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d????????? The Press and Banner Wednesday, July 6,1887. Oil, Coal oiid Iron. At Antony's Shoals, where Thompson's fnc tory once stood, in Georgia,twenty-four miles from Abbeville, oil. coal, ami Iron have been fouud. A syndicate representing two millions of dollars, has been formed to develope these properties An expert from Itirminclium. Ala., whose judgment had been asked, afler examination and Inspection pronounces tli" outlook to be as tine as any lie basever seen. Upon his recommendation six thousand acres ol' land has been bought. Gordon, Grady, Cobb, Cade, and others compose the syndicate. The syndicate propose to give the Georgia, Carolina, and Northern railway two hundred thousand dollars to go by this property which is not more than five miles oil n direct line between Abbeville and Athens. This will leave Klberton high and dry. If this syudlcate should be enabled to change the contemplated route of the railroad, It Is hot at all improbable that the road may be located at or near Hester depot on the Savaunah Valley road. Railroad Hiittera, While the railroad is improving, the Abbeville traveling public would be pleased with Improvement in the coaches on the Abbeville Branch. The traveling public is generally reasonable, and the railroad magnates are usually ' wise, but the people do not realize the necessity for the three-quarters of an hour's wait at Hodges for the down train, and the fifteen minutes wait after the departure of the up train. When two trips a day are made, there Is Just reason for these delays, but with only one train a day, It seems an imposition on the traveling public to take them from Abbeville three-quarters of an hour earlier than necessary, when the time Is to be wasted at Hodges watting for the train on tbe main line. Sons or Tomi>eraiicc. The following were installed as officers on July 4th, for the ensuing quarter : Worthy Patriarch?W. A. Templeton. Worthy Assoclute? II. L>. Wilson. Recording Scribe?( '. B. Lythgoe. Asst. Ree. Scribe?Mrs. Fannie t'oogler. Financial Scribe? te. L. Wilson. Treasurei?J. S. Hammond. Chapluin?C. V, Hammond. Aswist. Conductor?M. M. Mattison. Inside Sentinel Outside Sentinel?T. W. t'oogler. The Grand Division of tiio Sons of Temperance of South Carolina will meet in this place on the 23th instant at 8:30 o'clock. Veelng; Through a tilnwi, Not Darkly. It is said that there is In Abbeville, a young lady who is too polite to turn and look at people on the rear seat. She uses a looking Grilles Ulhlcli roflpcU II full view of those sit ting on the buck seat. Serenade. Some of our best young musicians were on the rounds last Monday night chiefly in lienor of beautiful aud charming young lady visitors from Edgefield. Attachment Issued from Cupid's Conrt. It is rumored on our streets that some of the Edgefield divinities have Issued an attachment lor some of Abbeville's young men. Picnic. A number of young folk at Abbeville will go to Kapley's shoals next Friday on a picnic irolic. A number of colored people from Abbeville went to Verdery last Sunday night to Join the excusion to Augusta, the Fourth, but a number of them got left. The ticket office not being opeued until a lew minutes of the arrival of the train, several of the would-be / excursionists fulled to get tickets before the departure of the train, and were disappol nted. Miss Mamie Perbin went to Greenville Monday to visit Mr. Goodwin's family. Mrs. Mary Perrln, Miss Lllu Norwood, Miss May Robertson, Miss Willie Uallioun, Miss Floride Calhoun, and Masters Lewis Perrin, James Perrlu, Giles Tcmpleton, William Tempieton and J.l'owncs Robertson, Jr., went to Hodges on a picnic that day. Robert Fisher struck Henry Robinson on the head yesterday morning on Mr. Hammond's place, a few miles from town. The weapon used was a stout walking stick. The old man was knocked insensible and bled profusely. He came up at once and had a warrant Issued for the arrest of Rob. Mr. T. N. Dallas was in town last Monday, exhibiting specimens of the Mapleton Factory Yarn. Ho has an order from Boston for one hundred bales at 1SJ4 cents a pound. Bales weigh 500 to 5j0 pounds. Capacity of mill one hnndred pounds. Mr. l.kitch has arranged to get his license to preach and will return to Abbeville next "Wednesday. Mr. Beiliea will begin the meeting at Shlloh next Saturday as heretofore a|>pointed. Mr. Leltch will Join Mr. Bethea 011 Wednesday. Tom and Pinckney Ctmmings are now resting In Jail for taking and selling two cows that did not belong to them. Both of them , ure prominent members of the church but their religion does not protecttheir neighbors property. I The two roomed frame house of Savannah Jones 011 Magazine Hill was struck by lightning on Monday. A portion of the roof was t*>ru otf. A woman was standing in the door of the house at the time but was not hurt. The Georgia Central railroad system have adopted 75th meridian time on their lines in this State, and close connections are now made at Greenwood with the Northern bound train from Augusta to Spartanburg. Vf o U/trt!T pv Vnuurr T fAr>norlt? o tunA am the Abbeville Medium, but now of Greenville, returned a few days ago to hit* old home aud called at this office, where a hearty welcome always awaits him. Dr. H. D. Wilson, Mr. Andrew Edwards, and Dr. 8. G. Thomson, went fox hunting yes terday morning, but didn't take their ''strike dog" with them. Mr. J. P. Livingston dnesn't come about the store much now-a-days. lie has turned his customers over to his son, John Fraser Livingston, jr., who will give good bargaius lor the the cash. Rev. P. B. Jackson will go to Lowndesvllle to-day to assist Rev. W. Smith Martin In a ten days' meeting of the Methodist church. Dr. P. A. Wilhite of Anderson was In town last week, and pronounced the water of Hill's miueral springs as of a very superior quality. Rev. D. McNeill Turner, D. D? has spent a few weeks In Abbeville to the delight of jijuuj uicuun aiiu <tu in 11 vi c*. nc uuimn no will remain with us but a short while longer. The factory hands at Mapleton, near McCorinlck, struck last week, and there Is a dema ad for laborers to till the places made vacant. Messrs. Sassard & Bowie have formed a partnership In the sale of groceries, and are dolus business on the -Marshall House corner. Mr. J. R. Tolbert was In town yesterday at Trial Justice DeBruhl's office. He says everybody at Abbeville gets a chance at him. The Greenville Convocation of the Episcopal church will meet at Anderson to night. Kev. W. H. Hanckel and W. H. Parker, Esq.. will represent Trinity church. Messrs. P. Rosenberg and G. A. Visanska have bought from Mr. Lee the store room In which they are now doing business. 83,000 being the price. Mr. George Shilljo thinks the boys ought to tune their fiddles before going on a serenade. A new operatic singer Is said to be In town. Mrs. RccKERnnd MlssSallleCalhoun have returned home after protracted visits, the former toCfoarleston and the latter to Athens, Ga. Rev. P. B. Jackson will preach every third Sunday afternoon at half-past three o'clock, In Oak Grove school house near Means Chapel. Mr. J. D. Chalmers is fixing up his marble yard In the store recently occupied as a furniture store. He will also keep furniture. Col. James Edward Calhoun has fine prospect of gold and silver mines near his fine water power on the Savannah River. Mrs. Gass will leave to-morrow for the mountains. Her Infant has greatly improved In health since their stay In Abbeville. The school commencement at Mt. Carmel takes place next Friday. Various of our young men are going down. J. S. Perrin, Esq., will make an address before Mr. McKellar's school at Troy next Tuesday, the 12th instant. a new post office has been opened at Hester on the Savannah Valley railroad. Capt. o r rr~,.* * r?. J. nchwi, iiiuoivr. The Methodists of this place have determined to finish their new church by the first of next November. Mis. W. H. Brooks, or his father, has taken the Ableville Banner ever since ISM, without any Intermission. The price of excursion tickets to the Greenwood tournament is forty cents from Abbeville and Donalds. Mr. J. M. Mathews has an important notice in tills issue, ltead it, and heed it, if you would be wlso. Mr. James A. McCord has iron ore on his place, which he feels satisfied will be profitable to work. Mr. 8. J. Zeigler and family of Shreveport arrived yesterday on a visit to his father Maj. Zeigler. This Is the season of the year when cows lead little boys around about grass patches. Ice cream at Capt. L. W. White's this evening at six o'clock. Be sure to attend. I Miss Edna Tustkn returned Inst Friday . from Churrestou, where she has been at school j for n year. I Wk trust that correspondents of the Afesiscngrr may hereafter wriic for the Press and Runner. \V. Bkskt, Ksq., left on Mnndity for KnoxvllleTenn., In the Interest of theSusoiiK road. ' Mk. T. r,. IlAunoN has tnrestioti i.uuu nusiiI els or small grain?3,000 of wheat and l,(ioo of outs. The girl In Speed's store is not as polite as I six-mlsht lie. she scrubs lier teeth in pub lie. Tim Literary Club will meet at Mrs. Smith's next Friday night. S. C. Cason, Esq., essayist. Mas. Eli.a H ask km. Is quite sick at the home of hee son, Mr. L. C. Haskell. Thk County Commissioners advertise the keeping of the l'oor -Mouse. Mk. Lkitcii has gone to Charleston to secure license to preach. T. H. Brock, one of llonea Path's most popular merchants, was In town yesterday. <?oon rains at Diamond Spring yesterday, (jood crop prospects. Col. Eugene h. Gary is confined by sickness to his house. Mrs. \v. a. Lee returned home from Greenville on yesterday. Mit. Richard Hilt, spent several days In Augusta last week. Blackberries are plentiful and for sale on the streets daily. Mas. Elizabeth Lynch, of Edgefleld is at Mr. Tusten's. the young people will aance lo-nigm in Knox's hall. Dr. Jamks BoYCEcame to Abbeville yesterday evening. Mr. Walter 1). Tusten will come home next week. Si'eed has still a lot of Ice colli soda water on hand. Auditor Jones Is having his office nicely painted. Major Ernest Gary Is expected in J Abbeville. Rev. W. L. Pressly was In town last Monday. Miss Cudie Calhoun is sick of roseola. Col. E. B. Gary is sick. Figured batiste, yard wide, beautiful patterns at 12 l-:5c, at R. M. Haddon & Co's, 4-11 Ruchlngs In all the new colors and combinations, ribbon ruching.ribbon and lisse combined, Ac. Prices much lower than ever t,eforeat R. M. Haddon a Co's. 4-13 Large assortment fans, newest styles at R. M. Haddon & Co's. 4-13 Our line ribbons has never been more complete. Many new styles latest shades. Prices so low that all can buy. R. 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. R. M. Haddou Co. Don't fall to see ttio bargains offered the week by R. M. Had don & Co. 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. Opera Slippers. Now is the time for them and I can save you money by buying of me. W. E. Bell. 6-15 Call and see the special bargains I offer on my bargain counter. W. E. Bell, 6-15 Parasols with lace on them at less 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 And at Win. E. Bell's. 6-15 Ladles who have summer goods to buy can secure special bargains at Win. E. Bell's. 6-15 10 dozen children's colored hose at 7c and 8c a pair. W. E. Bell. 6*15 I Fans! Special cut on fans at Wm. E. Bcll'w. 1 lot n ice figured lawn at 4 cents a yard. P. Rosenberg & Co. 6-15 P. Rosrnbcri; A Co.'* Locals*. i Seersucker coats and vests for 31.50. P Hose u berg & Co. 5-4 Straw hats?the latest styles. P. Rosenberg: & Co. 5-4 75 alpacca coats, from 82.00 to $3 50, worth from 53.00 to 81.50. P. Rosenberg & Co. 5-4 1 lot white vests at 81.00, wonth $1.50. P. Rosenberg <Ss Co. 5-4 If you wish low-quarter new shoes at 81.25 worm 51.(0 can oil tr. noseuoerg tv ^u, o-i Best figured lawns at 5 cents. P. Rosenberg 4 Co. 5-4 Cheapest line of Indian linen* and Victoria lawns at P. Rosenberg it Co. 5-4 If you wish a good unlaundrled shirt from 50 cents to 81.00 call on P. Rosenberg & Co. 5-4 A large lot of ladies' opera slippers; size % reduced from 51.00 to 75 cents. P. Rosenberg tl-Co. 0-15 Choice coffee, 20 cents per pound at P. Rosenberg it Co's. 6 15 A fresh lot of "May Lee" smoking tobacco at P. Rosenberg A Co's. 6-15 Colored lawns at 3J4c. worth 5a Wni.E. Hell. Great cut on sateens. Call and securc a bargain in these goods. Win. E. Hell. Never before has such bargains been offered In Abbeville as you will find on my bargain counter. Win. E. Hell. Ladies opera slippers at 75c. and 51.00 worth 51.00 and Sl.'i'i. Win. E. Bell. Dress ginghams in nssorted plaids at 8c. worth lUo. Win. E. Hell. Ladies black and colored Jerseys at cost. Win. E. Bell. Children's colored hose at 7c. and Sc. worth 10c. and loc. wra. fc,. ilell. Scrim and etomlne for window curtains at cost. Win. E. Hell. We liave Just recoived a full line of brand new buggy harness. Call and examine thein before purchasing. Also buggy whips and buggy umbrellas. W. Joel Smith & 8011. Purnsols! parasols! parasols! Fans ! fans! fans! A large lot at Smith & Son. A lot of the American Fruit Preserving Powder and Liquid Just received. 25 cents and el.00 sizes, by P. H. Speed. 7-0 Light shad es in dress goods at cost. Win, Bell. A lot of Kendall's horse books, "The Doctor at Home," former price 25 cents, but are now given away to my customers free of charge. Call and get a copy. P. H. Speed. Ice cold soda water at P. B. Speed's. 6-29 Zonwuiss is a delightful preparation for the teeth. Try a bottle. Sold 1>^ P. 11. Speed. 629 Woolford's sanitary lotion will cure all forms ot contagious Itch, mange, and scratches In 30 minutes, only 50c a bottle. Sold only by P. B. Speed. 2-16 Use Johnson's kalsomlne to whiten your plastered walls. It is the most durable and will not rub off. A variety ;of colors for sale by P. B. Speed. 50 pieces Swiss Embroideries, In beautiful patters. Just received. It. M. Hnddon <? Co. 25 pieces white "Llnon DeAlenclon," "Llnon PeDacca," India Llnon. and other brands, cheapest and prettiest white goods of the season. it. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 10 pieces plaid Indian lawns, entirely new, Just received. K. M. Haddon it Co. 5-1 10 pieces Spanish Oriental lace flouncing, just received. It. M. Haddon & Co. 5-1 10 dozen ladles' fawn-colored "Mlleruse" silk gloves, the prettiest goods we have shown this season. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 Millinery novelties. Some entirely new shapes and trimmings to suit will be shown tli|s week. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 50 dozen ladies' handkerchiefs. The best 10c. handkerchiefs we have ever offered can now be seen at R. M. Haddon & Co>. i-4 30 dozen ladies'and misses' hose, beautiful light weight goods for summer, Just received. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-1 15 dozen ladles lisle thread gloves. We would call special attention to our 25c. lisle thread tsloves?would be cheap at 35 cents. To arrive this week. It. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 50 parasols, just received. Now Is the time to get a real bargain In this line. R. M. Haddon & Co. 5-4 jSdiugltam lace and scrim curtains. Tlvo11 drapery and curtains at R. M. Haddon & Co'K. 4-13 Rogers & Co., brokers and commission mer chants, Augusta, C-ia., are represent lug 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 & Co. for prices in car lots delivered. They have several cars plcccd ties that they arc offering at less than their value. Rogers Jc Co. guarantee satisfaction on all good sold by them. Bagging and ties sold at prices that Rogers A Co. are selling them will bankrupt the factory. C-22 tf Fine black satin parasols trimmed with black lace at cost win. E. Bell. Flue black surah silk parasols at cost. Wm. E. Bell. DeBruxell's suitings In cream and blue at 1254c. worth 20c. and 25c. Wm. E. Bell. White stripe pique at G^c. worth 8c. Wm. E. Bell. Fine satin fans at 25c. 35c. and 50c. worth 35c. 50c. and 75c. Wm. E. Bell. Latest fmproved eye glasses and spectacles for sale by P. B. Speed, 4-20 Highland's lightning healing powder, guaranteed to cure scratches, Quitter, cracked fitlocks, and all sores that a horse may be liable to have, or money cheerfully refunded by P. B. Speed. 2-10 Most any article, likely to be wanted, in tho drug line can be found at P. B. Speed. 2-1C You can buy a nice dress at less than manufacturers cost at R. M. Haddon & Co. 'news from lowndesville WHAT AN ARGUS-EYED CORRESPONDENT KNOWS OF THE THRIVING TOWN. ? Xejjrops mill ItlHOkborrieN.?Rlii<>kborrioN (lie Chief Siiimlhy?<iipii]> Ice ?Good l'rpacliprti?Wlld Ponies? TIiin Plirs?Socialv IIoiiin. Lowntjksvij.t.e, S. c., Jnly 2, lfw. The planters are now too busy to come to town. They are anxious to reach the goal ahead, i. r. the end of "laying by" time. Fruit in this section has been,and still Is, as scarce as I ever knew It to be. A few preen apples, and that good old standby, blackberries, have made up the crop. The housewives in and around here have their hands full, milking wine, jam, marmalade. &c. The darkey women nnd children nre making something out o? the blackberry crop. They get from eighty cents to one dollar per bushel. Some parties* went seining in Rocky River at Baker & Rumpey's mill a few days ago and caught a about twelve inches long, a stranger in these parts. Mr. \V. (i. Rochester who has been In charge of the telegraph ofllce here since It was established, has had a "call" from Birmingham, Ala., and has responded thereto. Mr. J. Thompson, of Walhalla, is now here performing the dutiesof telegraph operator. Mr. J. B. Pranks and wife went to lOlberton, Ga., Inst Friday and spent several days with kindred and friends. Col. E. M. Rucker and son of Anderson C. H..stopped over here for a few hours en route to Elbert on, Ga., their former home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Q. Donald went to Abbeville last Wednesday on a shopping and other business expedition. Mrs. T. B. Clitikscales nnd her sister, Miss Britt., went by rail last Thursday to visit their lather's family, nt or near Troy. Mrs. B. C. Kay unci Mrs. l)r. O. 11. Horlon went to Anderson to visit their sister, Mrs. Jas. Sadler, wlio is sick. Mr. A. L. Latiiner is about the only representative tlint this section had at the Due West commencement. The traveling thrashers hnve about wound np their annual summer campaign, and will soon rest from their labors. Some of our folk ore having Ice shipped to them from Augusta, Ga., about twice a week. First cost, freight mid meltage aggregate, laid down, about seventy-five cents per hundred pounds. Rev. W. S. Martin has become possessed of a Texas pony. He, with several others, was out yesterday evening trying to "break" It. Did not make much progress, however. He Intends to "fight It out on that ilne If it takes all summer." A few days ago Dr. B. A. Henry went to EIberton to attend the exhibition?the closing exercises of the high school at that plnce. I hear that one of the subjects discussed by the Juveniles, Georgia's future statesmen, was which Is belter "to chunk the crack through which the pig goes, or the pig Itself." After Impartially weighing the arguments proand con, the president decided that the "crack" boys ought to go to the "pig" boys or the ''pig" boys ought to go to the "crack" boys. A very lucid decision. < The times are now rather dull, and this re poriur 13 uuiiopuiiujilgl^ fliuitwi iwuun, uui I we look for better times soon, as protracted i meetings will soon be In order. How unfortunate It Is that every picture must have a dark | as well as a bright side to It. What Is a blessing to us, our part, of creation is also a bane I to another. These meetings also usher in the era of great mortality to the chicken tribe. | TROUPE. , MT. CARMEL NEWS. School Exercises?Oops?Weather? ( Change of Schedule?Preaching? Visitors?Healthy Town nml Oth- j cr Items or Interest. Mt. Cakmfx, S. C., July 4,1RS7. Since my last writing we have had fine ' rains, and crops In this scction arc us good as 1 could be up to this time. Fruit is scarce in this section. Watermelons will be abundant. Mr. J. W. Morrah lifts ' already pulled some ripe ones from his flue patch. The Masons held their regular communica- 1 tlon 2d instant at Jefferson Lodge. The installation of officers In the A. R. P. ?hntv?li irns nn?tnnnpri until t.hft first Kundnv ' In August. 1 The Misses Walton, of Elberton, Ga., arc , visiting Hon. W. D. Mars' family. Miss Mattle Caldwell, of Due West College, J is here visiting friends and relatives. This Is commencement week when the clog- ' ing exercises of Mt.Camel's High school will * take place on the 7th and Stli Instant. Tliurs- ' day will bo given to the examination of the pupils and at night calisthenicexercises. Ex- 1 amlnatlon continued .through Friday and in the evening music, charades, &c. W. O. Brad- 1 ley, Esq.. of Abbeville, will deliver the ad- 1 dress upon this occasion. We anticipate a 1 pleasant time and a large crowd. Dinner for July 7th and 8th instant. Letev- ] ery one bring their baskets, and several fami lies Join together and Invite their friends. 1 In this way all will get dinner and can eat with some satisfaction. We are delighted lo note the arrival of Miss Emma Gladdls Boy ki n and Miss Carrie Watts 1 who have been spending some time in Edgelleld. Wclcome home. The schedule on the Savannah Valley Railroad was changed on the .'Ird Instant. Our train now passes up from McC'ormick at 11.30 o'clock a. m. instead'of down at 8 from An- > derson, and returns to McCormlck at 5.4"> o'clock p. m.?traveljngon 75th meridian time same as the G. & C. R. R. This Is a good change, as It will give us our mails a day sooner. Mrs. Smith, of McCormlek, Is visiting her | son. Mr. A. I). Smith, of this place. i Mr. Wm. Mars is home from college on va- | cation. His uiunv friends are glad to meet lilm again. I (ioou prospects for rain tills a. m. (4th.) i The weather lias been very pleasant for the < last few days. Mt Carmel Is exceedingly healthy. No i sickness In this community at present. I Capt. J. P. Radford's child Is better. Rev. A. L. Patterson preached an excellent sermon on last Sunday mornine. It was delivered In an earnest and Impressive manner and the large congregation should take the truths presented and digest them well, for If i practiced they will result in good to them- ( skives and the community at large. Sunday school In tho Hall 4 o'clock p. m. ( with full attendance. i The people of Mt. C'armel should look after the payment of their taxes as they are now due, and if postponed the penalty will cer- i talnly he added. Look out for yourselves and don't attach blame to the council. "A word to the wise is Buttlclent." M. PLEASING NEWS FROM HODGES. The BnrH nre Dry, l>ut the WcIIn are Not?Weed* Crow In the Bynnym, J mi<l Dnlluru It list in the Town i Treasury?The BusinessOutlook? At Peace with nil Mankind. Hodges, s. C., July 4,1ss7. Editor Press emit flannel-: will you be kind 1 enough to givespneein your columns In reply to our Hodges correspondent In last week's J Medium. He states that the public well Is out of fix, the town trensury empty, the town grown up In weeds, and business of the town 1 played out in general. We can very well see 1 what Is the matter with our correspondent, lie thinks because the town Is dry, and hasn't : got three or four bar-rooms and a dozen or more bar-room loafers and whiskey suckers, that the town Is dead. Our cash business has nearly doubled Itself since we have hnd the pleasure of hnvlng a dry town. That Is comparing'84 nnd '85 wet town with '86and '87 dry town. Where does our correspondent get his figures? We can say that we are well pleased with our present i business, and also prospects ahead of us., We i nil know that this is a very dull season of ' the year with merchants in the country as It < should be. Why, even our sister town Green- ' wood complains now of belngdull. I Our public well is in good condition, and i was at the writing of the above-mentioned i piece, and we can boast ot as good water as < can be found anywhere. It is true our town i has e. few weeds but I don't think more than usual. Our town treasurer, I guess, has no i great amount of funds on hand, but enough < for present purposes, and, I think, will com- : pare very favorably with thatofour corres- i pondent. We are well pleased with our town and tlie dry ticket especially and also our Trial Justice, i Our crops are very promising and I think our < trade will pick up soon It the seasons continue. Very respectfully. Merchant. The County Commissioners at Work. UfUl r. IUUAI1 lJVSHl.NKJO, AliKKVILLK, K. C., July 5, 1R87. The Board met to-dny. Present; 6. M. Muttison, Chairman ; J. W. LI tea and W.D. Manu. i The minutes ol the previous meeting were read and approved. Sundry elalms were audited and npproved. The clerk of t he Hoard was authorized t.o advertise for sealed bids for maintaining: the ] paupers at the Poor House for two years from the tlrstof November, 1887, to October 31, ISS'.l. the specifications of which will be found in the otlice of County Commissioners, to oe Inserted three time6 in Press and Banner and Medium. The Clerk was authorized to advertise for 1 sealed bids to repair the Court House. The following commissioners were appoint- i ed commissioners to lay out road from the ] Gallowny Place to the Columbia & Greenville i Railroad near the Quia Place, viz: John W. Hugan, Jas. Simmons and A. F. Seawrlght. Colored cheese cloths, colored batistes, col- i ojed and white lawns. All prices. NV.Joel J Smith & Son. . A beautiful line of white pique, check mus- < . 11ns, &c. W. Joel Smith Jfc Sou. \ MURMURING WILSON?BABBLING KATE. ( Doll Corn?One Plan l?y wlilcli lo miikcnll Ilie Trucks I'olnt (Ik- Name W?y?Pronfhers ami Tenrhor*?. .Minely-Mix Nlork Show?Roasting Fars mill Watermelons? Norman <oIIm?Iron Horse*. Niskty-Six, July 5, IRS7. If yon would find out who lias the best corn that grows, ask Mr. Thomas McCaslan. It is reported that the musk rats are destroy ing imp corn aiong mo erceics. j in; utsi wujto tret rid of these pestiferous lilpeds, is to sink a barrel near where tliey cut the corn to thelevetof Lite surface and bail it with corn ihnots, and they will fio In and can't climb i>ut. Last Friday was Children's Day at Lebanon, i church situated between Nlncty-Klx and Ur con wood. There wan quite a crowd which was addressed by Ucvs. w. P. Meadors and fVuld and Prof. Geo. C. Hodges. Everything passed oil' nicely. One or two gentlemen who have the Rood of Ihe country at heart lmve asked me to ur?e Ilia necessity of keeping up the stock fair. We hope all of our people will think over the matter. If we are to have It, it Is high tune joine Rtcps were taken toward It. The Presbyterian congregation think of mmloying a preacher for three Sundays in :?ai?li month. Mr. G. M. Walker who lias been spending several weeks with friends in town, has returned to his home In Columbia. Our country is full of fine colt?, and the prospect Is that In a few years more the itock raisers of Kentucky and Tennessee will liave toscek new fields for their stock. South Carolina Is going ahead In this great matter. We trust that the consolidation ol Knox vllle &. Carolina and the Atlantic, Greenville t Western railways will be consumntcd at >1..* l? lw> l.nlrl horn on II... 17lll IllKl i For we verllly believe that this Is the quick- < jst.and the surest plan to got a road. Our 1 people are getting impatient and want to see I something done. We believe that Susong & i [Jo. have done all that they could under the ; 2lreumstanc.es. It takes a great deal of moil- 1 ?y to build railroads, and we hope the people i ilons the line will notglvc up. The road will i lie built. I We hear that sevenU nice young men from < ?t. George's, Colleton county, will ship their i liorscs and be on hand to ride nt the tourna- ! ment at Greenwood. A general turnout Is expected from the Ninety-Six country. i Mr. O. Ij. Klnard Is one of the largest fnrm- i srs In the vicinity of ninety-Six, having over four hundred acres In corn, cotton and grnln tills year. The prayer-meeting at Mr. Henry Brewer's i m Wednesday night was hugely attended, ' there being over two hundred persons pros- i ant. I Miss Mamie Graham, of Cokesbnry, Is vis- | iting her cousin, Miss Mamie Purkerson. i Mr. T. M. McCaslan. of ' Echo Hill," has i ripe watermelons. We would like to swap . It fill a mess of roasting ears lor one or two. I L)nr corn Is as good as any he has seen, too. Miss Mary Rogers, who has been teaching at I hooper Limestone Institute, has returned i home to soetid the vacation with her parents, i Mr. Law ton 0. Lipscomb, formerly of NlneLy-Slx but now of Columbia, passed uown to Ills home last Suturdny. He is looking well Indeed. ( Prof. Geo. C. Hodges, principal of Green. I wood High School was In town recently. I Miss Matlie Calhoun, who has been tendh- I Ing in Atlanta, has returned home much to Lhe pleasure of many admiring Mends. I Mr. David Aiken has some nice milk cows, ! half Jerseys and half Ayreshlres. I Miss Emma Bandera of "Cow Grove," has been in town visiting friends. i The young men's prayer-meet lug will be liskl In the Presbyterian church on next Frl- | Jay night. All are Invited to attend. i If we have nothing rood to say about our neighbor It Is far bettor to say nothing at ail. i Mrs. Loula Quarles is boarding now with I Mrs. J. L. Shumate. I Mrs. J. A. Stuart of "Cow Grove," was In i town last week vlsltir g friends. j Mr. James Rogers shipped per express last week six brown Leghorn hens to W. It. Cathairt, of Columbia. , Mr. James Davis has the best year-old linlf Norman colt we have seen In a long time. Ho was offered $150 for him. Another gentleman has refused $173 for a two-year-old. Judge T. L. Moore's half Norman colt "Chinese Gordon" has been broken to harness iind makes u number one family horse. Miss Louise Thomkins hax returned from ELarleston where for the past year she has been attending college. Rev. R. H. Griffith, auent of Fu:rinan University preached at the Baptist church in Llils place on last Sunday morning and evening. His sermons were excellent. Mrs. L. H. Jones, formerly of this place has lalten charge of the Greenville Hotel at Lirecnvllle. She has had It thoroughly renovated and repaired and is prepared to accomlate transient and regular boarders. Mrs. lones is one Is of the best of housekeepers ind is famous for nice cooking. W e hope our fi lends when they go to Greenville will give tier a call. Col. William Johnson has shown us a roastIns ear of "Tennessee white" corn fully developed that has eighteen (18) rows and an Average of fifty-one grains to the row. This jorn was part of the corn shown at the New Orleans Exposition and brought to NinetySix by Capt. E. S. Hale. It is certainly u remarkable variety of corn. Master Brooks Townes, oi Greenville, is risiting his sister Mrs. Geo. M. Anderson. Miss Florence Campbell of Lnuruns, Is visting her sister, Mrs. Mayor Watson. EAST END. 1 i MORE FROM NINETY-SIX. PlenNnnt Pcrnonnls?Xoton <?r Sponk- i crN, Editors, VlftHor*. mul OtlierN. Ninkty-Six, S. C., June 2,18S7. llnln on Tuesday. The prospect for a good crop in tills section Is better than it has been for yearn. The farmers are hopeful and every one seems to bo In a good humor. Thn Misses Smith, who have be?n visiting Lhe Misses llozcman, left for their home In | LJhappells on Monday. We know of at least nnc young man who Is disconsolate. Messrs. Perrln, Anderson and J. T. liozcinan, of the South Carolina College, are at i dome spending vacation. i Miss Mattle Anderson, of Wllllamston Female College Is at home for her vncatlon. Her friend Miss hetta of the same school Is f visiting her. It affords us pleasure to say that Miss Annie Galphln. who has been quite sick, Is now convalescent. Messrs Addison Calhoun and Walter Nlchrdn, who have also been III, are able to bo out ngAln. A young lady of our town says that she re ids the Messenger with Increased Interest since seeing its "handsome little editor" at. the Greenwood commencement. Next year is leap yearjl believe. Look out for her Mr. Editor. Mr. Thos. L. Moore has the finest corn that wo have ever seen. We had the pleasure of attending a delight ful picnic at Jit. Lebanon church on Friday last. It was the day set apart as children's duy by the Sunday schoi 1 and whs also used us ihe closing exercises of Miss Tallulah Anderson's public school. Rev. Auld, Prof. G. C. , Hodges, and Rev. W. P. Meadora addressed the audience in the order named. While all the speeches were creditable wo were most forcibly struck with that of Prof. Hodges. For elegance of diction and beauty of thought we I have rarely seen its equal. Under the effl- 1 dent supervision of Capt. J. W. Lipscomb the Superintendent of the Sunday school, and Rev. W. P. Meadors the pastor of the church, every thing passed off pleasantly.and we feel assured that every one of the large crowd present went away feeling more than repaid for coming. Children's day will be celebrated by the usual addresses and picnic at Slloam church next Saturday. ?? IMenHant Parnjcrnpliu. Echo Hill, June 4.18S7. Friday last we had the pleasure of attending the picnic at Lebanon. On our arrival we found the house well filled with anxious listeners to hear the addresses which were to be delivered by those who had been invited by Rev. Mr. Meadows. This was not a picnic ?lvcn only by the Sunday school scholars, but Eilso by the pupils of Miss Lula Anderson's school, which closed on that day. Rev. Meadors came forward and made a nice little speech, after which he Introduced Rev. Mr. Auld who spoke especially to little children ?nd about little things, which was well received by all. TlienJMr. Meador's, Introduced Prof. G. C. Hodges, of Greenwood. Who spoke upon the duty of parents to study and read the lilble. The attendance was very good at Fellowship last Sunday. Next Sunday being our regular preaching day Rev. J. M. Jordan Will conduct tl)C KCl VlCCB. Mr. Perrin Anderson who has been nttendIng the South Carolina College, in spending Ills vacation at his father's. Miss Louise Tompkins who lins been attendihg school in Charleston, returned last Friday. Mr. W. It. Hilton and n lady of Edgcdeld wore on a visit to their daughter Mrs. James C. (iritlln Inst week. Not long ago we notice in the Press and Banner that the editor wanted a lady frieud to take charge of the editorial department, From what we heard a younc lady say not longago, Uro. Wilson could very easily get one if lie only strike in the right direction. I would set my cap for I'ror. Hodges If lie I was u single num. This was said by u young lady last Friday. Mr. John Adams now owns n fine mnroj! which lie lias named after the girl he loves: best. We are told that the two young men who failed to sec their girls two weeks ago, have ; learned the pass word, and no wevcrything Is ; in o. k. : OCCASIONALLY. ( W.Joel Smith A Hon keep the "Columbia's" ' [.lie best hand umbrellas known, A new lot , lust In. | Ladles fine shoes a speelalty with us. Hpe inrkld button shoe ut 81.50, 82.00. 8i50.J2.75, {3.00, 8:1.50 aud 85.50. H. M. Haddou & Co. i WALHALLA'S BIG FIRE. j LAW OFFICES AND PRINTING OFFICES GO , DOWN BEFOEE THE DEVOURING FLAME. * U I ? nnunnmlla. I Ht'l'iMi inni:n? ? I.V Wicked. Assnil 1 li<> ClinrirtM er of <>oo?l .lion iumI Wonicn. ami then i Apply (lie Torch 1? t'niiisiirtd Proper^-?Interesting; I'lirticnlnrN ofn Fire which will Jlecomc HIn- i toric. j JCemvee Qoitrier. On Wednesday, the 21stof June, between 3 ' mil V/,o'clock, a. jr., lire was discovered In 1 t lie neighborhood of the Court Mouse, and on j reaching the place it was found Ilirit the printing office, and the law offices of Thompson & Taynes and of Keith ?ft Vomer were in a light ' lilnze. This building was u two-story wooden imllding, with piazza and four rooms below stairs, and one large room above, in which [ he Kcowce Courier was published. The building was the Joint property of Cols. Thompson . Mid Keith and was put up In is~2. The lateness of the hour,all being asleep, prevented my one from reaching the place until too late lo save anything from the building. The appearance of the Arc, as variously reported by how who first reached It, shows clearly it was , it Incendiary origin. It was believed to Intve lieen set on the East end between the offlers "if Thompson & Jay lies and Major Dendy, as [his end was first consumed. Others believe ilso it was set on fire at both back corners of J Lht offices of Thompson & Jay hps and Keith ' & Verner. Apart from the appearance of the [Ire as first seen, the lateness of the hour wi'li. Lhe known fact that there was not a match In ?ltiier for weeks, show concju.-ively that the Jisaster was the work of nn incendiary. The 1 large amount of combustible material In the law and printing otlices created a great heat, tndina short time the law ofllee of .Major Dendy, twenty feet East, and of J. \V. Khclor, i won f w U'nvl unrl II A II OlliKnn 1 twenty /eel West of Nhelor's, were In tinmen and destroyed. The parties present saved nil ! the honks of Major Dendy mid his wife and office chulr, but the office furniture was dc- , itroyed. The contents of the offices of Messrs. Shelor and Gibson were mostly saved. 1 The strong current of heated air bore high ! up and ton great distance, sparks and fragments of blazing paper, some falling three ' hundred yards oft. The roof of the Court Hou*e cam;hi several times and the building ' was mainly saved by the exertions of Mr. Otto Kaulmnnn, aided by a nephew of Col. i'hompson and Mr. John Von Hadcln ami ime Ashmore, colored. Kaufmann, seeing the rotlf blazing, ran Into the attic and with a pole hurst the roof and went on top, where he , und the others continued to suppress each j starling Hume, xno rnoi or ine ornce 01 Judge Norton, now occupied by Ills son-inlaw, M11J. SStribbllng, caught on fire several times, ns did also the roof of a four room bulldlngjust In rear and owned by J. S. Verner, Esq.,as also the roof of the bnrn of Mr. D. L. Held, eighty yards distant, but they were extinguished without damage. The preservation of the Court House Is due not only to the fearless conduct of those who extlngnlshdd the roof, but also to the row of large oaks which stood between the burning buildings and the Court House as also the building of Judge Norton and J, S. Verner. Apart from these trees the Court House and lliesu buildings must have burned, and there Is 110 telling where the Are would have stopped. The citizens of the town, the fire company, inda number of eolored men and women who faithfully carried water, deserve great praise for their elTorls to sstvetho property ind to prevent the spread of the Are. There svaff 110 lire well near, and the Are company could not effect the good It generally does in fires, but all was done thatcould be. Id fact, llieiour bulldlugs were doomed before nny one readied the fire, as they were uear together and dry as tluder. the los.h. This can never bo accurately estimHted. 1'be property burned may be put down I11 ' round numbers at original cost at So,000, or over, apportioned as follows: Thompson, In law books, stationery and furniture 5725. Keith In law books, stationery and furniture Mi75. Verner In law books, stationery and furniture $T75. The luw library lost some L?ooks, ?ay Thompson a half Interest In bullUluK, at cost, ?500. Keith a hair Interest. In building, SoOO. Thompson, Keith & Smith (i third Interest each In presses, type, material, &c., valued nt $l,'20o, muking ?100 ra^h. Maj. Dendy in double room office ami furnlLure i-V'O. Mr. Slielorand Mr. Gibson in sin- ' gle room oflice each S4S0. Mr. Jayneshad recently formed a partner- 1 ship with! Col. Thompson, and lost some books and furniture, but wedonotkuow the ' imount. The buildings could be nsralu put up now for h?8 money than they originally cost, but 1 Llie diH'ercucels inore than made up iu tilings destroyed, which we cannot value. For In- 1 stance, Col. Thompson lost his Conner flies from a period long before the war; Keith his for fourteen years, and the office all the files since 1809. These to us were Invaluable and now the only extant flic of the Covrier, so far as wo know, Is that kept by Judge Morton, mid itcrth'tgo back far, Then Keith & Verner had burned seventy or more carefully prepared arguments on afl Important civil and criminal cases In their hands for fourteen years past. They were of great value for easy reference for points and Authorities In new cases germane to those argued. We presume all the law firms burned out lost their official correspondence, receipts for money collected, and also all cases Issued to thlscourt or continued over from nvnvlnii<i>niirtii Tho rhiiriitr Inst, ill! if.s snh scrlptton nwl advertising accounts. The county lost all the records of the ofllce of County Commissioners from 1808 to the present. CAUSE OK TUB FIKE. As we have said It was certainly of Incendiary origin. In the present burning we do not believe any living person had, or had cause to have such-feelities of spite against any one ol the parties suffering loss, us would lead to the burning. It must have proceeded from other causes. What are tliey ? W'e cannot know. There are a number of theories, some presenting some motive. The more common opinion is that the parties who wrote or had written, or who posted or had , posted, the scurrilous letters In West Union, arc the parties who fired or procured tho tiring of tlio ofllees. One Hodge had been ar- \ rested and lodged In Jail on a warrant charg- . inglilm with this dirty work. Subsequent to his arrest further developments led to a public meeting in tho Court , House on Monday, the 20th of June, to cons I- , 1 ,??o luut nu ?/% llinun lllw.l lous writings. Of course there was some , plain talk and from llio laots shown, other j parties would be arrested If nothing more. Unwisely we think, nil fortunately surely, i these facts were talked ahout generally. ( Among the facts was this that near to the place of posting one of the scurrilous letters was found an old nocket book marked In the Inner side "I. K. H." and In the book was found a central slip, two inches wide, torif from an express package blank receipt. On the margin of tills was written words directing the postl-ng of letters and "to put out your best watch dog." This slip, on Its faco, was directed to no oneand signed by no one, . but the old express envelop in which it was [ found was directed to JSadler. This of course led to the arrest of 1. K. Hunter and (j. W. ' Sadler and othcis since released. Mr. Jaynes, ] of the firm with Col. Thompson, issued the | warrants011 which llunter and Sadler were , put 111 jail on Tuesday, where they now are. On thfBB facts the majority connect the libel and the burning, reasoning that the parties or their friends, learning these tell-tale facts, with a desire to destroy them and the Identity of hand writing (believed to exist) between the libellous letters of 18.S5, the threatening letter sent to Judge Kershaw about the Malloy case, the wrltlug found In the pocket book marked "I. K. H." and directed to Sadler, and the liendlshly scurrilous letters posted a few days before the burning, determined to burn the oftlcc where they reasonably supposed the whole batch of letters were then deposited. Another theory, which or may not be linked with the other, is that the friends Hodge, thee In Jail. (110 one specially suspected,) set tire to the building In the expectation that, in the cxcitcinent of the tire at the Court House, .l- I f|,? |?|| LlU'OUUIill UIIU 51KUU nwwiu IVII. V M?v J?.., and then Hodge eoutd be released. If there be anything: In eittier or both theories, the expected result failed, for the letters were all at the hou.se ofMaJ. \V. J. Stribllng and not destroyed, and the Sheriff did not run to the tire worth u cent, but detaining with him It. 8. KuHedge, a sear marked veteran of the war and one of our bravest soldiers he sent others to the tire. Some have other wandering opinions and some none. We have been luller in tills article than is our custom in any criminal case, for It has been the source of so much talk and excitement that a plain statement of the facts is better for all parties than exaggerated rumors now filling the county and published largely in our exchanges. All our people only want the guilty to sutler, but all good citizens desire when guilt is proved that the parties so found shall sutler the full penalties of tho law for libel and house burning. No one has been directly charged with, or arrested for, the burning, and whatever suspicions may exist, no one clnlmes there is .my necessary connection between the libel and the tiro. The former Is the graver ofl'etjj-e of the two, and all would prefer to see roc libelous crowd found out than the incendiaries. It Is useless to attempt to describe the feel- ' lng of intense excitement, of profound indig nation, that uervades the community. iN'o one in Walhalla sleeps on a bed of roses. In fact 1)Ut few sleep at nil, as no one can tell what may occur next. In the public excitcinnnt the tire sinks Into Insignificance, and we doubt if ten murders < and twenty llres would so arouse the people ' us the posted letters Imve. The tire in itself would have created but little cxelteincnt, but connecting It, as the public mind has lamely tlone, witlL the libel, the feeling is doubled. While this is true our people want only the guilty, and arc not disposed to condemn any one nil heard. ? Since the foregoing was written Alotwo 1*. j J Morgan, who had been arrested on the 21st and released ou ball, has been delivered up by ??WW?^ his hail and been lodged In Jail, lie Is charged with t he same oflenee, libel, as the others. N. II. Haliey was also arrested on the same charge, but he ha* been admitted to ball. OuKKNVir.i.K, S. <_!., June 30.-?Three white mon. named J. K. Hunter, G. W* Sadler and I. W. Hodges, weie brought here this morning from Walhaila and delivered tn Sheriff Ulin ath for safe keeping. They are charged with l?elii? the perpetrators of the recent outrages in Oconee county, and they are brought here ostensibly to nrevont their helm/ rescued I?y llu'ir friends and because the county jull it. Wallialhi Is unsafe, but It. is believed there was dang'roftholr being lynclied at Wallinlla, and Hint this was the chief reason for transferring them to the Greenville Jail. The iffeiice with which they are eharged Is libel, Mid consists of the writing and posting of obscene and slanderous articles concerning highly respectable men and women ofWailialla, the sending of slanderous letters to various people, and it is believed also that they ire the incendiaries who set the town of Wallialia on tire a tow days ago, by which several luildlngs including a newspaper office, wore lestroyed. MACHINE-MADE TEACHERS. relT Davis Inconsistency or the "Chronicle"?'The Laurens "Nljfffer IUhIiist"?Other nnttpra. Tiioy, July 2,1W7. CJen. Pope, In tho North American l&virw, 'trikes u heavy blow at the educational sysem of New England. He charges that lt? ondency Is to turn out men Just as a button factory docs buttons. He thinks It accounts or the fact that New England produced no ;reat men during the war of secession, either is generals or statesmen. The admirers of the Hon. Jefferson Davis ire delighted to learn that he did not write hat letter in relation to tlie captured (lags. It was a silly forgery. The Aiigiixt'i Chronicle published last week a 'omniunlcatlon advocating a Protective Tar1%1 w mi.. ii, utaia vuiiru n|'ci;mi uuciKIUII IU II. A IJU ending argument in that article was lliat uich a tarift' forced foreign manufacturers to iupport our government "In the very teeth" >f the universally recognized principle, "that .lie consumer pays all taxes." Mr. Editor, did you ever critically examine the hlanlc for a teacher's monthly report of a public school? Ills a literary curiosity In some respect". It forces every teacher to swear to his color nftd nativity once a month, is well as to a dozen other things of lihportuncc. It is astonishing how such men ns Uov. Thompson and Col. Coward could tolirate such a document. Refreshing showers on Tuesday last but nothing like a good season. Field crops, however, are doing well, and more promising Jian usual. Dr. Kennedy, Mr. Rpann Harris and Mr. Doc. Taggart are attending the Due We^t flnrnmAnnomftfit * Some of the negroes, living near the line of Laurens, Greenville and Spartanburg, have utempted to organize Knights of Labor so;letles, and fearing the opposition of the whites, great precaution was taken to keep the movement secret. Hence the great negro uprising! "A tempest In a tea pot." The Associate Peformed Presbyterian shurch has furnished its choir with handsome, easy-sitting chairs. This will lighten the labor of the singers aud add much to their ;omfort. The lovers of base ball ought to so re-model Llie game as to more evenly divide the honors mil labors. As It Is now played, everything <ccins to depend upon the skill and ability ol the catcher and pitcher. Material for the new hotel Is rapidly accumulating. The planing machine Is now upon the ground, and the carpenters will soon begin the work. The Baptist Shunamlte Society is having a neat ami substantial baptistry built in the church. This is a society made up of the young ladies of the church. Their zeal, energy and well directed efforts are worthy of all praise. The Third Nine of Troy (whatever that may l>e) met a mixed nine at McCormick on Frl lay, and were squarely defeated and handsomely treated. The game stood 9 to 7 in favor of McCormick. * TROY AND EDEN HALL. Proaehinjc?Bnso Ball?Visitor*, Ladlen and Gentlemen Farmer*? Cotton Uolln. Tboy, July 4,1887. Tne Troy Bible Society, an auxiliary to the Abbeville District Bible Society, will convene it tills place on next Saturday, July 9tli. Dr. J. 0. Lindsay will deliver the sermon and an iddress will bo made by Prof, Miller of Due West, A basket dinner is on tbe programme und Ihe public are invited to attend and bring full baskets with them. The Junior base ball clubs of Troy and McCorinick again crossed bats on last Friday at McCormick. The Trojans were defewted by a score of 9 to 7, resulting from a few costly errors in the first two Innings. Mr. J. H. Chiles, Jr., umpired the game and gave entire satisfaction. Our boys were well treated by the McCormlckites, and are loud in their praises for the hospitality shown them. The championship game between the two clubs will be played at this place on -Tuesday July 12th. An interesting same may be expected. Prof. W. M. McCaslan, of the Laurens Female College is visiting relatives In town. Dr. L. N. Kennedy and Messrs. J. S. Harris and J. L. Taggart attended commencement at Due West last week. Miss Mamie Godbold, a beautiful and accomplished young lady of Cokefbury, is visiting Miss Laurie Vancc at Eilen Hall. A law of our enterprising farmers began feasting on watermelons last week. The yield this year will be larger than than usual. Cotton bolls nearly full grown were exhibited on our streets last week by Mr. S. P. Leard. The prospect for a much nee;lcd rain is very Sootl at this writing. Read It? llnrnwcll Sentinel. To-ilay we publish an extract from the Grand Jury's report of Abbeville county which will give every man under whose eye it falls somctiiig to think about. This extract contains much that Is true and while It offers a recommendation for a remixly we do not think the best plan for obtaining a remedy has been suggested. It lies in I lie power of our people to have a general trimming down,cutting off and simplifying ?that there Is a necessity for It. honest men will not deny. If the General Assembly ivould create a council composed of our circuit Judges and empower them to draw to their aid such other legal timber as they might cfeem capable to aid them in this Important pruning we believe the desired end I'ould be speedily nnd more safely reached. Flits course would not the rob Legislature of Its law making power and would uive tliein an npportunlty to act Intelligently it| on such wise suggestions as the council mi^ht make. . Anderson to the Penitentiary. The .Supreme Court has refused a new trial to Anderson, convicted of killln? young Robertson, and consequently, in a few days, lie will bo transferred from our Jail to the I'cnltentlary, to serve out his twenty years 'sentence. Anderson's crime was black, but lone's was a thousand times blacker. And yet the latter Is sentenced to but twenty-five years, ami still quietly eats the brea<i of Edgefield County In our Jail. Oh, these grinning dtscrepeneles of law and Justice \-Kihjefield Chronicle. Beautiful line of plaid DeOr>;andies in blue, pink, cream and lilac at less than New York cost. Wm. E. Bell. REDMOND'S Horn MAD Major Lewis OF MOONSI St.rint.lv Pure and Highly I Profession for use in PULM equal and is the HIGHEST M the market. Major Redmond be made by Honest and Old ] Purest Grain and Malt, and i who are desirous of obtainii article of Corn Whiskey. Fo THOH F. W. WAGENER & CO., Cha June 1,1837,6m OUR GATE TO WEALTH. . SCINTILLATIONS FROM THE MOT OP A* ' J EVER WATCHFUL SCRIBE. All klndM of PAr?|[nip|ii from tbe Embryo lly and the Prospective Hall road Centre. W o ? ?"KBNWOOD. S. C.. July 5,1887. ' -f! Mr* S 11 Xfcr^n'u nom I_ ? ... ... ? -vn u?mil||| on Ullhoui) street will be completed soon. It wilt < be one of the pretlest cottages In town. Mr. Lee Lorick, of Columbia is visiting: Mr. G. A. Kwyqert. On last Friday the northbound mail train on the I?. R. A W. C? road was delayed for nearly two hours by the breaking of a part of the gear of the mall car. This wus the first accident on this road in several months. The town council will soon have our street* vt In excellent condition. MIfs Sue Bond, of Charleston is visiting Mr. C. L. BeaudrotYour correspondent attended the oooj- : menceinenU of the Due West College hut week. The people of hat classic little town arc almost extravagant in their kindness and , hospitality, and to friends there we are indebted lor several days of innoxious pleasure. On the 20th of July we are have a baseball contest, In which a nine from Colombia nnd a nine from Greenville will participate, a , tournament, at which perhaps fifty knight* will ride and In the evening a ball in Durst'* Hall for which ample arrangement* will l>e made and the best music possible secured. [ A barbecue which will be sufficient to satisfy an Immense number will be prepared by per- ' ' cous who are familiar with the most approved methods ofihls style of preparing food. ' Kxcurslons trains will be run from Columbia, Greenville, Augusta and Spartanburg to return In the afternoon, but all who desire to remain for the bull enn do so and return on the regular trains next day without extra & charge In fare. For the benefit of tlioM'who do not dance a lawn party will be given on ^ ? the green near the residence of Dr. Parka..' ' . For this purpose the green will be brilliantly 3 illuminated. l'rof. G. C. Hodges will attend the Teeohtr* rnutltiitA U'lil<?ii vl*111 hA nt. WIIHiimalAll next week. He has been Invited to lecture at that time. ; At the Inst meeting of the Greenwood Dlvlslon Hons of Temperance tlie following .offleets were elected for the ensuing! quarter, J. P. Lea veil, W. P. Hev. O. H. Carter, chap Inn ; J. T. Med lock, W. A.; J. T. Duckett, TL S.; A McL). Singleton, R. fi.; 'Miss Anne * -J, Greene, A. R. S.; J. W. Sproles. Treasure; J. K. Sample, Cond; Eagene Tarrant, *A. >. Cond.; Eugene McKellnrM. S.: J. E. Clary, 0. S. These officers will be publicly Install- ' ed In Dnret's Hid I on next Friday evening at V o'clock at which time an address will be < delivered by Hon. E. B. Murray, of Ander- ~ Hon. The public are cordially Invited to.be present. Mr. Murray is well known to tbe people of Greenwood and we bespeak for him n large audience. - V At a congregational meeting of the Presbyterian church on last Burtday morning, In compliance with a previous request of the . . ' <esHion, four officers were elected. Prof. J. R. Blake and Mr. J. H. Bailey were chosen for ruling elders, and Mr. J. T. McLees and Mr. . "j W. J". War nock for deacons. The library which Col. Jos. E. Calhoun has Slven to the Greenwood Male Academy is 2 - ma in cnnutin nenny one inousana volumes ' valued at about twenty-flvo hundred dollar*. 'M All arc well bound ana In good condition and 7i" many are said to be very valuable on so ount of their age and rarity. The library of .vhlch this gift will be a neucleus will becall d '-The Calhoun Library" tn honor ol the generous founder whose llberrallty la highly 1 appreciated by our people Mrt. Ii. P. Blake la visiting her father Prof. Wm. Hood of Due West The addresses of Col's Barnes,. McCIure, v Aylctte and Capt- Reeves at the recent meeting of the Philadelphia Brigade and Plckettr '% Dlvlson at Gettysburg, an published in the ' ,? .1 ugualu Chronicle of last Sunday is very In- - h Ierosllng reading. The*e fraternal meeting of the blue and the gray will no doubt create ' sincere and lasting fellowsnip among both, ; and can but meet with the approved ofall by whom the preservation or our institution* and the prosperity of our country is sincerely desired. On next Thursday evening nn entertaininent will be given In Durst's Hall for the benefit of the Greenwood Male Academy. Col. J. H. Rice, Mr. W. C. Benet and Geo. M. ij. Bonham are expected to be present. Come vs out, have one evening of iljamireund aid a worthy objcct. - . VSjSfi The Woman's State Missionary Society of the Methodist church will meet In this place ^ next June. The Charleston New and Courier has recent- * i ly said several good things of Greenwood. Our "bumps" of approbatlvenessare to large that we always appreciate words of praise or approval or a good opinion. The '-glorious fourth" was celebrated at Pearce's Quarry by a picnic and barbecue. Greenwood was well represented. The tournament and other amusements on . the programme for the 20th will be under the supervision of our best citizens andBltbou?h a part of the sport is a relic of the middle I ages none of the cruelties to animals that .ao- ; com pan led the tilt of the thirteenth ceritury, or the' 'gander pulling" of our Own N'J country of fifty years ago will be allowed. ? There was considerable excitement among the "upper ten" ol negro society here huit Sunday when It became known that two of tbelr number, Stuart Franklin and Eugenia _ ltrooks, had secretly married In defiance of i he wishes of the'parents of the bride. Mr. A. L. Blake, who has been teaching in licijnncsviue, lor iwu ui mm jnua, arier spending n week or two at his home here uft for Auburn. Arkansas, last week, where he will be employed as a bookkeeper lii one of the largest mercantile establish- , ments In the place. At a meeting of the Greenwood Board of * ' ^ Trade on lust Tuesday a committee consisting of \V. H. Pearce, O. A. C. Waller, Dr. J. C. Maxwell, W. H. Bailey and B. Reynolds was appointed to InvestIgate the subject of cotton factories and at the next meeting, of the Board report on the "feasibility of erecting a mill at this place." A committee, consisting of J. K. Durst, C. A. C. Waller and T. P. rflley was appointed to procure a lot for a wagon yard for the nccomdatlon of persons ' . ' who come to our market and are oompelled . to remain In town over night.. One day last week In rushing to the train to meet his wife who had been away from home for several weeks, one of our merchants came i near getting Into serious trouble hy running over three men who happened to be in his way. We hope that the mrm-leved who art married men will consider the circumstances }\ and not be too uncharitable. 31 r. I). A. i'. Joruun is uuw (.mvcmuK iu? "*T"3 lower part of the Slate fur the well known New York hardware hopsa of William P. Hryce ?fc Co. MAC. Re-lnlon 10th S. C. Vols. Aubkville, S.U., June 13,1887., Editor Press and fianner : I desire to have the address of some officer, commissioned or non-com missioned, oa tbe ea?e may be, of the following companies of the 19tli S. C. V. Regiment, to wit: Companies A, H, (', D, K and K. These companies ^ were from Edgefield, and the object is to bold a re-union of the Regiment us soon as It can bjdone. If the parties designated will five me their mimes and addre?s at once they will v facilitate the work very much. J. FULLER LYON, Ex. Lieut. Co. H., for Committee. Edgefield and Aiken papers please copy. ? . ? We hive an elegant line of Famplea and art still taking orders tor gents, youth* and boya suits and single garments. Give them a look when needing anything in this line. W.Joel smith & Hon. -v . HAND MADE fhiskey. I E BY R. Redmond/ IINE FAME, tecommended by the Medical ONARY troubles. It has no ALTED CORN WHISKEY on I guarantees his Whiskey to Fashioned Methods and of the 'ecommends it to all persons lg a Pure and Unadulterated r sale only by [AS McGETTIGAN, ABBEVILLE, 8. C. rleston, S. C., Sole Agents. r