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% ;5 - ? The Press and Banner Wednesday, June 15, 1887. Southerii Writers. Peterson's Magazine for July begins a now serial. "Alonsjthe Bayou," t>y the very popular Southern writer, Miss Alice Bowman, whlen promises even to surpass her former stories. Missliowmnn is undoubtedly a woman of cuius, wonderfully correct in her delineation of Creole character, and her patois is the most natural ever put in print. Some of the most popular authors of the South are among the contributors for "Peterson." Miss M. <J. McClelland ranks prominently in Hie list, and there are, besides, Mrs. M. ShefTey Peters, whose dialect stories have proved s<? successful, Mrs. Kmmii (Jarrison a lino \1 iiiiit KwpIK ?tul ntliorH. Regarded both from an iirtistlc ami literary point of vie*', "Peterson" takes rank among the best of the first-class periodicals, while, in the matter of fashion, needle-work patterns, and instruction of all sorts available in households, it bears oil the palm from all the other lady's magazines. Terms; tivo dollars a year, with great reductions to clubs, and splendid premiums. Address, Peterson's Magazine, :!0ti Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Abbeville 1I?n \o? Nearly Six Millions on the Tax Rooks. A. A K. K. It 2(5 miles S 170.88T1 <;. & G. K. K ?> miles :&> _>,:W0 Savannah Valley K. It 37 miles 22St7'H) G., L. & S. It. It 1(1 miles 70,7f>0 II!) miles 852.633 Real and pers'l property.. 5,077,2-IU Total property of Ab. co.. S3,920,881 Increase over Comptroller-General's report about StOO.WO. A Pretty Waltz. The Winnie Davis Waltz, composed by Mr. Jno. Baselcrof Richmond, Va., ami dedicated to Miss Winnie Davis, the "Daughter of the Confederacy," tins Just been published by Messrs. Walter D. Moses A- C'i>., of Richmond. The composition possesses the excellencies of originality, simplicity, and beauty, and is undoubtedly destined to become exceedingly popular. It has four numbers, besides the Introduction and coda. Price 7cents, post paid to any address. Rogers & Co., brokers and commission merchants, Augusta, Ga., are representing two of the largest bagging and tie factories in the United States, and can offer the Southern trade better figures at this time than any other house in the South. Merchants, before placing your contracts wire Rogers <S Co. for prices in car lots delivered. They have several cars pieced ties that they arc offering at less than their value. Rogers it Co. guarantee satisfaction on all goods sold by them. Bagging and ties sold at prices that RogersCo. are selling them will bankrupt the factory. Special summer sale In Millinery and Dress Goods. I will reduce the price on all summer goods, and have marked down several articles below cost. W. E. Bell. Messrs. Russell & Burns will serve a barbecued dinner on the 24th of June to the Masonic brethren at fifty cents each. Opera Slippers. Now is the time for them and I can save you money by buving of me. W. E. Bell. 6-15 Mr. and Mrs. g. C. Bradley. Mrs. W. T. Bradley and Mrs. Julius VisanskaofTroy. are In town. Judge McGowan and Miss Lucia McGowan came home Monday. Call and see the special bargains I offer on my bargain counter. W. E. Bell. 0-15 Parasols with lace on them at loss than cost. W. E. Bell. 6-15 Colored plaid DeOrgandie in beautiful summer shades at cost. 4-15 Never before has such bargains been offered as you will tlud at Win. E. Bell's. (5-15 Ladies who have summer goods to buy nan secure special bargains at Wm. E. Bell's. C-I5 10 dozen children's colored hose at 7c and 8c a pair. W. E. Bell. C-15 Fans! Special cut on fans at Wm. E. Bell'*. 1 lot nice figured lawn at 4 cents a yard. P. Rosenberg & Co. 6-13 24-iuch black silk serjro parasol reduced from $2.50 to SI.03. P. Rosenberg & Co. 6-15 22-inch black silk seme parasol rod need from S2.06 to S1.45. P. Rosenberg & Co, 0-13 1 lot fancy parasols at New York cost. P. Rosenberg <k Co, 6-15 6 pieces assorted colors all wool nuns veiling, reduced from 2:) cents lo 12^ cents per yard. P. Rosenberg & Co, 6-15 Alpocca coats at New York cost. P. Rosenberg & Co. 6-15 A large lot of alpacea coats at reduced prices, at P. Rosenberg & Co's. 6-15 A large lot of ladies' opera slippers; size % reduced from $1.00 to 75 cents. P. Rosenberg & Co. 6-15 WARE'S SHOALS TO BE IMPROVED. The Property Has Been Mold and a Large Cotton Factory i<t to be Built. Editor Press and Banner : A part of the Ware Shoals on Saluda river was sold to-day. That part ou the Laurens side owned by Mr. Win. Gaines, 30 feet fall and "Oacres land, price forty-live hundred dollars, sold to Mr. Gus. Sitton, of Pendieton, S. C, who has been running the old Pendleton factory successfully for a number of years past. The object of the trade is to establish a large cotton factory as soon as the railroad is completed which crosses the river at that point. M. ERWIN. Mr. Connor Rite* to a Question of Privilege. Cokksbcry, S. C., June 13,1887. Editor Press and Banner : Your printers made several errors in the letter I sent you on Monday. But for one word, which I never used, and which, as used, may be of doubtful meaning, I would not notice them. In speaking of lawyers making laws for our government you make me say "and to" suDorn "their own interest." It should be subserve. The next sentence, as you have it, totallv chances the menninir. "Is it not hu man nature,"' should be "It is not human nature for them," ??c. Yours truly, F. A. CONNOR. Ke-l'nion ltttli H. C. Vols. Abbeville, S. C., June 1", 1SS7. Editor Press and Banner: I desire to have the address of some officer, commissioned or non-commissioned, as the case may be, of the following companies of the 19th S. C. V. Regiment, to wit: Companies A, B, C, D, F and K. These companies were from Edgefield, and the object is to hold a re-union of the regiment as soon tjs soon as it can be done. I f the parties designated will give me their names and address at once they will facilitate the work very much. J. FULLER LYON, Ex. Lieut. Co. H., for Committee. Edgefield and Aiken papers please copy. White Hall?People and Crops-Grateiul IlotN from Historic Ground. Quite cool for June. The crops are exceedingly good in this com munity. Mrs. J. N. Godsey and children of Prosperi ty are vlsitihg her parents. Miss Corn Morrow closed the public term oi the White Hall school on Friday evening last A great many of our young people antici pate attending theUreeuwood commencment exercises. Alex. Reagan, while practicing jumping the other day found himselt in great need o n cushion. One of our bnchelor friends on returning jroin town mioriueu us uiai ne was going ic see his girl as soon as his "stump-sucker' coat whs finished. Messrs. S. McNeil and R. R. Tolbert an rivals for the prize offered by the Gossipium ComDany of Atlanta, Ga., for the largcsi yield of cotton from one acre. Our young medical student. A. S. McXei lias handled several complicated cases verj skillfully. Mr. T. A. Watson, we hear, has some of tin finest oats between Bradley and Greenwood RUPERT. LAURENS COMMENCEMENT. Abbeville's Anniversary Orator will! Lnu reus. Monday at 11 o'clock was the time fixed fo the anniversary oration, which wasdeliverei by Walter L. Miller, Esq., of Abbeville. Tin subject of his address was "Our Young Wc man." From the manner of the speaker am the subject matter of his discourse, it is evl dent that he is possessed ol talent of a higl order, and although young in years, made ; most pleasing impression upon his audlencf His speech was a glowing tribute to wornnn and the young ladies of the graduating clas could scarcely have more appropriate am well-timed remarks.?Ixiurenx Adverloser. A strange disease, uiikuuwii io j/uysi cians, is doing great damage among th liorees in Dewitt county, Illinois. Man; of them are sick, and already a larg number have died. Mr. W. J. C'rosswell died in Surnte County, June 2, aged 65 years. He \va the father of Mrs. Dr. S. M. Dinkins, c .Sumter, and Mrs. J. H. Bo wen, of Lau rens. A lire inJChattanooga, Tenn., (Jnne 9, occasioned by the explosion of a tank c gasoline consumed a number of houses mueh household property, andoccasione Ihe loss of several lives. ' ~'.1 , iOL VALUL Ur IV.Li.ljl.Ul Vn. j Tribute of Respect to flio Honored | Dciul Commencement ScriiKin-- I t'losin^ I'.xcrcises. (jitKKNWoon, s. c .Iune 1", isst. i We had a tine shower 011 Friday nisrht. j Mr. J. J.Twitty, of Spartan burg was in town last Saturday. Miss Mary MeKelier and Mr. Kngene T. | MeKelier went to (ireenville last Saturday. | They will attend the Commencements there I tills week. Mr. <ieo. A. Hoozer. of Newberry spent a ! few days here last week. , i "What. Is earthquake religion, worth anyway" shouted a Salvationist as he stepped oil ? Columbia and Greenville train here not long since. "It is not worth a replied :i citizen who is not noted for his piety." The answer was unexpected and the enthusiasm or the questioner boinsr <*ooIeil he retIred to j his car to meditate upon the depravity of our town and the world's groat need of santiflca; lion. ! The closing examination in Brewer Instill ute took place last week. Under the management of ltev. J. K. it. Jewett this instution is attacting attention and future prosperity Is being insured. Mr. Jewett ami family will spend the summer vacation at tlicirolil home in fupperell, Massachusetts. Jos. J. Johnston, Ksq., of Laurens is vislling Mr. J. F. Simmons. Peaches are occasionally being shipped Irom Verderyto this place. Wo understand that | the fruit is very fiue and is selected with much care. I Mr. \V. T. Henderson, of Coronaca was here yesterday. Mr. C. W. Bland, of Augusta was here yesterday. We will write of him again soon. Misses Sallie and Josie Waldlaw, of Abbeville are visiting Mrs. \V. J. Parks. A large lot of new books have been received for the Greenwood Public Library. On yesterday morning Kev. J. L. Chalmers of Winnsboro preached a very interesting I I.I tho Bimlont. <if the two schools of! this place from the text "What think ye of Christ," Matthew 22,42. The sermon was apI propriate and all that could have been desired and all who heard it were more than pleased. At a recent meeting of the session of the Greenwood l'rasbyterian church the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, it has pleased the Great Head of the church to make a vacancy in our session by the death of Dr. A. P. Boozer and as it becomes us his colleagues in the c.ldership to recognize an event that so deeply affects not only us, but the entire congregation of which he was an officer. Therefore be it resovled, that we ever cherish in our memories the virtues that made our brother a faithful officer in Christ's church and bound him to this community by the, strong ties of christian fellowship. That as a mark of our appreciation of his work we dedicate a page in our church record to.his memory. That a copy of these resolutions be sent, to his wife, and that we hereby extend to , her assurances of our prayerful sympathies ' in this great affliction, praying that lie who promises to be the husband of the widow 1 may cause her to experience the blessedness of this and many other precious and never failing promises. Miss Octavia Coleman died in Quitman, Ga. 1 on last Saturday evening of measles. She lived here from childhood and was away visiting relatives at the time of her death. She , was a most estimable and attractive young j lady and many hearts, to whom;she was dear are sad to-day on accodnt of her unexpected death. The body was brought on the train from Augusta to-day and will be interred in . Greenwood cemetery this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Talbert left for Spartan- , burg, their future home", to-day. Mr. J. K. Hood, of Due West, was in town yesterday. , Mrs. Isabella Tolbert died at her home near here ou last Thursday at the age of eightytwo. She was buried at Tranquil ou Friday, Rev. F. Auld conducting the funeral service. MAC. , SCHOOL EXHIBITION. I I Interesting Programme of Exercises by the Children. ' Ninety-Six, S. C., June 10, 18S7. Edttor Press and Banner: , It has been sometime since I have trespassed on your generous nature but I will now proceed to tax it to the utmost capacity. I , have fallen in line along with the farmers; | get up with the larks in the morning my red bandana around my neck and rally forth with j the intent of destruction in my mind oi gen- , erat green and his allies and this I proceeded to do, with the necessary implements, eitli- i er a plow or hoe, until the "swallows home- , ward fly." The crops promise an abundant , yield?the grain crop is now being harvested, and a feeling of contentment seems to per- , vade in the minds of most of my nuighbors, so far as the crops are concerned. , Our monotenous long-day life, was agreeably varied on the 10th instant. It was our good fortune to attend the closing exercises of the Purtville Academy, an excellent neighbor- ! hood shool taught by -Miss Lucy Pinson, who by the way, is a trained educator and knows . exactly how to "train the young idea how to shoot" and merit the confidence and esteem of her pupils and the approval of her patrons. , This shool is located in the Jack Young and Rainpey neighborhood. The oppnin? the exercises were announced by Mr Mitchell ( Young, with appropriate remarks in a man- ' ner that was creditable to the young man. | The programme was as follows: Salutatory?Master Hazel Smith. "It's not worth while to hate"?Master Pope Young. Song; "We al I love one another"?School. "I wouldn't be a girl like you" (Dialogue)? Master \V. Merriwether and Miss Rampey. Recitation by?Master John Hughey. Song; "Somebody's tall and handsome"? Miss Mat tie Luo Finley. "Grandma's beau"?Miss Mattie Thnrp. Dialogue?Miss Enla Hughey and others. "Mother's girl"?Miss Lula Young. Recitation by Miss Lizzie Merriwether. "Small pictures have large ears"?Misses Mamie Rampey and Annie Tharp. "Temperance Lecture"'?Master Tope Young and others. "Daisy"?Miss Mattie Hughey. "Ringing in the ears" ?Master Duckett Young and Miss Lida Rampey. "Old Maid"?Miss Mamie Rampey. Recitation by Master Geo. Tharp. "The Young Critic"?Masters Hazel Smith ! and Duckett Young. "Sour grapes" (Recitation) ? Miss Eula Huehey. "Cast thy bread upon the waters"?Miss Lida Rampey. "Indolence" (Dialogue) ? Misses Mattie Tharp and Addie Hughey. "There'll be something in Heaven for children to do" (Song)?School. "Lecture on tobacco" (Dialogue)?Misses Li a:i Kainpey ana ijuiu loune. "The coming woman"?Miss Mattie Hugh* ey. "Now I am a grandma"?Miss Lula Young and others. Valedictory?Master Duckett Young. "Glory to God" (Closing Hone)?School. "Queen of the Roses"?Miss Bessie Metts. The pieces were well rendered and the pupils acquitted themselves ndm'.rable, which ; reflects notonly credit on their teacher, but . close application a diligent study on their individual parts. Among the Invited guests was the Rev. Mr. Carter and wife, of Greenwood. After the exercises were concluded everyone repaired to the shades of the surrounding oaks, where an elegant dinner was spread by the ladles who are ever mindful for the comforts of all of us. The dinner consisted of all that heart could wish. The Rev. Carter invoked the blessings of God. Could we partake of such a dinner every day, the three score years and ten allotted to mankind would be too short a life. The hill ol fare, consisted of evf erything from the fatted lamb of Madam Young to the sweete?t pie and cake, and to say that we enjoyed It?well you know how it ' Is yourself?it you don't you are the first newspaper man, I ever heard of, that did not. The occasion reminded me of the oldtime f hospitalities and social Catherines. We met many friends of our boyhood days, and the ! day was heartily enjoyed by all. Long may \ the Purtvllle School stand and flourish. For real solid enjoyment attend the closing exercises of one of our country schools. For 5 fear of taxing your generosity too much deDonent saveth not. t * ONK OK THE BOYS. 1 I Think ?I TIi4'?<. p BY J. A. MKTTK. I. When in the west night's mantle dark Is pinn'd by one lone star. Ere day has lit Ills eastern spark, And morning's nates ajar: s When o'er the vale and verdant tlekl The sun's broad light is streaming. r And Nature's lace, with love anneal'd, j With hope and joy is beaming, p 1 think of thee! I think of thee! h My love, I think of the! t n. r When evening spreads his crimson veil Along the western sky, , And shadows stalk, like giants pale, " Or in the distance fly; J When Luna dunces on the wave, .1 Or sleeps on ruined tower. Or. loolsimr from her hiirh mnnivo Sees Beauty in her bower, I think of thee! I think of thoe! My love, I think or thee! y I"e When Day walks forth in splendid garb, And Night in black attire, Or armed with winter's arctic barb, r Or summer's fervid lire; ? Through good and ill, through weal and woe, . I'll ever love thee still, I And my rapt heart, where'er I go, With that dear thought will thrill, I think of thee! I think of thee ! % My love, I think of thee! - II Choice coffee, 20 cents per pound at P. Rosenberg tfc Co's. C 15 <3 Afresh lot of "May Lee" smoking tobacco at P. Rosenberg ? Co's. 6-15 GOSSIP AND COMMENT, j THIS CORRESPONDENT S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT. -?? ? ? Wisliine (lial ilie "Press and Banner" j may Secure Valuable <'os?trilni-j lions for (lie Prizes Oirereil?A , Wasliiuclo.1 Man on his Xnlive' Heath, and Yl'eleoined bark to <'icj| I'liicc of Ins wt.n . ., Matters. | Crops arc lino. We have the promise of a cotton bloom ! i next week. i Blackberries are being brought into the market. < CotmneucemeiH Ik nearly on us. Come to . the least of letter*, friends. I We hope your prize on the model newspa- . per will draw a number of essays. They ( would make interesting columns ia the Press < and liunncr at the proper time, j Prof. I,ee Is taking excellent pictures now, j the very best, he has ever made. He is sue- . seeding admirably in taking childrens pic- ( tures which Is a dlllicult tiling to do. I The crops so far have been worked with the | greatest ease; cotton and corn are looking | tine. The oat crop is better than expccted. | Wheat will average about three fourths of a ] crop. I Mr. Branch Hnddon has been lylhg very ill , at. his father's for several days. I Mr. Ibzan Hell, our tasty and excellent. | painter, has Just finished up a neat job for ,< Rev. W. K. Pearson. , Mr. J. H. Wrenn and Mr. Ibzan Bell go | next week to paint. Mr. Oliver Bran.von's house. They expect to give him a neat job. < Mrs. Power of Little Mountain died last week, she was a young woman and iert a | husband and several small children. Abroth- s er and two sisters havo died out of this family | during the last.twelve months. We have received a copy of the Toledo (Ohio) ] Blade. It is strongly Republican, and is busy , n?n,ii,i?in fnr tlmripvl. Remibliean i national convention. It wants to know our first choice out ot Biaine, Sherman and Chancey Dtil'ew. We liave 110 such choice. We prefer Cirover. He has been good enough for us. So we will not waste a postal card on the Blade. The Bible Society meeting was an interesting one, though not large. We noticed that your able correspondent, B. C. P., was an Interested attendant, and contributed liberally to the cause, and also gave yon a good account of the meeting, hence we desist. Messrs. H, K. Bonner and Don. Brownlee each are having some neat wall-papering done. Mr. Brice Cllnkscales is also to have a fob of the same kind done. Our people are brushing up. Mr. Steel Ilrico is home again, enjoying the society of the family circle. Kev. John T. Chalmers spent several days in town last week. He left for Greenwood Saturday morning. Mr. John Johnson of Washington, D. C., an occasional correspondent of the Press and Banner, is visiting the town of Ids nativity. He expects to remain until after Commencement. His family expect to join him here shortly. We are glad to see.our friend in our midst again. We expect something good from him as medal orator. We are glad to note that the Press and Banner Is a staunch prohibition paper and is using its influence 011 the right side. In our ludgment this is the winning side. We see that George William Curtis thinks that it will play the wild with the Republicans in the next election. Messrs. Hayno McDill, Cater and White ivereup from Abbeville and worshiped in the Associate Reformed church last Sabbath. Mr. Allen McAdams took 101 pounds of lioney from three bee gums. He got 17 pounds rrom one hive. s The cotton looks cooked this (Monday) 1 mornine irom uie msi uinr ii?j? u/>u cam, tvlnds. It looks as If u light frost might have touched It. Mr, John Thomas Haddon and family were In town several days last week on account of the Illness and death of Miss Mittie Haddon, their nelce, Miss Ella V. Miller is home again in excellent spirits and health. The young ladles and young gentlemen ol Due West who have been teaching abroad are gathering in town again preparatory to the annual litterary festival. Dr. Wideman, who has been unwell for some time, has gone down to make some little stay with his brother-in-law, Hon. J. E, Bradley, and to drink mineral water. We hope he will rapidly gain his strength taken iway by a spell of dysentery. If you have not paid your town tax do so Immediately. You may yet save the penalty is the treasurer, Mr. B. C. DuPre Is quite obliging. One of the largest, attended funerals here in some time was that of Miss Mlttle Haddon of Florida. She died of a complication of consumption and disentery. President Kennedy received a telegram Irom her father telling him to burv her here for the present. Mr. John Thomas Haddon is her grand-father. Dr. W. M. Orier preached the funeral in the A. R. P. church just before regular services Sabbath morning. She was then laid to rest and the young ladies of the college strewed her grave with llowers. President Kennedy mild. "I feel called upon;tomake one remark: If we had been asked to select one out of our little band that we thought prepared for the summons, we would not have passed her by whom you have Just laid to rest." .She had been sick for some 11 Hie time but only bad for two or three days. She had not been home nor seen the face of loved ones there In two years. Mr. Smiley of Rome, Ga., is stopping with his friend, Mr. L. L. Abcrcrombie. We have taken another look at Dr. Cowan's curiosities. It will pay you to see them. The Doctor is getting up something of a museum. He already has quite an interesting collection from difl'ereat points in the United States. Prof. Hood is taking an Interest in classifying ? them. v Prof. J. H. Pressley brought back a fine 1..4 .1 V,.,.. it 1'll.mo ? ? n/l ; jJUlII 111 UU?. lie IIUO IIUIII^U it 1 Wl/V, ??? confidently expects it to excel all others. There are a number of flne bird dogs in town now, and considerable rivalry is expected next fall. President Kennedy has had all his oat fields about town planted In corn. He believes in the cereal. \Vm. Harvey Clinkscales cut 100 dozen wheat from 40 acres. Those who have seen it regard it very lino and say that it will make 400 bushels. At the meeting of the Kuphemian Society last Friday evening the following gentlemen were elected honorary members: Capl. W. G. Roddy, Hock Hill. S. O., ('apt. W. C. McGowan, Abbeville. S. C.; Henry Grady, Atlanta, Ga? and Solicitor Hosier Gambrell of Louisville, Ga. These are all typical Americans in their young manhood. Sews from a Xew Quarter. Echo Him. Dots, June 14,18S7. After having good rains, which gladdened the farmer's heart, this cool weather seems rather discouraging. Crops are tine in our whole community. They are Well worked, and especially upland and bottom corn looks tine. Mr. T. L. Moore has the finest upland corn we know of. I)r. T. S. Blake also has a lleld which deserves mention. Hsv. Mr. Jordan filled the pulpit at Fellowship church last Sunday. Instead of a sermon he gave us a good account of what was done at the convention which met at Louisville, Ky. Mr. Pick Kinard, of Edgefield was In our neighborhood a few days ago. Humor has It, the end of his rope was too short. Come again Pick. We are sorry to say that two of our young men expect to move to Ninety-Six before long, our loss will be Mr. Turner's gain. 1,. ...ftI L- 1 tic* I. I.r... UncvS _ patch a lew days a?o we noticed a stick Jstuck ] up by a tine melon with tiiis inscription on it, s property of Miss K. M . s Mr. George 1*\ Martin now drives the finest j turnout lu the country, report is some minis- 1 ters jacket will rejoice before long. t Mr. Walter Nickols is sick a bed with fever. We hope he will soon recover. r Miss Lee Walter, of Florida is visiting Mr. r Thomas Chatham family. ji Some or our young men have a shy way of giving their girls candy. They wait until dark and in passing they leave the candy on the gate post. We notice in the paper that Troy will soon have a hotel. We know the good people of that place will hnild one which will be an ornament to that town. The farmers are nearly through harvesting. Wheat and oatsarc!very good in places. OCCAS1TNALLY. ? ^ mB ?? Abbeville County's Fines and I.icenses. Abstract of returns ot fines, liquor licenses and forfeitures collected in Abbeville county, as furnished by tho Auditor. Mr. A. W. Jones, who always cheerfully gives any information concerning liis otlice: Calhoun, (>. T., Trial Justice S *> on Calvert, A. F., Trial Justice 25 On peilruhl, M. 1\,Trial Justice !i ?r> Giles, K. S. F? Trial Justice II (HI Harkness,K._C\, Trial Justice 1 oo liernuoi), is.zi., iriai jusueo 2 50 I Hodges, J. F., Trial Justice 25 00 ( McCaslan, It. A., Trial .Justice 47 00 . Martin, C. V., Trial Justice 2100 Moore, John It., Trial Justice 41 00 1 Moore, T. L., Trial Justice 70 50 Moseley, J. J., Trial Justice HI 00 Norris, a. k? Trial Justice 11 (mi i Hansom, W. N., Trial Justice 14 15 < Robertson. J. L..Trial Justice 8 25 , Sitton, J. (i., Trial Justice 11 do Tolmon, M. O., Trial Justice 20 lo Watson, K. \V? Trial Justice 23 75 Zcigler, M. (*., Clerk of Court i:M> (ki Komi coinmuttttion 4 00 ^ Christian & Brooks, liquor license 100 (M> I Cunningham, Frank, liquor license 1(0 00 Haddon. It. B. & Co., liquor license l<Xt 0J Hill, A. M. & Sons, liquor license 100 IK) j McUettigan. Thos., liquor license 100 00 | Uussell, L. H., liquor license 100 00 . Total 81,153 80 You can buy a nice dress at less than manu- ' ffteturers cost at K. M, Haddou Co. | A PRINTER'S POINT AT A PICNIC. Schools ? Swept hearts Speeches? <Vops?Knins? People? Dreams of; Fiituro JInppi ness. 1)i;k \Vkst, S. .Tlino 1 i, 18X7. | Editor Prrxx oml llmuier: A iiav rr?!iiliiiL' wliiit. I will Nilv in this leftpr regarding one event that was more than restive in social enjoyment, hospitality and jeniainessyon will no donht heave a long penetrating sigh over the memories, of your heydays, "picnically"speaking. Vet I'm perfectly cognizant of the fact that you are not ilisfranchiscd as a matrimonial contestant ind don't hesitate to say that you are possessed of the ways and means to make some one happy, happier, happiest?listen, gentle I'll -ay a picnic is, I suspect, a fertile Held? supposition ? As the writer hurried to and fro on last Kri:la.v night in close pursuit of a way to Ik- conveyed to a largely anticipated picnic, to bp .Mven at Honea Path the next day, a water iptiut seemed to havehursted open just over sur tranquil hamlet and for a half hour it bounded as if the rainfall was suflicienl to lisioeate and shatter everything from a chcrIshed hope to a verbal contract. Hut ere desponding hopes and my wearied form hiul Irifted into the land of sweet sleep the stars liad pinned back the clouds and all promised brightness for the morrow. Alter sleeping the sleep of the anxious. I was awakened by the ehimes of the sunrise, notice of the Female college bell, and opened the shutters that shut, out the horrors of a stormy night to ;aze, nlas. not upon a blazing eastern horizon, but the inevitable overcast hid away the jeantifuible heavens, and the zephyr liad surrendered the winds untt> the uncharitable joint of the great compassand tlie east harsh;> tossed the green foliage back and forth. Yet, a spark of encouragement flashed occasionally across my bosom and to foil thcarlent desire of a soldier of the "art preservative" is not easily done, hence, in a short i tvliilea young friend and myself were seated n a buggy behind a spanking good mule leaded "towards that little town so well cnown for its progressive, kind hearted, sourteous people and pretty ladies, Honea Xftnr n nlotujunt. Hrlvn nvnr 111 11 PS i if country lying In Abbeville and Anderson :ounties, viewing rich scenery and promising ;rops we halted at. our destiny. Here a (loomy foreboding captured us?the clouds ingerpd and few, very few visitors were to be ;een, and as the fond anticipat ions tha; Inhabted my left breast, a short interval above the spacious liver, were about to drag me over the ireelpice of despair we were fully assured by , seve-al manly young men that it was a cold i lay when Honea Path got left," and thus aslured, your picnic correspondent spent a . ;pare hour or so In genial conversation with i :he buslnass men of the town, which is composed solely, with one exception, of young , Tien; Dr. Hudgens being the only merchant )f advanced years In the place. I found the merchant's very hopeful, Indeed, i )f a good crop year. These business men, unike the majority In our Piedmont belt, are i lot given to grunting and mourning?they leed a good crop year, but are not losing flesh : >ver the recent continued failures, and look i nit, as it were, upon a bright future. "There," remarked a jovial friend, "is your jirl's father." I looked expecting not only to > ;ee this highly respected gentlemen, but one ] >f a "wee bit" more interest to me. but the j racant seat beside him caueed a peculiar meltncholy to steal over me?but my thoughtful j riend soon received a delightful aillrmative I or me, and thus put the wheel of my hope in | notion. As the day leaned nearer towards nnnn HnnM P:ith Khn?'od srreater and I itlll greater evidences of something unusuul- i y pleasant, and as the rooming train from , Jreen ville rolled up Col. J. G. Clinksciiles, Anlerson county's thoroughly satisfactory School Coramissioner, showed himself and illghted, and in company with the commltee appointed to meet him proceeded to the icademy where he was soon in tils glory ipeaklngof public schools and proving them ndispenslbly great and expressing his high idmiration for the unprecedented success ichievfd b.v Mr. J. B. VVatklns, Principal of lie HoneaPath High School, and said many .'ncouraging things about, our public school iystein and the good foriunot)f his county in rood teachers. He made a beautiful lllustraIve reference to this progress veage in its imjrovements in agricultural implements; and ifter an interesting pointer to the Tenchers nstitute and Its benetits. the ??caker retired ; luflice it to say he didn't fail to taffy the lalics. Rev. A. C. Stepp followed in an entertaining peecli on schools, education, e'c.; his spei ch vas full of pleasant hits.and sweet, components (or the fair ones. At this juncture dlnler was the occupant of every one's mind, I neap the word; Mr. J. U. WiUkins dismissed he audience in a pleasant lmmner; before ; loing so, however, he remarked that all vnnirl hnve dinner?ere those latter, soul Stir- , ing words were spoken your picnic reporter ; lad accepted an invitation from a charming j md thoughtful young lady and under her command was paraded to the liome, the ever ; jospltable home of Dr. T. A. Hudgens, and j here enjoyed a sumptuous dinner, and to the j amilyof this highly esteemed merchantand egislator I'm under many obligations for the ] lospitality and kindness shown me while in ; .hat town on this and other occasions. J In the afteruoon the hall lovers occnpled ( he diamond, but as lam not stout and can't stand up long?and really didn't aire a straw or the base ball?we. a highly intelligent * roung lady and myself, spent a pair of the ' lepartlng hours of the memorable day in a ( >uggy in the grove and enjoyed the unbroken , jufetude of unity, and It. makes my whole jeing vibrate with a desire for sweet revenge ] vhen I think of that cruel hearted young 3 nan who took her away amid my envy ana sadness, but "be still sad hear land cease refining" burst into a brass band like sound, ( md sure enough as I looked westward the i iuu was literally emerging from behind a j ;loud and my hopes weritotf on another light j antastic waltz to the music of gladness?for .here was yet an unfinished feature of the ...rw.ft <in<1 n nrpffv miA tnn An t\cl. i !ght gently embraced nature and kissed j iway ber tears a beautiful star-lit heaven inilled from above luring many couples to . lie spacious lawn that adds so much to the | jeauty of this pleasant village. The lawn ? >vas illuminated by bonfires which were scatcred at Intervals and burnt a sufficient light or promenaders to feel at ease. Indeed, the \ sicturc was a pretty one, pretty ladies and j landsome men enjoying to a word the free- ? lom and liberty of.a mutually pleasant occalion. Mr. Watkins cast an eye ever and anon o the welfare of all, and to him, his school f md cultured assistants and the good, self-sac- t lflcing people of HoneaPath and vicinity I . is a follower of Faust and a lover of picnics lo hereby most unanimously extend a vote . >f thanks fora pleasant day and night picnic- { ng, to the Ilonea Path High School, citizens t >f town and vicinity?ahem, mostly "vlclnly," please. To Mr. Watkins, whose energy is incalculaile as a teacher and whose success has placed jlm in the rank of the gallants who are narchlng to the front to sooner or later occu>y more worthy positions, I extend a heart ull of good wishes. As Sunday morning's sun rose upon Honea s ?alh brightly, the idea struck us to visit the ? amily church yard (Broadmouth) and the 1 Sunday school in the church of which my t ainted grandfather was pastor for 39 years. found an interesting Sunday school under he supervision of Mr. Robert Latimer, an si arnest Christian worker. The singing was lelightful and Miss LeliaBurts seemed perectly at ease at the organ. This settlement is t :liaractenzeu ior 11s pious, upngiu, vnrisuau >eople. < Lastly, but not leastly, a few of the depart- , ng hours of this pleasant trip were spent at lie hospitable home of Mr. Wm. Latimer in 1 lie society of his charming daughters, Misses ilacie and Ida. As my companion, Mr. S. s. 1 irown and myself rolled away from among r hese good people it was with sadness that we ooked back and thought how quickly the ? inie liad passed away. j; The writer enjoyed a dellehtful night's rest ind a toothsome breakfast at the Honen Path lotel. Mr. .1. J. Shirley, the proprietor. as- , isted by his good lady keep* a hotel that hows up among the tlrst?lor elcnnliness it is C laramount, I venture. Their three sons, Willani. Robert and Dr. Fletcher stand among : lie first business men of t he town. c My dear sir, scorc your picnic reporter anitlier victory, and dear reader if you live 1 lorth-cast of Due West you are reacfinsr after i i triend. EUGENE. I I A Sati Francisco paper exults in the * axity of Sunday laws and restrictions on h-inkitifr. It attributes the dilfercnco boween California and tlio East in these re- ? meets, "to the predominancy of the Euro- 1 wan clement." As a general statement his is doubtless correct; though in individual cases our protective moral restrictions are approved and reinforced by citizens of European birth.?2?ew York 'Jhrintiuu *1 <1 vacate. The question of using instruments of nusicin church has been troubling the jutted Prcsheterian brethren for some ime. It has been settled by the last ouncil in Philadelphia. The question Mime before the body oil appeal; and, afor much disputing on both sides, it wa? inally voted that "there is no law l'orbidling the use of instrumental music in the iliurch of God." The vote stood 107 to ifty-four. Henry George, it is said, gets $75 a light for lecturing. Who wouldn't weep >ver tlio miseries of the down-trodden tvorkiuguiau at ?75 per night ? i I1C conillliuuu w KJCt&iu WIU next session of the General Conference ivill hold an adjourned meeting at M011- 1 digle, Tenn., August 9. ! The loss of the steamer Sir John Lawrence off the cost near Calcutta is confirmed. The steamer carried 730 souls, j iinl it iu believed that all were lost. , Newspapers are the schoolmasters of 1 the people. That endless hook, tho newspaper, is our national glory. 1 CASH DEALS ID COUNTY DIRT LANDS BY THE ACRE, AND HOMES FOE THE PEOPLE. - - Transfers ol" Heal Estate which linvc nccn Kecoriu'u in IIK- itiHiuur * *#i(iec. Ajriics A. Tnston to Wardiau* & Edwards, l lot, IIill township, iOOrt, February 10, ISST, Bounded by Kll/a T. (Jury, B. S. Barnwell and (treciivillc'lloiid street uml others. K. F. Morris to M. M. Morris, 12'. acres, 10th township, >V>00, January 2<i. lss7, bounded by John A. Moore. James McC'aslan and and others. It. I<\ Morris to M. K. Morris. 8.'! acres, 10th township, S2(K), January i'0, 18*7, bounded hy Mary lj. (jibson, estate Capt. Harris and others. Kitty C. Perrin to While Bros,, "0 acres, lllh township, S'rfiO.Ol, February 1", 1887, bounded by J. S. Cothran, It. II. Ward law, A. L. Gillespie and J. 11. F. Wilson, known as Howie Field. Joel W. Pinson to John W. Plnsnn, 4V4 acres, 1st townsiiip, S17">, January 31, 1S85" ounded by J. L. HelJernan, estate Nathan Calhoun and Anderoon Road. Wm. H. Brooks to A. M. Hill A Sons, 851-5 acres. 11th township, S5I4.80, February 11.1887, bounded by lands of W. H. Brooks, W. J. Hammond, J. Gilliam, Thos. J. Mabry and others. R. A. Crawford to Margaret Crawford, 198 acres, 12th township, SI,200. Fubruary 19, 1SS7, bounded by J. II. Drenuun, estate W. K. Bradley. A. W. Boyd and others. W. IT. Gllkerson, land of Ned Murphy, Julia A. Gllkerson, D acres, :',rd township. ?100, February 21,1SS7. bounded by M. C. Gary, U. \V. Howels and others. Tlios. P. Thomson to \V. T. Penney, 9% acres, lltli township, $190, February 3. 1867, bounded by Thos. P. Thomson, A. M. Ill 11 & Sons, and Taggart. Street. Sallie It. Max well to J. J. Cartledge. 1 lot. 121 h township, $275.00, January 10, 1887, in Greenwood, bounued by lands of Baptist church, J. \V. Sproles and public road leading to Abbeville. James W. Scott to K. W. Watson, 130 acres, 7th township, $1,150, February 16, 18S7, bounded by lands of E. N. Brooks, Mrs. H. Drenmui, Allen Goode and others. A. J. Salinas & Son to White Bros., land of John C. Douglas, 842 acres and building, 10th township, $1,605, bounded by Thos. Morton, Jno. A. Devlin, J. G. Hamilton estate and others. G. E. ITammond, Trustee, to Bleckley, Brown tfc Fretweii, 120 acres, 5th township, 5625, January 31,1887, bounded by J. R IIInton, Luther Williams, George Shirley, E. W. Ashley and others. G. E. Hammond, Trustee, to Bleckley, Brown & Fretwell. 81 acres, 5th township, 5100, January 31,1887, bounded by John W. MclJanald, Win. M. Rickets, George .Shirley, und Thos. Banister. Geo. W. Syfan to Geo. W. Syfan, Jr., 1 lot, llth township, February 24,1XS7, bounded by Cambridge Street, G. W. Syfan, and estate \V. R. Hemphill. N. W. Kay to Henry P. McGee, 300 acres, ?2000, January 8, 1887, hounded R. M. Pratt, P. N. Bell, M. L. Ashley, R. P. Davis, Johnson ] Place and others. I W. N. Mundy to James M. Norman, 43 . icres, 2nd township, $500, February 11, 1887, , minded by H. P. Arnold, A. P. Boozer, Mrs. B. A. Cobb and others. ! Ella B. Lee to Geo. C. Hodges. 1 lot and < auilding, 2nd township, SI,250, February 16, | i887, bounded by EllaB. Lee.Cokesbury Road, , J. Sproles, G., L. & S. R. R. B. M. Latimer to Joseph D. Plnson, 1TO icres,4th township, SI,000. January 18, 1887, < mounded by M. Erwin, J. S. Latimer, M. L. L. < Latimer. I T. N. Tolbert to E. L. Tolbert, 1-8 interest, ith township, SB00, November 5.1886, bounded ay estate It.R. Tolbert, J. S. Chlpley, Irwin ' Hutchison, A. C. Stackmore and others. J no. R. Tolbert to E. L.. Nancy A. and T. N. rolbert, 1-6 interest, 8th township, ?600. estate }f R. R. Tolbert, bounded by J. S. Chlpley, ' Irwin Hutchison, A. C. Stackmore and others. 1 J. C. Klugh, Master, to Hill & Co., 47 acres, < Jth township, S246, January 3, 1887, bounded ; ay Edward Noble, Mrs. E. Carlisle and others. , P. H. Bradley to A. G. Youngblood, 1 lot. ith township, S10O, February 2, 18X7, bounded by J. M. Jordan, D. W. Jay, and Main Street ] itid others, in town of Bradley. < Thomas Frith. Sr., to D. B. Cade, 1 acre, 15th AHMiuhin C1/W1 L'l.hmoi'f Q 1WCT l.Alllwhill I). B. Cade, Abbeville and Vienna Road, A. J. Black and others. Joshua Wilson to R. H. Devlin, 38 acres, 'Hi lowiishin, $130, February '22. 18.S7, bounded oy Wm. Widemun, James Fields, Fortune White and Lot No. 21 of Marshall Tract. George N. Hanvey to Hunter Bros.. 585 icres and building, 10th township, #1,800. December IS), 1885, bounded by Jno. Lyon, J. L. Drennan Nancy Kennedy and others. Andrew J. Speed to Mrs. M. M. Dawson and Mary R. Winn, 202 acres, 13th township, SG00, [ 'ebruary 10,1887, Wm. M. Taggart, Haskell Estate, estate S. A. Norwood, and others. J. U. Kiugh, Master, to Jane C. Hutchison, Extr'x, 00 acres and building, 13th township, ' >100, March 7,18S7, bounded by Massalou Bell, istJi' e Robert Hutchison, J. T. Baskin, and Jthers. A. W. Jones, Auditor, estate Kennedy, to < f. W. Kennedy, house and lot, 8th township, March 8,18S7, bounded by F. W. Wagencr, W. C. Grifttn, P. H. Bradley, Baptist Church uid others, sold at delinquent land sale as ;he property of W. G. Kennedy. J J. C. Kiugh, Master, estate Johnson, to Mrs. M. K. Lyon,491 acres, 11th township, SI,031, March 7.1HS7, bounded by James S. Cothran Fno. Penney, Newton Knox and others. ] Elizabeth Hawthorn and others, Exeoutors state D. O. Hawthorn, to A.Selden Kennedy, ;40 acres, 5th township. $875, November 13, [380, bounded by estate D. O, Hawthorn, Lartln Agnewand others. Sallie R. Maxwell to W. V. Blyth, 15 acres, Ird township,51,200, January 25,1887, bounded jy Dr. A, P. Boozer. J. \V. Sproies, public Highway, C. G. Waller and others. P. Rosenberg & Co. to Louisa Fair, house md lot, lltb township, $1(>5, March 10, 1887, jounded by Sarah Ellen Gantt, s. H. Jelferion, Emma Richey and Miiledge Davis. i James W. Hill, 14 Interest in lot, to S. P. Matthews, 3rd township, ?200, February 12, 18S7, in town of Greenwood, bounded by K ine, lands of T. F. & S. J. Riley, Railroad Street, and fronting on Public Square, known is a part of Boozer lot. I Sofronia Arnold to Hartzog & Hays, house ind lot, 3rd township, $150, February 16, 1887, jounded by W. ft. Beacham, Aug. Marshall ind others. Frank Hutchison to Hartzog & Hays, 21 c teres, 3rd township, S110, February 6. 1887, jounded by Welch Adams, White Hutchiioii, Juo.Faster, Jim Fieldsand others. A Protectant .Sisterhood. [Christian Xciglibor. | We publish elsewhere in this issue an irticle titled "Responsibilities of Protesant Women in View of What is Done by he Sisters of Charity." Our question is simple enough to ask, md not impo^sjible to answer: Why lannot .rimesturn, iuciuuuisu, nave ai.-ierhoods of devoted women to pursue the ailing of female domestic missionaries? )f the work done by the Protestant Episcopal Church in this line we will say lothing here, further than that it com- I neiuls itself to other religious denomi- '' lations as a suggestion of their own posiibilities. How many scores of women ire there among us past the first flush of irouth, ready to devote themselves to the hurch? They are without the training leeessary at the present day to make suc:essful teachers, the one calling supposed o bo open to young womanhood ; yet vith the necessary instruction and exjerienco these samo "superfluous wo- | nen" might make incomparable nurses, i 'sisters.'' Is the thing impossible ? We vould not foist upon the church a hord >f incompetent failures,?never, never? ut there docs seem to be a vast amount >f available material just here. There J ire many women without homo ties?it nay be unwelcome dependents in um- j :hristian homes?to such a "sisterhood" f vould be a gift from fiod. Again, wo re- * ??' an mvr.miv-itirm should imvnr >e<:ome a mere resort for incompetents, iut because a woman is unfit for teachng or oilier literary labor is no reason why she may njt bo specially suited to ] >ther occupations of cvon greater impor- r ance. A "Board" or "Committee" " ihould rigidly examine all candidates for s nembership, and fearlessly reject those r vho appeared unfit for the work. But b iuggestions as to tho practical working is athcr "previous." Who among the Protestants, the Methodists, will inaugu- . ate so splendid a work ? It would bo at ho same a sisterhood and a homo misiionary society. 3 ' " I Mr. J. B. Derrick, ^Treasurer of Lex- ? ngton county, made a satisfactory settle- f nent with the Comptroller General this J Homing.?Columbia Record. Our friend J. S. Drrick may not appreciate such a careless dash nt his name. Duelling and War. j BY MARY ELIZABETH! BLAKE, OF HOSTO> As ft curious commentary upon tli general subject of war comes the paper i Harper's Magazine for March, 1887, en titled "Duelling in Paris." Entirely t my amazement, and I am quite sur equally to the suprise of a large propor tion of its readers, the artical shows tha the duel, both in theory and practice, i still th" orthodox method for settlim disputes among cultivated Frenchmen " Xnvpr luis tliA raniflp lioon IipIH 5i higher honor in France than at the pros ent day, and perhaps never since tlv times of Richelieu and the Fronde ha duelling been more common." We rejoice to hear of its decadence in thi German Universities, but it has not los its hold on fashionable society in the Ger man empire. But the men of France and Germany a least have the courage of their convic tions. They carry their belief in an ap peal to arms as a necessity in the settle nient of human affairs from high to low through all the varieties of case and num ber. They apply the principal in a gen eral way; and appeal to the same tribuna for the arrangement of individual as foi complex difficulties. There is no break in their logic. It starts from an absolute ly false principle, but we must do their the justice of confessing that they nmintain the same false principle throughout They do not attempt to serve a certain purpose by leaving their first promises ii: the lurch and adopting a wholly opposite line of argument. It is we, Americans and English, who are guilty of this moral perversion. We despise the duel. We ignore it utterly as a standard for the regulation of dispute or the righting ol wronif. We sneer, from onr loftier eon. ccption of reason, upon the primitivo and untrained intelligence which can see usf or cause for such a blot upon civilization in the nineteenth century. And then, still sustained by the heroic sense ol superiority, we calmly turn about and make our preparations for the greatesl rJuel of all;?a duel of hundreds of thousands instead of single men;?and we proceed to burn, to kill, to destroy, by every art which the ingenuity of the intellect uan devise and the skill of the hand nccomplish. We maim and blight thousands of lives instead of one: we cripple tbe resources of a nation instead of a household; we bring despair and rebellion into whole communities of men? and we carry away just as much triumph, as much reward of conscience and sis much vindication of right, victor or vanquished, as the two men from their duelling field. Yet wo look down upon our tierv French brother because he happens to * bo more logical than ourselves! "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity." Who was it that spoke of straining the gnat and swallowing the camel ? I would like to 2otnmend that little sentence to the profound attention of every man who is tempted to turn from the article in iiurpur a?nuu wuo win nou uo c?witu an amotion of self-satisfaction and serene congratulation that we are not like unto those French and Geman publicans,' who ^tfend our finer sensibilities by such absurdities agaiust common sense. A Croton, Dakota, special saj's: "An A-rtesian well broke out June 8 and is now flowing quite a stream. The same causes whicn made the outbreak opened i seam, or crack in the earth. A sixteentoot pole failed to reach the bottom. The ;rack in the earth runs under the Episcopal Church and may cause considerable iamage." m MlM! WE will sell the following articles at STRICTLY New York cost: rOWELS, UNDERWEAR, PARASOLS, JERSEYS, MARSEILLES QUILTS, ULSTERS, HANDKERCHIEFS, GENTS NECK TIES, LADIES HAND BAGS, WALLETS, PURSES, POCKET BOOKS, FANS, LADIES FINE HOSE, GENTS HALF HOSE, MISSES HOSE, SUSPENDERS, GLOVES, Ac., Ac. Don't fall to examine our goods. ?. A. TEMPLETON. June 15.1887, tf 03 9 9H38N3S01N 'NIVf)H V3 u ajnoas pas aoao in l?0 "SI3HU VIVT XH3HIH0N 3H1 JO JO ijjoi Aaji ui paiBondnQ >q iouutjo sooijci oaoqu oqi in spooS osanx ?8 O) paonpoj suoai| wipui *301 '301 ?l paonpaj saoaif uipai "o'tzi *3?ci oi paonpai suouij Bipaj 'ogi '0H9I oi paanpoj saoui| uipui 'DOZ SXOKia YldXI JO aan 0OIU B 0S[V 30o o) p33lip3j 8qa\t)| '3qz, jro 3S9I oi poanpaj suayui *D02 Jno I oi paanpjj suayui *osi ino og oj paanpoj suayui *ooi J,lO 05 oi paanpaj siiavui *djno : sooua paonpaj Anvsas it? ino maqj asop oj >opnpuoo a.\wi| om'ptiuq uoqjoi spoo3 |J IS3HX .-10 MOOXS 3DHV1 V OKIAVH i ioTii ?JO? iiys ino OJSII^rvaETiO Notice to Debtors & Creditors A LL persons indebted to the estate of rV JAMES H. CARLISLE, deceased, will nuke immediate payment, and all persons lolding claims against the said estate will >r?v?f>nt fho K:itn<> to liie un<lprsic?iir>i! within hirty days from date. J. W. CARLISLE, June8,18s~, ll* Administrator.'t Notice. [5RO. J. F. C. PuPRE, Worshipful Master, of Clinton Lodge No. 3 A. F. M? has boon j equested by his Lodge to deiver an address m the festival of Saint John the Baptist on lie 24th day of June and lias consented to do o. The members of our sister Lodges are by esolution of our Lodge cordially invited to >e present on that occasion. M. P. DeBRUHL, Secretary. The Troy Hotel Charter. "o Ma J. M. G. rA>iglcr, Esq., Clerk Court Abbeville county, S. C. : Deak sir?We, tlie trustees of the TROY j IOTKL, hereby (rive notice that thirty days; Iter date wo will make application to the ! 'lerk ot Court for a charter to Incorporate a Dint stock company, which shall be known h the TROY HOTEL CO. R. W. LITES, J. P. WI DEM AN, W. T. BRADLEY. June 15,1887,4t , THE FIELD AND FARM. e ^ GLORIOUS CROP REPORTS. o * ' i e Prospect* in tlilM State the Bent In Several Year*. , it Columbia. S. G\. June 9.?The State de a pnrtnient of agriculture lias received two ? hundred and forty-six special reports from iU * township correspondents regarding the crops, of an average date of June 1st, of which the n following is a summary: cotton. e The crop Is from two to three weeks earlier, 9 and stands better than last year. It Is clean and growing rapidly, and is now verging to 3 limb and square, and looks vigorous and . healthy. It has not been decreased In acreage? reported at 98 per cent. The condition is reported in npper Carolina at 102 per cent., middle Carolina 102, and In t lower Carolina 100?an average for the State of . 101 per <!ent. Tills la above the conditional the same period In 1882,1883 and 4n 1884, when it was reported at 9(J, and In 1886 at86 percent., " showing tlmt the crop is In a better condition , than for a period of years. CORN. The growth of corn was somewhat retarded 1 by the dry weather in April and early May, r but recent ralus In nearly every section of the ; State has improved its condition very much. On sandy and bottom lands is good. . Owing to the favorable spring and absence ' from floods 1 he bottom lands have been better - prepared and planted earlier tfcan usual. Correspondents estimate the crop on bottoms at '28 per cent., and on uplands at 72 per cent. 1 The condition of the crop in upper Carolina 5 on bottoms 99,'on uplands at 100; In middle j Carolina on bottoms U0, on uplands98; in lowi er Carolina 87 on bottoms, on uplands 92, k making an average for the State, on both bot' tomsand uplands, 94 per cent., against 83 per cent, compared to the crop of last years. WHEAT. J Wheat and full sown oats were Injured by 1 freezes, the former a little and the latter very i much; but where the oats were too thin for a i stand were resown In early spring. . The correspondents report that the crop will J. yield much better than expected, the recent rains having much improved the condition of I the crop. Harvesting lias commenced in ; some localities. The condition of both crops Is reported at 91 percent, for wheat and 82 per cent, for oata, against 75 per cent, for each last year. FERTILIZERS. The amount of commercial fertilizers sold In the State for the past season, as Is shown . by the books of the department, Is less than ? the season of 1885 and '86 Correspondents re, port that the following percentage of commercial fertilizers were naeil thloyear: Ammonlated, 46: acid phosphate,43; kalnlt, 12; chemicals, 9; and that 32 per cent purchased was used for composting, and that 72 percent. i kaiult was used this year as compared to 1886. OENBRAL BUMMART. Last year it was estimated that 19 percent, less farm supplies was purchased than in 1886, and this year 16 per cent, more than last, still making a decrease of 3 per cent, less than in 1885. This increase is due to freshets, which dest royed the entire corn crop on the bottoms, forcing farmers to buy at the beginnicg of the season. But our farmers are cheerful, hopeful and buoyant, and do not complain. And when it -> Is recollected that less lertillzers have been purchased, labor cheaper and the crop cultitlvated at less cost up to this time than any , crop lor years, they have some reasons for rejoicing. Labor In nearly every locality has been more plentiful. Owing to the failure of the crop last year taught them to prepare for the worst, and, as one correspondent puts it:. "They hold their own wonderfully; mostof them started with nothing and still have It-" BICE. The reports from nearly every section of the State is at this time favorable for a good crop, but there are so many drawbacks in the production of the rice crop that the present estimates may be very much changed before the maturity of the crop. Thecondltlon Is reported at 97 against 92 in 1885, and 90 in 1886. OTIIEK CROPS. The condition of sorghum and sugar cane Is reported good. Correspondents estimate that the acreage has been Increased. Condition of sorghum and sugtr cane each 98 against 92 for both crops last year. The estimated Increase Jin acreage of the sweet potato is placed at 2 per cent., or 101 for the State and condition at 99 per cent, The acreage of Irish potatoes has been reported 1 per cent, decrease, and the condition for the State91 per cent., the same as last year. The prospects for the fruit crop of nearly all kinds arc not encouraging; Apples, peaches and pears were badly iDjured by the cold winds in early spring. The grape and berry crops are reported as very promssing. The condition or iruit is reported as rouows : Apple*, 50; peaches, 29; pears, 3S; grapes, 98; ber- . ; ries, 80. The dmlltlon or garden products U reported at 96 per cent, against 88 last year. Out of two hundred and twenty-three correspondents reporting the state of weather, 146 report good, 70 fair and 7 bad. showing that the seasons have beeu propitious for the growing crops. Special Bargain!*. For the month of J une I will offer some special bargains. \V. E. Bell. Double width dress goods at 49c. worth 60c. W. E. Bell. Double width dress goods at 29c. worth 35c. W. E. Bell. Single width dress goods at 20c. worth 25c. W. E. Bell. Single width dress goods at 17c. worth 22l<c. W. E. Bell. Single width dress goods at 1214c. worth 15c. ' ' \V. E. Bell. Lace flouncing at 7.5c. worth 90c. \V. E. Bell. Lace flouncing at 50c. worth 00c. W. E. Bell. Lace silk flouncing at 81.25 worth ?1.60. W. E. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at 32.00 worth 32.50. W. E. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at $1.75 worth 82.25. W. E. Bell. Embroidered flouncing at 90c. worth $1.25. \V. E. Bell. Parasols at $3.00 worth $4.00. W. E. Bell. Parasols at $2.50 worth 83.50. W. E. Bell. Parasols at $2.00 worth $2.75. W. E. Bell. Fans! I offer special prices In fans. W. E. Bell. Great reductions in dress goods trimmings. W. E. Bell. Special pale In children sailors and shade hats. W. E. Bell. , Lawn embroidery very cheap. W.E.Bell. Oriental luce in all widths from 5c. to 25c. per yard. W. E. Bell. DeBcnpell's suiting in plain and stripe at 15c. and 10%c. worth 20c. and 25c. W. E. Bell. Colored batiste and colored lawns at reduced prices. W. E. Bell. All over emoroiuery in wnue anu uiu ui, cost. \V. E. Bell. Parasols In colors at cost. \V. E. Bell. Shade lints at 15c. untrimmed. W. E. Bell. Check summer silks at 4V/.C. worth 60c. W. E. Bell. Special summer sale In mlllnery and dress goods. I will reduce the price on all summer goods, and have marked down several articles below cost. \V. E. Bell. 6-8 Ladies who have summer eoods to buy can secure special bargains at Wm. E. Bell's. Never before has such bargains been offered us you will And at \V. E. Bell's. 6-8 Ilaridon's Specialties?JiiHt Received. 50 pieces Swiss Embroideries, in beautiful patters. Just received. R. M. Haddon <k Co. 25 pieces white "Linon DeAlenclon," "Linon DeUocca," India Linon, and other brands, cheapest and prettiest white goods of the season. R. M. Haddon &. Co. 5-4 10 pieces plaid Indian lawns, entirely new, just received. 11. M. Haddon & Co, 5-4 ? 10 pieces Spanish Oriental lace flouncing, just receiycd. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 10 dozen ladies' fawn-colored "Mileruse"' silk gloves, the prettiest goods we havs shown this season. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 Millinery novelties.' Some entirely new shape* and trimmings to suit will be shown th js week. R. Al. Haddon & Co. 5-4 50 dozen ladies' handkerchiefs. The best 10c. handkerchiefs we have ever offered can now be seen at It. M. Haddon ?Js Co's. &-4 80 dozen ladies' and misses' iiose, beautiful light weight goods for summer, Just received. K. M. Huddon it Co. 5-1 15 dozen ladies lisle tlirend gloves. We would cull special attention to our 25c. lisle thread gloves?would be cheap at 35 cents. To arrive this week. K. M. Huddon & Co. 5-1 50 parasols, just received. Now is the time toget a real bargain in this line. it. M. lladdon ?fc Co. 5-i Xotlngliuin lace and scrim curtains. Tlvoli drapery and curtains at R. M. Huddon <? Co's. 4-13 Figured batiste, yard wide, beautiful patterns at!-' 1-I5c, at 11. M. Haddon & Co's. -1-11 ! Ladles line shoes a specialty with us. See our kid button shoe at 81.50, 82.00, S2.50.S2.75, $5.00, $5.50 and 55.50. II. M. Haddou & Co. Kuchi'ngs in all the new colors and combinations, ribbon ruching,ribbon and lisse com- , bined, &c. Prices much lower than ever t efore at It. 51. Haddon & Co's. 4-1:5 Large assortment fans, newest styles at H. M. Haddon it Co's. 4-13 Oar line ribbons has never been more complete. Many new styles latest shades. Prices so low that all can buy. It. M. Haddon & Co. 4-18 Everything on our centre counter has been marked down to prices far below New York cost. We are determined to close out these goods at once. It. M. Haddon ?fc Co. Don't fail to see the bargains offered the week by K. M. Haddon & Co. A number of villages near Johnstown, Pa., were inundated by a water spout JuneS, houses being washed oil* their foundations, and everything in the lower stories ruined.