in case the townships de] cllne this, then the Company to Issue if) thern i in majority, and consequently a controling interest, In tho stock of the Company, which is a control of the road. They priipese to give nil sorts of guarantees for the faithful carrying cut ot their part of the contract. They also stated that their scheme contemplated the extension of road from Greenville northward. That they were backed by a large capital that was abundantly able to accomplish anything they desired, but deellned to stale who their backers were or the point to which they Intended to build their road, but said their backers were individuals, not corporations, and further that if t ie road was only to extend from Augusta to Greenville they would not desire frr,; that its principal value to them was its extension northward from Greenville. r A resolution was adopted oy tne itoara ori Directors accepting the proposition of .Messrs. 11 Snsoiig & Co., subject to the approval of the i r stockholders nt- their annual meeting on s I lie 4th of November next. The reso- ] lutlons accepting the proposition were adopt- j ed by the Directors by a decided majority. ( Col. H. P. Hanimett, President of the Company, as we understand, dl.l not favor nc- 'j ceptitig the proposition as it was submitted , at present. He wan ted to know re good deal | | more than they seemed willing to tell of its , j provisions, conditions and details before do- J j ing so; besides, as lie told the Board, ho had ^ i always understood, and had so expressed ( ! himself to the stockholders and to the pco- , pl?. In all he had ever said nnd written, that < this was to be a rood built by the people, e n.nd owned by them for their own use ana t benefit, free from any alliance with any com- ( lunations or monopoly. lie was unwilling to ( see it depart from their control without some f necessity or aood reason lor it, which in his t Judgment did aol now exist. He hud Riven i notice to the stockholders at their meeting on ] the day previous that at their annual meet- t ing on the 4th of November lie would certain- t ly retire iroin the Presidency. That Ills oth- ' or duties occupied all his time, so that he had i none loft f jr the discharge of the ncecssary | duties of Iho Company. But as ho was not i in harmony with the Board us to tbeir policy, < and especially with reference to accepting the t proposition of Messrs. Snsong it Co. as admit- t ted by them, and as the annual meeting was j some limeahead, lie thought It best that he g should reMre at once, and consequently ten- i dcrcil ills residual ion. Tim utmost good feci- ) ing prevailed ami I here was not. the first in- < Mmutlonot unkindness .on the part of any t member of the Board. 1 It U understood that on t'lonf'ernoon of t he , same dny a contract was instUc with Al- t c.Tunder Stewart & Co. to grade the j line from Saluda llivcr at Ware's Shoals to Piedmont, taking tiio township bonds ] in payment therefor. Tills will complete < all fire grading front Augusta to Piod- ] monr, leaving the ten miles from Piedmont < to Greenville, only to lie let to contract, j Greenville is expected, to furnish money to ' Jo Hrat, if six) wants the road. ( _ I ' 1 **" ? CONGRESSIONAL AND JUDICIAL, Sporidatlons and Fi^nrcw as to ilic ConKrewionid Election--- Candidates for t he Oiiicc of Jnd^e. Columbia Correspondence Xcws and Courier, j There seems to bo little doubt here that ' Judge Colli ran bus been nominated tor Con- j < gress In the Third district on the first prima-1' ry ballot, iiithougli the returns are very j' scanty. The people of Columbia esteem hi in I very highly and are ?Iud that their uclghbors 1 of the Third district have spontaneously se lectcd so al)le a candidate. The lawyers of 1 Lite district have been so fully assured of the 1 Judge's success tlmt several of them anllci- 1 paled liis nomination by placing themselves in Die field for election to his scat on the. ' bench. Amcng the candidates are named William II. Parker and Kills G. Graydon, of ' Abbeville; 15. I?\ Whltner, of Anderson, and I J. J. Norton, of Oconee. Letters to nominees 1 for the Legislature, asking support for these ' .......1.|a1?. (li-ln.rlnoll nirl? /">f ( the State.''' "" i Cothrnn for Congress. i h'eitss ancl Courier. I Tho Hon. James S. Cothrnn, of Abbeville, i who has been nominated for Cougres* from the Third Congressional District as the the i successor of Col. I). Wyatt Aiken, Is known to ttie people of South Carolina as one of the i ablest and pnrest public men In the State, i Judge Cothnin is Iliorou^hly educated, is a j polished writer, an eloquent speaker, a thor- i ough lawyer, and has proved himself an ernl- i nent and Impartial Judge. i In the war between tho States he fought < with conspicuous gallantry, and bears upon j | his person the marks of wounds received on ' more than one hard fought field. Through- | out his life he has ever commanded the full j respect and confidence of hit? fellow-cillzcns, > who have never hesitated to follow when and where tie led. In every position of honor and trust to which he has been called, Judge Colli| ran has served the State with singular devotion ?nd success, and no public man in South Carolina, or in any other Slate, has a firmer ! hold upon ttie admiration and kindly regard i of the people. A gentleman by instinct, a i Christian in profession and practice, his conr- i Icons manners and exemplary conduct hare 1 made hiiu a model for the young men of I South Carolina, who have never had set be- ' fore them a higher type of manhood or of all i the Qualifies that constitute a useful und hon- ? orable citizen. In the new sphere of duty to I which he has keen called, without solieita- ' An'A.,? i.jj tliniM i? 11 c\ Atifctinn 1 1IWII Wl UliWll Kit mo IUV..V .? .,v n that lie will serve the people of the Third l)is- < trlet. and of the State, with the wisdom and ' fidelity which lie has ever displayed, and will i add to his new position more of honor than I iie can derive from it. 1 Judge Cotliran has always been in perfect ' harmony with the Democracy of the country on all the leading questions of the day, ana, i ullhotigh he litis not given utterance to his l views upon sonic of tiic questions which are j 1 now brought most prominently to tlio front, I j there is every reason to believe that he stands j' now, where he has always stood, fairly aml'f [squarely upon tlie platform of the Democrat- j I ic party, and that he will be in Congress a't firm supporter of the Administration anil of s | the policy which lias given to the Democracy , the control of the state and General Govern- } | mailt, ills nomination, in spite of a strong opposition in nearly all tho counties of the district, and after a canvass In which he lias taken no part whatever, 4s tho highest evideuce of t lie conlldcnco reposed by the people |: in his private and public character, as it is at:. the same time the highest tribute that could 1 ( be paid to his ability and worth. . The Election of .IihIjto Cotliran. Greenville Xcics. f The experiment of nominating a candidate i for congress by the primary plan and a direct |( vote of the democracy lias al last been pracli- ? cally tried and the result is altogether satis- j, factory, for the gentleman who has been nom- j( luated Is beyond all doubt the choice of the j j people, and there is no excuse for doubt, dis-! r satisfaction or talk of Jugglery or comblna-1 i tiollS. I, The opponents of the primary plan have [ j cj.iiinpil that Its use wmilil result in a mere ^ test of the strength of counties, but the rc-;g turns contradict that theory. Judge Cotliran j' could not have been nominated without a j >s larire vote in oilier counties to help the greatjj strength lit- had at homo. Anderson, 1'icKens 11 and oeoneo made fair lighting ground and if Mr. Johnstone, for instance, had been able to divide tiio votes in them lie would have made a close race with Use splendid endorsement given hi in at his home. Under I lie convention system the 277 demo-1' ernts in Newberry who voted fur Juilgo Colli-1 ' ran and lhe2SDln the same comity who voted i1 for Mr. I.ijij-coinh would have had no voice tie-. cause Ihc delegation sent to the convention 11 would have hoeii solidly for Johnstone. In.'1 the same manner the several hundreds oi v (.'otliian democrats in Anderson and Simpson < democrats in Pickens wonlil have been silone-'<' ed and without power in the selection of the ,' party's representative. As it is, every ileniocrat in (ho district has had the opportunity to express His ctioiee i>.v 1? his vote and tlu" candidate chosen is the can- a (IMntcoT ihc party anil will lie the real re pre- n st-nlntivc of the people, responsible directly, ' to them. I v May lie do them credit and prove that their, I1 choice is the lies!. v Sowiiij;1 Outi. This is the season for sowing oats. All latul j sown in oats should be harrowed; besides increasing the yield, it enables the farmer to |:: save the grain on low stalks. As seed are)" scarce and high-priced, it is said by expor-; ieiiccd farmers that 1 bushel of seed per acre ^ isKiiilleient in September and October; l'fl bushels In November ; 1U bueliels in Decern-1.. bcr. ACTS ABOUT PHOHIBITION IN ATLANTA. ^ ! k Review oT tile Trndc And Business I of Ilie City Since it Went "Dry.** 1 JCeowee Courier. ' The cfl'eet of prohibition on the trade, actlvty anil prosperity of a people Is a question of merest to the citizcns of every town. Ills enerally claimed by the "net" parly that it lecreases trade and nctive enterprise. The dry" parly as confidently assert the reverse, illeging that the suppression of the truffle in iquor, Invariably and of necessity, improves t people morally, socially and financially. \'e have always maintained the latter opln011 upon the acknowledged principle that noney saved is money made, and when saved rom being spent for liquor, it will be spent for useful articles or be Invested in the improve- ' neut of land, yielding general as well as local irosperlty. If spent lor liquor, it is not only r>st to the channels of actual trade, but is *rorsc than burned up, it lessens the will and _ >ower to labor, lessens physical endurance, essens moral strength, lessens the capital to to used in profitable enterprise, and for all T his produces no good, but evil and evil only, i J[ .Since prohibition went luto effect In Allan- m a, the liquor dealers, always noisy, have raisd a creat line and cry aboat the trade of the >'f Ity being cut off. thcvalueof property depre- 11 ilatlng and the ruin of the city being now at land. We would feel sad indeed to think that ? he expulsion from a town or city of the most >otent a:;ent of Satan would depreciate the W >roperty of the people or ruin the people. We i p lever believed it and are glad to give the reult of a statistical examination and report of he trade of Atlanta before and since prohlbi- ? ion us nnsltivelv illsnrovinor that Drohibitlon _ ius injured that city and disproving that rade has constantly increased since liquor ol pub expelled from the city. On this subject! g, be Atlanta Constitution, a rather *wetwnrd" i. >aper, gives tiro following views, editorially,!Kl inder the caption, "We staixl by the figures:'' j tc "Has Atlanta gained or loot business since! u, lie prohibition election?" / | Tills question has been discussed heartily,1" or some weeks, and theweightof opinion has) I ?ecn one way to-dny and the other way to-, jr n or row. Fortunately, exact statistics are at; . land which settle the matter beyond dispute, 01 tnd prove a< "That Atlanta has gained largely In bnsi- tj; less since prohibition went into effect !*' There are eight r.illroads that curry Atlan- " a's freights. livery pound of goods wc- sell d< ;oes over one of these rotids. Ir these roads ihow a diminution of outward freights from ? Vtlanta. then our busings lias diminished. I the volume of out-going freights has in- n :reased, theu out business has Increased. J Let us see what the railroad books show, rhe East Tcnuessee carried out of Atlanta, md billed from Allautar 7,191,009 pounds of 'refght In August, ISS5. against 8,172,000 in Au- IJ fust, 1885. There was the same proportion of tl ncreasc In June and July. .So over the East n renncssee road Atlanta doubled her business his summer over what she did lust smnmvr, " md the full increase promises to be even n greater. n llut, did the East Tennessee gain business at he expense of the other roads? If so, the ti ilty's gain Is lost. At the Central there was dmost a blockade of outgoing trains; the of- Icials reported a heavy calu in business, anil ,ho books showed a gain of 70,000 pounds In Tj lie first three days of chc month. The West P Point road, -reports that the business for the luce summer months of 1SSG is at least 30 per _ :ont. above the three summer months of 1S8S. Hie Georgia Pacific reports that the lncrcasc j\ las been so marked as to provoke comment ,r Votn all the depot and railroad officials. The ' Western and Atlanta road makes up Its books E mJuly 1st and presents them to the lessees, T jut the officials state that the demand for ex- Sl ,rn depot accommodations and extra local reight trains has been marked, and Is con- & suwiiiy increasing, Tiue kicivihoru ana uiinfillo recejivcd from freights hilled from Allan- aS-j,C01" In July, 18S.">, and Sfi,7&2 In 1S.SG, un In:roasc of 20 per cent, and the Increase for Au- J ?nst Is even larger. The Georgia railroad >ooks are kept In A newt a, but the increaseoS _ Atlanta tonnage during the aomroer lins been io marked that it line been a eonwuou topic ibout the depot. This testimouy is posHivfcnnd Irrefutable, rn splteof freight discriminations, the freigbtige billed f?our Atlanta (which moans goods ? manufactured'or sold in Alfanfo) has incroasid on every road lending out of the city. This ncrease runs from 20 per ccnt. to 100 por cent. E rhe way bills show that Athmta freight is .onstantly reaching new territory. Against Lhcse plain and emphatic figures, no nmouot >f opinion or complaint can prevail. Commercially, Atlanta is ho>*J!ne her own, and a l>nslrtng ahead as rapidly as her best friend ould desire. Who Will Support Them? Columbia Register. We will ask our friend of the Pre** anil finnncr, when the peoplft of the Western part T if the State get through- building roads for | .teorgiw maris anu ujin^in fjiianun:?, auu :hc convicts, us our contemporary proposes, shall be put ou tlic ptrNio roads, who is going ' :o support them? The thousand or so con- . irlcts of the Slate must at. lea>t cost $HO.OOO a Ifenf to feed jmh! clotlic tlietir. The Legisia- b ture refused at the Inst session lo appropriate e i dollar for I be support of the Penitentiary, though it was urged llint (he debt of that in- 'titutiou was directly owing to false legislation. It may do very well to hold tip to reproach Lite working of thesft convicts in the phosphate pit*. It will not 5e forgotten that ihc inost cruel and brutal treatment these poof jreat.ures have ever received was upon some if the t;cw railroads. And what do these oads that have been bttil? with convict labor nean for the Htate ? They nro going to do the city ?f Charleston j] more harm In t lie long run than the recent terrible earthquake. They will literally haul iway her trade, so that, for all that country threaded by the Central system, Augusta and savannah will become the trading centre and " shipping port.. Andyet this Is the very section that will oto here this Winter lo howi against env t?loyIntr tlie convicts on the phosphate beds or . in manufacturing. Tliey want the convicts 10 build more Georgia roads to carry more trnde away from Carolina marts and build up Jeovgia cities at the expense of onr own. We live (jreoiivllle and Spartanburg live years to find this out for Ihernselves and it* their cost, fi When it becomes as bendy for those living ten miles out of town lo go to Augusta as to jo to their own County town, to Augusta they n rt'ill go. Mark It. ? ? x \ot in <ioo?l Form. u Anderson Journal. # lilt- [>Oei<, tlUIlll v?. n UIIIIV1, n I II U< tuv p September Century taking exception to statemonts made about him' In an article pnblfshod in the Juno mmilicr of the etirrre periodical, f, mid like most humans of the ordinary stamp ivho take exceptions to published statements fiosnys: "My attention has been called." Ac. 1! This is the worn-out, thread-bare dodpc of sheer superciliousness and cannot be tolerat- r ?d in polite discussion. It says, la effect,. to L loth author and publisher, "Of course I H ivould never have noticed It bad not my at- ^ Ivntlon been called." &c. A statement to the ill'ect that "I liave rend" would carry far more weight as coining from one of observation a indsencral Intelligence than tho puny little lunkylsm, "Myattention has been called." Net the publishers of the country strive to a iveed out all mich objectionable stuff from the literature of the day as being none other a than offensive to the finer tastes. In this utI era nee John O. Wliltticr puts himself on a _ level with the backwoods chronicler who rraveJy announces that Mr. Blank Smith T 'has accepted r position," when It is nnlver- r tally known that said Smith almost scratched * lis nails off to secure the position and had alt he friends he could command helping him scratch. We are surprised at Mr. Whittlcr. iii?i;c!?tio?!i?Somo liood and Some Otherwlw. Greenville Enterprise tinrl Mountaineer, Two years Is a long time; hutnotwithstandng that fact, wc will now speak of some lungs that should be done by our Democratic bounty (.'(invention at Its session in ixss. A ft ule should be adopted requiring each votcri ' o cast his ballot at bis own precinct, a* the jtate law requires, so that tlic city box mana-1 bi jers will not be allowed to receive any oauoi, lot east by a resident of the city. The crowd- ? npr here of voters from tlicCounty pi ves mneh idditionai work to the managers in tho city, i work for which they receive no pay, and vhich possibly retards the declaring of the _ lection. Ttien, again, no ballot only partialy filled out for incmbeis of the House of Kep'esentati ves should be counted in full. If onyon e name appears on It, let the ticket be onntcd as one-fourth ; if two appear on it, et it be counted one-half, and so on. Lastly, r>mc other day tlmn Saturday should be ehi>en i>n which to hold the election, as that day s too n^ar the Sabbath; besides, the result hould be officially declared by twelve o'clock : ti r .i.? .1.... i lut ifistoad of i >u thesceoiul day thereafter. ? ? ? I V How to put a Ilnby to Sleep. A woman wllh a wakeful baby thus writes1 w I used nil the arts of .sootliii?jj and noreuadng. but there he sat and cooed and laughed. ? ii(l watched tin- Unlit am! the shadows until 1 o'clock came and went, and 12 was Just at mud. Something must ho done, and I could 111tiIc or nothing, unless a wet cloth on the lead might have soothing cH'oet?at least it rould ilo no harm to try. I took a piece of 'a n ton tlanncl, la lire enough when doubled to over the whole head, then put it closely over he baby's head so as to cover both cars and yes. The ell'eet was wonderful. There was a rief struggle, then perfect quiet, and in less ban tire minutes the little fellow was sound _ sleep. Sinec then 1 have tried It air.-iin and gain, and always with the same quick result, t. is a simple remedy lor sleeplessness and cell worth knowing and trying." This is mbllshed for the benefit of our young friends ; ? rho have to lull their babies tosleepat ulglit. Our people complain greatly that the Unitd Slate* government is so picayuuish as to eeline to put a mail service upon the Savan- ; ah Valley Railroad. This is a route tifty ' liles long. and would supply a most necessa- ' y want, we trust that the matter will In; peeililv adjusted ami the customary mail ser- ' ies given us.?Anderson JiUiUiycnver. ' Ladies colorcy Astrakhan Jerseys. Win. K. , ell. U 21) J ? i i ii rt FALL GREETING. I / 4 ' ' ,/ . ' ' v.:'V' *P?? N presenting to the public thin advertise' cnt, I wish to make kflown my claims la >ur attentive consideration, in a few words. have a nice new Stock of , ' : ALL AND WINTER GOODS, irefuHy selected with reference to the want* rthc residontsof this vicinity,andall bought i low us a thorough knowledge of the mar-it would allow. Tnofic who feel it an object i buy where they can secure the greatest val-- v ?lor the least outlay, will And themselves nply repaid by looking through my stock* shall endeavor by fuir and honorable dealigs,a? hereto/ore, to 4til I merit your contt :nce and patronage, not only for a few transrtions, but as long as you shall reed anyilng which it Is In my power tofttrntoM. My mlted space will not allow me to specify In* stall every attraction which lsoflered In UiU : . -J;',: NT ew Stools. xS ut I cordially invite you to call nnd look irouxh my store. If tliere Is any tiling in niy ne that you want, 1 hope the pricc and qualy will determine you tu buy It of merand If ot, I slmll at least have had-the pleasure of kectlogyou oud showing you that my Intenoosare good. " '-.i I NoKlsaMilliffirjWs. Vi ,> dvnnced shapes In HATS' and BONNETS, i FELTS. PI.USH, BEADED aud BEADFFECTS, for Ladies, Misses and Children. rlmmod Novelties for Infanta and Children* CHOOL HATS for Misses, Girls undGoys in; II styles and prices. lat and Bonnet Trimming FEATHERS and WIuGS In all colors. TIPS in black and all the new shades. RIBBONS in Pccot Edge, Satin and Gro-, . rain. '? . VELVET and SATIN RIBBONS to Pecot itlge. Black and Colored PLUSHES. Black and Colored ASTRAKHANBlack and Colored VELVETS In Stripe, Bro- ~ i\do and Plain. . ??,i r'Aln,/ul nPATlS_ J ) I (lis IV unu VVIW1VM Jet and Colored Ornaments " Braids and Flowers. '; 1 Novelties ii Dress Mi " V.J 11 the latest Full xoveUles in Stripes, Cominations, Plain and Mixed Goods, Also Beud- 7 " d Dress Robes. Dress Trimmings* IMack and Colored ASTRAKHAN, Black nnd Colored PLUSHES. Black und Colored VELVETS lr> 8t'rlpe% " Irocadennd Plains Black and Colored BEADED TRIMMING. SHOULDER CORDS and Ornaments. Cloaks and Wraps. . r will dlfpTay a very handsome nne-oi ran? nd Berlin Siytes. NEW MARKETS* In Black ami Colored om 50 to55 inched long. Short WRAPS, Astrakhan and Far Trlmilng, Black and Colored. Walking JACKETS, Astrakhan and For 'rimmed, Black and Colored, with kirge Moilllc Buttons. Black und Colored JERSEYS, w)th Coot tack and Vest Front. American ami French Woven JERSEYS om 50c. to SiJKK Astrakhan JERSEYS 1b Blue, Black ami irown from $2.50 to S3.00. Ladles and Misses CLOVES, In Black and bloredKlds. Black and Colored Cashmere, luck aud Colored Silks. Black and Colored eriin. Ladles and Misses IIOSE, In Black, Colored nd striped with moco foot. Children's Knit Goods In Colored HOODS nd JACKETS. Full line of Ladles' and Children's SHOES ad SLIPPERS. [OOP SKIRTS AID BUSTLES. Victoria HOOP SKIRT 25c. Full Dress HOOP SKIRT 35e. Madame Pattl ROLLING BUSTLE 50c. Health, 3 row'wlro BUSTLE 75c. Wire Tip BUSTLE 25c. # Loose String BUSTLE 10c. The Challenge DRESS EXTENDERS, best uaUty clock spring steel. WHALE BoNE in long and short pleccsr ust quality goods. Corsets and Corset Steels. Anil's coiled wire Spring COUHisx. Dr. Warner's Cornlinc CORSET. Thompson's Cllove Fitting CORSET. Kr. Strong's Tumptco CORSET. The lirldo ami Best Yet CORSETS. Trieora Nursing CORSET with Elastic sccon. Ladies UNDER VESTS la cotton and wool om 2K to 30. Ladies and Miwws HANDKERCHIEFS, hile and colored bordered. BUTTONS, BUTTONS. Large and small to ma Vol). Jet and Crochet HCTTONS. Pearl and Wash HUTTONS. Dress CLASPS, Black and Colored. DOMESTIC GOODS. it.......,?.i i.*,*i,11 0f |[1C i.oom. Androscoggins and Barker Mills. Lonsdale and Wumsutla Cambric. Iliversidcl'laidH, In large and small chocks. Piedmont 7-S and 4*4 Brown llomcspnn. >5oii Island T-Saind 1-1 Homespun. ['laid Dress Ginghams andCalicoos. Colored. While and llrown Cotton Flannel. Hod Ticking anil UW .Sheetlnir. Ladies lluud Satchels In Black aud Tau.