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Ths Press and Banner. A1SUUVILLU, S.O. Wednesday, Oct. 27, 1866. As it is possible that an el tort may bo made at the i.ext sitting of the ?ienerul Assembly to establish an Agricultural College, anil as it is likely that such an institution will not he established in Charleston or Columbia with, out inducements being ottered, we would suu;;est that the ?liIll-rent towns or counties be allowed to bid for it, or tooilV-r inducements to have the institution established to suit themselves b 'St, while sorviiuj the State equally well as if located el>e where. There is nothing like a little wholesome competition, even in educational matters, and we would like to see tiieCollege located where the largest, advantages are otrered. We are no enthusiast on the subject of a manual labor school, with a liifalutin name, but if it is determined to establish such an institution let us <ro at it in a business-like way. The College, wc think, should he located ill'.lie country, away from t he vices and allurements of the city, and free from influence which would make labor disreputable, or which would have a tendency to create different castes among the students. Then h t a suitable tract of land be chosen in the country, where ample accommodation f< r agricultural pursuits could be ha.I, and whenall the facilities and opportunities for successfid test" and experiments could be found. It it should be so determined that the Col lege would be located where the greatest In. .1 ?< ??)..litV conltl tie ofl'i-i-ed. I he cost lo the H:?te would be srivatly redueeil, \v!iilt> its usefulness and ellleieney would liodoubt t>c increased. Jf tlicriwn-ivut localities of the Slate should enter in grncrous rivalry for the possession of an institution which should be so highly prized, Abbeville county would no doubt put in a bid, and if so, would make the winning section pay a liberal price for it. More than a hundred years asjo an old philanthropic bachelor, named I>r. Dcljti Howe, made n will leaving 1,700 acres of tine lands, and a large sum of money the interest oi which was to housed in the support of n manual labor school. Owing to the fact that the public schools oiler free tuition, the T>el.a llowe school has languished under the new order of things, and the t rusteos several years ago closed the Institution, as being unsuited to the demands of the present limes. The interest on the capital, about $12,00J is accumulating, and the annual ren'.s of the farm add something to the surplus. Well now, if ("apt. IS. It. Tillman can invent, suggest, or develop any plan by which a manual labor school, under the high-sounding ,.f oil A <rri..n It til-Ill Pfill<<?Y?. Am lie made to answer u public demand, we have not the shadow of a doubt that- Ihe rat 1 estate worth perhaps SiJ.OOO with the int? rest on an endowment Mud of jll'.KlJ in cash, would be turned over to the State to secure >ueh an lnstiliition ? Jor Abbeville county. Tho hSow YorSt Sun's" 0!lici?!?*,ti?ss. The yew York Sun scorns to be desirous of gaining some notoriety by paying an undertaker's bill which had be?.-n rejected by the Grant family. The charge was as follows: Saratoga Spimscs, N. Y., Oct. ts>G. STATE OE UEN. li. S. (i'KANT. IJormir of M NoI.ves Jc Co.. General Furnishing b'mlertnki'is. Patentees and Manntactnreis tif tree; iunal lie Caskets, Xi>. 12 Chtiroh strci-t July 2^?To wa>hiiig, laying out ?f b ilv, Jdlig. use of Casket ft oil) July in 5J0; aiteri.d nii'i cavity < mtialming, all moneys |>niil men, raliron<l fares. Until expenses, ami nailer takers' set vices until bmlv placet! ill Mr. Merrill's ImmN..... * *50J 00 u " Dr. If. MeKwen's loll tor raising r.rtcrie.-, jisslst ince in c.'td>:dmi: ir, visit, to Ml Mifir tn ,'iss'st in comj>!ri i!.i' tint work uf prescrvalii-n and ?iit'.'b;n>i the sain?* l:otn July '-8 to SO 200 00 T.?tal $.VJ0 I" Tills bill seems t<> us tubs excessive. Mr. Illy Hi at Greenwood or Mr. Sign of Abbeville would charge only SKl.OO for cmlialmin?, t bough they do Lot possess a "Sectional Ice Casket," to lend out to customers Simple folk, like those In Upper South Carolina, would think >Vi).o)at least ten times as much as that job wou'd be worth. We arc of that class of citizens who do not l?elieve that an undertaker has ti c right to rob the distressed household, or to charge more than a fairprico for his (roods, and we be. lieve the Grants had as much right t-> resist an exhorbitant claim for embalming General Grant us for any thin;; else. This thing of al JOWIIlg cuini'iiaiiL> in j ijii iuv vi deceased persons In the matter of their burial expenses Is an outrage whleh fcliouid net bttolerated. There Is nnylir.w a sight of scntimcnta' foolishness about funerals. Where is the Jlitiess of burying a man In a broadcloth coat and in a lifty-dollar cotlin who in life could wear only a live dollar coat and sleep on a four dollar bedstead? Where is the humanity or Christianity In erecting a hundred-dollar monument over the body of him whose children aie barefoot? Where is the merit in cultivating (lowers over the graves of dead hived ones, while the living cLIldren may lack for potatoes? It Is all very well for rich people to gratify lliolr vanity by gorgeous funerals and splendid monuments, hut poor folk, who love their kindred, need not d -prive their living depcmU-udi'iits of the actual necessities of life in order to ape their richer neighbors, who perhaps, care as little lor their dead as they do lor their living kludre I. iiUlkJIt' llllit IIIV We reprint an interesting paragraph or two from IJIiii!ie"x recent speech at Pittsburg, which will afford interesting rcaUhr.:. lie is provvablal for his ever recurring arraignment ami malignmentol tlie people of the South. ?nd this speech is nut essentially dill'dent from other speeches whi.-h l:c has delivered. The labor question is that pari of his speech >*iiieh will attuct nioroatteiition. That 1 ion may \el he the great question of'the day, out we are not prepared to bvl ieve that a jcciseral bicaking up of the present labor sy.-lom on tlio farms is imminent, but we do think tin; day is not distant when the colored man may t;:ke tlie pla:*u <>l while operatives iii Mime of our liiel'H The .strikes anions t lie mIiUe laho crs, will, we think, hasten the event. If white me i shisli refuse to work Is there any reason to doubt that black men will take the job which is refused by liis white ucighbor? The question as to whether lho negro may not have now pursuits opened up to him, will be answered allirmalively or negatively, according tis he may prove c"i--i -.1 ! **? f ac C'lCM |r or JIICUI'-U HI. J Uv >* m il.- . nmant wt lnetiieicnt wo believe tlic day is not distant when the experiment will be lrl?-?l. What Mr. Uiainc says about Use e'^ht hour regulation for colored laborers in the South, -will oceaslon a laugh in all tills part of (lie country, ami we presume lie meant the st Women t to be understood as u joke. He could Jind little evi ienee in this part of the country to substantiate any statement that any body works sixteen hours a day. In I lie Vt'ruit^ Direction!. R We t-eo that our friends in W'jwhir.sJon, Georgia, have applied tor a charier lor a i ailroad from that town t-> Klhcrton. In tbi< tliey make a mistake, Tln-y should come toward Abbeville. This is the natural route and one wlik-h should ho opened. We k " i ..i . .1 . <*.-t ?l.?..r ll.n I ! w. illlVl' IIU IKIlillt LililL U.ll >.iv jind at (.itlit r cud of the route would conli il>_ f- ule liberally. |<- of 11 .Vmvspm'.cr I'ublishxr. The J'ickcim &' ntiiivl ol t!ie 2l>t Instant, came io tis in mourning lor tiie <lc:it!i of James C. Thompson, Joint owner of I Irs pijier with M;iJ. l>. 1-'. IJr.ulIov. 11 dlrdon Stin?lay, the 17t!i instant, "?l years. lie was u practical printer, ami possessed ninny sterJin:; traits of eliara';t,r. llo lia.d been >!elc tluce last ma. eh. i j -i . i ? m !i wmmmmmmammmmmm ' OcnJli ?f William Plucklicy Starke* i When Uic rich or great depart, more arc j Ions: obituaries and mausoleums, but tlie | death ol those who liuvc not been fortunate, and happen to bo penniless and homeless, j scarcely raise a ripple upon the surface ol' l lm-y society. Mr. Starke was born in tlie "Tintwoods" of ; this eounty. lie was reared bore. His father* j U". W". Starke, was in the Legislature repre sentinir this people, when he was elected president of the New ISank then chartered at Newberry, which caused his removal to that : place. I Mr. Starke (o >k the first honors of his class in tiie South Carolina College in the year 1>'12 or H, and being wealthy, he then went abroad ?travelling for several years over Egypt mid the far East. He travelled with a view of informing himself, and was one of ttic low among us who was not only "travelled" bul learned. The war made him penniless, and yet after I that great change In his condition, lie never pined i)or Ircttcd, but was as simple, hearty j and free from bitterness as a guileless child, lie was never married, but lived and died ; "alone in tlie world," as it were, a stranger in a strange land. We have often thought he liii.l inn.I.. ,111 bis iler-muit. iind wits waitimr for ! the message to depart, lint lie never intruded his innermost sentiments upon the world. His contemporaries who knew hiin well, were id' I his devoted friends and will drop a tear to It is memory. The sudden and unexpected announeement ot his death. Just as the leaves of autumn began to fall, recalled the touching lament: 'So soon may I follow When friendships decay. And Iroin love's shining circle Tin* gems drop away ! Where Imt hearts Me withered And fond ones are tlown, Oh ! who would inhabit This bleak world alone? I The licgUler has the following true and appropriate remarks: i William Pinckney StnrUe died a few days | ago whilst on a visit to Kort Hill, the former I home of John C. Calhoun, and where he was | collecting such personal incidents in connection with the home life of the ?reat st-ates| nmn as might be used in the life of Calhoun ; which the defeased had been lor some time {cnjiaged in writing. j The deceased, in laic years known only to I his intimate friends, In untcbsllum days was . one of the wealthiest young men of the State, !a man of wide travel, and widely known | throughout the country as a gentleman of ! leisure and rare cultivation ; ho was remarkable wherever known for his brilliant, social frills U* a IXVIIIIICIII uiu !?iiui-u. ] In latter years I lie deceased charmed all I who lint liiin by his wit and infinite humor i whilst lie astonished even men of learning by his profound knowledge of the HiUleund his rare s::ho|:irs!iip, Like Swedtiiiburg in his : day, hi- would "rustle the gowns of an whole I university" even in this age of buiistcd cul! tun?. I The deceased was over sixty ycirs of ace at j the tin.e of his dentil, and had lived all the j weary y?>ars since the war as simply as a lior! mit, loving the world only for the sake of his i dear frien;T<, whilst lie loiiie l for the beyond. |To him the pale visitant was welcome, and j the lot of common humanity an opening of ] tlie I'early <iat"s. | "Alas, poor Ycrrlck! I knew him well. We I ne'er shall look upon his like again !" *A liiHiv Ta\j?:v}er.'' This correspondent writes to tho Xpws and Courier a letter which we reproduce in these ! columns, lie proves nothing. Hut nays: I '*So far as the oxix-ndiHires are involved, wc have | already pnivi-d tint their ineiva-e for 1SS5 was lint i duo t'> tin- establishment of Ilit* College and | the Cit.-vb-l, the completion of the State-House ami I the increased number or inmites of charitable institutions. and that, in t'te current expenses of tlio srov?-riini* nt. there had been an actual reduction of $77.! ("flit. These tioints have been established upon the evidence of figures, which tlio Press and Jiu.vter does tt"t undertake to question, htid the correctness of which we challenge any one to dispute." Hi? gives not :i single factor figure to support the allegation "that in the current expenses of the government there Las been a reduction of jf77,UO0." The fact Is clear to every taxpayer that his taxes have been increased, and we have good proof that the phosphate royalty lias increased to tin amount exceeding ?100,000. Now, if the expenses have been reduced ?77,000.and the charilalila ami educational institutions have increased only ill.',000, why collect S2-0,|?Ki0 more now than iu 1SSU? Let '"A Small | Taxpayer" account for the money. AVe ilo not know where the money goes, and will be | extremely obliged to "A Small Taxpayer" if | he will tell us what becomes of the increased I collections. We do not understand It. Wo arc ignorant, l'lea-e enlighten u-s? Hul ' don't forget that we knou) tliat tlic taxes have : 1)0011 increased, Please bear tliis fact in j mind. I The reader's attention Is called to Mr. Till] man's article in another column, ami also to an editorial copied from the Xcub erry Observer. ? c?i ? Tito AtlKUlir, (irrrnviilc and Western Kniltvny. The stockholders of this Company are great ly exercised over a proposition to sell out the road to Susong Jfc Co., who, it issald, make exceedingly liberal propositions. We haven't any good advice to give our friends in this matter, but the agitation of Ilie subject reminds us of the trade that the Cumberland j Gap road entered into with its present owners. We were soon to have a splendid road with trains loaded with coal and other produce, passing almost hourly, and all this without further expense to us. We made the mistake in not taking bond for tlie faithful performance of the purchaser's contract, or I else having in it a fortcilurc clause. Our i friends may profit by our sad experiencej There can be no doubt that a good trr.de is a j most desirable thing?it the interests ot the | Company are properly guarded. Hut, with the lights now before us we do not know j what is best for the friends of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Hallway. We trust the ri^lit may prevail. ? ? Hon. !'.(hYtti>(l .UcCriKi.v, Jr. We think we only express the sentiment of ) many citlznns of Abbeville when we say that ' we regret that the Hon. Edward McCrady, jr., was recently ilvlVat"d in the nominating con| veiition f.?r a seat in the Legislature from ! Charleston. Ilis ability, his high integrity ' his breadth of views in considering himself a ' representative of the people of the whole ! State, together with the fact that no man possesses in a greater di-gree the contidenee fit up-country, pre eminently (it liirn for a repI resentative in the hcvislu'ure. lb' is wliat we wniitd I rut ail Honest inan, and witliout sayi luganuht aua'iisl any mail who was fortunate ci.o.is;!) to receive a nomination, Hie t'rcxs mi'l Rointcr wiMiil express regrets that he was not returned to the Legislature. As a rule, Charleston is wise in the selection of her representatives. hut she tinnle a mistake v. h'jh slit: left Kihviinl Mcl'rady oil" the tlckct. I L'.M'T. li. 1!. Tii.i.MAX publishes a letter it: I lie Xcirs utid Courier which clearly establishes the tact that the "agricultural bureau j hud ottered to analysis of fertilize $5 per I brand." lie requests all papers who have repealed or alluded to tlie charge of error in his statement to copy his dclencc. Under our I rule to exclude'communications of tiie character to which he has reference, the articic ' was not published in the l'nss anil Maimer, ! and hence there is no necessity for copying ("apt. Tillman's defence. If Mr. Jones knew of the proposition, and did not say so to Mr. Tiilman, lie should have done so. i V?"i: are silad to notice in our exchanges fewer ii::tlii.-ti<' anneals to deliiniuent subscribers. A bill or ihiii sent directly lo (lie delinquent | MjbfS'Ti'jcr would do more good tlum ii tliou' sand pitiable waiis in the newspaper Send lli" bill direct and Hie majority will pay, l?nt j will give no attention lo pieces in the paper. - HO ! Wk are sorry that- wo could not find room for the X' ic.i and Courier'.* dignilicd review ol i "A Small Taxpayer's" letter. l'ogers A of Augusta, (5a. On making largo shipments ol' provisions, lia^gin^ ajnl tie*' t*> there Caroiina irido d-iiiey, also receiving consignments ol' cotton by every train. Tliey can dcii ver goods at any depot . in Carolina in two or tlnee days a Tier older is receive-1. .Ship tnc:u yuur cotton and order i your goods. 'NO USE TO GET IAD ABOUT IT 'NEITHER IS THERE NEED FOR A SPECIMEN OF LOW COUNTRY PLANTATION MANNERS. ?. | "A little Tnxpnycr" Assumes to bo' Woiulrous Wise, nml Talks Know-, in^ly of tlic Igjiornncc of the ' t'res* and Itnmicr" ? A Lot of; Talk on Aiiyinin^ ivisc iiiaii inei Question nt Issne?Tliere In no I'sc! to Deny flu- Fnt't That the Taxes' | Have Bi'cn Increased-Thc Figures ^ Prove it?The Tnxpnyers Know it ?.\oiv Tell us Why the Increase?; ?That is the Question Which is Evaded Every Time ? Irrelevant i Talk and Silly Abuse or the "Press and Banner" Will not Divert Attention From the Jllnln Question.' To the Editor of The News and Courier: Through the kindness of a friend we are In receipt or copies of the Abbeville Press and Ha mi cm nd the Greenville Daily News, each of ! which honors "A Small Taxpayer" with its alI tcntion. The former even surrenders sulhj cicnt space from its malicious ami slanderous utilise of Charleston to Rive the article in full, will) conspicuous head-lines, and with the j following editorial comment: "MR. TILLMAN VINDICATED." "Oniittlns nil expressions of iIIrp spect for the O'lVi-rmiient ottluialii, it will be seen that Mr. Tillmini's charire Unit the taxes for Kinto piirposi-s were ] $?2(J,()00 more In 1SS5 than in 1SS0 Is atrlctly true. The coiic>pon.',ent admits mat 'ine amount coaecieu in 1SS5 probably exceeded that collected in 1SS0 by about SlSG,0i)U Phosphate rovnlty forlSSO 8 fi53-'t7 Phosphate royally for ISStf 11)0,000 Increase since 1S8B 131 275 Increase from agricultural dep't 28,000 Makingatotd increase of 5045,275 "Willi tlie $.10.00:),000 added to the assessed value of property, together with I lie treat increase in the amount of phosphate royalty, ii will be seen, if diere had been no increase of expenditures, that onr State taxes Would now be three m'lls Instead of five mid a half, as at present. We do not know where thi money gocc (italics oars), but think Mr. Tillman Is justified by the facts In saying that our tuxes have been Increased 5320,000." The question at issue being the amount of j tuxes taken from thepeople, and the consequent I burthen Imposed upon them, it will strike the j render at on <c as u remark ii bin proposition : that these taxes are increased and the bnrthen I made heavier by the direct payment to the peo\pteo( this loyally, every dollar of which [ comes out of the pocaets of corporations, most of them foreign. The Press and Banner, very prudently, does | not question our facts or figures, but artfully represents the phosphate royalty and the | funds of the agricultural department as taxes ; imposed by the State, relying upon the igno-1 I ranee of its readers not to detect the decep| tion, and upon the influence of its head lines j i to mislead them. It will discover, we imagi ine, that the people of Abbeville and of the I State are not so misinformed, or so intellectuj ally poverty-stricken, as to accept head-lines I In lieu of argument, or the assertion that the phosphate royalty is a tax upon them as a I Vrti* u it ?:irisfiml with this at learnt to I impose upon the credulity of its readers! but j with its characteristic disingenuousness, sub- j stilutcs tlie royally or 18Sf>, w hen ttic comparl- j sons were all with the year 1883, thus sacritic i ins; candor of discussion for a few thousand dollars gained in support of its statement. Our demonstration that the U-xes in 1S85 were not (too more than they were In 1880 ! Is accepted by the Press and Manner, and it[ j uses our estimate of the actual Increase as correct. It also endorses what wo have said of the State otllcers, by "omitting all express-] ions of disrespect for the Government officials." So that by its own showing, "A Smnll Taxpayer," and not Mr. Tilltnan, stands vindicated. j In this single issue of the paper there arc so | many evidences of ignorance of matters relai ting to tlie State Go\ eminent that it Is a question In our mind whether tlie classifying of ! the phosphate royalty as a tax upon the pcoj pie was rcully intended to mislead, or whether it was not rather the result of an honest be, lief that the people were actually required to pny it. In another portion of the paper, referring to the same royalty, wo have thismost j remarkable statement: | "With exclusive pilvilesres tn rngaga tn tlio m?et ; profitable business in lilt- Suite, and with the coni virtu to do the work. (Italics ours), we do nut eee i what inure the phosphate tiiggere can ask.'1 I ' With the convict# to do the workCan it be possible that the Press ttnd Manner Is Ignortint of the fact that of the millions of tons of | phosphate rock on which the state has reeeivI ...I .. 1-nvtilfiT ?,,/ t! tannin lunlnd WltS ever dlli! by a convict? Does it not know the dlllerlence between river rock which belongs to the j State and land rock which is tlio property of i individuals? The 1'rexs and Manner, liowev; cr, not only displays Its ignorance, but aetuali iy confesses It, in the acknowledgement that I it does not know where the money goes. A i most damaging admission for a paper which j presumes to exercise censorship over tiie au| ininis:ration of the Slate Government, not to ! know where the money g>es. Did it ever ! take the trouble to iry and find out ? Surely, I the people of Abbeville wi.l no longer look for guidance to this blind leader ol the blind, for '/((hum in uno,/aUum in omnibwt. ! Hire, under all rules of discussion, we would be justified in leaving the iVes* and Banner, lull we are honestly concerned to think thai any portion of our people, no matter how small the number, may be dependent 011 such authority ior In forma I ion on matters relating to the State Government, and we propose to give 10 its readers that information wiilcli it confesses itself unable to give, nnd, possibly, even to enlighten the Press and Banner Itself. ]n undertaking this tusk, we claim no superior knowledge of these matters, none, in! deed, that may not be acquired by any lntelll! gent man who will take the trouble and the ; interest to examine and study the reports of our officials. This much we do claim to do, and every fact and every figure used In this ! discussion has been taken from the reports of j the comptroller general, a source of inforinai tlon which we commend to the attention of the Prexsund Banner, in the event tluit it ; should ever tie? ire to make a lair ana impnr11ia 1 statement in regard to the mate Govcruj incnt. I Referring again to the editorial comments | on "A small taxpayer," it is asserted : ' '-If there had been n<? increase or expenditures our J taxes for State purposes won d now he three mills, in| stead of Ave iiikI it ball', as at present. Wo (lo not : know where the money sues." j So far as the expenditures arc involved, we have already proved that their increase for ' |.-8T> was bill tine to tlie establishment I of lite College and I lie Citadel, the completion | <>f the Si ate-1 louse and the Increased number I of inmates of the charitable institutions, and ! tbat, in the current expenses of the government, there had been an actual reduction of $77,tMX>. These points have been established upon the evidence of figures, which the Prexx and ISiuiinr uoes not undertake to question, and the correctness of which we challenge any one to dispute. ' An impression seems to have obtained and i is being made much of hy the assailants of II lie .State Government that there is a very ; large surplus in the treasury, kept there without reason, and which should be thrown into l the general fund so its to reditec (he lax levy. ! Is this correct? The comptroller general in his last report, after expressing his gratillcai tion that he had been able to draw his warj rant, upon the treasurer lor (ho payment of i every appropri.iliou as it bccumc due, goes on lo: | "While it Is triii'. liowt-ver. that the balances in the j treasury have enabl. il as lo ineel all expenses durbar ' the- past year. It is proper that It should he understood I lb.it thvse balances do nut represent a surplus over ,: and above the i i.tiins against the State; but are, on the e-iiituiry, only claims, the payitn at of which h.ivc not yet been demanded, as for Instance, Interest pro| videil for bonds not yet funded .direct tax In'in the I Cnited States, deposits by the sinking fund commlsI .-Ion. pavinents bv the iiifricultiirul deparlmeiit, ?fcc. ' "-in . .i l.?I..,*. |..?? In lli? trenail. ! I ry, and n large |m>i||uii of them will never be culled | fur. still, tlie tact that they are claims against lite | State, whi"h may be drawn from the treasury, and the I further r.ict that our taxes are collected at the end of ' the year Instead of at the beginning:, induce ine to re? > |ieat what I s.tid in my last ivpurt as to the iui|ior | lance of some measure whereby the lost year In the j collection of taxes may be recovered." 'j Iteferrini? to those aeoounts ns sho\yn on page of the report, w? tinri that tlig.v aggregate $JI5,4-V>; by the use of which,' with the i addition of sonic unpaid appropriations, the j comptroller general leils us the expenses of the Government \yere able tp be met in pint, I (luring the year, prior to the collection of the I taxes. Hul, us this odlcer well says, these i funds do not belong to the Stafo, tliey limy tie drawn from the Treasury at any time. Therelore, some other provision should he made to anticipate the col eetion of taxes. To appreciate the diltleullles which beset our h^ate | Government, we must bear Ju mind the lol| lowing facts: Tlu? iiscal year beszlns on the first of Noyem' J ber, and ends on the Ulst of October. The ' General Assembly, at its annual sessions, makes appropriations lo cover iliis period; 1 bill the tu.res so levied, ure not collected until the October mid. A'ovember futloiriny. J11 other word*, the taxes necessary lo meet the expenses of iho State Government are collected at ' tile end of I lie yca>* instead of at. the bcglnj nim:. As all illustration, the tax books were ! opened ju*l a week ago, (15th October,) for the collection of tIn- taxes nece.-sary for the ex' peiises of the Goverumeiit /rum the first. of last JYotttuber tu the thirty-first ></' t/iis present month, mid the collect ion of this lax will not be completed until iJeeeiribcr the loth, ruder these i circumstiiiices, lias the Press mid Hanncr ever thought for a moment of the dilMculties which have had lo be met by those who managed the finances of the Stale? ilas it over asked itself the niustion or tried to inform itself how tl.e expenses ol the Government were j met, when no tax had been collected to nu-et them? With about f'ft.y thousand dollars of Icgis'aUve expenses to meet lu iJccciubcr, aad' about three hundred nnd seventy thousand dollars ol interest to pay in January and July, besides the running expenses of the Government, it was absolute!? necessary to make some provision which would relieve the State from this difficulty, and ceoure tier against the danger of not being able to meet her obligations promptly. The only expedient, for ft time, was to authorize the Governor and the State treasurer to borrow money to anticipate the collection of taxes, and this was done, and continued to be done for years. With such obstacles to contend nsainst, fs It not an evidence of remarkably Rood maimirement that the financial officers of our Slate have been able to place her upon the plane which she occupies to-day? Hut ten years ago, they took charge of the State with a heavy floating debt, with ail unsettled bonded debt, wilii her securities going begging at 23 cents and not a dollar in her treasury. Already, they have placed iter credit so high that her bonds are sought at 111; her whole debt, bonded and floating, has been satisfactorily adjusted; she meets her obligations dollar for dollar on the day that they fall duo, and has no longer to depend upon the contingency of borrowing money to anticipate the collection of her taxes. All this has been done and done, too, with a State tax varying from -JO to 4"Vj cents on theSlOi), and only once reaching as much as i>5 cents on the S100. Now, we ask the people of South Carolina, in all candor, whether the manngement of the finances of the State, as we have endeavored to explwin it, evinces "imbecility" on the part of those whom we have put In office? Whether there has been "waste" nnd "extravagance," as has been openly charged, or any attempt at concealment in the transactions of our officials which can warrant any oue In claiming not to know where the money goes ? But we see serious danger in the lessons which are being taught our people, and In the wild statements which are being impressed upon thein, a danger against which we earnestly warn the good people of the State. Impressed with the gravity of the situation which foreccl us to collect our taxes a year bej hind, and mindful of the necessity of placing ! the credit of the State absolutely beyond dan ger, uie last xji-gimuiuio, iu >n; i?.v. v uivu ... I formed by a prominent incnibor, determined upon the policy of leaving each year In the 1 treasury a small portion of tin; funds on | hand, to supplement the reserved funds al! ready mentioned, a policy which, If continued, would enable the expenses ol' the State Government to be paid during the year, In anticipation of the collection of taxes. But already there has been a disposition manifested to appropriate these funds and reduce the levy, sttcn a course will be fatal, and we cannot too earnestly put the people on their guard against It. Our finances arc lu a most ! healthy condition, our credit is unquestioned, | and in a short period, if this policy of the | Legislature's continued, we will have accumulated enough to bridge "the lost year." ! The next Legislature, soon to assemble, will i have to provide for the refunding of SM.vD.OOo 1 in bonds in July, 1888. Toudoptsuch a course I as we have indicated would be salcidal. It i would not only remand the State to a worse condition than that represented by the comptroller general three years ago. but It would utterly destroy hope of disposing of our bonds. It would reduce the levy next year* It Is ti ue, hut its effect would be to deplete the treasury, and leave not a dollar to pay the Interest in January and July, isss? i he very period when we must provide for a reissue of some of our bonds. We will not believe that j the representatives of the State will purchase a temporary icductiou of taxes at such a cost. | The Greenville Daily A'ewx "sees ' the l'reaa and Banntr, and "goes" this much "better:" | "The Abbeville Press and Banner lubliebee the I letter of Mr. TiCcnaii'a fiimny nmus nft.'tiilant, nnd shows by the figures haw shallow it Ib, and that It is either the result of mnarkable ignorance, or a thin utlenipt to impose on popular credulity. The l'reu and Banner could have gone further, and proved that the lazes now collected from the people, exceed those of any of the year* of ItaUicul administration but two. In other words we are paying now bnl lUUe less than wc did when the rascality of our Stale Government had reached its climax, "irUirprl uinrUl and shamed the must reckless of the rascals to mme deer cute oj txcaI lion." j Wo have devoted so much space to the Prrss ! and Banner, that we liuve but little for the \ Greenville Xews. NVe shall not waute it oil a j defence of ourself against the charge of Igtiori ance or deception: It will he time enough 1 when proof of the one or motive for the other I Is produced. Neither can we have the mtis ruction of calling the Xeus "another," for, ! even down here in the swamps of Berkley, It i Is well known that Ignorance cannot be ! charged ngninst this brilliant >-oung Ishj mculite of the Carolina pivs?. Its aberrations i are generally recognizod as evidences of Its j ambition to play the role of free Ic.nee, and Its wild ulteriiuces are never Intended to be taken seriously. We have no comptroller's ] reports of the period covered by the Itadlcal administration, but we have t-elore us a i statement prepared by ?lie Democratic executive committee, showing the State taxes for | seven years of lladical rule. Against this we ' place the State taxes for nine years of Demoj era tic rule, and let the figures answer the I charge of the Greenville JS'avt : l8(W-ti!> SI,185,000 j 1809 70 1,(lit,MX) I 1870-71 1,108,1*10 I 1*71-72 1 ,(>!!?, >00 ! 1872-73 2.0111,<100 IS7.'t-71 1874-75 1,555,IKK) 810,007.000?7 Radical years. 1870-70 $ 07u,li0.) IS77-7K b"J!l,OI):) I.H78-71I 30S,0?K) 187U-WI 600 (HKI '1WKSI MO.tX'J i 18*1 82 014.(00 118S2-S3 oy.'.noo j 188-'}-84 7.Vt.(Hn 1lfcil-35 795.900 I $0,098,000?9 Democratic years. If these figures are not conclusive, we chnlJ lenge the Afctcw, to produce in the whole eounj ly of Greenville, two tax receipts, covering I the same property, which will show a higher i State tax tor any single Democrat year, than i was collected in every year o:f Radical ruld. If Its assertions are true, It should find this an I easy task. a small taxpayer. | Aleadway, Berkeley County. THE CAUSE OF EARTHQUAKES MADE PLAIN. I)r. Clordon Tells All Abont the CniiNe tliat Has Troubled us of Laic. New Market, S. C., Ol-L 25,1850. Editor Press and Banner: Dear Sir?Having heard and rcadso much about earthquakes, i thought. I would send i you up a few lilies on the subject, although I have n:>t been trying to solve the mystery, j But it Is my opinion, and It. looks very reasonable to me, thatearthqnakesare caused by i the dry, hoi weather. The earth is full, or at I least It lias a quantity of electricity In It. and i the dry, hot weather has caused this electricity toexpand like powder in rock. In ex! pandmg it cracks the earth to make lis j escape, and the cracking causes the shaking, i and tlK'escape of the electricity makes the ; rumbling sound that Is generally heard at the j same time of the shaking. I I believe that this is the wlioio cause of I enrUiqiilKCH, JIIIU inoivs vnj U'tn>i>n><iii IV mo, although I umy be entirely mistaken. J. P. (iOllDON. Ml. Onrinol Sens. | JIt. OarMFX, Oct. 2"), lS.'Jfl. I Mr. William McNeill is belter. Mr. J. I,. Covin lias a very sick child. Mr. John Hlack, a lew miles from this place, lost a very interesting daughter Saturday evening. Trade Is good, cotton coming In freely and selling at S and S'4. Two cotton buyers here, prepared to pay In cash tlie highest market price for all cotton "brought to tills place. ! Tlie school building Is progress!ng?the frame being raised. The Presbyterian church Is getting on nlccj ly. lis frame is partially raised. i Mr. Joseph MeC'anty has about closed out j his stock ill goods, and has rented his storej house to a gentleman from Barnwell, S. (!. t Three heavy shocks were felt here about 2 and 5o'clock Friday morning, 22nd, also one about 1 o'clock In the afternoon. .No damage : done. ! Mr. Kd. Swearlngcn's saw-mill was dc , stroveil by 11 rp iusl wcuk ; iiuvu i k-iiim-u wv , cause. j Art. Cjirmol's Prftiimtlc Club %y!11 likely vls; It McCormiek to-night, where they will give Inn entertainment for the hen e tit of tbu a?yv ! 1'resby tcrian church nt this piaec. Brain* awl Ituns from Bradley, Uraplky, S. C., Oct. ISt'G. j Rev. Mr. MeMorrls, of Newberry, spent l:ust Saturday night with .Tudjje ^Vinson. | Llvy Watson come home to visit his parents 011 Friday and returned to Due West Monday. Llvy is very much pleased with the school, and is looking svell. j Cotton is cnmfng in lively. More tiian doij bio (lie amount lias bef;n sold h'ere this season than was sold up l'i> the same time last season. | Mr. A- Yoftngblood is oil" on a visit to friends It) (<<iorgiu. I The officials o( the Ilaptist church will commence this week having their church plaster* ] ed. Klglit trains meet and pass at this place daily. Wc are glad to report that the infant daughter of Mr. J. C. Wijjr is much hot tor. Th?! MillWay So'cial C'lnh meets to nighl at tin- resilience of Cant. .1. 11. Chiles. 1 >r. .1. \V. Liuon and xvil'e went, to Waterloo last Sunday, jvturninsj on Monday. i Several ear' load* ol cotton seed liave been ; shipped from here. j -Messrs. Ajrnew and (Siliner wont to Abbevlli? on Snndiiy to visit friends and relatives. 100 dozen ladle-*' misses and children's hose, colored und hlaek. from 10 cents up. 11. .M. HaddonACo. 10-27 Remember that we carry an extensive line of black goods, velvets, silks, .satins, etc. It. AI. Haddoii & Co. 10-V | oj Xew Markets. It. 31. lladdou t): Co. 1C-27 NEW MARKET ITEMS. ] People Moving to tlie Augrnstn Factories?Prcnchor* and Siaifcrs?PernoiihIs Visitors Coming and Go- | ii??T- \ ** * r ?. o rt A,* nr. i oon ' in" in jtmjmmiMvmii a RAYS FBOM THE "OLD STAB." A NARROW GUAGE RAILROAD THAT WILL RUN ON BROAD GUAGE .TRACK. Various Items of Interest in and About tlie Splendid Little Town of >inety-Slx?Fatal Accident. Nxxkty-Six. Octobcr 25, 18S6. Some of the friends of tlio Narrow Guaue Railroad will be enlightened as to the value of second mortgage bonds on a rallroail 11 they will consider the sale of tlie Georgetown unci Lane's Railroad. It was inorigaged for ?125,000 and recently sold for 8SO.OOO, on first moitgage. At this rate we would fare badly to have second mortgage bonds on the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway In lieu of our township bonds. Yet Susong & Co., think ihey would be adequate security. 1 can't see how any sane set of capitalists can presume to make such an offer. It amounts to grading our road and begging them to take it off of our bands. We don't think It is such an elephant, and believe we can and will build It and own and control it as we should. We have put our money in it, and no non-resident or foreign syndicate should be allowed to own it. And we take It that the stockholders will see to it that Susong & Co., do not get it. | Our friend Prof. Boozer, of Greenwood is getting well again. Tlie trouble with him was an old wound received at the battle ot Gettysburg. Prof. Hoozer has been untiring In his efforts to build up our sister town of Greenwood. His first enterprise was the Augusta, Knoxvllle and Greenwood Railroad. Crowned with success in that, he looked about him and conceived the Idea of building the Klberton, Abbeville anu Greenwood Road. We believe this Idea originated in his brain, and no sooner Mian It was brought forth men of thought and brain all along the line applauded him and the ball has been put In motion. This road ought to and we think will surely be built. His two enterprises will have done more for Greenwood than every tiling else combined. To rob him of these laurels would be robbery Indeed. There has long existed a spirit of rivalry between our two towns which has almost approached Jealousy. We believe, however, that good sense and a cooler judgment has obliterated these petty notions, and that neilher town Is now disposed to underrate the other or build up their own Waste plaecs by the demolition of the other. The rall'oad hands, carls, mules, arid contractors arrived at Ninety-Six last Wednesday evening from the lower end of Stuart Co'* section, tln-y having finished to Johnstons. They will now goto Mulberry and fluiah the short gap to Ware's shoals. The people of Hodges and Cokesbury are stirred up anU are d'termtnea not to surrender the Narrow Gimee except upon the safest and best terms, "Gi.t edge security," as Cupt. Cochran says. Prof. R. Blake, of Greenwood, has been visiting Ills brother, Dr. Bloke. Maj. Galphln has erected another pair of j hay scale* on the public square where he will I be'prepared to weigh produce of uDy kind. I He is also purchasing cot ton seed. Mr. W. H. Frazler, of Fleet wood Stock Farm I has purchased anot her stallion. He is u tlior' oughbred, u colt of ttie famous Leamington. He is as handsome as a picture and as fine as silk. Another evidence of Mr. Frazler's good taste and Hue Judgment. lie deserves great credit for introducing t'Ood stock of every description into our Slate. The collection now I embraces Hamiitonlans and thoroughbreds, Jersey and Durham cattle, Southdown. Cotswold and Merino sheep. Essex and Poland China hogs, Shepherd doss. Bronze and American turkeys, Rouen ducks. Maltese cats, &c. i We were at Greenwood last Sunday and attended proaehlny at the Preshytfian church. Heanl a capital seimon l>y Rev. Mr. MutheWs, I took dinner with Prof. Boozer and had n cood I time uencrally. Ninety-Six and Greenwood ] arc very much alike in one respect if no other. both have their full share of dust. I We notice our friend Whit luck his estab llshetl astore at his mill near New Market. We hope he wi l suciwd. Messrs. Miller A Me'nslnn are selling ofl' their goods at cost, and If you want a bargain call on tliem, their goods are all lirst class and fresh, no en I la or old stock. Mrs. K. Y Mhepparri, who was recently parallseed, Is much better, and there arestioug hopes of her lull recovery. Mr. M. II. Kennedy has returned from Augusta, Ua., where he has been to visit Lis children. MissMngaieStuarf, of Greenville, is vlsit! Ing her sister. Mrs. J. L. Shumate. The tax-pa.vcrs we hope will not be deceived hy the syndicate which has lor Its object the capture of our little railroad. Ills true they oiler us second mortgage bonds for our township bonds and ofl'cr to pay us enough Interest to pay our tuxes. This is all very well as far as it goes. In ttie first place, why do they offer us second mortgage bonds. If they have capital why not either pay us in full lor our bonds and stop the tax?>sor giveus first mortgage bonds? This would have the appearance of fairness, but no, tbey want us to t-ake a second mortgage, pnd If you will examine the history of railroads, you will find that second mortgage bonds are of no value. The tax-payers are importuned and made to believe that they wll! be relieved of taxes after two or three j ears If they will only consent to the sale, in that time. It will be just like the Augusta and Knoxville Railroad, who all this time have been promised representation on the Hoard of Directors. Look at the recent election. Dr. Maxwell. T. F. llitey, Mr. Merrlwellier and Mr. Jiurklialter, who were Directors on the division from Amrnsta to Greenwood have ail been left out. Goand ask tliein If this was accord ins to contract orgoodjfalth. So it will be wit h us. We will continue to pay our taxes without representation until the bunds are hikPii up. Hut they will tell you that you can elect Presldcntand Directors, &c. Hut how long will it be in our power to do so? At the next election, when they have increased Iheshnres of theroad and gotlngood shape to desert us, we will fare Just like tho Greenwood and Edgefield gentlemen, we will all be Informed that, our services are no longer needled and tlie treasury and road will pass from our control. It is very much like selling a }ivs\si 111*111 vyiJ cv III II, II uu lilt*!\tn u v*uj't you get the money, if not It Is lost. So It will be with tliesyijilicale who want our road, if they make enough to pay the ttr>t mortgage bondsand interest,Improvementsandrepairs on road, oflleers salaries, sinking fund, damage and Injury to persons, killing stoek. and every other expense Incident lo running a railroad, 1 say If, after all Ihese expenses, tney arc disposed to pay us anything, we might probably gel something, but It looks a long ways ott?too many lis. But if after all that has been said, the stockholders will nevertheless put their necks under the yoke and vote Co sell out to Susoug & Co. they have my best wishes and I do hope that they will realize all they believe. The Interest of the tax-payer is now very doar losnme of the friends of the sell out, how was it twelve months ago ? The tables have changed. What was then the Interest of the tax-payer Is no longer Hie argument. The school fund that was to prove such a blessing to our children and children's children is forgotten. The lax then was small and you were advised that It would not be a burden, but now it is held up as a scarecrow and bugaboo, and If you dou't do something it will ruin you. Not so a year a no. Mr. H. G. Leland and Mr. Baker, of Berkely county are visiting Ninety-Mix. A frightful accident occurred on last Runday near Mr. A. C. Collins' in Greenwood township. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Sheppnrd were comlnjr from church in a buggy when throw Mrs. Shcppard out, nml at this writing she is not exported to live. Mr. Shcppard was also seriously hurt. EAST END. Tlic Knrll'.qunkc in Charleston. CiiAitr.F-SToy. 8. C., Oct. W.?There was n ,sliarp earthquake shock here at 5.28 this i morning, lasting about twelve seconds. I Houses were shaken and windows rattled, but : no damage was done. The s|jake was siiarp | also at Suinmerville and was followed by several "body quakes," as they are railed there, I Telegraphic advices state tint the shock was ! felt at Savannah, Augusta, Columbia. Orangeburg and other points in this state. While I the recurrence of the quakes is trying to wo) men and children it causes no inlerruptlon jeitlier in business on the work of repairing | damages which is progressing vigorously. I The earthquake shocks to-day appear to l have been us severe as in Charleston In the j adjoining States of Georgia and North Carolina, Special dispatches have been received I from all parts of tliistuid neighboring states, indicating that the seismic disturbances covJ ered a larger area of country than any previous shocks have done. In Charleston and at other points In South Carolina the shocks . were enouuh to shake buildings, bring down I loose plastering and widen cracks made in houses l.y previous shocks, but no loss of life i is reported frpm any quarter and there is no I eerious dann.ge to property. The custom i ! houses here was badly shaken, the western j ! wing of the building being cracked and tin* I walls supporting tlie roof on the west side! giving away slightly. I 'The shock at 2:15 this afternoon Is said to; ! lm'vr lasted 00 seeonds. It' this time was corj rcctly taken the shock this morning was twit ens long. The waves moved from north 'to south. The shocks caused no interruption | . lo business, and ul'though the people were ;disappointed by the recurrences oi the dls-, i turbances, they liopc that the worst id over. I'or the Niilto of EIiiisiaiiity. The W/rjbht .1 ilrrrtiscr in aunopneipg that ' thi! Kail term of the Court of (ieneralsessions for that County will convene on the second : Monday In November Indulges in the following strong language:''M-'or the sake of humanity we earnestly hope- that, a Jury or ju-j ! rics will be found who, fearing not jnan, nia ! machinations, inthienc.es or scheming*. 'shall ] do their whole duly. Thii thing of fixing jn' rii'n? and, shall we say It. Judues, too? veneraI bleand learned Judges?hits gone on nail on! | und on until tlie heavens cry aloud to stop the | shame, and let tho people take It' up that we' I want, we demand, we exact, laujest verdicts j j from our Juries and honest decrees' from our j j Judges; and when this becomes known, and also that legal punishment, swift, certain and condign, shall Inevitably follow crime, crime! itself will cease within all our borders aud .Edgefield \\ 111 be blessed as never before." I il J. \V .UAIlhKI, r). V/.f VJliU if!f 1IKU. The earth continues to shake. ( A Mr. Scott, agent lor a cotton factory of Au- . gtisia, On., assisted by Mr. J. J. Cor ley, hua contracted with some thirty hand* who are to take the train next Wednesday for Augusta. Miss Taluluh Anderson left to-day lorJiewberry to visit friends and relatives. . There will be a union Sunday school meet- ( insr at Ninety-Six next Sunday. Mr. J. F. Felts and wife, of Waterloo, have . recently visited Mr. S. I\ 'league's family. , Mr. W. H. Whitlock lias recently fitted up a < store room near hit} mill, and now has u stock of goods in it. lie Is fall of energy and is < bound to succeed. Wo arc told a flue bale of long lint cotton sold at Giecnwood one day last week for IS cents. Mr. Vacli Scott picked 700 pounds of cotton < within three days last week. Two large droves of wild geese passed hero < last Thursday morning, moving southward. Mr. Watt Lipscomb, our very efficient Sunday school superintendent, Is always at his post. Master Johnnie Moore met with a painful, j though not serious accident, one day last week by running his nose against a squareso you see Johnnie's nose has been squared. Mr. Lewis Seal, of Abbeville, spent last Sunday at his father s. Quite a number of chickens have been recently stolen In this neighborhood. Mr. Dwyer has harvested several bushels of rice this fall. Mr. James Allenburc speaks of startlne a pecan grove, Pecans would grow well through this section of country. The turnip crop is almost a failure, owing to the continued dry weather. Mr. John Tharp, Sr., who is an. excellent pninler, has recently repainted a portion of Col. C. C. Law's handsome residence at Stouy Point. Mr. 8. P. Teagne says he has harvested between 75 and 100 bales of hay this fall. Terraced lands on Mr. George Kampey's place show very plainly that the terrace system Is not a failure. The you n it men's weekly prayer meeting was he.dat Mr. WilMuin HfirroUou'e last Sunday evening. Rev. Mr. Meadows preached quite an interesting sermon ut Mt. f?ebanon to the children last Sunday from this text, "Houor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land the Lord thy God giveth thee." Mrs. E. B. Nichols, of Vaucliise, is visiting friends and relatives In tills neighborhood. Mr. William Anderson Is erecting a dwell ine near New Market. Mr. S. P. Teague has recently purchased a tract of land located near the Barrett plucc from a Mr. Golden, of Hodjcs. I Mr. Mark Fellows lias erected a new bnrn. The old one which blow down about ten weeks ugo had four head of horses lu It when It fell, and, strange to say, not one of them was Injured. Sir. J. A. McCord, our connty surveyor, | spent several days in our neighborhood while I he was surveying the Hackett place some I days ago. We found him quite an affable and ! lively old gentleman* Mr. J.-A. lilgby has been teaching a singing i school at Mt. Moriah for several weeks, and ! has so far as we have learned, given entire OUUOIUtllUlli The general health of this neighborhood is excellent. X. Mr. Tillman's Flg'tires. Newberry Observer. In a recent communication, Mr; B. R. Till^nan stated that t he taxes for l.-S-i were jSf.20,000 more than they were In 1N80. He1 claimed to be able to prove It by the reports of the Comptroller-General. Air. Hansom, of the Agricultural Department, claimed Unit the excess of ISfjo over liWO was only ?5*2,000; and he luises his figures also on the report of the Coniptroller-Gcnei al. Afterwords, some one signing himself "A Small Taxpayer," brobabiy Comptroller Stoney, wrote a long letter to the Newt and Courier, in which he contended that Mr. Tillman's statement is not correct; butndmlis that the excess collected for l?d5 over 1SW is about SI-6,000. Now comes the Abbeville Press and Banner and contends that Mr. Tlllmau's figures arc not large enough, und that the excess Is over $&->,ooo. These varying statements nre calculated to contuse the reader, aud leave him in doubt. There are four widely differing statements: 1. Mr. Tillman sax s Sfcfli.ftOu more. 2. Mr. liunsom says 55)2,000 more. 3. "A Small Taxpayer '?probably General Stoney?s?jb tiwyxrt) more. 4. The Press and Dunner says $315,000 more. Who is correct? Mr. Tillman does not give the ft;ures In detail for the two years, and it rti therefore impossible to see where his mistake Is, if he makes one. Mr. Ransom gives the figures from the Comptroller's rcuort; but he forgels lo include toe difference of more than Si0(',W? in phosphate royalty of the two years. And be u wi..ht nf ilwj f.r*t tltikf Mi* 'Pi 11 inn n tu speaking of luxes collected, not taxes expended. 4,A Small; Taxpayer" ? probably General Stoney ? gives the figures In detail, aod speaks of taxes expended; but be does uor include the phosphate royalty. The Pre*x anil Manner adds the phosphate royalty lo "A Small Farmer's" estimate, and thus gets Its large figures. Mr. Tillman probably arri ved at hlSionelualon the same way. It appears then thai. Mr. Tillman is about right, and that the Increase in taxation has been about Sfc20.000. Part of I his increase is due to the fact that some additional taxable property has been put upon the tax books since l&iO?not enough however to do much good. Other causes of increase were $)G,iflu to the college and citadel, 612,000 election expenses, $8,000 State House and SM.000 piiiltla. But these items are all comparatively small. The true reason of tlie Increase is that the Slate levy in 1880 was4% mills, while In 18*5 it was 5'/??a difference of % of a mill. That, together with Increased assessment, mukes the dM'eience of about spoken of by "A Small Taxpayer." Add to the difference In phosphate royalty? which the Preu and Banner says is j'131,000?and we come pretty close to Mr. Tillman's figures. Hut why should th?rc be any confusion or uncertainty about it? The taxable property in 1880 was assessed at S133,5G0,1.?5. The Slate l?vv was 4% mill"'. The taxable property In 1885 was asse>sed at 8131.r.7* 1*11 Tlw StlsLtn litvv wsis UliL Silt, const Idering nulla bona for eltlior year, wo have then: 1 For JSSO 1831,910,611 Fur liStt fc3-"if? 0,014 Excess of lfS? ?S^03,0G?J,-r73 To that sum add gtOO/.tN) as the increase of the phosphate royally of over 18H0, aud | we see plainly thai- tlie laxes of 1>'8> were ovei J $800,000 more in lb.So than In 1S8D. S >0,000 o( i that increase is accounted for In the appro! print ions for the college, the citadel, e4ectlon j expenses, .Slate house and millitia. Why the remaining 8M0.0C0? The Cnroli nn ami Cnnibcrlaitd Gap. McCormick A duance. Col. R. E. Bowen, president of the above road, Is reported as saying recently that the road will certainly be boilt. as the financial agent had made arrangi-menta to get the money. On the other hand we heard a gentlemen say last week that the olllcers of the Georgia Central had made a traffic arrangement with the South Carolina l'ailroad wnerehv the latter road will have a share of the business of the Augusta and Kroxville Railroad and its connections. a n/ioi*. 11 *\tv / h.iiwrpy In [ and other things latter idea seems to be correct, which will no doubt weaken the pros ; peels of the Cumberland Gap, at least to the j e.\tent of the expected support of the South Carolina road at the Aiken end. 1 Phe "Press nuri Hmiuer" Helped him in his DiMincss. I Editor Press and Banner: ; There Is no change In the Augusta market ' report this w?k, All goods are very low and : they are being bought freely ai prices quoted. 1 We will make every effort to make this market report as accurate as possible, so that It i will be a guide for the trading public. With i this Augusta market report the Press and Ban:tier 1mliiilispcnslblu in any family In Abbeville county. We have heard many of yourj subscribers express tbeinselvqj; as delighted , WHIl Lite luca OI gelling a wtemj Iii?ruct re-i 'port. Wc hope that many new subscribers I i may be added to your numerous list. Wot j must, in Justice to you say that we arp Indcbt-1 ; ?d to the Pi cks and Uanner lor our largo and; growing business ill South Carolina. ROGKIUS & CO., | 113 Jackson Street, Augusta.. : SJglis of Prosperity. Xtewberry Herald and yews. We note an improvement in a laree number of our exchanges i? typography and increase in advertising patronage. The Lmirensvillei Herald, Anderson lidetlifienci-.r, Urvngetmrg. Tinas and Democrat, ltariington yews, A bbevilte Press and Itanncr, S'partanbvvo Herald,' h'd/jefletd Chronicle, Sumter Watchman, theHuullii'on and the Times all show signs! of prosperity. V/e congratulate them upon | Vjjiiii' * access. Will Pay its Coitt in Two Years. Another cut lias been made this week In fivijiht rates on cotton lVoni Anderson to New York, the saving now being about 7u cents a. bale Compared" Vith former rates, and tlie far-j iner gets the bciii'tit. The Indications now are that the Savann;jh: Valley railroad will pay back all It cost in about two years. Hring. your cotton to Andcrsou.?Anderson Journal. ', - ?1 ? J .j eases assorted dry goods just received at: It. M. llaildon .t Go's, 10-27 100 Jersey Jackets. 1L >[. IJad/jon ?fc Co.1 ]'*) ladles' jacket.* and wraps, latest designs, at It. M. Had.Ion & Co"8. 10-127 If you want ? dress mndo or cut nnd fit, go to lladdon's. A gopd til aud prices guaruutecd. 1U--7 mtmtmrnmmm?? tk H N*otic e to Bird. Hunters?Do SB Not Trespass- B| ALL persons arc hereby warned not to go upon n>y premise* situated in Magnolia ,own?hlpuud known as the McDuflle place; Lo hunt or shoot partridges or any oihcr tamp. The law against trespassers will be m forced. J. 8. NORWOOD. Agt. Mrs. 8. A. NORWOOD. October 27,1880. if Medium copy. To Bird Hunters. AJjTi persons nre hereby warned not to trespass on tl>e premises of Mrs. 8. M. C'AL- BH UOL N for the purpose of shooting partridge* MBI or any other gume. The law against tres- BH passers will be strictly enforced. So take warning. The premises above referred to are situated in Magnolia township ai>d known ** WU Jedar Grove. WM! P. CALHOUN. MB Agt. Mrs. 8. M. CALHOUN. October 27,1?80 tf. Medium copy. HH speer's ; H PORTABLE FORGE PUMP 1 AND FIRE EXTINGUISHER. J m m IJiOR washing Windows, Carriages, 4c., wn? ' terlng Lawns, Green boose*, Ac., and Extliifruichlng FireH. The Fountain Pump is of best material, handsomely flnlxbed, wltti sprinkles, Ac., attached, it, le durable and does not rust. It is Ugh', cuslly carried and opt*rated. It Is valuable as a Are extinguish* er, nnd to protect Dwellings, Storehouses, ^ aud other property. R. G. HAGEN, '% Due West, S. C. Oct 23,18P8. tf ? Estate Sale. rWILL sell at Ihe late residence of FREDEUICK COOK, deceased, on THURSDAY 11th NOVEMBER next,all the ebtuteof sail deceased, consisting of HORSES, MULES, CATTLE, SHEEP. HOQB, CQR2T, FODDER, WAGONS, BUGGIEB, FARMING IMPLEMENTS, BLACK. SMITH TOOLS, Ac., &C. Also the real estate, as follow*: ' > , .. A Home Place* 104 Acres. Cemetery Tract* 120 Acre*, Zanc's Trnet* 120 Acres. ' . Coleman Trnct, 35 Acres* Buncombe Tract, 00 Acres, i Hard Labor Tract, 05 Acre*. 2 LOTS AT TROY 33x100 eligibly sfton?e<L ~ .J't These Iundn are In a lllgb state ?# eoltlwar* tlon, and very productive. , TERMS?Personal property ca?b. Real property onc-hnlf cash, balaoee ons twr**# mouth* lime, with bond and mortgage. Papers extru. Persons indebted to cxtnte wiJl mnke payment at once. Still will be entered eo> ail claims unpaid after 11th proximo- I K I ROBINSON, Agent. Oct. 27,1886, 2t VALUABLE m m sin. ; <#; -r * I OFFER FOR SALE ALL THAT FART of my plantation (formerly Col. Herndon's,) lylnff on the East side of Conmaca creek, four (4) miles from Greenwood, on rood leading to Cokcsbury, containing about 500 Acres. Said land has ft boot 200 ACRES ORTGfNAf# FOREST, 200 ACRES FINEST C<rrTON Oil GRAIN LAND and 100 ACRES BEST BOTTOM C ORN LAND. Said land will be divided Into FOUR TUACTSr with FINEST BOTTOMS nnd UPLANDS In cnch. Thickly settled. Healthy nelahb.irh'tod. Will sell xt public sale at (iRKKNWOOD, S. C.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 0th, ISM, If uot previously disposed of. Titles perfect. TKR.US- Oue-thfrd ensf), balance In one. two and three years,. With Interest amiualljr. and with bond and mortgage of premises. Mr. B. F. Reynolds, surveyor, Orcenwootf, S.C., will show platRof said land. For further particulars address JOHN S. FAIR,; Newberry, S. 0. Oct. 13,1886,3t The State of South Carolina, t COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Abraham Y. Thompson el al. vs. Jane L.Todd * et al.?Relief. U accordance with the provisions of tho will of Jamet<lt.Toud, deceased, and by virtue of an order of sale made in the above stated case by the Hon. J. 8. Cothnin. Judge oi the Eighth Circuit, we will otter for sale at public outcry, nt Abbeville C. H , H. ('., on Saleday in November, liWi. within the !epul hours of sale. Die following de>ciibcd property, situate In said State ami County, to wit: 1. All that tmctor parcel of land known as the Elbert Johnson Tract, contalDlurf Four Hundred and FoityTwo (442) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of Estate of Thomas Davis, deceased, by lands once tbo _ lands of Joel J. Cunningham, nnd others. 2. Also, that tract or parcel of land, containing One Hundred nnd Ninety-Three (193) Acres, . _ more or less, bouuded by lands of Mrs. Margaret F. Ellis, Cyprian Pratt, and others. 3. Also, that tract or parcel of land, containing Sixty-Two (62) Acres, more or less, hounded by tandsof Jno. McDIll, \V. H. Austin, mid others. ? 4. Also, that tract or parcel of land, containing n? II... r?rl...\';nn oml UUC 11UIIUICU UUU M. Vllf-lliuv 4 One-IIa?f (1491) Acres, more or less, bounded by lands of \V. B. Ackcr, J P. Gordon, and others. 5. Also, that tract or parcel of laud, containing One Hundred (100) Acres, more or less, bounded l>y lands of Jane Taylor, W. C. Davis, and other*. 6. Also, that tract or parcel of land, containing Two Hundred and Five (205) Acrcs, more or loss, bounded by lands of Moses ? Stuith, J. I). Neel, and others. Divisions of larger tracts mentioned above iv 111 be announced on day of Hale and plots exhibited. Purchaser to pay for papers. TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash, balance on one and two years time, with leave to'purchaser to anticipate payment. Credltporilon to t>o soenreit ny bona hihi mortgage or premises Kohl. Interest from day of sale ?t 10 per cent, per annum. A. Y. THOMPSON, HENRY M. YOUNG, -rJAMES E. TODD, Exorufors of James It. Todd, Dcc'd, Oct. 13, 1j?6. at The State of South Carolina, COUNTY or ABKEVILLE, JN TitK PKOBATE COfltT. E$ Parte Tlios. J. Griffin, ns Administrator, Petitioner.?Petition lor 8cttlcft)Cut' umi Discharge. rpHOK. J. tiltirriN having filed his pelir 1 tion in tliis Court praying for a final .xcttlenient and discharge of the estate of Agnes \V. Reynolds. deceased : IT IS ORDERED: That Monday tlip 8th day of November next, be fixed for the stttlelueut of said estate as prayed for. * J. FULLER LYQN, Judge Probate CoiuL September 2!', 1SS0. 51 : . ?cw