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The Press and Banner.] ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, July 13,1887. THE MISSION OF THE PRESS. * The Xlinte or Domestic Purity and the <?niir?liaii of 1'iihlic Virtue? The Ilniuliimiit ol' K< liKi?n ami the Ititlwark of I.ilierty --- The -- ( rent bliunior m tin* Mnrkct PInrc ami lln> Forum. 1'IS KM It'MS TO UK AWAKDKI) : 825 for Hie Best Essay or Story; SIS for the Second liest Kssay or Story. The essays or stories tending to show? 1. The value of a properly conducted press as a teacher and exemplar. 2. The moral obligation resting upon parents to furnish proper newspapers to their households. 3. Convincingarguments that money spent for newspapers Is worth more to the general welfare of the family than any equal sum of money spent for any other purpose. 4. 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Address PRESS AND BANNER, Abbeville, K. C. To the I/Her* or Personalities. The Press and Banner and Its correspondents do not expect to engage in personal quarrels. While we are ready at any time to discuss any matter In which the public is nl all interested, we do not Intend to tlirow mud atnny brother who mny not realize the dif, ference between the merits of a question, and the saying of disagreeable or ill-mannered things. We feel no unkindness to anybody, and have nodesire to say unkind things. We have no Jealousies of anybody, and therefore have no desire to assail anybody's good name. We iove to live in peace with all men, and therefore unpleasant controversies will not ?n A.,rtminmns. We believe the brethren of the press of South Carolina, (for respectability and good citizenship,) stand the equal, If not the superior, of any other class of her citizens, and therefore we do not intend to belittle before the public any member of the profession which we dally follow with pride and pleasure. We have no unkind things to say even of those who, after attending to their own newspapers, have time to spare In which to intermeddle with the editorial and business management of the Press and Banner. No doubt there remains much for us to learn, and if those who may seem to assume the office of intermeddler, shall show us the better way we will prosper all the more. Wo have no Idea that any lutermeddler means tosticl; his ; nose Into the editorial and business affairs of Another. We shall hope that any such act In reference toourselves comes from a sincere desire for our welfare. The Press antl Banner, so far as we are informed, now gives abundant satisfaction to - Its subscribers, for whom the paper i.t printed, and this fact we have sometimes thought may be n cause of discomfort to our broth" Tm it is some Gratification, however, to know that. their spltefulness has no effect with the people. When we set rieh we may then turn onr attention to printlnga paper tlmt will lie acceptable to our disgruntled brethren of the press, hut as Ion? as we are poor, we must print for the public. ?W+ A Ilightcou* Jndgo. The great public heart of South Caroli.ia will be grateful to Judge Wallace, when it is learned that he last week refused bail to a i prisoner charged with murder. The granting of ball to murderers of every degree has here- ( tofore been so universal that surprise Is felt 1 at the righteous act of this righteous Judge. ; We care nothing for the prisoner referred to. ( It Is the precedent which a law-abiding eon- i selentlous Jud*e has given, nnd for which the j public heart should he thankful. When our | Judges, like Judge Wallace of Union, shall I cease to be alders and abetters of crime alter ' v!~%hcact, we shall expect fewer murders. The , evil practice of attempting to forestall public opinion in favor of red-handed ' murderers should be stopped. It should be 1 an offense against decency and good manners for a prisoner who Is covered all over with ' bipod, and whose very garments smell of j blood, to present himself before the highest officer of the State to sock his aid nnd comfort J In defying the law, and in the shedding of ( human blood. As long as murdererR may look to our j Judges for aid and comfort, we will continue to have murders, and murderers will forever go UU|IUUISIR'U. ouu;tnv"ir.ii....i ..M,.? ... ..... public welfare, even if that duty should retrain them currying favors with malicious _ murderers. Judge Wallace deserves the highest praise for his Independence In refusing hall to any one charged with murder. He is one of the few Judges that has refused bail to white murderers. This is among the first Instances of refusal that liavo occurred under , eleven years of Democratic rule?aud in that ! v time tbor<? have been murders by the score. ' All LUauka to this upright Judge who Kcrvcn j the public and refuses to forestall public opln- ( Ion In a case to be settled by a jury of his ] countrymen. i The above remarks, we wish It distinctly I understood, are not applied to the Laurens J homicide, but we are speaking on general i principles, and without any disposition to I prejudice or forestall public opinion lu any particular case. The Way tlie PrpN* In Sinning. , Judge Aldrlch at Abbeville charged the press of the State with manufacturing public , opinion against murderers. What does the Judge say of the newspapers in reference to the recent Laurens homicide. We believe the I.aureus correspondent of the News and Courier Is also attorney for the dclcndunt. The columns of the Augusta Chroniclc has teemed with articles which didn't seem to us to prejudice the case of the defendant. Since we have come to think of it, we can i nnt nnir pofliill an instance where the nress of the State has sought to create public opinion against any one under indictment. We believe, however, the press of tho State have 1 sometimes remarked on the act of juries whom they believe had perjured themselves by rendering verdicts contrary to the law and the evidence. Editor JaniCM T. Bacon. The accomplished gentleman and Inimitable editor, James T. Bacon of the Edgefield Chronicle, went to Due West commencement, and we herewith reproduce his original, honest and critical account of his first visit to our educational centre. It is pleasing and entertaining reading, even if he does "go for*' some of the architecture. He meant no harm, we are sure. Tlic Mississippi Agricultural ('oIIckp. T. M. stall' correspondent of the Xcws and Courier furnishes a most readable account of the rec?nt commencement in the Agricultural ami Mechanical College of Mississippi. Often newspaper correspondents substitute comment for faels, hut we really wish that this eorrespondent had given a little more of l.is impressions. In Abbeville county the industrial system has been tried for a hundred years, and in each instance the effort has resulted in absolute and utter failure. The Due West Male College was first organized n? a manual labor school, but the manu . labor feature was soon abandoned. At the beginning of the century the princely estate of 1 >r. Do La Howe was willed for that purnose. It lias failed, and its treasure is now unutilized. Fifty years or more ago the Cok? esbury Conference school was established on the same plan of working several hours each (lay on the farm. The hours for labor were constantly diminished, until tlie system was abandoned. The question with us now is, can we at this day succeed In establishing a school on the plan that has so often proved a failure In the past. We do not believe it possible. While the Xt-wsand Courier's report is undoubtedly a plain, unvarnished statement, of interesting facts, wo would like to know something of the reporter's conclusions. We shall look with some degree of interest to see Dr. Urier's report The ft., V. A- N. It. K. The engineer corps have located seventeen mi'es of the G., C. &. N. road from Clinton toward Chester. As soon as they reach Hroad river they will return to Clinton, and begin work on this end of the line. The grading between Chester and Monroe Is well advanced. ?. .. ... A .? ctiheofin. unesier win voic nc.\i r uuu; <n. Hon of $25,000 to the road. Tho prospect Is, thnttlio subscript Ion will be made. The work seams to be going on quietly, but- surely. We were in Columbia last week, nnd had the pleasure of seeing our old friend, the Itev. Sldi H. Browne. His health Is better than It has been.. He publishes a newspaper which should be rend in every family. He bought recently at a great bargain an Immense lot of job typennd three printing presses which he now wishes to sell at. bargains. If any of our brethren wish job type of any kind they should confer with him. Ix going to Columbia last week we had the pleasure of meeting on the cars lour prominent members of the Laurens Bar?as genial, high-toned nnd .honored eentlemen as are to be found in any county. We refer to Messrs. Simpson, Johnson, Watts and Dial. We are glad to hear that tho editor of the Charleston News nnd Courier has recovered 510,000 damages from the A'ew York Sun for the latter's scurrilious attack upon his per* sonal character some time ago. (HJ1PPVTWF. TELEGRAMS FROM HONORED GENTSVILLE. Important Items From Bronriiiioutli Church?Turkey Creek ? Snlinln River?A Prohibition Riddle fori our LeKi?Intorii to Solve. Gkxtsvilt.E, S. C.. JulyO, 18S7. It lias lieen some t line since I wrote the locals of this community. I have been waiting for soniethine to occur worth wrltlmr. I attended the commencement at Due West and enjoyc<l that occasion extremely well, but was reminded of a story about two farmers In Pennsylvania who were on the streets of Philadelphia, and one of them espied a dude coining up the street and usked the other what it wa?. He said he did not know; then the farmer remarked: ''What 'tarnal things you can sec wheu you liuve no gun!" People are nearly done laying by jhelr crops, and we sun-burnt boys shall expect some rest. Rain Is badly needed, though crops have not been badly damaged yet. Donald's township Is 011 a boom educationally. A few years ago there was not a native graduate In our township. Wc now have four: Prof. J. C. Cork. Miss Clara Sharp, and two of Mr. M. Erwin's daughters. Mr. .7. C. Martin lias the finest patch of upland corji in this community, and Is thought by some to be the best in the State. Ills cotton crop is the best that has been on his plantation for years. No wonder J. C. wears such a broad smile. Dr. G. H. lield, of Donalds, is better after a few weeks sickness. We trust he may soon recover and be able to resume his pract ice. The Doctor is a man of sterling fju;; lilies.. When men who use intoxicating beverages call on him for a certificate that, moy may call nt at the Honor shop or the druggist. he practices what he preaches by not giving auy certificate. Our Andcrsonian neighbors seem to he agitated over the campaign for prohibition. Why is It. not our privilege to have an election on prohibition? Well, I suppose out representatives were too sober to allow it.. Mr. D. H. Haldwin has taken one hundred and fifty pounds of honey from his bee hive this year. Mr. K. T. Kirk pat ricU gave his wife a cotton patch this year, and I believe she has rather the best cotton In the neighborhood, mid lilsson Tommle's and daughter Janle's patehes are almost as pood ns tlioir mother's. Our Reading Circle met on the 1st ot this month. The exercises consisted of tlie following: Singing the tune "Sweet l$y and By;" devotional exercises by Itev. K. W. Hurts; calling of the roll by T. J. Olatworthy md response by each member repenting a 1 verse of poetry; reading by Mr. W. P. Kay, Mr. J. T, Johnson and Mr. W. K. C. Vermilion. We hud two recitations by Miss Ida Laiimeraiid Miss Hurts I'rof. If. H. Wnt. Icins will read an essay at our public meeting in Friday before the fourth Sunday. I'rof. Samuel l'ritehnrd Is spending the summer in I>011 nIds. MNs Nannie Mattison will open scliool In ^lindy Orove Academy 011 the 11th. Mr. Chareis Hurts will open school In Carswrell Institute next- week. I am told that whooping-cough Is taking 11 <tnrt in this township. Miss Ellen Tribble Is teaching school at Donald's. The Donalds bnse bull club played a match ramewlth the Anderson club at Anderson 'ourt House on the 8th and came back oxidant over their victory. Mr. A. M. Dodson, of Donalds, keeps a drug itore, but does not make a liquor tavern of t, consequently Donalds is a dry (own. UKEENEIt. DOTS AND DOINGS AT DONALDS. n?e Baseball IMajcrs of the Town Inn Out Hie Anderson RoysKind neNM and <?ood Feeling' Rule the Hour. Donalds, July 11,1RS7. Donalds vs. Anderson on the "diamond" inly 8th, nine Innings score 17 to 4 in favor of Donalds. Five innings July 1),'22 to <1 in favor >f Donalds. The game was called at the end if the 5th Inning lor want of time, ns on the ,0.1(1 train, lU-Mtiltof gnmc attributed 111 a ;rcat measure to the fine work or ttie battery, which was held down by Mr. E. W. Bartnore in the box and Mr. J. O. Mattison behind the at. It Is said that their work was hard to l>eat. Some one commenting 011 Mr. Harmore's swift delivery, says lie couldn't see the ball, but could see the hole in the air that the ball left. I guess the boys will he alter Lackllng some of the league clubs soon. Health around Donalds much better than lllKlllll < <?, ion tract or is limiting material to build 11 bridge over Saliula river at Maddox's mill. Sciuire Martin is studying telegraphy with ? Villi. The hotel has just been repainted. Mr. A. I). Young, photographer, Is in town nnd makes a very good picture. Give him a trial. K. Another I uteres! Injj Account of the Name timiie. According to agreement, Mr. Martin the manager of tiic Donalds base ball club took his nine to Anderson on last Friday to play two games of ball with the Anderson boys. Kumorsald thai Anderson would have an "extra" pitcher for the occasion that would startle Donalds with ills curves. Somehow such reports alwas get out, Just to frighten, I suppose. Anyway, ho did not put in an appearance?only wish he had. Each game lasted about two hours. Friday evening the score stood 10 to 4 in favor of Donalds. One very remarkable thing 1 noticed was that the fielders on the Donalds side had nothing or very little to do, save batting aud running bancs. Tho battery did the work. Barmoro, with his "down and out" struck out over twothirds of the Anderson boys?of course Mattlson was under the bat catching everything that came in reach. Anderson plays good ball, but needs practice; they have several capital players. A few more like the Baker boys, I dare say, would hold any of the amateurs a good game. Tim ritii ir>rr finh reed ved a hearty wolcome and an affect I on ate good-by. The Anderson boys did cvor.vthingthey could to make the visit a pleasant one. We only hope that we may be permitted to repay them for their kindness when they cotno to visit > *. For thoso who may be solicitous about it will add that "Tucker" has not evoluted into a liver yet. A FLAYEK. | THE TOINOF DUE WEST. j THE PIERIAN SPRING OF FAIR ABBEVILLE. The Homo of Homier hiiiI Wrier?Two TIioiihhihI People Drink at the Fountain or l.o.irnin<;."llerc and There and VoiKler Ainul * ii?*nic Grounds. Edgcflehl Chronicle. For twenty yon is past?"from youth to hoary airi-"?we have wished (<> visit Duo I Wi'Sl, the Pierian Spring of Fair Abbeville. jMstj. J'rawley, in Ills late line anniversary oration before the graduating elass <>| Krsdtue I College,said the greatest compliment lie could I pay the Abbeville of to-day was to aver that she was ftillv worthy of her glorious heritage of the past.. This was well said. And at the end of twenty years of longing, we have seen the sight.. And great was this sight?greater even than we had thought, l.et ns amble and ramble over the scene iii an easy, vacation-]Ikfi manner. Indeed at this season of the year it is somewhat painful to read good, hind, dignified sense. The railroad train steams up to Donald's, on the Columbia A Greenville Kail road?in the Northwestern corner of Abbeville county. This train Is crowded wilh people, mostly younp, fair, and well-dressed, going to "the commencement." Everybody speaks of "the commencement." It is Tuesday afternoon, the eve of the big day. Donald's is a sad and gloomy-looking place; and irom the car win- , dows we sec three or four long, narrow black vehicles that look like hearses. These are the Due West hacks. We shudder, and think of our latter end. Hut there are many other vehicles in waiting?private ones?of more cheerful aspect The people pour out frorr. the train and the scene becomes gay. Our oldest grandchild is with us and she loses her new slippers bought in Greenwood. We recover the slippers after energetic and perspiring activity, and enter one of the hearses. Hefore us is another hearse laden witii the brass band for the commencement. As its horses start off, nothing moves with them nur. Mie urn iihc wiiei-m, wimu mw mm) i. to the ground, the musicians bumping and the brass Instruments clunking together. Tills is funny, and everybody kicks and shrieks with laughter. And now we sot forth into the happy land. The country is perfectly beautiful, and the crops are as smiling as heaven. Hy our side In t.bc hearse sits a distinguished looking and somewhat affected foreign gentleman, carrying portmanteau and hooks. We harbor the thought of addresslng him in German, but simultaneously a fat alumnus addresses him in good English from behind. lie turns out to be Prof, Patton of tlioSouth Carolina College, going to revisit his beloved old home and his alma mater. And furthermore he turns out to be one of the most polished and delightful gentlemen we have ever met in our travels. We thank God for thus happily enlarging our acquaintance. Wo speed by the exquisite modern villa of Mr. James Todd, which is one of the most beautiful houses we know of, and gaze with admiration over his broad and laughing plantation. A negro spire In a dell to the left tells us that we arc nearlng the modern Athens. The landscape on all sides of lis is lovely. Now we are opposite the ancient and strange looking home of Prof. Hood. Now on our left, from an upper window, we catch a glimpse of the fair faces of our honored friends, Miss May and Miss Dorklc Henry. This Is their shady old home. Now we turn into the grounds of the Female College, to drop Prof. Patton. A stately lady in blank, with silver lialr comes out to welcome him, and does It with such genuine and ciaceful cordiality that we wish wo could also stop there. It is Mrs. Prof. Kennedy. The main college building, of brick, is large, lutnherimr, imposing. The portico, with its four lofty white columns, is fine; but the cupola is an ......... SI,In hv cl.lo Willi this grout brick building, sots a vast wooden one of violent ugliness, with a spire that look like a clown's cap in a circus. This the orlginnl Associate Reformed church, which was bought by the FenialeCollcge and moved to its grounds, to be converted into dormitories, Ac. The grounds arc very pretty. In front of the main building standsAwhitc marble monument, in memory of the sainted President. Homier, the father and founder .of the institution. It is handsome, but sits too low?0 or 7 feet too low. Opposite the gates of the college, across the street in a superb grove, stands the beautiful new Associate Reformed church, designed by a Boston archichitect. It is very large, nnd of very novel and beautiful style. The homeR, as we drive along the main street, look old and respectable. Prof. Kennedy's, a vast white mansion, embowered in shrubbery and evercrcen. is very beautiful The MeGee mansion is superb. The eool of the evening is coming on, and the whole face of the earth Is covered with flying vehicles tilled with elegantly dressed young people, who have evidently found Tennyson's "lighter Iris on tlie burnished dove." Meanwhile hundreds of other people?young men nnd muidous, old men and children?are streaming In every direction. The oaks and shade trees, far and near, bailie description for their grandeur. The post-oflicc is a bee-hive: nnd watermelons adorn the fronts of nil shops. Parasols of all gay tlnls move in the evening atmosphere like tho figures of a kaleidoscope. Pink-faced, thin-legged young men, with bran new collars, congregate in vast knots upon any corner. The scene is cay, brignt and inspiring. Everybody has dropped out of the hearse but ourself and our grandchild, who Is seized witli St. Vitus dance at the sight of the watermelons. And now a pale, slender, hoyish-looking man comes to claim us as his guests. It Is our newspaper brother, John Konner, of the Asxnciatc ltr formed I'ns0}/(criaii,oi\e of the sons of the late President lionncr, who was a large, majestic, kinglylooking man. We had expected to see our newspaper brother, a large, middlo-air<Hl man. We find him a married youth, living in a cosy cot: age on lionncr Street, with a lovely yfiung blonde wife and one lovely little girl. In ten minutes we find, beyond ail doubt, that John Honnor is of the salt of the earth. , And when we bid him adieu on the platform . at Donald's, wo are more of tills opinion timn even at first. We enroll him forever In onr heart of hearts, and hope ho will put. what we say about him In his paper. And again, as in the easeol I'rof. i'atton, wn thank Goil for thus happily enlarging our acquaintance. Now, with the crime of the ears and the hearse washed oil", and onr inner man exult- i lug from all-abounding hospitality, we hc- i company Mrs. Konner to the evening performance in Lindsay Hall. Troops?battallions?vast.armies?of laugh- . ing people are pouring forth from every hospitable home. The very earth resounds with | the stop of the festive throngs. Daylight still lingers, and wo can see and Inspect the cam- i pus of noble old Krskinc College. It is a vast j grove of primeval oaks?giants and kings?in , the very heart of t he town. Upon its broad | bosom stand four great buildings, the college , proper, Lindsay Hall, Philomathean Hall and Kupheiniun Hall. There Is something ; ancient, classic drudielal. about the whole . scene. The college and Lindsay Hall, like the Feuialo College, are vast and lumbering. | but supremely respectable. Philomathean ilall lias a beautiful classic front?cream-col- i ored stucco. Kuphcmlan Hall is six-sided, imposing but not pretty. This vast campus | is niwoiiiif iv nilvo wiiii vt'li-drcKHcd human < beings of polished manners. Adjoining the i campus on the further side, and belonging to it, Ir nn endless pine grove. This great- grove ( Ik absolutely black with vehicles and horses. The threshold of Lindsay Hall Ih approached | hy two lofty tlluhts of stairs. Another lofty (light In the rear loads to the rostrum. You | feel as If you werecllmblm' up to a Scandinavian temple In Norse legends. The hall Is ] vast ond pitilessly plain. The plastered walls aro white, but unornnmented save hv rows of huge globe lamps. It has a gallery over the front doors, nnd Is said to seat 1W0 people, | while the aisles hold 500 more. The rostrum runs across the whole building, and appears < to our astonished gnzea mile high by a half mile deep. It Is in grand contrast to the puny ; rostrums of modern school buildings, t'pon it, besides dozens of comfortable arm chairs < and many long benches, stand throe pianos, which In the immensity look like small | sewing machines. The hull is well lighted, and Is rapidly fillln<r up. Grave anil rcvcrcn- < cd gentlemen and hoary nlunftil already sit ; upon the rostrum. So ilo the brass band. Our young hiothei' Homier insists upon our i also ascending this lofly height and sluing j Willi me grave ami revercneu. we iii'muuv, out of (\ sense of unworthiness, but Mrs. Hon- ( ner, with the practical mercy which so belongs to woman, explains to us that no male i creature can get n permanent seat upon the Moor of the hall, and that if we ?lo not sit < upon the rostrum we will probably sit tinwhere. Thus, advised, we quickly ascend, and are introduced to many alumni and heads ( of tribes, whose names, us usual on such occasions, we utterly fall to catch. The hand ; play a good prelude, which Is followed by prayer. Then follow a con test in declamation by Mr. W. W. Bradley and Mr, K. II. ' Henderson, anil a contest In essay rending by Mr. R. G. Bryccnnd Mr. Oliver Johnson. Our favorite?we know none of them peisonally? are Mr. Bradley and Mr. Briee. After this comes the alumni address of 1'rof. McCaslan, of the Piedmont Institute, Pickens, but. lately elected President of the Laurens Female <'ol- ] lege, This address is very tine. Inasmuch, J however, as we design writing only midsummer chit-chat about Due West and l".s pleas- ] ant places and points, we will not enlarge 1 upon the addresses of invited orators. In fact, (iod deliver us from these adresses! 1 Ever and anon the brass band plays beautifully. We know not who they are nor | whence they come, but they are excellent in j their line. ' And now It is the morn of Wednesday, the great day ; and the crowds and the scenes of ' 4U- ????*/,/! U'ltll vilfiflv lilt (liuviuun Ulljr niu IfCiniutu ...? Increased masslveness. Wo bavo attended J commencements in New York, Boston, New Haven, in Leipzig, Uottengcn and Heidel- ' berg, but we have never Keen anything to equal this. Certainly the whole of Abbeville county is here?with all 1U horses, all its ve- ' hides, and all its brave attire. Forenoon and 1 afternoon, the thirteen graduates of old Erskino for 1SS7, show what Is in them. Their 1 speeches, original, are extremely good. In literal truth they are very fine. Mr. J. P* Knox gets the first, premium, ami he deserves 1 it, but Still, in all respects, wo lileo Mr. It. Ij. (trier's effort best. "The Czar and his Empire" is worth being given to the literary J world, On this day wo make the actualu- ' ? iiiiiwiim??inujmiiiniin?? anceof President, drier, a noble, earnest, Rlftoil man?a patriot who lettn leg and a beloved brother on the bloody tlelii of Gaines' Mill. And again we thank God, ns In the ease of Patton and Bonner. Between the exercises ot the forenoon and afternoon, we have the lionor of taking; lunch with Prof. Kennedy and Mrs. Homier of the Female College. They are holding a royal plc-nlc under lordly oaks in the campus. Prof. Kennedy is a thin, intellectual, courtly man, still handsome. Mrs. Hounerls a noble, earnest woman in middle life, with an authoress-like head and face, and a manner in which dignity, cordiality and graeo arc admirably inln gled. Her life has liccii earnestly, praci.icaiiy, cHlcleiul.v devoted to the cause of education. I'rof. Kennedy having resigned the presidency ol Hie Female College, .Mrs. Bonner Is now its Principal, Willi Mr. Henry I!onticr as Its Vicel'rlncipal. We know of no other woman in south Carolina to whom we would so quickly, unqticstioningly commit a daughter or Hlster as to Mrs. lionner, of the Hue West. Female Col I lire. At tiiis charming lunch, among other distinguished people, we espy Judge MeGowan and Judge Cothrun. They are ponderous men. with great minds, great hearts and great l.!mlis. Willi coats of mail on, they might pass for Sleylriend and Wolfram in the Nlcbelungenlicd. We harbor the thought, of crossing the ring to greet these two great and good public servants, but realiy they arc so big tlicy tire us, so we remain sealed between Miss Julia Kennedy and Mr. Scldcn Kennedy, who are small and charmingly courteous. JJut the culminating point is not yet! First wc must all go to our temporary beloved .homes and wash away the grime of the forenoon ami afternoon. There! wc have clone and here we are again In Lindsay Hall, for iho piiminriieement. exercises of Hue West Female College. In (Soil's providence we are done with the Ik>3'hand with the brass band. Now we are to lmve the lovely little girls and the beloved pianos. The scene Is wonderful? magnificent- Two thousand people, It seems to us, are in the auditorium and five hundred on the stage. On the stage are all the college girls in white and vast array?with the teachers and pianos gracefully Intermingled. The thirty-two graduates, exquisitely dressed, sit apart, l-'rot'. Patton opens with prayer. Then the whole school rise and sing a good Episcopal Gloria in Excelsls. Then Mr. 3elden Kennedy reads the pretty salutatory of Miss Mamie Madden, of NViinisboro. Then comes a beautiful suite of piano pieces?pieces for one, two and three pianos?two, four, eight and twelve hands?with here and there a vocal gem. In this suite, worthy of high praise and admiration, are Miss Mamie Lindsay, Mifs Belle Neel, aud Miss Macie Hrlce. Then comes the alumna; essay, by Miss Mamie Wicklifl'e, of Anderson. President Grler reads It, while Miss Wlckllfle, nn extremely l?/\ir l 1*1*11 H nil o tn q tf n I ff 1 U luuvcouril iuvm (Jig Vi?i(i?iii.v >..v* cent black eyes, and a long white train, stands beside him. The picture is a fine one ? the strong man and the graceful girl. Then comes Mendelssohn's Hondo Cnpricclaso, in which Miss McDavid, one of the piano teachers of the college, shows clear, clean, legitimate execution and great taste, without thumping and without mannerism. This young lady plays beautifully. Miss Edwards, another of tho teachers, has a beautiful and well trained soprano voice. Both these young ladles are evidently accomplished, conscientious, honest musicians, sticking to their texts, and talcing no undue liberties with fine compositions. Then comcs another chain of tine music, in which Miss .Susie Lee plays a magnificent waltz, and plays It well. But It is vain for us to follow to its end the lone and elaborate programme. Sirength >ind space both fall us. Prof. Kennedy and Mrs. Bonner deliver diplomas to thirty-two youiig glils, who receive thein with quiet and modest.grace. They also distribute many beautiful prizes and medals. Miss Emma Perrin, daughter of Comnty Treasurer Berlin. of Abbeville, is tho valedictorian. Judge Cothran reads her finely written valedictory; aid follows it up with some parting remarks to Prof. Kennedy, bearing upon the hitter's resignation of the presidency of the Due West Female College. Thc<e remarks lire so (iiiaint. and tender, and beautiful, that they briiiir (oil's to our eyes. The two men have lived in intimacy through childhood, boyhood, mnnhood and middle age: and the speaker paraphrases "John Anderson, My Jo John" into "John Kennedy, My Jo John." lie applies it with exquisite pathos, and makes a life-long friend of the humble editor of the JMycJicld Chronicle. And thon the scene closes, and the twenty-flve hundred people who arc in I ho hull and campus, hie them to hospitable heds. And early on the morrow these same twenty-flve hundred people ?et them to their homes, far and near, by mountain and by sea, North, .South, East, West?the lovely little innidcns with the rustless parasols, the pink-faced boys with the clean collars, the fat alumni, the grave and reverend gentlemen, the elderly ladies with baskets, the preachers, the teachers, tlie editors, the publicans, the sinners, and thu wayfaring men. Our strength Is gone, our spaco Is gone, and the Augers of our right hand, together Willi onrpen point, turn up their noses a", us in derision: hut still we quit the grateful and inspiring theme with regret. Due West Is twice as large as we had expected?and twice as beautiful. We shall go back to It next mer. Poes our brother Bonner hear the dreadful threat? COKESBURIES IN MINERAL WATER. Tin* Kilffcwooil Farm's Sucoe.sN \ Cornier Citizen Comes Hume to HCNI-i lie *????<.-**- n? >v1?>.>?..> 'Mic People's Movements, Aclliics mid Iloifiys. Cokksmtiiv. July 12,1S87. Mr. H. A. McCains, of Garland, Arkansas, is visiting his relatives here. lie Cnkestmry. Ids birthplace, In lXiiU, unil in the years thai have gone In- has prospered, !?ol?isr now a I a rye Tanner anil tins head of an extensive mercantile house at Garland. Mr. McCants Is a yotini: man and his sueeess is the. necessary result ol' honesty, enterprise, and perscvoranw. ' Me Is farmim; I'H) acres in cotton this year. Mrs. K. L>. Smart and family ars at -Mrs. Aiken's. The Trustees have advertised for bids for repairing the college building, anil we hope It is not to remain longer In a dilapidated condition. There have wen no funds available or the good work would have been begun sooner. The Edgewood stock Farm, six miles below here, Mr. I.hivid Aiken, proprietor, has supplied several patties in town with excellentmilk cows this spring. Mr. Aiken mak's u specialty of {trade milkers and pure bred Kssex pigs. I'ersonsoften ask lor registered pigs, but there is no such thing as a registry >f this breed In America. This was attempted but owing to the rapidity of increase was found Impracticable. Mr. Aiken's stock was obtained from such sources as Col. l'eters, of rVtlanta, (Sa., and Joseph Harris, of New Vorlc. and their purity has been careful y guarded. Mrs. 10. C. Jones, of Newberry is visiting her father Mr. I.. 1). Connor. There will be preaching every Sabbath this month in one or other of the churches. Hci*. Dan nail on t lie tliirci in the iuctiinaist unu Itevs, Cozhy of Newberry and Soahrook of Seneca in "the Presbyterian church on tlio fourili and fifth Smulays. Mr. J. I). Mooro of Ninety-Mix was with us 5ii Nurd ay. Then* is the usual rush our mineral springs this season and the town Is full of visitors. Miss Carrie Sullivan is spending her vacation with Miss Luia McFall. Mr. Harold Sullivan, of Due NVest, is at Mr. U. Ij, Ordlornes. Miss Patrick, of Charleston, Is stopping with the Misses Hart. Dr. r. IJrooks Connor and family are In town. i Miss Mlkoll, ot St. Stephen's, is at Mr. X. JJ. i joodinan's. i Miss Carrie Aiken, of New Orleans, is at i Mr. A. M. Aiken's. i Miss Hattie Glover, of Waltcrhoro, Is on a i k-fslt to her friend Miss Mary McCJhee. Mr. s. ll. Sherard, of LSoston, Is here for his i ion 1th. Mrs. M. 15. Owens rvrul fam 11 y of Clinton, ind Mrs. W. Y. Sherard, of Laurens, are at i Mrs. McOliec's. Vni.an.i.t?u tlmiu i-I.lou nml il'fl frfclltl nar- ! fcios were numerous hist week oil moonlight Hi [Tilt*. I Miss Snllie Godbold. of Marion, has return, i 3d to spend I lie season. < Another church festival in the Hall Friday I iiiulit. < Mr. W. II. Eiuerson has gone to Anderson an business. I ('apt. Moore's now building is completed i lud he iias had several applications for It ?.l- 1 ready. I Mr. I'urkersou, of Ninety-Six, is staying at ; Mr. Graham's. . I'In* Promise ofu Splendid Eiilerlniiiment?Visitors?Education. Gukenm'OOW, s. C., July 12,1HS7. ( An entertainment for the benefit of the j 'irccuwood Male Academy will be given In < I>urst Hall on next Friday evening. A splen- < lid programme has been arranged and an en- i lovable occasion may he expected. 1 Mr. S. F. Tyhe, a stall' correspondent of the i Charleston, yews and Courier was In town yes- i Lcrday. I Miss Nannie liood, of Duo West is vlsltlt'g | Itere sister Mrs. 11.1'. Blake. I The second base ball nine of this plaoe will | play a contest game with the first nine of } Ninety-8lx on next Friday. The contcst will ] se on the field of the latter. j .HISS 1NUIUC ItUSSCII mill 1UIW nuuis , if Abbeville arc visiting the Misses Swygert. ' The annual meeting of the (ireenwood Ed- i ueational Association will be lickl in the 1 Knights of Honor hull this evening. Offic.s ( will be elected ami other important business t will be transacted. t The second nine of this placo nr.,d tl-e ] second nine of Troy will play on the dl.i- ? rnond of the former on next Tuesday. ( Miss Sarah llill who has been quite 111 16 t now convalescent. ^ Miss Anna Reynolds who hns boon with s relative in North Carolina fur two or throe l months will return to-doy. MAO. t t A lot of the American Krnlt Preserving g L'owder and Liquid just received. 'i'j cenls c uid Sl.W) si lies, by P. li. Speed. T-6 t SOME GENTLE REMINDERS. ? WHAT THE FARMERS SHOULD DO IN THE MONTH OF JULY. Tho I.nyine Ry ol' llio Crops, nml Some Isoful IlintN About Planting: the Fall Crops?Tho Winding; up of the Work l>y Social Cintlioriiigs. Southern Cutlivntnr. Tl?n rnnilf.t* of f hoco "TlioUL'htS for tllC Month" should bear in mind that they are chiefly in tlio nature of suggestions or reminders of work proper to l>o done on the farm (luring tlio current month. The "Thoughts" relate to nnrt How out of I lie discussion of those subjects. Farmers are like other men, often forgetful of duty obligation and purpose, and must be reminded. An old provcrh says there Is nothinsr new under the sun, or "words to that eflcct," and it is about as true of farming ns of other departments of life-work. The larger part of the present agricultural Hooks and periodicals?in fact'nearly every principle laid down?is but repetition. New facts are few and fur between. Agricultural teachers and writers?Including editois ?arc rarely conscious of telling anything new. What Is really new and before unknown in the agricultural world?tlie result of the researches of a year?would make only a few paragraphs in the Cultivator. "Line upon line, precept upon precept," was never more aptly quoted as a rule for guidance in teaching than in all efforts for the dissemination of agricultural knowledge. We vary the form of expression, or change the connection, we utter from a different standpoint an idea, often before presented, without making any Impression?without finding a lodgment. Hut now the Idea seems new and attractive; the wonder Is that It was never thought or before: It makes an Impression, it excites inquiry, provokes investigation; It is finally tested by practicc and Its value realised. So "wisdom runs to and and fro and knowledge Is Increased." LAYING BY. It used to be a common custom in Middle (Jcorgla and corresponding regions of other States to lay by the crops of corn and cotton before the "Glorious Fourth." Jt was the ambition of every owner or manager of a farm or plantation to have corn and cotton fields so clean that not a "basketful" of grass mightbe gathered lu a search or the entire crop. The changes in the conditions of labor and soil hrive extended the period of cultivation. we i1uvc m>i< w imguii |iiu|iui tirni ui and fresh lands in cultivation; onr soils have been largely deprived of their vegetable matter, and have acquired the habit of "running touether" and forming a hard crust after each rain. This Involves a greater necessity for the worlc of the sweep and cultivator to keep the surface loose and porous, and the actual impoverishment of the soil requires a longer time for the plant to reach that size and condition of development where culture is no longer required, or may no longer be permitted without actunl loss. In respect of cotton, while the Improved varieties are generally earlier Vn lrult development, yet the tendency Is to plow or sweep tliorugh the crops rather later than formerly. There Is no essential difference In the objects and details of cultivation in July as compared with June. Corn has generally received Its final working, which should be thoroughly well done but very shallow. We used to think that the most eirectlve hoe-work In the corn-Held was that which wast done as the final "laying by" of the crop when the straggling bunches of grass and those around grubs and stumps that had eluded the plowman so long were destroyed by the slower but surer work of the hoeman. This final hoeing?if there be time to give it?need not be row by row, but a sort of broadcasting over the field, several rows being taken by each hand at one time. The same remarks will also apply to "laying by" of cotton, both as to plowing and hoeing, the same object being had In view In both cases, the encouragmept of steady plant growth and development We utterly disapprove of the practice of "hilling up" corn either with "i""' '? lin? ft Ik nntlv ilpsnrihod hv some one as "taking the soil from where It Is needed and putting It where It Is not needed." PI.OWING IN DRY WEATHER. If there occur prolonged spells of dry weather, and I he clean condition of the crop ?the absence of grassand weeils?make It unnecessary to use plow or sweep lor their destruction, thq question will arise whether it Is a good general rule to plow a cotton-field when there has been no rain since last plowing and the field Is absolutely clean of weeds. The question will occur to any fanner of a few years' experience, and it is certainly n practical one. Some farmers believe in plowing deeper as the ground becomes dryer, claiming that deep plowing will "bring up the moisture." Now. deep plowing will "bring up the moisture," In the sense that the moist soil lies several Inches below the surface will be brought to ihe surface; but we can see no benefit or advantage In removing the soil with its contained moisture from the neighborhood of the plant roots (where it can do the most good), and bringing it to the surface to be immediately dried by the sun and wind. Our own experlenco and observation arc opposed to the practice nl plowing a field tiinf Imu micft thoroiiirhl v olowed since any rain has fallen. Jt may not result In actual harm to the growing crop, and the latter may even he benefitted, hut it is extremely doubtful If the "game he worth the candle." SOWING l'EAS?CI.OVKR. In those fields of corn which have not. received tho final plowing, we urge the sowing of'peas when that work is done. The benefit that tho soil receives from a crop of pea vines, even though scattered and thin, is substantial, real and certain. A sack of guano, or even a load of rich-looking compost, may. and sometimes does, deceive the "very eloet" among farmers, and fails to recompense for money or labor expended ; but a pea-vine has an established and undisputed reputation? the same yesterday, to day and forever. A fanner wiio has a field on which a crop of pca-vlncs lias been grown and returned to the soil possesses a guarantee of a good crop next, season that gives more confidence than the "guaranteed analysis" of the fertilizer manufacturer. As long as the pea seed hold out they should be sown 011 every acre of cornfield. If over red clover was a blessing tonnv country as a restorer mid renovator of land, tho cow pea must certainly be our great reliance to pcrlorin tho same good work in the cotton belt of the South. Clover wl ll do very well In the lime or clay soils north of 31 delrrhes, and In some Instances it may succeed further south. Hut.evi.n under tho most favoruldc circumstances and in the cotton region, a field that may be relied on to yield a good crop of red clover will rarely lie seeded to clover, because such conditions of soil and preparation and manuring a3 woulu result In a good clover crop would yield a good crop of corn, cotton, wheat, or anything else, uur conditions In thn extreme South demand as n soil renovntor a plant tluit is more thoroughly at home than clover?one that needs no special soil, prepahitlon or manuring, but will urow where anything else will grow, and nourish where other crops would fail. This wc have in the cow pea, whose adaptation to poor soils and hard treatment has originated the sayinjr?applied to very poor land?"too poor to sprout peas." If evor our land Is to bo brought into a high state of cultivation and rich productiveness?a condition even bettor than that of our very best virgin acres ? It must be done by a system of renovating crops, grass culture and stock husbandry. I t is the iifitwal mnthod of soil-making modified and Intensified by the art of man, and is the basis of nil extensive and permanent Improvement in agriculture. LATE SUMMKR CROPS. In addition to peas there are a few other urops whose planting may still continue, success being dependent more upon seasons. It should be remembered that late-planted crops require rich soil and deep preparation. Fornge crops of corn, millet, sorghum, etc., may still be made, but will not amount to much without good ground, good preparation and reasonable seasons. If such plantings be made and the plants started oft' In July, the . Vligusl ruins ure frequently suMlolcnt to mninre line yields. We have had line success with cat-till 1 millet sown even so late as August 1st. The best potatoes for keeping, as well as for planting next spring are. made from vines sot out In well-plowed, good soil " -i.a.ii tlm nmnth <if Inlv thrive nhmfpil WI1UUSIMMH ,, , _ early in the month ol'len making as large tubers as may be desired, and the later, sufllrlently large Tor ordinary use and for seed. There is no doubt of the fact that the later plantings produce better keepers, and they ire much cheaper, as they make with much less labor. Plantings of cuttings on wheat, jarley or rye lots are almost certain of a good y-leld of smooth, fair-sized potatoes at very small expense of labor. Very late plantings ihotild be in closer rows and the bods not thrown up so high. july iiinnkks, etc. The social gatherings of farmers at the close >f the active work of cultivating the cotton ind corn, that arc still practiced in some ounties in Georgia, are remains and reminders of the customs of the good old times "before the war." In those days the promised July dinnor," when the crops shall Imvc )cpii laid by clean, was an incentive to clicerful, hearty effort, and the realization of its Measures of eating and drinking tlie honest. :iome-grown beef and mutton, pig and poultry, etc., and the social communion of neighbors. was a pleasant spot In the history of the iumnior. The old plantation dinner was realy given more in the interest and for the enoymentofthe slaves, and the participation >f the "white-folks" was rather incldenlal. i'hc more modern agricultural club dinner Is ;aking the place of the former, and has rapidy become very popular. Even in the absence >f a regular organization it is well for the leitihbors for miles around, throughout each lettlement, to hold these mid-summer picnics. Jut there ought to be a regularly organized lnh in nvorv neighborhood, and these social I iinner-catlngs should be a feature of the regilar monthly programme the year round, riie women folks should have an interest in 1 luch things. There's nothing so well catenated to draw out the men and induce them 1 ,o attend the meetings of an agricultural club han the presence of the ladies and something rood to eat. The segregated or "living apart" 'onditinn of farmers is a great drawback to heir social, moral and Intellectual progress . nn<l especially to tholr advancement In agriculture: and any means, harmless In Itself, that, will bring farmers together ofiener can* nBt but conduce to the development, progress and prosperity of our Interests. Therefore these old-time gatherings should be retained, * systematized and regulated a* part of our agricultural economy. Much gatherings will readily develop Into monthly fairs during summer and fall, and prove great lecders and < supporters of larger gatherings and exposi IIIIIIS. FA I, I, CROPS. It Is not too early to commence to plan and prcpuro for planting the full crops, and even to plant some of them. The last week In July and the first, week in August coyer the hottest mid perhaps ilryest periul of the summer. August 1st being ahout the turning point in the breaking up of the heated term. Although the days continue prctly hot, yet they have been shortening since the twentieth of June, and the aggregate heat Is less and the moisture greater. Rutabag is should be sown between the 20th of July and tho 10th of An- > gust, accord in sj to latllttde, on none but well meoared. rich or hlffhly fertilized soil. Don't r throw away time tind seed on poor, cloddy, n badly-prepared land. lletter wait later, put in better condition and plant In rough leaf t varieties. As Intimated last month, we are not much Impressed with the turnip as a i stock food crop in the South. Their value for sheep foldlngandcattle-feedlng Isoneof those I Kngiish traditions that have been transplant- i cd to this country?with other English Ideas and practices, but without much results In t the way of realization. The climate of the South?the very peculiarity that eminently l distinguishes it as a cotton country? makes i the turnip crop too uncertain to be extensive- i ly relied on. The climate of England Is very l different. Occasionally a crop of turnip# makes n great hit, and we can understand r what a God-send such a vegetable must be to t filch a country as England, where sweet potatoes, peanuts, chufas, Indian corn, cotton and i what not can only be grown as hot-house cu- t rloslilcs. ? m ? ? ROADS ABOUT HONEA PATH. * The Temperance Cause and Good I'reneliinsr ? Teachers ? Doctors--- , Rending; Clubs? Personal Matters. IIokka Path. S. C? July 11,1S87. Last Monday afternoon Mrs. Joel Kay, who is partially blind, stepped off the piazza and fractured her shoulder blade. We hear that she Ik Improving. Rev. A. C. stepp preached a temperance sermon yesterday in the Baptist rhurcli. It was splendid sermon. After the sermon he asked all who would use their best efforts to remove strong drink from our country ar.d to promote the cause of Christ to rise. About three-fourths of the congregation rose. The Temperance' cause in onr county Is gaining strength every day. We may not be able to get. prohibition In our county this year, but it will come; it is only a question of time. Air. M. Erwln gave a picnic at. his mills last Saturday, to which only ft few were invited. Mr. and Mrs. C. Parker, Messrs. J. F. Shirley and T. H. Brock attended from this place. They report a good time. Miss Annie Moffett, of Tenrnnessee, and Miss Jessie Betliea are visiting the family of Mr. M. Erwln. > Miss Lena Campbell, of Belton, Is visiting Mr. Camak's family. Mr. Fletcher Townsend and daughter, of Cokesbury, are visiting friends and relatives in town. Miss Mamie Robinson, of Annie, S. C., returned home last Saturday after a week's visit to her uncle, Dr. M. C. Parker. The health of this community Is very pood at present. A few cases of sickness are reported. Our town can boast of three as good physicians as any town on the Columbia & ureen- . ville Railroad: Drs. Parker, Shirley and Cheshire. Each one gets his share of practice. The Gentsville Reading Circle will give a dime reading at Broadmouth church next Friday evening. Admission 10 cents. Everybody should go. as the exercises will be very entertaining. For refinement, culture and genuine religion, the Gentsvlllo community j can't he beat. Miss Lizzie Brock, Miss Fannie Watkins, ' Miss Mlttie Henderson, and Messrs. J. B. j Watklnsand H. H. Watkins are oft' this week 1 to the Touchers' Institute, which meets at Williamston, S. C. Messrs. C. E. Harper and J. B. Kay have the finest cotton we have seen this season. * Mr. J. L. Brock Is building a barn and sta- J ble to replace those burned some time ago. Mr. J. B. Watkins has been unanimously i re-elected as teacher of the Honea Path High School for the next year. This is a very high , compliment to Mr. Watkins. This Is his fourth year with us. Ho Is a fine teacher and gives general satlsfuction. _ ? Messrs. W. A. Shirley, M. I. Brock and W. > F. Clinkscalcsare off this week on a fishing excursion. c Several of our citizens will attend the base f ball at Omen wood the 20th instant. f Miss Zula Brock, of Due West, is on a visit to her grandmother Mrs. A. E. Brock. f Mr. W. G. Smith, of our town, will start on ' a prospecting tour through Tennessee next week. CALL A. : A GOOD DEAL IN THE GRAND JURY PREMENT AFTER ALL. ? lie Who Is to Obey the Lnw Ought to Have- the Means of Knowing what It Is. TFtrtn.t&oro News and Herald. Mr. G. A. Donglafe*, foreman of the grand Jury of Abbeville county, publishes a letter 1 in in<! last issue 01 me Jivuutm explaining me j ivcent extraordinary presentment of the c body of Whlfh he Is tlio official head. Assuming to speak for the grand Jury as such he says: "In reply to your comments on our last, presentment, we, the grand jury, have this to n :ay: You state that much of the presentment Is i hosed oti a misapprehension of the law. This is the truth, though you must have unintentionally stated It, as you say a little further on, that the law is not so abstruse. Now. j what we recommend Is that the'lows be so amended, and that future laws be so constructed that they will be not only apprehen- ' sible but comprehensible to all men." f] Now on principles of strict construction he doubtless sets the Legislature an impossible J task. Interpreting his suggestion literally, he might with as much reason ask that body to do the same thing for the Orytmoa of l!acon or the poetry of slialteapeare. But when it is considered charitably there Is a good deal in the recommendation. The laws of this State consist of the General Statutes, including the Code of Civil Pro- ^ cedure and the great body of the cjcmmon law which is evidenced by judicial decisions. This "common law," as it is called, Is not unsettled and eliafttlc as those who know nothing alient it, charge. All lawyers are entirely at agreement as to Its leading principles. Courts are troubled with It more nowa-days than with the construction of statutes. Hut there is tills serious difficulty which grows dally greater and greater. This law Is scattered through hundreds of volumes. It is inaccessible to the people. If there he one heliest of Justice, however, which is plainer ! aj|\ai?o M le tliiu* tliof ho who io fn I obey a Inw ought to have the means of knowing i what it i.i. *' ?' This is the chlcf argument of thd advocates of cod mention, and wo think it is unanswerable. To the masses the law Is now a sealed t book. Itoughtto be opened. It is not enough q to reply that the masses would know no more If it were embodied in a Code. Suffice it to say that all would then have the opportunity * of knowing. 8 This question of codification is now agitating the legal profession, as well as other Intel- s llgent thinkers throughout the United States, s It must sooner or later como up here. It D seems to us that this is an opportune time in ; which to tackle It. We are free to say in the n most unreserved terms that we are In favor of r it. The people of Georgia have trlod It, and they like it. For more than twenty years they liavc lived under a Code nud nothing could now induce them to abolish it. Why should we not prollt by their experience? BRIEFLETS FROM BRADLEY. ? Visiting liUdiPN ami Oeiitleineu?Per- 1 sonal Items of VurlotiM Kinds. IhtADMSY, S. C., July 11,1S87. n Mrs. Dr. Smith, oi Ridge Spring, is visiting n her sister, Mrs. J. R. Canvlle, near Rradley. Miss Klin Smith, of Ridge Spring. Is visiting 1( Mrs. A. G. Youngblood. IK Mr. James T. Ilacon. of Edgefield, was the guest of Mr. A. G. Younpblood last week. The Rradley Social Club will give a grand hop on Thursday, 14th instant. Grand time anticipated. rarniers nave ucen uiessuu wiiu goou rains. We predict a bountiful harvest. Mr. John Illcho and daughter of Augusta, Ga., are visiting Mrs. McCrery, near Bradley. Mr. J. U. Bonner, of Due West, was In town ( last week. v Messrs. Thos. Chiles and Llvey Watson are at home on a short vacation. f Mrs. Jas. H. Widenian nnd Mrs. J. L. Wide- V man are visiting relatives In Greenville. Mr. F. s. Baldwin, representing Marquese & f Viirncy, Boston, Miuss., was in town last week. V Mr. J. S. Chip ley, of the Greenwood Tribune, was in town last week. Prof. Hovey Z. Cook, of Greenville, was In towu Monday. MOKE ANON. MARTIN'8 MILLS. New Water Whecls-Xcw Machinery-Prepared to Do Splendid M'orU. ^ Editor Press and Banner: Please state In this week's issue of your paper that the work 011 Martin's Mill will bo H completed this week, and that I will be pre- af pared to make .good Hour and run night and p| iiay. Very truly, jo J. H. 1I0LC0MB. a? ?? A fow pieces of white Inee curtain goods 1 hut will be koIU at New York coat. W. E. Bell. 7-13 . THE SE7EMILLED CITY." fOTES IN AND ABOUT THE INFANT ? TRADE CENTRE. Growing Crops* of Cotton and Corn? Tlie Fonrtli ? The Public School Term Lonirer Than I.ant Year? RallronU Schedule* that are Changed a* Often aw Our Laws? Llxhtnlnc that Didn't Kill a Mole Tlie Deadly Shot Oun ? Novel Way of Raiainir Money for Chareb Purposes. liOWNDESvir.LE, S. 0., July II, 18S7. During the last week wo lmvo had several rory wetting rains. Corn and cotton nre now growing too apl<l ly. Heard one plnntr say that lift was ifrald his corn would "shoot" itself to death. A short drought would now seriously injure he crops. The illustrious fourth was not celebrated icre, not even by a big family dinner. Mr. S. S. Baker, Jr., doing business with Lf..uora T T ltnlsar A. I Vv ul Amlunii.n ? C> s now Ht. home, oil a short furlough. Sir. J. 11. Franks dosed his school a week or wo ago for the summer vacation. All of the public schools are about closed. Niey were kept open for five months, one north longer than tor several years, owing o two causes, a reduction in salaries and a arger appropriation. Last week our town marshal with twenty Mid hands put In a day upou our streets, cut* ing the weeds, grass, AcMiss Mai. tie Haker, of the Wllliamston Fenale College, Is now at home spending vacaion. " . ' " L Messrs. Meredith, Thomas and Alfred Bowmi, born and raised near here, but now of MIsilssipni, are here visiting relatives and Violins. It has been thirty-seven years since Meredith loft here. Another change In schedules uponSavaninh Valley Railroad. The trains now lla >ver at McCnrmick Instead of Anderson C. [I. The authorities tlnd it necessary 10 :hange the schedule upon this road so often hat it Is almost as troublesome to keep up ,vlth It. as It is to keep up with the laws of >ur State. Last Wednesday the Rev. P. B. Jackson and amliv came up from Abbeville to assist Rev. ?V. H.Martin In a several days meeting In this >lace. The meeting began Thursday mornng and has continued to date. There have >een large nnd attentive congregation*, irother Jackson by his Zealand pure plain fospol utterances is doing a good work. Mince ic came here he has drawn around him a host )f friends. He has preached a series of sernons to which none could object, but which ill have highly commended. A young colored man living on Mr. B. Bolln vllen's place went hunting last Thursday. When he came back he pushed his gun under - lie stoie room, and when he went to withIrnw It the hammer caught upon something md the contents of the gun were discharged nto his bowels, which caused bis death In a ew minutes. a jury was nt once tmpaneiioa vhoso verdict wns accidentally shot by hltnlelf. Willis Heard, colored, bad one of his boys slowing a mule last week, and while he was itopped fixing the linme string, a flash of lgntnlng struck a tree near by, which knockid the boy and mule both down. The mule toon jumped up and ran off. The boy was onger recovering. It seems to require some:hing more than a third claws flash of light* ling to 8top the locomotion of a darkey and a nuiet long at a time. That the times are hard none can deny, ["hat money is scarce we all feel to our sorrow, >ut if we were nil pogsewed of the grit of one U our young men we might suap our Angers it the times. The other day on his way to shurch he suddenly discovered that he had lot a-cent, for his accustomed contribution. Se stated Ills dilemma to his accompanying rleod, who offered him a nickle to. stand on,lis head. He said done, and at once pulled iff his cont, rolled up his sleeves, and pnt Jiis icels where his head ough^Jo bp,?received lis pay, went on his way rejoicing to the shurch, and triumphantly dropped nls earnngs into the hat as It was passed round. TROUPE. . Plain DeOrgandlcs In blue, eream, pink, ind lilac, at 12^ cents, worth 16% cents. W. 3. Bell. 7-13 DeBrunxellssultlrg In blue and cream, nt 2]4 cents, worth 20 and 25 cents. W. E. Bell. Ladies black and colored Jerseys at cost. V. E. Bell. 7-13 Bluck satin parasols trimmed with black Spanish luce, at cost. Something handsome. , ,V. E. Bell. 7-13 I oftcr other special bargains for the month >f July. I heveasmall lot of goods left over rom my June sale that will be sold at sacrlIcc. W. K. Bell. 7-13 You can secure good bnrgrlns at Wm. E. InlPis thlo mnnfli fiIvn hfvri o nnl) on/I v/\n vlli save money. W. E. Bell. 7-13 Eggs for Sale. From imported brown leghorns. 5 )?. per 13 until August 20th. and then 1.00 per 13. T. W. COOGLER. June 29.1887, tf J7M. MATTHEW^ rTAVIXG DECIDED to OPEN ft SHOP at I I GRIOENNVOOD for it few months, now iffers Ills services In the way of repairing COTTON GINS ind other machinery. Parties desiring work done should send In heir machines early. Correspondence solicited. Address till 15th July kirksey's, s. C Uter that time greenwood, s. C. J 111 J D, lOCW, OL fhe Stale if Sootb Carolina, County of Abbeville. ~ COURT OF PROBATE. Vllllam R. Rlchey, as Administrators of the estate of Andrew Yates, deceased, Plaintiff, against William Yates, Defendant. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not ttrved.) 'o the Defendant William Yates : You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND e<iuired to answer the complaint in this aclon, which is filed in the office of the Probate tourt, for the said County, and to serve a copy fyour answer to the said complaint on the ubscriber at his office, at Laurens C. H., louth Carolina, within twenty days after the ervicc hereof, exclusive of the day of such ervice; and If you fall to answer the comlalnt within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff n this action will apply to the Court for the dlcf demanded in the complaint Dated June 20lh, A. D. 1S87. J. T. JOHNSON, Plaintiffs Attorney. | J. Fuller Lyon, Judge Probate Court. o the Defendant William Yates: You will please take notice that the sumions and complaint In the above stAted case 'ere filed in the office of-the Probate Court >r Abbeville County. South Carolina, on the )th day of June, lite". J. T. JOHNSON, Plaintiff's Attorney. July c, 1SS7, ?t For Sale. "\NE 8 HORSE POWER ENGINE ON J wheels, In good running order. )NE 60 SAW EAGLE GIN, with FEEDER and CONDENSER. As good as new. \NE PAIR JONES 3-TON WAGON / SCALES. New. W. M. GRIER, Executor. Apply to -1NO. M. COCHRANE. June 32,1887, tf The Troy Hotel Charter. j Maj. M. O. Zeif/ler, Esq., Clerk Court Abbeville county, 8. C.: Dkar Sir?We, the trustees of the TKOY OTEL, hereby Rive notice tlmt thirty days tor (lute we will make application to the eik oi Court for a charter to Incorporates hit slock company, which shall be kuowu the TltOY HOTEL CO. K. W. LITES, J. F. WJDKMAN, W. T. BRADLEY. iuue 15,1867, 4t