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w :" ft ^tt?E&9fi?8^?5s^&CMMa?SK3I3Sn99ISHUMHSBHKain^ The Press and Banner.' ABIJEVILLK, S.C. Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1?86. j ' Tax Kutors" ami "Tux Payers.** it scorns to us that there is on thopitrtor the OiHcc-holdinjj Democracy a disposition to read out of tlieir ruction of tlie Democratic party nil such citizens as do not uphold and : apologise for the constantly increasing taxation which lias iieen levied on the people of this state since Democratic reconstruction.! That wing, when short of convincing facts,) sire sometimes profuse in the use or epi-i thets towards the pcoplp who arc beating soj much, but \vc believe that no newspaper hnsj proposed toc?!l for u division of the Democratic party, until the X-ubmy Herald and Sctcs of last week uttered the following, after j it had copied some extract* from tiie Xcithcr- j ry Observer, the 0,'recnviHc Xews, and the Ab- J befilte Press find f'unner : "For fear that our readers ir.ny not know tl:o fa<*t, we Would state that the editors of tlit* | Journals from which the above criticisms of; the State government are clipped aiv known U* Democrats. t>ut, have been finding fault j villi everything that was not in accordance j with their way of managing the a Hairs of! St;;t^." The fact thai the above named journals :'re I Democratic is known of all men. They be. j Ion? to the "Tax-paying" wing of the great * Democratic party or SoUth Carolina, and while they claim to lead nobody. It Is n fact beyond dispute, that they represent :he scniiClients of a lar^e portion of i'1'.: j '*'< $ L. ' we'ioil v,r u>c .State, l-'roin frequent utterances by representatives of the < lliee-holding wing of the Democratic party, it would fceem that they are now, in a quiet way, anx. Ions to read a number of newspapers, out of the Tax-eating wing of tliej Democratic party. Otllcc-ho!ders, or their j apologists, have applied vulgar epithets tothe outspoken members of the "Tax-paying" i party; the campaign speakers themselves( have not exhibited much patience with their' "Tax-paying" brethren, and now it seems | that the Xenbcry Ihrtthl rmU Xeics would assigu to the Xewbcrry Observer, the Greenville Xeus, and the Abbeville Press find Jionncr, places in pronounced antagonism to the "Tax-j wini? of the DemtTcivcy. Speaking for ourself, we belong to the Non-oflioe-hold-i Ins Tax-paying wing of the Democracy, ami wc presume the Xtics and the Observer are a* lirmly fixed on that side as we are. Neither of us seek office, and have no axe to grind.' The remarks of the Xcubcrry Hcruhl cm I j Xews,when taken in to consideration with tlit-1 past utterances and actions ot ttie Ufiicc-hold-1 Ing Democracy, may mean a great deal, and may reveal a condition of atfairsof which our people had not thought. When the campaign wa*commenced in 1S76,! the Register fought squarely, bravely, honest j Jy. and persistently for Democratic rule. It ! risked everything on tiie result of the campaign. That campaign ondul in triumph to | the Democratic p irty. As soon as thel.egis-j lattire, composed of Democratic represent:!"1 ti vcs.assembh d.they gave thepublic printing to one who was unknown in political circles' and left the ltvyiiter without public patronage, ??" .' The same spirit seems dominant throughout the country districts. The local press :Vi' of the various counties of the .State, we believe, without exception, have been generously offered all the free printing that was to be done for the party, but if the party 1ms needed any printing that was to be paid for, j has any country printer ever received one! cent of it ? Will theIlcraltl and Xews tell us how it is in j Newberry? Did any printer in that town j ever have the opportunity to do any work, for I which the party intended to pay? 'She C:t!?berla:i<I The stockholders and directors of this road, % will meet to-night at Abbeville. President' Uowen, and Mr. Schoficld and his son, cinic l>y the ni'.dday train yesterdhy, and occupied quarters in the New Hotel. Mr. Schoflcld is the ecu're of attraction just now, and for a little while hi* presence | created quite a flutter on our streets yester- j rdiiy. The news of his arrival quickly spread) abroad. Kverybody asked what news he brought, but nobody has bicn able to answer the question. lSeing called upo:i at Ills room In the Xciv Hotel, l:c s-titl to lii#; callers that he was "extremely busy; tliat lie1 won Id have a report to make at the meeting to-morrow." Tut never a hint have we heard us to the money which he has secure;!, if any-j To the outsider all Is darkness, as yet. I'M enthusiastic railroad men are jubilant, and even the doubting Thomases are anxiously looking for a peg on which to hang a hope of the final success of the road. Our own qirinion is, if Mr. Schoflelil ha* imiJc arrangements for many millions of dollars, that the Company miirlit make a good trade with the Georgia Central system. Having a chattered lin", with rights of way se-j cured, and much graling already done, it iseeins to us that the Georgia Central could j take the money, give a good bond for the j faithful execution of a contract to finish thCj road, and commence at Troy and build it | through to some point in Kentucky. We have 110 authority to make this suggestion.) but It occurs to us that the Georgia Central | would be glad to have tho line, If .Mr. Seho-j lkl J would furnish the nuney with which] to build it. Vc are not informed as to what business! will come before the meeting of stockholders | to-day, but we trust there may be 110 motion j to wry the terms upon which the subscript tlon was voted by Abbeville. We had the! promise of the Company's officers that our bonds would not bj called for until the road was finished to Abbeville. There is a whisper in the air to tho efioct | that Mr. SchofleUI was heard to say s:>mc- J thing on the cars yesterday which left the Impression tliat ho hail conic to Abbeville to have the tax lolled and the bonus issued by our town, so that the Company n.iuht "have tlreir assets well in hand." T5?<- faith of thoj Company Is pledged not toask tor our bond*; until \vc "eonkl hear the railroad whistle." fc If these bonds are Issued, cxcopt in strict eom-! pliance with the teiins on which they were voted,[wobelieve weare a doomed people. The faith of the leaders of the movement has been pledged against levying the tax or issu.! ing the bonds before "we hear the railroad ! whistle." We shall watch events with inter"! est. t TJio Work <ioo.s on. The County Commissioners having consid-J cd tlie petition of a majority of the real estate | owners in Abbeville township, have ordered > mi election to take place on Saturday, the 27th instant, to determine the <juesiion as to' whether the township of Abbeville will "sub"serlbtto the capital stoe'-c of the said Clios"ter. Greenwood and Abbeville Kailroa l 'om"pany in bonds, with Interest not to exceed "seven per centum per annum, payable in ! "twenty years, to tiie amount of three per "cent, of the assessed value for taxation of !T- I "the real and personal property held and lo- ( "eatcd in Kaid township." The prospects of the road were never bettor, and the people so tar as we are informed, are i imost a unit in its favor. The subscription ; asked js^mull, and we have 110 doubt tlml the' election lor "subscription," will be carried ] overwhelmingly. Willi the present surioundjnijsil would fceem that additional railroad fnolllliim ;n-? M liCCessitV. (irccllWnol liiis <cheap freights aud Abbeville must !> u? fa., vorubly situiitel. We sco it siatwl in liie | newspapers thai tho cost of the Savannah' Vally Ilailrotid will ho sav. tj to tho people of ? Anderson in two y<ar>. Freight* to that town \ linve been greatly reduced, and the freights to j Ahheville will be rcilneed. j!" we sfft t lit? proj-osed jM.nl Ironi t'lu'M r to Ahbt.yill . A new ;ind spleiuIM through line of iiti!ro,;<;s v.oai.t 1 ooubllos !ner.? iso the \alac of a!, iva! c.siaio tiiong its route. ,, lisJ'aui i-x*dat it >ieuHlr'. .Vj-v j ra IMI i i .'.mjWAJJgaam Tlio Knilroad Mnsiiatfs. The following named distinguished railrond mon regUlored :U thfNew Hotel yesterday : Mr. W. II. Soliotield. Sr.. Mr. \V. II. SclmtlohU} Jr.. ?\ew Vork; i'r. T. f{. Croft, ol' Aiken; Maj. W. A. .1 < 11of Tennessee; Col. It. K. ltoivcn, of Pickens. In the ovenii'.ii we called in kco these p^ntle-i men atul met Col. Howen, I?r. Crolt, and Mr. Sehotield. Wo know of nothing new to slale| about the road, and the renin) Us ol' these gen- j tlemon were imteh in accord willi what has! already hern published, from Colonel lioxven We learned that he ir. enfhusiasl ie Iu Hie tli.it in,-, i 'i i 11 i 11 i ((liinntiil Chicago Iv-ti 11<>;tiT will be built. lie says (liati ^he Cincinnati Southern Railroad is now j their friend since the l.ouisvill? and Nashville Kail road rescinded their contract will! I his roail. Il iscxpccted that a Junction will J Ijc made with lliat road at a suitable point, j and that the road will be built f:om that road j to Aiken or Port Uoyul. lie is itripressed ' l with the great importance of the route, and . thinks that the country along 'is line will j build feeders to it,and thus add value and im-i portancc to this great railroad enterprise j whose prospects arc brightening every day. Mr. Seliotk-ld gave us a cordial greeting and ; talked very freely on the stiljcclof the rail-: road and his cllorts to build it. lie is no less hopeful of the final result than his friend (,'ol-j onel Howeii) but he declined to ti ll where or when he expected to go to work, or from. whom ho expected to get the money, and fi-j nally closed his remarks by telling lis to print j i nothing that he had said; lliat t'> disclose the j : plans of the company and i's air en t would do i ! no good and 111 igh t do some harm. We then j i took our leave: feel in? pleased that wc had |ioi.;..I bir>* ami so courteous a | gentlemen. I The ni( eliiitr of the stockholders of the comi puny will take place tonight, lo which the j public will be admitted. The town of Pickens needs a eemctnry. i The sum of flfiy dollars will provide a linnd-i some one, outside ol town. There, should be I no more burials in the church yards except j tin- immediate connection of lho<e already, interred therein. Willi the proper action on I the part of the citizens, it will be very liltlel . ......1.1,. tliit: ..is,-, f /-HlH'tmiiim'f t I'ic/.cns ticiiHnr/. Wo need a law on our statute books which won It! forbid tlx- hurrying of our dead within the corporate limits of any town. READY FOR WORE?MEETING OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE A. & C. W. I?. Lave A' Co.. (be Coiii rartors. will be t Work isi Columbia j Comity by Use Fifteenth?The First liiKlnlinent (? be Called for! Immediately?Alosi;; (be IJaie. A v'j :tsta C'i roil ictc. The Augusta and Chattanooga railroad is no longer a tiling of doubt, and even the) action ol the Jiiroetory. so far. should give Augusta a sreat boom. Our people aie wide awake and alive to the neeessiiy of this alliruportant mad. An enthusiastic meeting of the Uireerors of the road was held yesterday alternoon, a full Hoar>l being present. The work of the road will be rapidly pushed on,' :iiul before the i~>( 1; of ihe month, Messrs. W.l M. bowe A- Co.. will have their force at work' trradiusr iliromdi Co*tiniUlucomity, and qniek-l ly will the work follow into I.incoin. \Yilkes, | Klbert, < ):. loth rope, Madison, 15an';s, Ha'l and other rich counties in North Georgia. The| completion ol ihe Augusta and Chaltano.^a , will be a trrand and clarions event for Angus ! ta. and this line to the great West, with "ouri other facilities and advantages cannot fail lo make Augusta one of the mosi prosperous nfj all of I he Southern eitic?, and it will not bei Jons before August a doubles itself in wealth ( hi iuii. i in i'irniiwrj iwjvu ucnurii i to call for the lirst instalment of 10 per cont.j immediately. Every citizen, every yotmj?i man who can afford if. should lend his initc :, to t !ii^ cause and htiild sis rapidly as possible a j road can do for AuiruMa niorcaood than 1 ;ilI tlie roads that now centres here combined-1 c11 att a xoof 5 a frkmsc joi.i.y. j) Cil ATr a N oof! a. Nov. 1? Every business man here is joy fill that the long talked of) connection with Augusta Is assured. New i life s.cms infusid into every business since J1 the announcement that the contract hiitlj1 been h't. (.'huttanoosn is eager lor this eon-;,1 neetion, and t'hatlanr.ojieans will do their : share toward making the enterprise a great 1 success. I oainksvii.i.3 wild with .toy. , fiAixrsvti.t.n, Nov. 1?Our people are very j much elated over the letting of the contract lor huiidimr of t he Anjiilsla and ('liatlanooga . railroad. Hope had almost died when sud-, denly wean;assured that enterprise is a sue-' ei-.?s. Kvery one you meet has a smile upon j, his face, and the only thin:: talked of is how shall we raise the money lo pay our subscriptions, and wln-n will lhe t:r.-t installment he!, ea I led in? This phi'vs our city in the front j ranks of prow ins towns In (leorgia; new I enterprises will spring up, and nothing but j' improvement is heard of. The city is abso- i iutely ablaze with enthusiasm over the prospects of the road. "PRAISE YS THE LORD!" ?S The Prcsitlfnt Appoints n Ray of Tiiasi Itsgi vhi;f. Washington October :1I.?The following Is President 'leveland's proclamation, designating November lii as a day of thanksgiving and prayer: a proclamation". fly the President of the Vailed States. It. has long been tlie custom of the people of the ! I'nited Slates, on a day in each year especial-1 l.v set apart for that purpose by their Chief Ksecui ive, to acknowledge the goodness and mercy of tjod, and to invoke his continued! care and protection. In observance of such ; custom, i lirover, i'leveian.1. President of the j I itt:< i Males, uu Hereby ttcM^nite and set apart Thursday, lite iMIi day of November, instant, to be observed and kept as a day ?> '| tliaiiks^ivii .ir and |>rn.\e;\ (in that day lei all 1 our people foreiro ihelr accsistoiwd employment* a:id assemble in their usual places of; worship tosivc tl.anks to the Killer of the j I'nlversc lor our continued enjoyment of the. bles-inus of a live (iovcriitncnl, lor a renewal i of business prosperity thivuirhout. our land. ; fur the return which has rewarded the labor of those who till the soil, and lor our progress as a people in all that makes a 11:1 l.io-i i*rent. j And while wo con template tin- intlnite power ; of <?od in earilHpiake. llood and storm, let the; ; vr-calful in aits of those who have l.een shield- j ed troiii liann thronuh His mercy lie turned in sympathy and kindness towards those who have sulb ivd through Ills visitations, j, I.ut us also in the midst ot our tlinnk^ivinu j lotnember the poor and siee-ly with cheerful cifts ami ultns, so that our ?ervUj?? may by deeds of charity be made acceptable in the siulit of the i/ird. In witness whereof, I have hereto s? t my 1 baud and caused the seal ot the I' 11 iicd States I SO be aili.\e-l. Done at the city of Washington, this tirsl I day of November in the year of our Lord one | thousand eisilil hundred and eisrhty-six. audi of the independence of the railed Stales ofj A IIH'IKM 1110 UtlU llUIIUrcU ail'l eleven! II. CilCOVKU rj.i:vi:i.,\ND. I'.y the President. T. F. IJAYAlti), Secretary of Stat-'. SHOCKS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Further I>et:tils of tlio Terrible Fart!iquakc <m one of tin? t'rioiidly Is-' I.tiids. San J'ttANTisco, November 1.?A letter pul>lisheil in this evening's Jlul/r/hi, miller date ol' Apia,October 1"), says that, authentic news huu reaehed Samoa to tin: eflcet ttut 1 oil the inoniiii:; of September P>, over one hundred heavy stiocks of eartlujii-iko oectirreil on tin* islands of Ninaran, one of tins Tonga or Friendly Islands, and that troin tin- b>t|oni i?l' a lake, which was two thousand feet deep, a mountain lm? hurst out in tiamvs ami Hi row n out hot stones anil sand In such <|Uantities as t?? destroy t wo thirds of the cocoa mi I trees oil the island. In Samoa slight shocks i?f eailh'|U ik<-occur si tVciju^iitly now they no longer cause any a'arui. HONEST REPORT OF THE CA31PAIGN. Facts Which *!iin) tie itiscAiinsiiiff to 1 the Oiiicc-liDldin? iVins of the l)r- | in oc racy. \i%;rrcnVilir .w<rv.j I Senator \V. !.. Manhlin is at hunio a rain, ' liavini; tliiisiipil I!i? .vni k i?I the eamiiaiifr. ' lie reports very little iui-Tc.-i in the aile^eil ' 11nI>;iiu11 everywhere. In some place-; iii?s 1 i-n i/..-::s hiiik-1 cut in minihers, but U <o:-.iH'il !?i Sio a mailer of courtesy Mian unyilim^ cNc, A! ?>t >c*:* i 11? ?_ < l.lie in--?'iin^s 1 weYe slimly aiteiiiln! ami ?li>n aliy lint. At 1 *::iiiliiei-v;!u* it a <|I:< r-: ? >II I.;t I in;.* 1 (V:i-;tii-r the few ?-i?l:?t**i:= )>: !* '.! ] !? iiiviu-il !' . <iilr. i!i.- ear.t'i:!ales. ' v.*11<-1 ii -r f!ii' l???j !< sI.oumI ii.i.iri tin* ' !iI'U.lie of tie' l.li'.iliiil ii I iftt-r i; while, however, and settled I he J lion by i>u! t nir I lie cii i/.e:is i.i :i tii ei.-i ve aia iority, t-.n-.l llic cuiiip:>'?ii ui'alo' .-> i>:ucci.UlhL ;N A COMPARISON OF OUR TAXES. TSir- "Hrcpnyfllo Niio-vn tVhcrci: i 6;ir TaxpH wore lEiiftM'r '? l*?s 1-S5 than in lS7.'J-7 J. "The Prrsi ruut Jinn tier etnilil linve ?'tic further, ami provi il licit t:i?- laxi-s ii'nv collrctvil from the |h-o ili exi-rotl tliusi* of nay "f tin- years of railical ailmin-iftriitiiui hut tu?i. ltMithrr ?" 11 In, ?? nrc i>:i>i imw I >i i L lit tie ! >!> th-iii wo i1i<l wlu-ti tlii* rascality ? ( j uiir Hate <}?verniin-nt hail ri-aeht-il its climax. startled 1 the civilisation of tin- world ami shamed the nmM I rccklessof the riisc.lls to sumo decroaso of taxation.'' . Tliat pirasrinpit \v:is origin illy printed in the as part, of an odilorial aril-dc. II is i ri'priitluei-d li> '*A Small Taxpayer" in it com-f in it 11 ii-u I ion lo tlio .Veuxuuil Courier, ami tliv? Xch'm is cliallcn^i'ii t ) pmvo tin* triitil of ilH j assertions. Tlie accept a r.oc of that, ciiullc-njrcand iIn- support of ourdispnteilsiatetneuts is tlie task now In-fore lis. "A 1 a.Np.iyor aim numr* uuu uneus< this malt rand handle the figures* eonneeteil with it, forget aihI ignore uu impor-j taut fact. The state taxes levied by the rad-, icals included taxation fur support of Hie pub-' lie schools. The Slate levy now is outside the ; public school tax of two mills, fixed t.y con.stilutional amendment adopted in 1S70. The j only fail* method of comparison, therefore, be- j iwei n our Slate's taxes now and under t lie1 radical* is to add two mills to ourstutc levies., Now lot Us see. Ity n statement published by the democrat- < Iccampaigu committee in issa, the highest! tux levied by the radicals was in 1. The j State levy was 12 mills and the assessed value of property was Htis.nOti.iH.i). The aggregate' state and eounly taxes levied, including twol mills for schools, were S'5,l22,'i;Mi. , Wo will compare that Wil li the fiscal year I8HI-S5, I lie l:i<t year of democratic governmenl for which odicial repoits have been I made. i The whole fax levied in 1S' I - sr>, according to j the report of Comptroller General Stone.v, was, lor state, county and school purposes, Sl.ssi.nOO. so far we have? 1x73-71 ... _?r?,t22,0"0 1S.S1-M l,"tfl,?KW Ksec-ss radical year ?1,291,OjO Now for the eolleetioiis: Comptroller General Stoneysays 0.? per cent.; of I In' State tax w.is paid, anil we may assume | that an equal prop irilon of county taxes' were paid. This would make collections on! the total levy $1,791,;>>?>. To this add poll tax- j es, about S12">.0lM, and phosphate royalties. . ?176,!00, and wo have a total of collections' from the people of s*,ii:>5,.TX0. The rep.ji t of Comptroller General Tloge f.?r 1S7-V71 shows thai the people paid 57SI,liO;) ofi county taxes,^1,^17,OHO of state taxes anil "ii)of phosphate royalties, making a total of' ? _> fi !(i,(KRI. So we get collections thus? I?7-? 71 U,U II l:.Sl-$5 2,005,01)0 Excess radical year S 571,000 The stutentent. of radical taxation prepared I hy the executive eoniniittee includes poils \ and all special county tuxes. We paid last year on'y $.V>1,000 or i mills less! thin wo paid in the wildest days of radical j rule when Moses was Governor and South] Carolina was 'Mho prostrate State'' and her Government was a shaine to civilization. Wo paid last year, according .to Comptroller | General Stoney's report unci the statement is-; sued hy the Democratic executive committee, i S 01,000 more than we did in with Scott j Governor, S-'j.m.OtK) more than we did In i lS 'J70, with Scott Governor; SotiO.OOO more than inlS7H-7l, with Scott Governor; ,?lt'0.000 more than in 1S71-72, wit h Scott (iovernor; SiaO.OOO less thiin in 1ST:! 7o with Moses Governor; J*?1.000 less than wc did in 187:!-7i with Moses and svhout the same as in 1671-7j, j with Chamber!' in Governor. We have Riven the figures in dollars. But in 1S7-J-74 oiton sold at l.j cents a pound and la?t ycar it sold at 0 cents. TheSJ,tUd,00? paid in 1&73-71 represented .'10,:tt)0 bales of cotton at ..Ml pounds to thebaic, the product of 13.100, acres at a third of a halt? to the acre, the aver- ;, age for this State. The S'j.OM.O'JO paid last; year represented 40,j0,"> hales, the product ot ,, >lsacres, To pay the taxes of last year j took the produce for the year of 2,100 acres of l ind more tliau was taken for t he taxes ofi 1.S7.J-71. Land and labor make the whole cap-; , ital of the mass of the taxpayers of the State,', and the lax gatherer now takes 17 per cent.! more of what t ho capital yields than the car- , pethajr{or and the seal lway did. lint while th'> pr'ce of cotton i? -to per cent, i! below what it was in lN7'i, the farm.a-dot s not ] lose heavily in his o/dinary transactions, be-1 cause the money lie receives for his cot ton is, ^ >> 1111 .11.'. V >...... .. , ,r. i .... . ..n is greater, M iitl wis |3'-S wilts a pound in. >T??w It is 7!-} rents a pound. 'i'lic taxes ii!' l*7.'i "I repre-enlcd nineteen mil lion pounds r>r meal; those of lust year rcprcsenletl twenty-nine million pounds. j Tile product of mi avornsro a:rre of eotton land in ls7'-7-l would pay :in eleven mill lax on 3.',(Ml of property. The product of the aine acre ill lhSi-Sionly paid seve n mills on I the same assessment. A bale of cotton rcpre-! waited last year the same lahoraml Ian.1 as I'loven years ago, hut almost twice as much j meat an-.l 00 per 0-111. more corn or Hour. Hut j It would pay forty per cent, less tax th;in it j did uniii-r lladical rule, and the taxes were | but l"i per ocnl. less, malting the owner of the hale ju>t 'Si per cent, worse oil' under Demo- ' uralie than under Ihelieal rule. When our laxes represent more of what we produce iiivl more of what w.- have to luiy than they did some years ago we are cut both ways, 'l'iiey take more of our lahor and laud 1 mid deprive lis of more of what we eat and j wear. Are they not. ilieii.actually mure than they were under the lt.idicals? We do not helieve there has been fraud hi j riur Slate jiovcrnment. We know much ot 11 the present taxation is unavoidable and that 1 we are gainers now over I,s7:!-7I because die! money we pay in is nso.l to pay old dehtsand (1 present expenses and them is no debt being | plied 011 Ik. The Hemocriiiie party and irov-. ernment is no more responsible lOrlhebni-H den put on us from the past than it is for the j. decline in the price of cotton or lor the rail- 1 road taxes. I'.ui there is 110 use for Col. John Peter Hlchnril .011 to iro 11 roil in I the Slate t rvinir to nrove 1 that we are a lightly taxed people. The fig-h arcs prove that we are more heavily taxed j than we were in Itidlcul times when luxa lion w;i< said to amount to confiscation. What wo need is to understand and face the1 faet that with our ellbrts to pay what we owe,! to save utirsvlves from the curse oi universal !1 ignorance \'.y iilf.!:.'':,ining a public school sys-1 t'-m, and to develop o'.ir coir.itry and l>c I lor our lor: lines hy building railroads, wo arc very | heavily burdened and injuriously taxed. : Then apply the p'uln business principles used | by honest business men when the.v lind debts pressing, business bail and credit strained. Cut down expenses to absolute necessities: abandon all luxuries and speculations; avoid ! the attempt to continue in' poverty the' schemes, habits ar il pleasures of wealth. h We have tried to answer the challenge of' "A Small Tax I'ayer." Now we will maUcnnother as>erti ?n and see if lie wiil challenge It. j1 Here it \s: The expenses of our Slate can be cut down j below what they were last year, and) 1 State taxes can be reduced a mill and a fourth 1 on the present assessment without Injury tol the public interest*. | We waited fur our brother of the Columbia i Jtri/ixfvr, but lind he is rinvin-4 in a serial story 011 us as editorial assault, and must,' thereiore, attend to the other customer. RAMMING THEIR HEADS AGAINST BRICK WALLS. ??- ? The <iro:?t llnss Al <!ie PeopSe Xot to be Ovrrawcii l?y Xhiucs. Greenville yews. There are two well Ocllned factions in (lie , democratic party in litis stale. One of them . has been practically in power, and is icspon-i siliie for and detciids its own methods and | acts. The other condemns and opposes l.he'. ideas and many of Hie methods ot recent ad-' minisiratioiis. 'I'llis last faction is (vrtuinly j respectable in numbers atid character and is' ( believed by many people to represent tiiei| great majority of tlie democrats of tlit: stale. lis power was strongly lclt in the last party i convention, especially in forming the State, ticket. It is, therefore, very unhoenming in Col.!, John Peter Kichiirdsoii, who was nominated , i by : lir* d mocralic parly as a whole and , placed in a position to speak for it, to go i thro null the Stale using that position to de- < fend the one faction and assail the other.! He does not speak from the stump as John'; Peter llichardson, treasurer of the stale. Jlo is supposed to speak as the democratic noini- i ;iec, and in that. capacity has no right to lake sides on points on which tlie parly is divided ( and make himselt the champion of past or , present administrations ', Tin- same remarks may be justly applied to 1 j Senator liuticr, who was elected to the senate by tlie democratic party ol the stale. We see | in his speech to a democratic mass Hireling , at Charleston lie talked of ' demagojjncs' , who charge all tlie mi-fortunes of the people to ihe>t:ite government. '1'hal remark docs , not eome gracefully iVom Senator litiftcr, who ' Was one of the 11 in I bciietici.tries of the p->1 iti- A t:al revolution of lsT'i and has been Imidiiig , hard and te.sl to oti'ec ten years, applied to * llilllolMals WHO liavr WIII'HIII lis nam .inn luavul as nineh lor their parly as lie iliii ami j liiivt; never asked <>r iveeiveil personal rewards. There are :i gnwl nnmy free white people in ' I his Slat / wliniiiv ii'it a'-vetl liy names ?;r o|- 1 H.:. .-ami v. ho <ln their own thinUiim and J<>1 - > low their own inimls Tliey will not In: bull- ' lo/.eti ui" j'ooktl. Thai Uliulot tiling is played I jiiI. It Sciwte.r l>:itlot* anil Colonel RirhsinKon t iri.J Oilier \etenili olliee huV.ers will persist >' n liyiny to mlie.iie aini read out m" iho par- ' y veti-r.ii) democrats uml honest eiii/.nns I i-. no imill: lor im insdves ami -ay w hat Iney 1 liilik, ask i I: V ": .\ urs or jnai-e- oi anybody, lie -vinlo'.' a) a I t ?<>iii'i ::lni a Si I lie o! her ieoh>li.-t-, ufia-! .lis, lienors, e'e.. p;>i. iH'senl Jliiii ; i-o*ii,v;;vi-, wi:o to with l.'ieni ,vili sinipl.v he ramiiiin^ lln-ir disiInsiiished!. ii a>h: uhiciiie hut i\al una y-jj j .-.o.id j. iull>. I EMMBBMBMlBanMB????? - DUE WEST INKLINGS. The Liternry <'ljib?Tl,aiiips-?Xow Slu(lcit?s--<iii Mien's l>ay??00 Letters ?A Prrnrlicr who has Mnrriod GO!) <'on ;>los-.-Visitors---Sum! ay School f'nioii. IICK Wkst. S. C., NOV. 1,1SS0. The Literary C nl> has assumed ministerial n i rs. The little boys arc investing their nickels in sling shots. The Utile larger boys are Investing theirs in cigarettes. 1 IIret; inmiiiN wpn" nmnu in ?? ?ju.\ i*.u huh unlocked at Donalusville hist Friday morning. New students continue to come to our Colleges. Mr. Jno. IT. Chiles, Jr. spent a night In town lust. week. Come a^uin John, and shed around your smiles. Miss Josie Chiles, of Bradley, is visiting at Mr. J. 15. Bonner's. We reuret to say that Mr. Bonner's little girl i< still finite ill. "Children's Day" will he observed in the Baptist church next-Sunday. An interesting program use has been arranged hut we have not heen aide to see it. The collccttou will he given to foreign missions. Mr. John W. Kills was so well pleased with Ins two weeks tour as a "commercial traveller" that he expects to take another trip in a few da.vs. Messrs. John 11. McGee and H. C. Pooro attended the union meeting at Midway church Saturday and Sunday last. Messrs. C. K. MeKay, \V. C McfJee nnd J. M. Ellis wore at Turkey crock church last Sun day. We would like to see our street lamps trimmed and buniina these dark nights. No less than 000 letters were sent through the post ollice here one day last week. Sonic of our friends have had their stock taken up for trespass on their neighbors. II we are to have a stock law, let it he enforced. Hut do not be too hard on your neighbors tor tla muses. Dr. Harper Done.aid, cf Fiedniont, passed through I ills placCcd route to Abbeville to-day to attend the sale of some land belonging to h'.s father's estate near here. The Itev. Wilson Ashley, of Anderson county, was in town a few hours last Friday. lit lias "joined together" more happy couple* than any minister we wot of. He reports ULI'J as the uraiul total. Dr. 1'. 15. Carwile, formerly of this county, has been visiting his mother recently, in the i,evel I,and neighborhood. Col. H. W. Haddon let tiis hand gnUinto his gin the other day, and coining too close to the saws lias now two lingers shortcucd and his hand considerably scratched. A blind man from Georgia lectured to a small audience last Wednesday nivht, in I he interests ot the Y. il.C. A. Receipts nominal, "Pickwick," who wits at one t?me one ol v?ur nvost intere-tin:' corresnondents. from the Walnut Grove section, is now studying Hi-brew in Erskine College. We hope ho will stick 10 the oM-fashioned English when he writes agnh}\ Some time aero your Lowndcsvlllo correspondent invited u< to come over and be editor, printer and devil on the new paper that was to he Issued from that new railroad town. Ji ho will get the company and the money, wo will come over and write the* locals for it, lmt we do not care to have-any more irons in the tire r t one time. We are pleased to know lie is in the hotel business, for now we cat) get a stood dinner tor a pull' or a putt' for dinner. We have heard it said that it takes S1W> per month to pay for washing, in thfcs' place. Iiow true this is we do not know, but some tliink a laundry ought to bo started. To this we would object. As loux as wc can got our washing and ironing done at the present price, there is no good reason for establishing an enterprise that would depiive the poor negroes of the almost only means of making a livelihood. Let well enough alone. Through I lie kindness of a friend, we enio.ved last Sunday at Turkey Creek church. T le Sunday School Union of the Saluda Maplist Association was in session. Encouraging mid gratifying reports were given from the several Sunday Schools represented. Several new schools have been recently organised, and much good is being done by this branch of the church's work. One of the most pleasing features o( the exercises was a short bill excellent address by Mr. W. S. Mc.Gcc on "Parental Influence," Tl.iswas spoken to in a wry touching in inner by Kev. M. McGee. Mr. It H. Armstrong then read a splendid essay mi "The Coming Man" or "Man's Kesponsiblliiy to Man from the Christian Standp-iint.' A liandsi?m? collection was lifted ivhieli will be appointed to Home missions. 1 ir. John A. Robinson made an cirnesi plea fin- Foreign missions. The next meeting ol I lie Sunday School I'nioa will be held with Hie First. Creek church on the fifth Sunday in I inuary. Mr. W. K. l'rultl is to make an a liress ami Mr. C. C. firubbs ?o read an essay. 1'lie introductory sermon for the Association i> to I).- preached by Ilev. I>. W. Iliot.t. (hi; es;ay t<> he read by Miss M. J. Cliiikscales and I he.address by Mr. J. 11. HramieU. Subject to odiscussed, "What, are the best, incentives lo iiierease Christian u-efulness in tin; rouiig?" The exercises were Interspersed ivllii excellent tnu*ic. In the. aflcrnoon the ni'riinj; was ci<?''u wiuiaa cwccuua l Minima L?y the Uev. M. McUce. ?t?- ?- =? rHE NARROW GUAGE AND TBE BROAD GUAGE. Various Jlallcrt Worthy of t!ae Itcnilcr*H Attention. NINKTY-SIX, Nov. 1, IS-'G. No news thN week of Importance from our town. Dry weather ami u liltie prospect lor rain. I.i11le interest in the i-lcction. Tlie eleelion lor live detonates to represent the stock of our township in ilieannu ii election of the Narrow linage itnilroad which is to he held at this place on the 1: It pro.\. result. I'd in the choice of Thomas L. Mi tore, \V. H. ["'razicr. <i. M. Anderson, James W. Kouche mul I,. M. Monro. They are all gntiil men iiml we believe they will do the beat lor the taxpayers of the township. i'lie survey of the Abbeville, Greenwnotl iiinl Klberlon Railroal passes very near our town?within less than four miles, Coulil not i lu! course be changed a little anil come t?y Ninety-Six ? We have some good railroad men in our town and it might Le well to in.forest them in the Abbeville, Elbct lon and 'Jreenwood road. Messrs. Wenck it Osborno have dissolved Dnrlncrsliip. Mr. Osborne rt tiring. l)r. Wcnck will contlniic the business tu the old <tand. It is rumored lhat Mr. Osborne is going to build a brick storeon Cambridge sireet. I in last Sunday in the company of Mr. II It. Turner we paid a visit to the well regulated farm of Mr. W. S. Wlchurdsou who lives some two and a half miles north-east of our (... >< Mr t> lull (in,. Iiirim I- Ii'ii! t>i especially partial to fine stock. \Ve examined liis horses. cat lie, lions ami poultry, lie has one of tin* finest harness horses in the county, some line sattle and his Poland China hosis are beauties, lias some to kill this winter that webli near I 'D pounds and they ure not i|iiile 11 months old. His light Bruhma chickens are very line and ho lias a noodiy number lor Hale. Write to him lor what yon want. Our widower friend on the north end of the Iowii is si ill enjoy 1 iik single blessedness, but report says as soon as he gets his house in orikr he is to change the programme. KAST EXD. UPON THE LEVEL. lieiiis of Interest From Hie Oilil Town of BnrSilcrcl. niTKI.KVKI,. S'. C., N"OV. 1, ISfiO. K'Htnr Press and /{(timer : Dkak Sin?1 have no news of importance io send you, but I send yon a few dots from Mr. I*\ 1'. nuehaimn sent Ills hoys to seliool to Mr. T. A. (imliatii all summer, an.I says lie will go liims'-ir tliis winter. Mr. J IS. I'ltlli un's po?y Isqnlln h in<\ Mr. (>. lJ. liueliunan will send his d-inghter lo tin' feina'c college and will attend the male institute himself. Miss Sudie Hiulio Ituchanan's Utile dog that was liaiiH'd ,'(?rov*r Cleveland,'' Is dead. Mr. K. A. ISueliamtu sowed his wheat lust momh on top of the ground as h>* usual'y Iocs. He say Jje never tailed to make wheat, I in t failed this year hccausi' the heavy rains ilrlfted his grain In piles, and we thiul; the Itirds will get all of it this time?no rain has tell to heat it in. Mr. George I Inches, from Laurens, Moved to Mr. X. II. Whltloek's la-! week. Messrs. John Wilson and Andrew Thomson tvill move out next year. The Sabbath School here still flourishes unler the supervision of Mr. J. It. Miifonl. Mrs. (5. I>. Huchatiau has a new and novel tvsiy of holiliti'^ her eliurn 1 id 011 \\ ith a large roll rln:.'. If is a pretty good trick, too. It is reported that. I?r. Gordon will lake to iheself a bride before long, and take her out four town. This 1 loot or says lie sincerely ivlshes it wa? so, hut it is not. Mr. II. II. Hughes is ahead on colton this rca r. Mr. I>. O. Veivll has done a good business villi his cotton uin at the same sl.md this ear. CAI.AMi'Kli. Clow It In. 't'l.A t'n U>lw? IMiluiM Itikt ntt'M tllfMll flllf! >ivai| earries lii>1110 inure money wln-n tie.sells tl.s entltm than the onnVlio rntses cotton hi my llin.se;iiIieles wit!i. Ami tlie man who ai.-es provisions on his farm seldom has any niTtjiap: to raise. Iiee.iiise j( is not >sary o plain sm.'h a evil in tinier to get advances 0 run liini through tlie year. A mnitjrajie is he lianlest article to raise, alter it ttikes good not. ( !' nnylliin-r known to a farmer. ami yet 1 is the easiest to plant. D'-ware of it. everyiotly. ami pltinl anything else in prelureitee to t. The pay tiain on the A'r 1 .ilis* ro:.il has hoen 1 ii-? <>t11 ji)i!<I. 'i'lie li?iit!s are now | aid <>i>* !ti hecks \> hieii on* forwarded to lite visions tlek.i agents alotitf the line, who pay them to j lie hands working around. THE THRIVING TOWN OF TROY. Schools mid School Teachers? Pretty Women ninl Valient Men?Orange lilossoms ? Pretty lirlde ? Handsome Bridegroom?Toney Mailers ?A Charming: Time and a Town Painted lied. Tuoy, S. 0., Nov. 1,1SSG. Jnclc frost hus made Its appearance. and overcoats Re I very comfortable these cool i mnrninus. l'mf. McKellnr's school opened Monday. I 1'rol'. l'yles paid Ills old home a short viBlt Sunday.* We were gbul to meet him again, j Mr. ticoritc flat worthy, the popular salcsI man of Daniel Miller &Co.,is in town on hus| im-fis. I Mr. A. J. Davis has purchased the Whntley ! house. Mr. Davis will improve it by adding ; two more rooms. When finished itwill be one I of the prettiest houses in town. j Mess is. Cook iV: Sprouse now grind two days j in the week?Tuesday and Saturday, j Messrs. J. F. While Co. liave tinned up to I date over JIW bales of cotton. JleSsrs. L. O. ] HlutVird & Co. something over 200 bales. This speaks well for our little town. I over 1100 bales of the lleeey cotton has been shipped from this place. | lion. .1 U. M or rah was seen on our streets a few clays since. | Hon. .1. E. Bradley Is shipping some fine lumber from this place to Augusta, lia. Tim partition over the brick store formerly owned by Bradley Bros, will ho removed and I converted into a hall. We have been In need 1 of this for some time. Miss Nellie Morey, an accomplished lady | from Clear Spring, is visiting friends hi town. | Mi-s Nellie is always welcome here. j lie v. H. C. Fennel preached to a large ccn| greuation Sunday and Sunday night. j Mi.-s Clarkie Cothran, daughter of Judje I Cothran, worshipped with the Presbyterians . in tills plas'e Sunday. The Troy Social Club will give an entortaln' ment Nov. lotli. The celebrated piece "Ten Nights in a I.ar Konm*' will b? played. This club always give entire satisfaction, therefore those who like amusement had better take note of this and be on hand that night. Quite a crowd was in town Saturday. Our merchants did a good business. Mr.T. O.Tagunrt went to Abbeville Monday. Miss Nellie P:essly, of Lulah, is spending some time with relatives here. ! Morse trading is nourishing. Several trades were made last week. i?r. .1. r... rnggnri, a prosperous juinix un mn of Hat woods, spent Saturday night and Sunday with li is mother in tills pi net*. Messrs. Cook, (JtiHes and Sprouse caught some tine suckers on Hani Labor Inst week. Hird hunters have conmienctd their sport. Monday being the first day, lUlte a crowd [ went from here to try their hand on the will*. On Wednesday last our town was crowded j. with visitors lowliness the first marriage that I has ever taken place here. Mr. A.J. Davis , and MlssJanic MeCaslttti were happily united 1 by Itev. It. F. Bradley. The church was beau, j tlfully decorated by the young ladies who de serve great credit for the pains which they took. Promptly at. 4 o'clock tlie house was crowded to its utmost, and a great many bad : to stand outside. The bride was neatly dressed in brown silk and lo >ked very pretty. After the ceremony the couple,, with the attend1 ants, repaired to the home of the bride's lather, where a sumptuous repast was partaken of. We wish the happy couple prosperity and happiness The Attendants were as follows; Mr. J. K. Harris an-d Miss Jennie MeCaslan; Mr. A (?. Younghlood and Miss Kila llawley ; v: r. J. H. Chiles, .Ir. and Miss Sal lie Harris; Mr. II. 1>. Pressly and .Miss Anna MeCaslan ; Mr.J. L. Hurnctt and Miss Ida Morrah: Mr.T. (>. Ta.'gart and Miss Lizzie Ward law ; Mr.T, 0. Lite* atnl Miss Willie Sullivan; Mr. J. M. Kennedy and Miss Nellie Morey. Ourynunu men amus.'d themselves last Saturday night by laklng.olf iittggy wheels and tales ami bnllding feiuscs across the roa<>. Jaj's uwile wa<? found one mile from town hi the road with a pen built uround him. * 1 m OPINIONS VERSUS CONVICTIONS. jSciiKiblft TnlJt AixitM Fiirmln;, mid (!:p Work Whicii Kiiould lie Done this C;il 1 j:m! Winter. I foine of us think i'.iat opinions and convic | lions arc one iiurt ilie same thing, while oth' I ers think they are very dirtereiit from cacii jollier. Wo are told thiit most. persons hnvi j opinions. Now :uit| then a p.TS'Hi lias convie lions. A man wl;ii an opinion is of smut . cotisftjiii'jirn for or against a cause ahotil i which lie lias an opinion. A man with a con I vicl ii >n is always n power in the direct.en o I his i onvlclion. As a rule the men who hav< j only opinions are wniti.ig to be led by mcr j who have convictions. Commonly one mat with a conviction can lead, well,say fiom oik | hundred to one million men who merely hav< j opinions. One of I he great- necessities of tin i day are men of well defined agricultural con viciions?not men who must hear everybody else's opinions before they form one for them selves?sucii men arc always behind hand ! stumbling Mocks in the way of the genera ! progress and developments of the limes. The I day has come when they must get out of tli< Way or he run over. How wl'ieii do you lieni I tiie question: What's your opinion about cotton? Hadn't we better hold? Won't It go up j lu the Spring? I We heard of a farmer who sold his la.?l year's crop of cotton a short while ago fin |Hght and ivhalf cents per pound; he couhl i have sold it for nine ui.d a half when it ua.* j ginned and packed, nearly twelve month' ago; lie had an opinion that cotton would u< I up; a square conviction woiitu have laid him | out as cold as an Iron wedge. i We have ."-aid Ibis much, and we hope II ' will not be considered harsh, tint- we \vi>h t< Jcall especial attention lo tlie subject of ban dling our cotton crop after it is made. This i.; the principal farm work for Ihe month, j If Ihe averate fanner takes one of Ihe lead ! ing agricultural papers, a good weekly, his County paper, (all of lliese three wi 1 not cosl j h i m more than the price of a f>-w dozen egg< : or a few fowls, or a few pounds of butter in I lard, or may be, a ham or two, all of whlcli j any farmer of i rue convictions will always raise SUIIIC1CI1I, ID spare, ii uin, III' mil Iiii>u ? ! deny himself of a few plugs of tobaiceo, or lit '! ami ills friends of u few drinks.) because there ; Is iso use talking about it, lie can't get. along i without these papers; lie Is bound to ha\c them or lie won't even have an opinion worth | listening to. ! Having read his papers thoroughly, looked : over the cotton rvporis, compared 1$;'G with ; ISS5, noted the receipts, read carefully the reI ports from both National and Slate Departj u.cn's of Agriculture, we are <5f the opinion that his convict Ion as to the cotton market I will be Ju>-i a trustworthy as that of any New York cotton broker. Of course this is not infallible; he may err at times, but in a series I of years ho will find that, his true policy is tfi i gather his cotton as fast as possible, prepare for market and sell at once; he will get full I weight, he will oftentimes save his seed from ! being damaged by the cotton belli if kept In j bulk too Ions.', he will iret otr to market before bail weather sets in. Will have his debts paid j and Interest stopped, and having closed tills ,j part of liis business up, leaves him with tinI interrupted time to finish up his grain crop '. and round tip nil other detail farm work the ' close of the year. These arc our Arm couvie! lions. I This has indeed been an eventful year for : our farmers; especially has this been the case with the Piedmont section of the state. The j long continued freshets along all our water | courses, the unusual height reached by the streams, was greater than ever known before ! within the recollection of our oldest citizens; I the corn crops were entirely destroyed on all j our streams; the wet May and June very seriously damaged what little grain crops that. , were made; put cotton in the grass, with the | net result of about per cent, of an average I crop lor 1S.S!). lUII OI one 111111: \vc iiiive mi I two opinions, and Mint Is lliafc our farmers 1 cannot lie iilly by huzging the dc'ustve phnn1 loin of hope, lint on the other hand lie has to .bestir himself with unusual energy. Il" he ! has failed during the short tivoruhlc spell we , had eariy in September Inset in some barley i and oats, this is something that must he done j at liii- first rain. Kvery fanner of close ob.?er* I vatiuii is well aware of the advantages of something of the kind that is very early, l'lvpare some of your best land anil put in a I quarter of an acre In barley for each work anI iinal, and continue sowing oats until 1st of ; March, sowing at least live acres for each aniI inal. Sow an acre of wheat for every member I of your family old enough to cut a biscuit. If j the same manure, same preparation, is given j in this direction as Is given cotton, wo will never have to buy food for man or beast, wilnj out your corn crop is a failure. ! I'clorc the appearance of the next Report j the Slate Kair will be held, and we wish to I call I lie fact to your consideration that you ; may give some thought during the month as j wliclher or not it will repay yon to attend. 1 It would seem that no further advertisement, of the fair i< necessary. Kvery f.inuor In the State knows its objects and enils, and it remains with you to say whet her you will make ! It a successful instrument of great usefulness, or u ill you leave It to do its work without your individual aid. t ~ The Juries, not (tie I.aivyer. f M'illitimxtan tl'ur.] u'o iifMini in., inie Atiornev-(ieneral \Vil I iiain A. .1 ?nkins, ol Warivn, once say ilint In* I cleared foin teen nu n ol mtinier In one comity in ibis Stale. and without tadinir in a single Instil nee. lie said il allowed to pi.-k his Jury in iliai. con my he could Hear any man how, ever du.spernl" tin' t'.is". We believe lie was correct. We Uiinlc on one Jury licit tried a man for murder (here were tlirv nu n who hail been |ric<l at the same bar for the same oH'cnae. Miss Annie iiosseltaerompanied her sis'er iinine to Abbeville. She will return in time; to take p.irt in tlieirraud musical concert to lie ?ivcn by M'ss llolto, the music t>aeher of Use Ka>lcy lliuh school some time dttrinxj t'illistliias Week. Al're'l Ileiui'-rso'). a eoloied boy S yoarsol.l, I k i I lei I an infant ) oioni lis old, nf .lames (jrci n colored, neiir Central, h.v striking it with aj hammer In the head, for crying. The boy; was com mil led to 1'icUeiis Jail. j ITEMS FROM GREENWOOD. Homestead Exemption --- Greenwood to llnve.n Rank in the Xenr Future?First Democratic Supervisor or Election? Ejjjr Famine?Potato Crop?Fire?I n ion Sunday School Meeting ? Marriage?Opening the Public Schools. OltEKNW'OOD, ft. C., Nov.2, 18-0. The roads are again very dnsty,owing U) tho very dry weather which wc have had since i the shower of last Tuesday night. | Mr. A. II. lJodson. of Donaldsville, spent j last Saturday and Sunday with Mr. J. W. Sj i roles. 1 If the homestead exemption Inw ever was n i necessity, is It needed now? Who, as a rule, are benefitted by the law? Are they honora blc men who keep inviolate their promises? i ! These are questions which should be answer| ed conscientiously by every legislator for ! whom we vote to-day. Let this law which is I a refuse for dishonesty be lorever abolished, and let every man pay that which he oweth ! even to the last cent. i I Misses Ada and Minnie Wright, of Ilodges, I spent a few days of last week with the Misses i Simmons. Mr. R. r. ljlake has rented and moved into i me .tuner uouse on wuKrauurj Ktreeu ! It is probable that Greenwood will have n ; banking institution in the near future. There are but few places In I lie State so inviting to ; capitalists as our town, where every one will aid In making such uu enierpriee a success. Mr. J. T. Simmons has Just completed a large warehouse in rear of his store. For the first time wo have to-day a Democratic Supervisor of Election. Mr. L. Shcppard received an appointment to Umt unimportant oltice a few clays since. It seems that we are to have an egg famine. The few that are brought in from tne country arc readily sold at from twelve and a half to ; titteen cents per dozen. ! I'rof. S. I*. Boozer losrt a valuable horse on 1 ist Thursday night. The ?niiKal l ad been ; allowed to graze where there was large quani titles of field peas. An attack of colic causing death was the result. I Mr. W. P. McKellar, once a citizen of our I town, who has been living In Alabama* for ! several years, has returned to this county, |and will In a short time move his family to Troy, where he will teach during next year. Mr. L'has. H. Speights, of Greenville, who Is engaged in buying cotton In Prosperity, was in town last Saturday and Sunday. The potato crop is unusually abundant this year. Mc J. \V. Hill has a great, many ol exI traordinary size, some weighing seven or j clglit pounds. | Dr. J; 0. Maxwell and Mr. T. F. Riley *pent I last week In Augusts*, attending a meeting of ! the Directors of the Augusta and Knoxville j Railroad. [ The resfdoRce of Mr. R.F. Yoe was destroy i ed by lire about flvu o'clock on last Sauirduy j morning.- No Insurance. Mr. Yoc estimates I I his loss at five thousand dollars. Mr. J. II. I I ...?c hn..nlli....nllh Mr V..n! ' lout n lot of^ valuable hooks, pointings and : otlicr articles, all of which were woti h- u t leant three or lour hundred dollars. The origin of the flic Is unknown. Mr. W. J. Parks who has lived in Laurens for the Inst year or two moved to this place yestejilnjv Ke lias-roiitedi the stove tonne*, y ' occupied by Mr. J. It.- Li-aveil where he will soon open a retail grocery business. His j many friends here wish him success. ; I Mr. J. T. Duckett Is very sick. A severe atj! tack of Asthma is the trouble. ; I All of the Sunday Schools lis towi* having been Invited to attested a? 0"uioRSiinday .School j meeting In the Presbyterian chtfreh on last | Sunday morning, at eleveno'cl'ock the church was well tilled. Prof. J. It. Blake, the superI intendent of tlie Presbyterian Sunday School | having invited liev. A. M. Ilassel, of New i berry, to be present and address live meeting lie came forward and was introduced to the audience. lfe spoke for almost an hour showing his ability to attract and entertain botii children and grown persons as but tew men arc capable of doing. The music, which was a lending feature of the. mi-eting was splendid making the occasiou altosefclier an enjoyable one. Mr. J. W. i?>ylcs, of Greenwood, and Miss Nannie I.. Thornton, of Greensboro, (in., were i married in Augustn on last Wednesday by , lies-. .Mr. Walker. Mr. Boyles lias been living j in Greenwood more than a yea rand has made ! many friends lure, by whom he and Ills fair . one ore coldlaily welcomed as sfeskleutd of .lour town, i There will be no preaching hi the P'resbyte. j riau and Kaptist churches on ilexO Sunday ! nig!if, so that all may have an opportunity of I j hearing Ur. Grier who will preach la the I : .nciiKHiiMcnurvii. I Mr. J. Charles Sproullrof Rome, Go., isvlsr\ iting'relativeshere. ' j The board of trustees lor tills school district : j have authorized the teachers of Che public .1 schools to open their schools- on next Mon'! (l-.iy, the Mil In.M. ; This Is the duMcsfc dny Hint We have had ; herein a long time.- The vote will be very IllKlit. ?i Mr. D A. 1'. Jordan, after spending the great! er part of the summer nt Hie North Is spending awhile with fiiends and relativcs-here. | j MAC. ?i I'nslmnster.M Convention. T<> the Third and Fourth Ciusv l'oxtmuaters of the ' | State of South criritUnti; 'j Believing that a permanent organization 1 will he beneficial to the Postal service audi lo \ the interest of thePosimaste-s, we, the nnderi sinned, have mrreeil toc.ul n Convention of the ! Third and Fourth Cla6S Postmasters of this | j .State, to meet In Columbia, on Wednesday1 "! night, November 10,1-8'f, In Stanley's Hull, op', poslte Grand Central Hotel. l| You wilt nor fee that I lie time fixed Isdnrlnc . the week of the .State Fair, and since at that 'time the rates on .all the r.i 11 roads are very *i low we hope that a large number may find it " I convenient to attend. II The Postmaster General writes that there Is I no objection tosueh a Consent Ion, and an In' vllation has been extended to him to be pres'! ent. Mr. John II. Pal I ergon, editor of?lie I UnitedSV-tvH Mail, (a paper published In the ;l interest of Third ant! Fourth Class Postmns*1 ters) has ulso been invited lo attend theConj vention. j All arrangements have been mndeandthe j! Convention will be held. Ii is proposed toef!| feet a permanent, organization, and bnsiness ' | of Importance to all Postmasters and for the ; goo.l mo servicc win come uemre uie von- | j ventlon. (tome :ind lieln to make the meeting ! 11 both pleasant and profitable. Organization is the order of the dny,and i the Postmasters of .South Carolina must not I tie loft behind, W'e have the National Con | | venlion organized last year. The Postmasters of Nebraska formed a State Convention 011 j tne ?th of .September last: and an Association , 1 was formed In the Klflh-Congreesiorial District; j of Missouri on the 2nd of September. 1 You will be expected to be present at the: I Convention. If you can uot come, send us II your name, W. A. Schi ffly, P. M., Ornngeburg, 8. C. Donald.1. Auld, P. M., Sumter, S. C, M rs. K. S. Herbert, P. M., Newberry, S. C. C. \V. Wobb, P. M.. Anderson. S. C. I T. E. Slribllnsr, P. M., Walhalfa, S. C. ('. M. Kishburne, P. M., Suinmorvilte, S. C. 1 W. T. Henderson, 1'. M, Coronaea, S. C. '! Jl. K. Honner, P >!., Due West. S. C. 1 A. M. Dod?on, I'. M., Donaldsville, S. C. 1, JI. .T. Orojiory. P. M., Lancaster, S. C. J. J. Trice, P. M.t Mountain View, S. C. U. Kills, P. M.f Level Land.S. C. A Xcylfcted Crop. It would be better for us if we consider the j j manure made 011 the farm as a crop; and it Is strange that we do not do so. foi It is a pro-, , duct of the farm and lias a money value ns' I much as corn or hay or cotton. When wo j once consider manure as a crop, wo will take ! Jilst a* much pride In making a big crop of i manure as of corn ; and we will no more al-1 I low part of the manure crop to-go to wa?tu 1 than we would part of the wheat or hay crop. | Generally but litilo can be chanted against! I the production ol the manure crop: all the' cost is often the expense of harvesting (gath-j crimr > nd storing) this crop. On the most fer- j tile farms this crop is worth t? the farmer sev- j i-eral tiine< the cost of harvesting it. And it Is the greatest wonder of our farming that we j ! do not start out in the fall with a determlna-j lion t > make a better manuro crop than our neighbor, a* we start out in the spring with a , determination to make a better oat, potato or1 j tobacco crop. The cleanly man will harvest a 1 1 largo manure crop, because he will gather up) ! all rcfu?e and put It In the compost heap. He ; j will haw clean stables, cle*n barns, clean! yards?a clean farm; and cleanliness Is the; ' preserver of health. Thus we see that while]' the wheat or potato crop supplies strength' nwiiinra ?mn mIa<o! V mifhoi** ed and well kept. prevents t he agents of ?lls-1 cas? Ir.Wii stealing away that strength. Pride! in i h?- immure prop goetli before weal 111 and! Iicultli.?Amrricun Ayriculturixt fur November. Jliirn tlic Rafts. ' Chvxtir Jin tU I in, i We are informed that in all the creeks, I brandies and other water course*, many rafts : , have aecunuilaled and In some places are do' Ilia damage liy causing the water courses to {turn their courses and make new cliatuiels. j : Iii other plaeesand streams ate tilling up badly and doing inucii damage to the bottom lands thereby. Several practical farmetshave put tire to some of these rafts, and In this way tliev ilud it an easy matter to dean out the. streams. The heavy rains 1n the Spring and : early summer have caused more and larger! rafts In the streams than ever before known, i and ll is very desirous, that they should bel removed?not on'.v for the benefit of the lands, but in Hie interest of the health of the conn-1 try. These obsinieiions so large and so numerous.should therefore, be removed in com-, pliani'c with the law in this matter, and the j be.*; and the quickest way to do so, it is said, , is to burn them. I! does not make "any d I tie re nee how much | land a farmer has, if he does not make Irs own bread and incut at home on his la: m, h ;! is merely a tenant, and hi* landlord dwells in j lh? Northwest., If his cotton comes in all i right, lie will (jd- Si is rations in due season,! otli.-rwise he'll go hungry. Never cond.-mn the local paper unless it has unfairly treated you ; write to it or go in- J to the otlice and tell the editor about your? case; if he was wrong he will lese lio time iu i telling it to the public. -1 ?? House and Lot for Sale. rpflE HOUSE AND LOT bdonalng to Rev, I S. H. JEFFERSON' Is offered for ,sale< The dwelling Is n six-room house, on a cdrn?-f lot on Magazine Hill, In the town of Abbeville. On the place Is a well of good water. _ Terras and price apply to BENET & SMITH. \ Nov. 1,188G, tf '? The State of South Carolina* ^ COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. IX THE PRODATE COCBT. WM. MOORE, as Administrator of the ? ' .> tale of Wm, M. Bell, decease*!, having Hied his petition (n the Court praying for a I urttlempnt. nnd dlschnree. It Is ordered, that Tucday, the 7th day of December nex't, be fixed for said settlement t as prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, Judge Probate Court Nor. 1,1SSG, Cf _ - j.S Sale of Valuably Land Near Mt. Carmel. 4 T OFFER for sale my valuable tract of land, within one mile of Mt Carmel depot, on the Savannah Valley Railroad.lylneon Rock/ hranrh. waters of I.lttle River, and contain-* In* ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE? ACRE*. more or less. From EIGHTEEN tif TWENTY nercs are In wood land, and the ref malnder embraces some fine eraln and ottort land. The place rents from 8 bales to If> ha'e# i of cotton annually. The titles have been sub? III.J < ~ .. ..II.Ms nlln.nau.il 1 kluiulllll P. V If., mid will be vonchpd for by him. For terms enquire at tfie Pre.** and BnnntY offline LUCY J. MARS. -s: Nov. 3,18S6, 4t The State of South Cafttling* | COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. is the probate cotnrr.EX PnfteB. M. Campbell, Administrator and ?^ Petitioner.?Petition for Settlement and Discharge. . BM. CAMPBELL, as Administrator of tb<r i Estate of Susnn Campbell, having appli? .. cd for settlement and dlFrhonre. * IT IS ORDERED. That Friday the thlrtf day of December next he fixed for the settle- .*3 mpnt and discharge as prayed for. Creditor* must present their claims to Administrator' before day of settlement. J. FULLER LYON. Nov. 1, 188S; Jadge Probate Court. iMilu, 1 TOWNSHIP ELECTION" J For the Advancement of the* - :.l V Interests of the Enterprise. . The State of South Carolina/ . "v COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. By the bo ar d of county com-' missiortors of tlie County of Abbeville in meeting assembled, on tbl-i the 1st day' of November, 1886. ^ Be it resolved by the Board of County' Commissioners of tlio said County of At' beville, now met and sitting as a Board*That in pursiKvn<-eof the provisions of anAct of the General' Assembly of the State* of South Carolina, entklcd "An Aet to> incorporate the Ch-sXter, Greenwood' and J Abbctille Railroad Company " approved. 22d fie'eember A. I>: 1885, and upon the' written application of a majority of the- ? owners of real estate of Abbeville Town-' I ship, in1 said State and County, duly re- I eeived by this Board, asking that an eloc- J tion ba held- tvoon the auestion of SUB-' 1 SCRIPTION or SO SUBSCRIPTION,. to the capital stock of tlio Chester, Green-wood ami Abbeville Railroad Company,, ' of Ivonds to the amount of THREE PER* | CENT, of the taxable property in said' ? " \ Township, bf submitted to the qualified f voters of aaid Township, in accordant with the terms of the Act of incorpora-' Hon of said Railroad'Company, approved' 4 22d December, 1886. Said bonds to be is-* ^ sued on the condition that the track ot j the said Railroad Company bo located! * j through the town of Abbeville, in said' Township, according to the provisions of said Act. An'election bo held on the * 2711 Say of Noveikr, 1886, at ABBEVILLE COURT HOUSE, in tlto town of Abbeville. The polls to be open- -* ed at 7 o'clock A. M. and remain open imtil (i o'clock P. M.. at which election shall be submitted to the qualified voter* of said Township, the question of whether or not the said Township will subscribo to the capital stock of the said Chester, Greenwood and Abbeville Rail-' road Company in bonds, with interest not to exceed seven perccntum per annum, payable in twenty years, to th<v amount of THREE PER CENT, of tho assessed value, for taxation, of the real and personal property held and located in said Township. That is to say, the que: - ? tion of "SUBSCRIPTION" or "NO SUBSCRIPTION" to the capital stock of said Company. That said aubsc rip tion to be made on the condition that tho said bonds be not issued until the track of tho said Railroad Company be located through tho town of Abbeville in said Ceunty. That J. W. Thomson, W. N. Graydon and Frank Henry aro hereby appointed /tlie managers of said election with full , power to hold and conduct tho same, \ count the votes, declare and certify the result according to the laws in force and ^ the provisions of said Act. That the voting at said olectlon shall be by ballot. Tho voters who desire to vote in fuvor of said Township making tho aforosaid subscription shall vote a ballot having written or printed thereon the word "SUBSCRIPTION," such of said . voters who desire to vote against the said subscription shall vote a ballot having written or printed thereon the words "NO SUBSCRIPTION." That notice of said election stating the time, place and purpose and form of bal- ? lots to be voted thereat, be published as by law directed in at least one of the newspapers published in the town of Abbeville, in said County, for three weeks immediately prior to s:iid election on 27tU day of November, 1SS6. Sov. 1, 1886. By order of the Board. J AS. A. JfcCORD, Cli. B. C. C. W!ff. RILEY, >V. T. COWAN, County Commissioners. Ktejt : I). L. 3IABRY, Clerk B. C. C.