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i The Press and Banner Wednesday, August 3, 1887. The Itxlus. We have had much rain every day for ai week. Xearl. all of our streams have boon! out of their bank*, ami il is estimated that i more or less damage has boon done. The I crops oh some of the bottom-: oti Rocky IMv-j er are r--ported ruined, while the repoits from other sections alon,; the same river are not di<C'?ur;i!iiu'Z. The river at Calhoun's Mills was high Indeed, ?rrl reports are to the eflVct that it was well-ni?ii up to the bridge. Our correspondents tjive statements as to th" condition of affiles In their respective neighborhoods. The crops on Long Cane are said to he iu-i jnred In some instances to twonty-flve per cent, or more, and In other oases tiic loss is less. The loss on Hard Labor is thought will not! bo serious. The farmers now report that immensequan- j titles of the cotton crop is heini "thrown oft'." and that the mi-Idles of the rows in many iu?tnnces uiv eover-d with "shapes." Individually, the J'rena nndBaiuwr has not lost faith in the prospects for excellent crops. r ? i I'nupor* and I'riMonern. Mr. L. A. Kalmey Is the successful bidder for th'- keep ot the Inmates 'if the poor house. His bid was Sl."ia month for each. This lo eludes rations, clothes, doctor's bills, nursing when sick, and burialexpenees. Ch?ipenough indeed, when It it is remembered that we pay more th'in double that price for the board <>: persons charged with crime. If the County Commis>ioners m ?v lawfully lot out the keeping of our respectable poor people to the lowest biider, why may they not. let out thej keeping oi criminals nnd persons chargeo with crime? Is there any reason why the taxpayers of the county should pay twice a> much for the comfort of negro criminals as we nay for the comfort of the poor of our own race? If any man can give a good reusou for il, let him speak. Iron and Water. Major John Alexander, who is perhaps the ? best mechanic in Sout h Carolina, and whose name has been familiar to the readers of the j rj?...... ir.r nuipa fhnti n onarterof ;i iTrsj (IffW Zillll'ici ??. ....... ... . century was anions: the distinguished representatives to the (iraud Divlsing of Sons of Temperance which met In Abbeville last week. He and Mr. C. M. Douglass, delegatefrom Columbia Division, honored the Jl'taa and Banner with a call during their stuy. We hope these gentlemen mny eome often anil stay longer. They are earnest workers in a grand cause. The tVillliunMloii Female College. Rev. Dr. Lander, President of the Williamston Female College was one of the delegate.* to the orand Division of Sons of Temperance who honored the Pres.*and Banner by a call at the editorial office. The Doctor Is President of a most excellent Female College, from which many of Abhevilie's best and oreltiest young Indies have been graduated. The new session will open on September 12, 18S7, and this institution isa favorite with many of our people. The Doctor is a distinguished educator. X?'? IlnrnrNW, Brlilksand Saddles. The harness shop of J. S. Hammond it Co.. Is full of new goods o! every description in their line. They have hoine-made goods of the best quality, and store-bought goodsof the cheaper nnd better grades, to suit customers. This shop Is a public good, and should b'pat roniz-d hy the people from every secilon. This shop offers a eood market for t>in-ba>k? $5.00 a cord?and liberal prices are paid for dry an I 'rreen hides, or If pr.if *r red, tiny will tan hides lor customers nt fair charges. Honored Guests. Our people were delighted last week to en tert;iln, Mr. John L. Young and his beautiful daughter Miss Snsan Young, who came as delegates from the Union Division to the Grand Division of Sons of Temperance, which met In the Court House last Wednes Hay nlsnt. All who mei. luuieumu uiuiSmvi were charmed. Mr. Young was entertained at the Central H ?u?e, and Miss Young whs the guest of the Misses Chalmers. Hons of Temperance. The annual report of the Grand Worthy Patriarch is in type, but th"> publication of it nnd other matters is necessarily delayed for want of space. We will likely print a fourpage supplement next week lu order to clear our galleys. Remember. Mr. James Cltnkscales and Mr. J. L. Lewioffer special premiums for the best mule or horse colt from their respective aulmals. A cyclone passed over the upper edge o this county I>i?t Friday, which went with fearful velocity, and Air the fortunate eircuin^tance that it struck few houses, did bill liMle datnaue. The ftw end Manner is In f>irm? d thct some Idea may be had of its ter rifle force from me iaei iiiul me u?-cj? \> the forests in 1track were entirely leveled, the crops were carried away, la some instance* lenvinsr only stubs of the innln stein to show where the cotton stood. In some places the plowed soil was carried away from the tlelils to the depth of f iur Inches. A rock of some three or four feet. In length and of like thickness was carried from a field. A loe, two feet In diameter and fl'ty feet Ions, was curried several hundred yards. A fence rail on one farm was driven In the ground several f?-et A lone po^e was c,iught in the storm and carried with such force that when Jl -? *? <1. ? !*/? on?l u?nu /Iriuan CI V ii mjijuk 111^ HH.UIIU UIU VIIU 7T,.o U...VX ?... feet into the earth. The eyclorif passed near the town of Honea Path, and misled Captain Madison's home about two hundred yards, crossing the river at Ware's shoal. Tlie cyclone was accompanied by sounds whleh seemed like the rockblasts on the railroad. Mrs. Ki.iza Aiken Woodward. sister of the late Hon. P. Wyatt Aiken and Mr. A. M. Aiken of Cokesbnry, died last Tuesday morn Ing July ?f>th, at four o'clock, In her 73rd year, from general debility. Her remains were Interred in the Presbyterian churchyard at Winnsboro' on Wednesday evening at six o'clock. She died at Mr. A. M. Aiken's where she had lived for years Mr. A. M Aiken, Miss Csirrle AI ken and Mr. Wyatt Aiken accompanied the remains to Winnsboro'. We had two notable meetings In Abbeville last Wednesdav?the Abbeville Plstriet Bible Society, and the Grand Division of Sons ol Tetnp< ranee. Rev. Pr. Grler presided over the Bible Society meeting and Mr. C. E. R. Drayton over the Grand Division. The delegate* to both meetings were entertained by our people at their houses, and the occasion was one of pleasure and profit to the cause of Bibles and Temperance. Prof. J. B. Watkins and Mr. M. B. Punlap. two handsome bachelors of Honea Pith, called upon us last week. They were repre sentatives to the Grand PI vision Sons of Temperance of South Carolina. Two more praeti cai. wtrKiiisr i,iiinu<iMifiii: leiiiptriuuw; mt-u would be hard to find. L. W. Smith, Esq , formerly a mo?t popular cttlz'-n of tills p'ace. hut now a member of the Atlanta liar, Is on a visit, to his old home. The olt v of Atlanta does nut contain a hotter heart, nor a better head than that of L. Wardlaw Smith. CtiAttt.ns E. It. T>rarton, Worthy Oranil Patriarch of ih<> Sons of Tempernnee In South Carolina, called at the />< < ? and Humxpt otttcc during the n-eont meeting of the Grand Division. We publish his speech in another column. Mr. S. A. Visaxska is at home again from Charleston, where lie has been in the drop bnslne?s since hi- left Abhevi!l??. He will rest awmie ?"U in'Mi eo 10 rnuaueipma, in inrJIht pursue the study of compounding medicines. colonel H. T. Wakhlaw has received his commission trial Ju-tice, and has been regularly Installed Into office Hlsnlnceol busl ness Is nt the old stand, where Judge Thomson, deceased, once did business. Sheriff PuPrk ha* n young vineyard of the most d*>lishtfut grapes of wMeh we have a*ty knowledge. His vineyard is Just beginning lo hear, and he think" he has two hundred bushels now on his vines. Mr. Henry Hammond of Laurens, Is In town on a visit to relatives and friends in ab b<*vllle. He 1* a worthy member of an honored family of pood people In this county. Messrs. A. M. Hill & Sons offer the free usoofthplr livrv stable lot to those wtio may wish to use it In connection with the exhibition of their colts on next Hale Day. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sherard of Ander son county wer? in town last week. Mr. Sherard called at our office, where a kindly welcome always awaits him. Mr (Skorck Stiili.ito says if the man who took Ills mlvor spoon from his shop will return H, ho will a?k no questions and make no further nilo about II. The mule co'l? are nxpocted at tlift Coll Show at AMtovllle on Sain Day in September. BHor your colt, and contribute to the success of l he show. Tom Wilson, colored, wa? carried fo jail yesferdav evenlnc tiy revenue officer Williams. Charge, belllnsi liquor without license. .MISS mis'HAX. 01 .Miifiyoix, is on h visit to Mrs. G. H Moore, of Abbeville Mr. Pjnkertos, of Macon. Georgia, Is on a visit to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Holcotnb. This Judges of the Colt Show on Sale Day in September are to be appointed. Go to Hammond & Co. and get a bargain in harness and whips All Roods fresh. Just received. Harness mtwle to order at short notice. Repairing done In the best style. tf J. S. Hammond <fc (.'o. will exchange harness with yon, taking your old harness in part pny for new ones. tt J. S. Hamm'ind & Co. will give yon bargains in turn's and shoes?hand-sewed, nailed mid pegged. Prices to salt the times. Repairing done cheap and good. Good, solid stock always on band. tf , / M CHICASAW'S SPARKLING RILL j TELESCOPIC VIEWS AS SEEN FROM THE J' BANKS OF THE MEANDERING STREAM. A Thoimaml and One Personal Xollces ; ? Hiblot Tor tlio Heathen?I,ee- i tare* for <'hrlstiniis---Soiies anil ! j PraUo?A N?fe Journey Over the ! c IUver?Temperance, ete. IH'e West, August 1, 1887. Now is the time to sow turnips. Miss Lillle MHford. <?f Ambrson county, Is * visiting Mr. H. B. McC?c"'s family. Mr. \V. C. shorn rd, of M-iUat tsville, lins been sovoral days at Mrs. II. D. Nance's, with his ^ 'amilv. M-iJ. Nance hail a chicken supper Inst week -or at le.'.sta mink killer! cipht for him. The Associate Reformed Presbyterian pnl- 1 pit was occupied yesterdav morning hy Rev. J Dr. Grler, and in tlie evening by Rev. Dr. F Laliian. . 1). 11 Manill, F,<q., of Hodges, passed . through here last Thursday, to attend court . at Trial Justice Robinson's otllce. L Mrs. Hannah Hemphill is visiting in town. " Her many friends are pleased to see her in her old home once more. Three of our young men witnessed a game of baseball last Thursday between the Donnaidsvllle an i Lick skillet clubs, which was won hy the Donnaldsvillc boys. ' Some of our people were treated to some v old-fashioned singing last week?the perform- ' ers being ol' the colored persuasion. Mr. Wm. Alewine andf imi:y are enjoying , tlie mountain breezes of Sptrlniihurg county A numher of our old soldiers are anxious to have a reunion of the iffth S. C. V. Miss Lizzie Nance HUH n>:r nrnuiw .Jilllit;.- were 111 Willianston Inst week. Mrs. Jane Young ha6 returned from Winns- c horn, whence she went at the time of Rev. Mr. Chalmer's death. ?' It Is Intended to have a moonlight picnic ' Wednesday evening of this week. The weather will have to change if there bo any " moonlight at that time. Our housekeeper*! are delighted at having 1 sweet potatoes to|eat. Custards and pies are all the go now. . Mrs. J. F. Calhoun has returned lrom Moil- ' terey, and Misses Fannie and Susie are now ^ rusticating in that nelghhorho**^. Miss Anna IJelle Miller has left for French " fy-oad Valley, near Hendersouvllie, N. C., to tfach a ten month's school. j Kev. II. C. Fennel will assist at the meeting J at (jreenville church, Kev. Mr. PearsonV ' charge, whirl) begins next Saturday. Misse? Carrie and Mamie Sullivan are visit- . ing at Dr. cannon's and other friends near J Williamsion. Miss Mary White Pearson has been up In Xnclcrsoil county, souip i wo or uiree wccka ">ho will return t ills week. f The much needed work In our streets Is , about to he begun. Melons eo readily and abundantly on our <tre?-ts at half a cent per pound. r A prayer meeting has been organized at the Baptist church and the first meeting vcsler- * ?|ny was very earnest and well attended. Messrs. A. C. Clinkscnies and Walter K. f Kills will leave soon for the West. The foriner for Colorado and New Mexico?the iHtter ror Kansas and Nebraska. They will repre , <ent first cla*s Manufacturing establishments ' and we wish them success. . IJili McMurrav says its going to rain fortj days and forty nights at the end of this s nrigiit star will appear and "whosoever look , ?:th upon it shall be saved." 1 Mr. Matt I.anest>>n passed through town Saturday night on his way to see ''the old 1 woman." He. savs he has the finest crops "in * the valley" and has actually and really sonr >f Ills corn eathered, sholli-d and sacked with v him. Verily In the language cf the Medium ' "Matt is a daisy." Prof. J. T. Bighani nnd family leave this , week for Gastonia. X. C., where he will re- ' open his high school next Monday. ' The heavy rains have not damaged crops to . mv great extent in our vleinltv. 1 The farming community seems happlei , than of a week ago. A llttlo disposed to ' crumble yet though?"too wel" Is the phrase ' no w. The regular monthly meeting of the Due , West Missionary Society will bo held Thnrs- ! day evening. The exereNes will be pleasant <n<l interesting, and ihe Society desire a full attendance, even ot those not connected with , it. ! Prof. Wm. Hood keeps an account of the ' rainfall every month. And we learn thai since last Thursday evening, up to Monday morning the rainfall at this place was 5.M , inches. A son was born to Mr. J. W. Pratt last week Our citizens have acted wisely and well in Meaning up their premises. The sanitary condition of the town is excellent. However. ; the Board ot Health nor the council will not 1 relax'heir elfiirts In this direction. Another , visit will soon be made. Some were disappointed at not getting to ' Hie reunion of Orr's regiment, caused hy no1 having due and timely notice, and a misprint N of the date. f We understand that there Is n good deal o r business tielng done by Esq. Robinson of late. ' r.io iimch liiw will do no one irood Better arbitrate, friends. If there is any news in this section our friends are exceedingly reticent i?bout com- l mimical Ing it. Wc will be thankful for any item they may see 111 to give us. Dr. K. H. Edwards has gone to Chester county toteach twnor three classes In vocal music. His reputation jis a ftr>t cla?s teachei is well known, and we would be glad to see iiiis talent developed in every community. > <Jood church music is very essential to the welfare of every congregation. It Is expected :he Doctor will organize a class here on his ettmi. Mr. John R. Kay, of whose Illness we spok* in our last, died -it the residence of Mr. T. 1. iladdon last Wednesday. lie was about -to , years o'd?was a Ma??u and a member of th<'Jnptlst church ami was buried- on Thursday t Little River by a large number of his many friends. He had been in declining heilth foi ' i number of months nnd passed peacefully J and quietly "through the valley of the shauow of death." The colored Methodists lmd a Sabbath J school celebration last Friday. Mr. K. S. (Jnlloway gave them by special invitation, a capital speech, ile spoke to them on the subJect of a "Free Education," aud showed them . very plainly and forclb'y that an education ' of the tnind was incomplete, without the editcation of the heart. The address was highly appreciated, as attested by the congregation in a tangible manner. . Now that the temperance question is agltat- 5 in? our sister counties. Anderson and Laurens, we present the following for the consider- . ntlon of those who are opposed to prohlbli|t>n: Once there was lying by the side of the . ditch u pig. On the other side lay a nmn , I-" l.Am..? .?.a H I'll n lr Tliu |ilsr bad a ring in hi" nose, the man had a rim , >m his /Inner. Some one passing exclaimed. . -o that tiie piR heard it, "One Is Judged from , the company he keeps." Instantly, the pie rose and went away. , MOUNT CARMEL'S BUSY SUMMIT. r v The Kain Fall antl River Rise?The Oops nn?l the People New j Houses, etc. ,1 >l r. C'AltMEL, S?. C., August 1, 1887. :l It has heen ruining since 17th, and Is still n rainin*; this 30tl> July. Great fear Is entertained for t he crops on bottom lands. h The rivers are hkh and still rising. Little v River is this A. M , running through the mil I yard at Calhoun'6 Mill. ri How prone ts man t" grumble. never sails- o 'led; too much rain or not enough. How I many of us with thankful and devout hearts k have lifted them up in unit 11 tide to Him who I sends the ram and sunshine. Alas how few; v iikI yet we wonder thai He does not send the sunshine and rain to suit us exactly! Re- r member when you grumble at the dispen?a- li tions of providence that God often sends v rouble and adversity upon u? to teach us humility and our entire dependence upon Him (i ? to I earn us to bo thankful, and to ask hum c b!y for temporal gifts as well as spiritual " blessings. ti ML Carmel has more pretty youns? ladles I than any place of Its size in the up-country. e Mt Carmel Is dull since the closing of the v school. c Plenty of ladles?but few young men?guess v we will have to Import a few! r Capt. I). H. Cade Is building a handsome t cottage of six rooms. f Mr. Jno. K. Tarnnt Is hauling lumber on bis lot, and 'tis said Johnny is uoine to have a a beautiful cottage. Ask him if it is for reul. ue will tell you. a Mrs. Sturkey of McCormlctt with her two ? lovely children are visiting her father's fami- e ly. The Town Council are doing some good Messrs. Haker A Paschal are preparing for a brickyard. We wish them success In this i?oeii??tl enterprise. Drummers ssiilintr around like busy bees? _ each one representing the best house. , The youm people prepared for a party last . evening, hut were much disappointed by the (j "fa'llnir of th?* rain." t \V. 11. Powell has removed his iee house, It (| l< supplying our people with tills luxury. , Ca|>t. I>. R. Cade has a new planing ma- ? hine and is now readv to saw and plane tlllfiher fit ilmrt " We notIce tlie reduction or equalization of railroad freights?this i< ju?t. and p'oper: let ill towns have frelslits. Let theSnvan- . nali Valley Railroad look to this, as we need It along tbe line. M. JJ ? v Colored Mhii <<ocn Itenenth tbe 0 Whvok?The Rainw and (lie Crop*. o Mr. Cakmkl, Aiu'iiBt 1,16^7. w Kev. R. C. Ligon of Anderson county li preached two excellent t-ermons yesterday, p We hope he will come again. ? Reports fr">m Broad and Savannah rivers e show them to he higher lhan for many years, tl Ye^t^rday. (Sundayi a colored m??n from ti Mrs. Thomas's plantation ? ?s drowned while II wliiiinlni! in Hr<'ad river for melons. a The weather I> still cloudy, and very warm, and threatens more rain. Crop* are oo a "taro" now, not a "boom." i, GOOD CROPS, GOOD CHEER, AND GOOD FELLOWSHIP. Behold. Hon <Joo?l iiimI Hon Plenant?r 1*. Im for Brrlhren to Dwell Together In 1'iilty. Ninety-Six. S. C., Aug. 2, 1?S7. Last Sunday was a quiet day In our town, fo preaching In any of the churches. The isual tlfth Sunday School union did not take jlaee on account or the failure of the Superntendent to procure a speaker for the ociiiston. Messrs. James Rozeman nnd J?-fT. D. Moore ire on a visit to friends in Cokesbury. Mr. G. Henry Moore and wife, of Abbeville, vere visiting Dr. fto/.cman and fumily laBt peek. Add a few more seed and turn your cnt tnbbie for a fall crop. Now is a good time lo , lo it. ('apt. (}. T. Jackson who is a man of extend- ] d experience, says the Herk^hire hog is the test hog he ever saw. His Judgment is ! rorth somethlne to persons who contemplate { nrchasinK tine hogs. j Mr. J. L. Shumate left on yesterday mornngforan extended trip through Upper South 'arollna and western North Carolina. Me ' ravels by private conveyance, driving his ne pair of llamiiionians to a Uavis Surrey j arriage, canopy top. Despite the rain and thunder, there was a ood turnout on last Thursday night at Sons J f Temperance. Mr. T. T. Beaohatn has put pole to his lueton and now drives a pair. The Rev. J. F. Probst and wife are still at Valhalla. The farmers ol Ninety-Six township clnh ' *e requested to meet at thN place on Thur=- . ny the lllli instantat3P. M. The eiub will e re-orennlzed. \ The Methodist Conference at this plnc?? 1 iromlses to be an affiir of considerable di- , rji'nvionH. A full representation from all the hurchex In the District Is expected. Our grumbling farmers at last have a seaon, and are now grumbling because they lave too much rain. Mr. Thomas MeCafdan sold out a large load f watermelons, averaging about thirty ounds, at ten cents each. It looks low, but ' ifvertheless it makes money. Up to date the Saluda River has behaved ery n I rely, contenting itself by remaining n iUs natural channel, thus far insuring an normous yield of corn on Its fertile bottoms. Ninety-Six township has turned ttie tables ,n<lin future will sell corn Instead of red u?t proof oats ? The farmers club met on last Saturday eveiine and elected the Jollowing delegates to epresent them at an election of oottonreigher which was held on yesterd?y. the ?t Instant: W. A. Sanders, T. C. Lipscomh, V. T. 11 u fT, Jas. C. Griflln, J. V. I,lp*ci>mb. J. ilcl). Klnurd, Ft. K. Chaney nnd W T. Head Mr. Geortre Clatworthy. a popular commerial traveler, spent last Sabbath la our town. Rev. S. Leslie Morris has been preaching or several days to an appreciative congrejjaion at CMapeH's depot. Capt. It. F. McCaslan and Mr. James Rocers iave tieen attending the ineeilne "t ChapelTs. Miss Kate Steel? of Walhalla. who lm? been Isitlm: her sister Mrs. G. C. Probst, has retimed to her home. Mr. K. S. Addison and wife are ou a visit to riends in Greenville. Quite a number of gentlemen trom this nrlnlty will no to the encampment. Mr. Crazier will carry some stock. Mr. Will Sanders has the prettiest pair of Smrllsh ceiteis in the county. The Majors race between "Flax Tale Jane" I ind Mr. Shumate's trotter did not come oil: rack too heavy. Mr. Thomas Duckett attended the meeting >f the Grand Division of Sons of Temperance vhich met at Abbeville last week. The Cross Hill nine and the Ninety-Six nine rill cross bats at "Qow Grove" next Saturday 'veiling. Jatnes Anderson, colored, will give a "pay 1 tarbecue"' in "Cow Grove" on next Saturday, le especially invites his white friends, who 1 iVisi imvounrmiiwi ?n.?,m?vi., Mr. Mabry is visiting his cousin Mr. Ben. lo*S. ! " Knits t heart ne'er won fair lady." That Ik Mr John Adams' way of putting: it. Neither ain, Rnow, water, nor rivers of water, will heck him in his wild career. Mr. James Rogers sold a handsome pair of Berkshire pigs to an Edgefield gentlemaD ately. Chickens and eges are in demand. The German millet that was sowo at the >roper time is now In full head and looks Inely. The yield will be good. If the seasons hold out, Mr. D. H. Tompkins rill make one thousand bushels of peas, vhich is entirely oxtra and Independent of iIk regular crop. Miss Orchard of Atlanta, is visiting her siser Mr.T. C. Lipscomb. Tri.il Justice Moore was called to Greenvood last week to sit with Justice Blake In a iat>eas corpus ctse. Mr. E. Y. Sheppard has sold out his , forman horses to Mr. J. A. A. W. Clark, or j Uittusta, Ga. Mr. W. II. Sadler paid off his li?n last year vith pumpkins. This is enterprise. Mr. W. T. Hufl says it will rain forty days. 5t'CRII.ve It ruuie? Ull IUC IIIQ l> UI uir xA'if^ lays" is liis reason. EAST END. NEWS FROM LOWNDESVILLE. The Koine of Gabriel'* Trumpet anil Cheap Watermelon*?Visitors Going; and Comlnir? Capt. J. W. I,omax Baek front Georgia. I.0WNDE8VILI.E, July 30.1S87, We are now having rain upon ruin. ThursIny nlghl, yesterday nnd Inst night we had n ezular old-fashioned North-east wind nnd ain. The rain has been more genernl and nore of a eronnd-wetter than any we have md for some time. Some of the planlers must be somewhat una?y about their lowland corn. Savannah ilver was past crossing ycst?rd>iy morning. Mis. O. Witter and Master Rohert Witter eft last Thursday to take charge of the ho'el tPelzer. Capt. Witter will remain here and im the Latimer House till the end of the enr. Mis? Janie Lomax, who has spent sevi-ral nonths In Columbia and Aunusta, returned inme near here a few days ago. MIrs Annie Baker Is again at her grandnother's to spend some time. Th?? young folk meet at some private house n town every Wednesday night and have a In?lng Interspersed with considerable talk. Mr.and Mrs. J. B. Franks returned from a islt to relatives In Edgefield last Wednesday. Master Gamewell Huckabee, who has spent he last three weeksat Willlamston and AnInrson Court Hou?e, came buck Saturday. Mrs. J. G. Donald went to her old home in Lirt well last. Thursday to spend some time. Miss Kate Lomax went to Anderson Court louse on Thursday to spt-nd a month with >1 rs. LockUnd. To-day is the appointed time for the third Quarterly Conference at this Station hut rom the way the rnln Is now falling (10 o'clock V. M.) there will he none. Col. Jan. W. I/oninx. who has bpen quite eeble Tor the past few months. Is now at Dr. Vm. Taugart's tc slay a Rhort while. The Methodists here have raised nearly noney enough to buy them a new organ, vhlcli they propose to do at once. The old ine, still a Rood Instrument, Is for sale cheap. Dr. A. J. Kpeer has two patches of Trlsh poatoes planted at the same time. One of them ian borne a heavy crop and the vines have lied down. The other has had no potatoes, nd the vines are perfectly green. Who cau xplain this phenomenon. Mrs. I, , Kinaods, S. C. through the Atnntit Constitution says that she has a trost al liable and unique novelty in the vegetable Ine called the "vegetable peach" that crows in a vine of a beautiful goldpn color, like an irange In shape and color, and most excel-?nt for preserves. The vegetable and frnll :lnzi1om are becoming so mixed, that ere >n<r It will be Impossible to tell "tother from rhl'-h." Mr. I. H McPalln a Rhort while back, pulled :ne hundred an<l twenty watermelons from lis pat'-h one day, and several of them irelghed seventy five pounds. Watermelons are now plentiful and cheap, nne-hal/ cent per pound) but some- of our ountry boys went Into tfie wrong p-itch throusrh mUtake" a few days ago. and their ialtcost, them five dollars each. St.ranse, Is t not, that so many people can and do so fHiiy aiscrtminaie Deiween mmm nnu irum irhore corn, cotton, <fcc., are concerned, but annot see the difference when It comes to , ratermelons; but a few such eye-openers, or , ather pocket-book-openers, will perhaps es- ( ahllsh the ownership to even this luscious , rult. Mr. J. Q. Donald has erected at his stove , nd tin store ns a sign a mammoth tin horn. { first-class in I thrown "toot" from It wou!d . waken the natives for miles around, and ome of the superstitious ones might consld- ( r it the heralding of the last day. . TROUPE. J Wo ?io not Wnnt the Earth. | All that we want here below I* our share of j ii?lness, and we Intend to have that If low i irlces l? any Inducement to the commercial i rorld We have every facility for offer!tiir the ' rade advantages that lew house** In theSou'h * lave. We are represent lug a number of the * trgest houses In Chicago, Cincinnati, St. iOiils, Boston, Philadelphia. New York, Balti- t note and other p.ilnts too numerous to men- r Ion. They ship us In reel v on conslenment, i rhich enatiles u? to offer the Southern trade t dvuntages that rew nouses m tncsontn run f O'er. Our line of business covers grain, pro- 1 Mons, srrocerles. bailing and ties, tohaceoes nd soaps. We do a general commission bus- i uess and buy or sell anything from a hair c In to an elephant. Any goods ordered from k that Is out of our line, we will buy to the t ory best advantage and charge a low rate of t otnmlsslon for same. Shippers of cotton to t urelty could save money by writing us for I ur special prices for handling cotton, a? we t Mil make mnke a specialty of the cotton bus- f ties, and will be able to realize the very best rices for the shipper. In conclusion we n rould snv to the trading public any business v ntrusted to us will have our prompt at ten- t ion. We will make It to your lntei est to give x < your business. Thanklntr the nubile for a p heral and tPtiToii" support In the past, we v re Very Rcspecti'nilv, v ROtJERS <k CO., h Brokers and Commission Merchants i tf 115 Jackeoa 9tr?#t Augusta, Oa. i THE T.4WS Afin THE FAHTS!: luu ua ir m unv amw , * A GRAND JURO?. IS NOT IKTIMIDATED, { BUT 8TANDB TRUE TO HIS CON- J VICTIONS. t I Proof n? Strong an Holy Writ that 1 ? there In SomcthtiiK Wrong With | Our Iiawa, ?n?l Ihnt there In a fry- 1 r iug Xeed of Reform?31 r. Douirlattit j Npcnki In Reply to the ''Abbeville J1 Medium." | Kfhtor Press and Banner: ? The Medium, with great poinp. displays in *| liujre capitals a phrase at the head of lt9 corn- r inonts on my last communication, to wit: , 'A Sijueichfu Grand Juror," as the first and mo?t Iraportiint exhibition of its good will , ind tenderness toward h grand juror, which ' in such a connection is mo out of placo, and in ;uch want of taste, as to deserve a rebuke jis ? ions; as an ordinary communication. While Jicre is but little poetry and less truth in this 'tinted phrase, It plainly shows what the , Medium would do with a juror for ventilating v '.ictH rather unpleasant to if, nnd proves the . Herniation ana aisposmon 10 siNiumc me lowers of ri satrap, and to crush with its i Sampson Ian Jawbone all that hold or ox- f iress views that it does not or cannot compre- !' lend. This is an exhibition of love and mer- " :y with a view to squelch ? Juror without a * ;rlal, and without a hearing or benefit of deify. It is considered a hi^h-handed nieanue in his Hge and country to Irauiinel or shackle a < uror, and yet the Medium has taken on iteelf 1' the office of Juror-squelcher. In the next line It terms the communion- * ;ion"n recblo elfort to belittle the Medium." j< [ would state In reply, that the effort wos so ii e< b!e as not to be pcrceptlblo to the writer, w [f the Medium does not belittle itself, It need fi lave no fears of others seeking such employ- s nent. b As for thg "eleven inches of bosh" com- u ?vin(nnH ac l.otni* In mv onrnmnnipnMnn While I make no claim of merit for it, I will ilmply Ipswe It to speak for Itself, as I am not s tond of rehash. * As to classlfyine the A'ettw and Courier and h ,he Medium. They were left to choose their ^ nvn class, and if they choose the second class, c [ will leave it to the public to say whether t hey should step up or down. c As to the "eight Indies of ill-temper" t eferred to by the Medium. Under the cir nimstances, most people would term it eight c nciies of forbearauce. The grand Jury were F not only rebuked for expressing their views, d nit the authority was assumed aud exercised 1 >f reprimanding the presiding Judge for per- li niittingit. For tamely intimating that this '< was wrong, it Is set down us "eight inches of ill temper." Let others judge between us as 10 tlmt. Ar to the "two lines of common sense," to wit. "the address and the signature." I re?ret tobn unable to return the compliment as Lhe reply Is destitute of thoso two lines, to ^ wit: "an address and signature," though It jives its own piece a beautiful heading, to wit, r A Soft Answer." I ihink it would have j been vers' becoming at tho head of mv piece, for that is just what it was intended lor, and c this is intended to he the same. But the truth ? sometimes hurts, although told in a love feast j style, though It is profitable for one to hear it. r If it could only find sotue crevice in the cranlums of those it Is intended for, and infuse a r proper conception of what is right anil what " is wrong, and Induce them to reprove the i wrong and pursue the right, it would well c be worth expounding. s The fact of how ridiculous it appears lor one that has no light to undertake to let It shine ^ for the benefit of others, while he endeavors H tocover the llghtof others with his bushel K iimi squelch it. is well worth knowing, and It Is well worth while to consider that it is rath- f er a difficult task to perforin, Truth that will t prevail. Now, what are the facts of the case? The ; grand Jury desired that the defects of the f laws that allowed unscrupulous peoplo to ] evade their duty, and honest men to helm- ] posed on, be looked up and corrected and t hat there be some plans adopted to try and pun- | Ish small offences less expensive and cumber- t some than the one now In vo<?ue. In this, the Medium gets its back tip and has assumed to r "squelch" the jury and to reprimand the j Judge. We have asked time and again that c the Imperfections of our presentment be over- c looked. Jt was the best we could do. We q were not Solomons. We have called attention to many of the laws that we thought, needed looking alter, and for this we are again rebuked, and told that we are arraigning someof the be6t of our people as a set of "scoundrels" and imposing "outrages" on the people that honored them. Now, the Medium alls up in a lielp-me-Casstrain, a long list of honored names, and amone them our own favorite old war horse and statesman, who stands second to none In inir esteem and affection, to either plead guilty of being fools or knaves. The defects nf the laws are neither chargeable to the stupidity nor meanness of anyone. They are Hip result of oversight or carelessness, and this was just what we wanted to remedy. For Instance, the last Legislature passed a law making the stealing of melons a inlsdeniennnr and punishable by not more than thirty ilays Imprisonment or S50 tine. As tho law stands worded it does not come under the Ju- a clsd let Ion of trial justices, because it is unoon- I utitutlonal for a trial justice to try a case r u-liero Imnrliiftiinient Is (ho in>nnltv. ultbOUffh lie can put the accused man in jail for ninety lays, or for any length of time, to await trial, o So that It could be determined whether be 1 should go to Jail at all or not, or. In case he \ should so, for what length of time, and in any c pvcnt for a period not to exceed thirty days, r io, It seems that a trial justice can send a per- ; son accused of crime to jail for a longer time than the Circuit Judge can sentence him after conviction. Some of the trial justices are trying these [ asps and sentencing r.he criminals to about * fifteen days In jail, while others are putting 1 Litem In jail to await trial for at least ninety s lays to see whether they should go to Jail or not. As to expenses. The method of trial by " Lrlal Justice, as in the first case, cost the coun- 1 ly after conviction about ?l..r)0 for mainte- J nance of the prisoner for fifteen days, while the second method, or trial by the upper sourt, costs for maintenance of prisonor for , fifteen days after conviction $4.50. For ninety lays awaiting trial fl!7.00, cost of trial if a J ihort cusp, say for stealing a five cents melon, f, ivould be about *50 00, or In all about 881.50, or If not convicted 377.00, or two heavy bales of jotton Just to determine whether a criminal should go to jail for fifteen days or Dot. Surely this could be remedied?labor conquers all things. Now, I desire It to be dleLl'ictly understood that nobody Is a "scountiel" for voting tor thiR law. for I too, think it. i wrong to steal melons, but let us have a more practical plan of stopping it, and which will Mst the toiling people less to operate. To pay t wo bales of co'.tou for protecting one melon Is paying too dearly for tlie whistle, but let us . jot lose our temper about it. And while we nre at the business of looking up the Inconsistencies and uncertainties >f the laws, we would call attention to the aw In retard to the compensation of county _ Lrea-urwrs. It needs a little light, as some ' ^intend It should he not more than 800 dol itrs, m bile others contond it should so to 1,000 loliurs. See Act Dec. 24th, '83 and Act Dec. f, ifith, '84. '' The lawyers are told, that by the "purport , >f tne presentment," tbey are held as "scoun- J1 Irels" and therefore it was deemed necessary " :o protest against it. As I understand that atiguage, it means that, the graud jury intended by their presentment to sliow that the ~ awyers are "RcuundrelK." I have no copy to vferto, but I think there is no words in the nnuullili, lia cn ? trned, or to put any blame whatever on the iiwyers. Lawyers ure expected to use every idvantage of law in favor of their clients, or t1 lot take the case. Lawyers frequently refuso a m take cases when they think they have to p jphold a wrong or to oppress an innocent perton. You could not induce a first class aud lonorable lawyer to take a case when he tnew It was a malicious persecution of somo ielple?8 unfortunate person. The grand jury lold honorable lawyers as klgh as any other lass, and detest those who prostitute their noble and hiyh calling for the evil sake of ;ain. ? The duties of lawyers are sometimes very llsagreeable to them. Tney are frequently :ompelled to make enemies, and to say hard things, and they desire to be paid lor their rouble and annoyance; and they are entitled 0 it. We have said, or at least I have said, hat to ge>t lawyers to make all of our little ontracts and to manage all our business m .von Id cost more than our business in worth, E md further that lawyers themselves frequent- B y misapprehend the requirements of the law, md that even the Judges of the Supreme ?ourt cannot agree as to what Is law on many lotnts and hence many perploxing law suits, ind often the best lawyers lose their case, and L 1 c>?se is won or lost by some new discovered rf echnleallty in a law. Some of the best lawrers in our toxvu have approved and compli- ii nented our presentment. If there had been iny unbecoming allusion to Iiwyers they vould have been far from expressing such lentirnents, and that is enough to show of iti"lf that nothing is meant derogatory totliem. It is thought by some that the human race lafurally incline to go wrong, and that, it reinires effort in all to go iiuht and you had as veil undertake to run a mill by the hack acion force of the Niagara falls, as to run our noral and social well-being correctly by the aws as they now stand. Tiie system 01 laws regulating a. country night he compared to a nr^at and complete T lock, which should at least keep vorvnearly 1 he true time, anil ho regulated and run rn hat ordinary men could understand the line, and be able to arrange thereby thoir gong-" and comings, their hours of toil and rest ? n such a way and with such accuracy that here would be no misunderstanding orconuslon. Then suohaclock would bo a great comfort rl ind blessing to the community saving much J rorry and loss of time to the people. All vi mslness could go on wi:h a precision that tli vould shorten the troubles and lengthen the w tUtlanpAu nf Hfn Vftiv Rtinnntun ?Atrti?iinltt' SI wmted just such a clock constructed, and or cere to employ n?no but the most expert and at ccoiupl i*>hed workmen on It, but each to m nake a separate or different part of it, one to a (dee the most perfect driving wheel, an 1 1 1 ,1 IBM >tlierthe most pcrfect regulating wheel, anither Jlio most perfect bulutice wheel, and; :huH each to make his part throughout all the ittle ami big wheels, fast and slow wheels, Dondnluinand every other part, in the mo*t| lorfect manner possible, and none Knowing ,he guage, or unit of measure, or scale of instruction used Uy the others, and after all he parts were thus made they were to era>loy the most skillful machinist to put It to[ether.and the result would be just us in our aws; the whole machine would be out of ;eur and out of Joint, and the Supreme Court tsell could not make It ke?p time, yet none of he constructors would be to bhwne for the esult. nor would those who undertook to run t; the trouble was In not having some ono to Leep the gauge, scales and unit of ineasuro he same. Kouie ODe should have kept this icl'ore all the workmen. So it is In making a ystem of laws!, the same gauge should be ised by all, and some arrangement should be nado to accomplish this result. Now. what we want is ft set of experts to !eteet the imperfections or each part, and to scertain tho scale and gauge necessary to nake the whole move together In unison and ve believe such a force constantly at work ' lould be of such assistance to the legislature s to render their work at least available. As Lisa great number of the laws do not an- 1 wer the purpose for which they wore in- J ended. I would never have worried tho patience of he printers or tlic public again on this stalo nd thread-bare subject, had it not been to set lie grand Jury right on the subject of insultng these good men who are 110 more to be lamed than the man In the moon. I hone .ith all due respect, that hereafter I will lie 1 ble to remain squelched. U. A. iKH'WJifYSS. E*. S.?Before expiring I have one lust request i make, and that is for the? Mnlntui to exlain the simplicity nml illness of that beauIful luw which prohibits and forbids a man's rife, the Idol of his heurt, his most precious < >wel and better hulf from aldin-; and assisttig him in his misfortunes: that, the law fhleh puts asunder what. God has joined toother; that would besmear with serpent lime the noblest institution on earth, that ids the woman to forsake all else and cleave nto her husband. Please kindly Inform us whether she could agsilly sell her property to buy bread for her , ick aud destitute husband and children? Explain the great pleasure aud comfort of , olding property she is not allowed to use. Vould it be a just debt, and ought It to be ollecled If a wife were to borrow monoy on he pretence it was for the benefit of her sa red aud separate estate, and then use it for be support of herself and family! Would I be sinful In the lender to undertake to olieet It! What should sho do with her roperty when she dies? If she has no chil ren should it go to the State or be squelched ? fas this law any semblance of a make-shift ? low does it answer that purpose 1 Will it do I ->r 11 tnhforfiiap > nnrl Ik it. iint n. hennl.lftil one ' g. a. d. County Affairs. Office County Commissioners, August 2, 1887. The Board met to-day. Present, G. M. Matison, J. W. Lites an<l W. D. Mann. The minutes of the preceding meeting wer* end and approved. Sundry claims were audted nnJ approved. A petition was prrsente'l to tlie Board by Itlzens of Ninety-Six township praying tbat .public road be opened from Mrs. Burnet's, lalf mile below Ninety-Six, to Ransom Clialey's, on the Anderson road. On motion the further consideration of tills >etition was postponed. A petition was also presented by citizens of ndlan Hill and Bordeaux townships to deilare the road leading from J. Lewis Henderon to McCormlck a public road. On motion the road was ordered to he advertised, and R. .1. Robinson, J. L. Henderson itid \V. 0. Sturkey were appointed commisioncrs to locate snid road. The Clerk wus instructed to advertise a noIce to all supervisors in the county to work >n the roads and have them putin good order. The following persons were reported by G. V. Hamilton for failure to clean out rafts, rees. <fcc.;*t>n their land on Mountain cfeefe : r. L. Drennan, I. H. JDrennan and Thotnas 1\ Thomson. Ordered that the above parties be notified o comply with the drainage law on or before he 1st day of September next. A petitiou was received from,many citizens >f Greenwood and vicinity requesting that tfrs. Martha Simpson be admitted'an Inmate >f the poor bouse. Petition granted. A rrand child of Mrs. Simpson was also recelv id At tbc same time. The contract for the maint?itf?nco of the Kiupers for two years from Nov. lnt, 1887. to list Oct. 1889, was after examination of all the ilds presented awarded to L. A.. Ramey at bur dollars and seveuty-fWo cents per month acb. Important to Ginners and Farmer*. Owing to a new regulation of the New York Cotton Exchange, on and after Septomber 1st. 887, cotton buyers In nil Interior towns will leduct from bales weighing under-100 pouuds, ? cent per pound, under 350 pounds, ^cent ier pound and a pncKa^c less than 300 pounds s not a bale and is therefore unmerchantable, ^hc ginners and farmers will do well to note his fact in putting up their cotton, and they pill also And it to their interest l.o increase he general average of their bales, as the nmvy-welght bales from the Southwest, is, in iddltion to the superior staple, an additional nducement for Northern and European spin icrs to give their orders to tuat section. ? ? Mr. H. k. Bonnek, one of the Principals if the Duo West Female College, honored the ^ress and Banner by a call last Wednesday. Vo are sorry for our absence at the time, as lone could be more welcome than our much espected friend. Administrator's Notice. 4 LL creditors of JOHN KNOX, deceased will present their claims to me duly attested, within thIr'y days. Persons owinsf aid dec-cased wili make immediate payment. Aug. 1,1887. -It. G. H. MOOftE, Administrator. deduction in Price of Law Blanks. [" AW BLANKS and Trial Justice blanks I j are now sold at 40 cents a quire at tfce tet and Bunner ofllco, or three quires for a lollar. Real Kstate Mortgages and Title Deeeds on ne lineu paper, 75 cents a quire. , Aug. 1,1887, tf WILLI AMSTON HLWHV WilHamston, S. C. rHE FALL SESSION OF THIS WELL known Institution will open SEPT. 12, <87, with better prospects tban ever before, ts thorough .scholarship in nil departments, :s quiet location, its pure, piedmont air, its ne chalybeate water, its home like boarding < epiirtmcnt, commend themselves. For full 1 formation, address REV. S. LANDER, A. M., IX D., August 3,1887, Ct President. Application for Charter. to M. G. Xeigler, Clerk of Court of Abbeville County : Deau Sin?Notice is hereby giveu that thlry days afterdate application will be made Cor charter to Incorporate a Joint Stock Comany of Ninety-Six, Abbeville county, S. C. W. B. HARRISON, ( President, EDWARD D. WALLER, RANDAL H. CHILES, RICHARD F. FLOYD, UOBT. W. HANCOCK, ' >\ Secretary and Treasuror. J August 3,1887, 4t* NOTICE -TOmn siipfrvisfrs. : IUMW V Wl tali I IVMIIWI *' r I LL Supervisors of Highways will immcX diately order out all Overseers ou the arious roads and have thorn put in good orar by the first of September next. All pube roads must be thoroughly worsed at once. By order of the Board. J. T. PARKS, Clerk, ?. C. C. j Abbeville. S. C., Aug. 2, 18*7. 3t Well Digging. | AM PREPARED to do WELL DIGGING * and repairing for the public at reasonable ttes when called on. SAMUEL H. HOLMES, July 27,18S7, ot Abbeville, S. C. Shrink Your Tires. \ MIE attention of OWNERS of WAGONS, . BUGGIES, CARRIAGES and all kinds of :liicles is called to the importance of having < icir TIRES SHRUNK In the best manner * hen they need It. If you want your TIRES 4 URUNK call on LEWIS RIC HLY, who Ims ffl ie of the latest improved SHRINKEKS, 8 id will do your work in the best possible > anner and at prices to suit the times. J LEWIS RICHEY. May 4,1887,1m 1 ** frifrniniinnwttfr i&mm&stmmm ! ALL KINDS OF BUIST'S Turnip Seeds. 25 CENTS A BOX. H. W. LAWSON & CO July 27.1887, tf Terra Cotta Wells. rpiJE undersigned will put yon up a 19 Inch I Terra Cotta Well for lialf the price of a dug one. The common wood bucket Is used for drawing water. The cleaning out Is the work of a moment by keeping a galvanized uieci iron uucuei m me uonoin u) oe noonea oat at will. Satisfaction guaranteed. This l'erra Cotta weighs 40 to 50 pounds to tbe foot. C. M. CALHOUN. Greenwood, S. C. They are frog proof and superior to one dug. Joel S. Bailey, Greenwood. They are bound to take precedence over all iithers. Prof. Blakr, Greenwood. Joe Ligon, Bradley. Kev. It. Smart, Troy. Dr. I.. Anderson, Ninety-Six. Kev. Pressly, Due West. 1). J. Wardlaw, McCormlck. Out of 21 wells mado la my (own in two yeiu-H I have put up 2o of them. July 13, 1887, 12m PTTRMAN nWIVPPSIW i vuiuaii uiufijuuii ij Greenville, S. CTI1E next session will begin Wednesday, September 28th. The Collegiate department Includes the full college curriculum, rhero is also a Preparatory department thoroughly organized. Expenwes have been reduced. P'or Information or catalogue, adJress. PROF. H. T. COOK. July 20, 1887. "buist's famous" Turnip Seed ! AT E. A, TEMPlETON'S RUTA BAGA, WHITE GLOBE, YELLW GLOBE. MAMMOTH RED TOP. July 20,1887, tf Tie State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Bo Parte 8.#. Thomiori and Tbia ?. Qaarriei, surviving Administrators of Thomaa Thomson, dec'd, Petitioners In Re W. B. Stanley, Plaintiff, against Thomas Thomson, Executor of Mary A. McDonald, Mary T. Quarles and Willie McDonald Lee, Defendants. COPY SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. (Complaint not served.) To the Defendants Mary T. Quarles and Willie McDonald Lee: You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND required to answer the petition In this action, which Is filed In the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said petition on the subscribers at their office at Abbe villo Court House, South Carolina, within twenty dny6after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such servicc; and if yon fail to answer the petition within the timeaforesald, the plaintiff* in thi6 action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the petition. Dated the eleventh day of February, 18S7. THOMSON AND THOMSON, Petitioners Attorney. M. O. Zeigler, C. C. P. I.L.S.] To the Defendant W. McDonald Lee, Esq: Take Notice that the summons and petition in this action was tiled in theofflco of the Clerk i f the Court of Common Pleas for Abbeville county, on the 'J5tb day of May, 1887. THOMSON AND THOMSON, Petitioners Attorney. July 20,1887,6t fret the Best. WARRANTED for 5 years. The New High Arm Davis, Vertical Feed Sowing Machine. No one else allowed to tell them In Abbeville county. Write to me for prices. I ?eil the New Domestic, the New American, rhe best Sperm Sewing Machine Oil, Needles, ic., for all Machines. I offer the best and sneapest stock of Furniturp, Coffins, &c., in the county. HENRY J. KINARD. Agt, March 30,1887,12m Nluety-Six. S. C. j Coffins at Due West. THE undersigned has In store a variety of COFFINS of nil SIZES AND STYLES. A HEARSE will be furnished when needed. A. SELDEN KENNEDY. April C, 18S7,12m Coffins at Mt. Carmel. -r \V ?rnv line /Tiffins nt. Mt. Tiirmel In the J airS oY\V. R. PO WELL. The HEARSE (rill be sent from Abbeville wfceo desired. Jan.5,lSS7. tl HOME EN1 7. SI. Hamir MANUFACT Boots, Shoes, Harness a: Nos. 2 and 3 r. Highest cash prices paid for dry KR, WHANG LEATHER always on 1 IHEEP-SKINS in stock. You will find SHOES very cheap. The F; FARMERS DRESS is a SS.50 BALMORAL?tli narket. They are made from GOOD HONES! EXCHANGE LEATHER, HARNESS or SHOES given ii Highest cash prices paid for hides or tanb; J. i July 13, 1887, tf rHEO. MAR STOMMMtE AN Coffins at Lowndesville. T YV. SIGN has COFFINS at Lowndetvllle J. in care or Dr. J. B. MOSELY. Tb* Henrpo will be sent from Abbeville when re iquireu. Abbeville, May 12, 1886. tf We are Sole Agents FOR THE "ELECTRIC" CUTLERY. Sclssera, Shears, Razors and Knives; atx>o lutoly the best goods ever offered to customers. If the ladies will give the "Electric" Shears and Scissors and the gentlemen the ' J "Hlectrio" Razors a triul tliey will not have " * any thing elue. Lookout for our handsome *3 "Electric" show ease on the right, as you en- j ter our store. / ' aa W. JOEL SMITH & SON. Jan. 5, 1887, tf . + &||S ITWIL m 11 II you propose going Weqt or North" If West, to write to me. I represent the Short Line. FltED. D. BUSH* D. P. A., . te Nov. 3 1886, 6m* Atlanta, Gi. Medical Card. HAVING sold my Interest in the DRUG business, I will from this time devote my whole time (o the PRACTICE OF MEDiCINE AND SURGERY. G. A. NEUFFER, M. D 'M Jan. 5,1887, tf . Real Estate Broker. :/M THE undersigned offers bis services to the ' j citizens of Abbeville county in the par* chase and sale of real estate. I also represent two reliable Fire Icsnranoe Companies. J. T. PARKS. ..as Out. 12 1886 tf Notice. fi'IIE School Commissioner will be in hlaof> Uil i flee OI1 the following [lnv? to rnolll.r i Si school claims and attend "to other business, ill Saturday, 26th March. Saturday, 10th April. Saturday, 14th May. * ':'?Q Saturday, 18th Juno, and every Saledaydar| lng the school mouths. E. COWAN Feb. 10,1SS7, If School Commissioner. ^ PEREIN & COTHRAHi M Attorneys at Law, ABBEVILLE. S. C- *.c| WM. H. PARKER W. C. McGOWAN* PAEKEE&McOOWAN ;M ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS, ABBEVILLE, C. H., 8. C. ^ IT 7 ILL practice also In the Circuit Courts ot : ->$8 Y T the United States for South Carolina* > 3.3 Jan 7, 1880. tf - ..igH Cloaks and Jackets. WE have a few ladles cloaks and jackets > ;:\}i stlllon hand that we areoffer!na at len ' fJ' than net cost. Come and get one. - ^ W. JOEL SMITH & SON. M Jan. 5,1887, tf ' School Books ! l | All of the Books taught .-v:| in the Public Schools may ^ be found at the store of i ^ w w T.Awarw * nn Mai iv mw nrwdbv w WW &*}j?', *! The Abbeville Hotel, By J. C. MILLER. The table is well furnished, to* ' ?$ rooms are large and comfortable. Tnrn- v\ stent and regular board to salt the times. " May 25,1887, tf '' REPAIR SHOP AT DONALDSVILLE. 1*HE UNDERSIGNED HAS RECENTLY "<? fitted up his SHOP and Is now prepared to do almost any hind of work (hat may be needed on MILL-IRONS or STEAM EN G1NES. All kinds of IRON TURNING nloely done. Save delays, freight, and loss of time by Uking your work to HUGH WILgON, Sxniob. DoDalds, S. C., April 6,1S87,? Barber Shop. RICHARD GANTT, is riow prepared to do } all work In his department Iji the b??t manner and at roa*or.at>le charges. Monthly customers shaving. hair cutting and shampooing31 per month. Rasors boned and pat in the best condition for 25 cents each. The eye is the most delicate organ of the . J human system, yet,Jit is the most recklessly and carelessly used. Don't be deceived by peddlers but call and get Zlnemans "Diumanla" spectacles and eye-glasses, a fit guar&n- -J teed and chargfs reusonabie. If any glussea wanted in very fine mounting, a lot will b? ordered at ouce from which j ou can make i your selection. P. B. Speed, Agent. 4-20 Valuable Land?Private Sale \ THE subscriberoffers at private sale her valuable tract of land known as the "Jordan Homustead," situated about four mites from Abbeville C. H., containing 2U ACRES, more or less, and bounded by lands of A. J. Ferguson and otlit-rs. The tract comprises some of the best GRAIN and COTT'>N land in tbe neighborhood, and is in a fine state of cultivation. Terms will be arranged to suit the purchaser. Titles warranted. MRS. ELIZ. C. JORDAN, Abbeville C. H., S. C. May 25,1687, tf 'ERPRISE! I . || iond db Co., URERS OF ad all kinds of Leather rrinity Street. .^J| OH GREEN HIDES. BELTING LEATHland CHEAP. CALF-SKINS, K1P-SKIN8, \RMER< KRIEND Is a 82.50 SHOE, and the e l>est. SHOES over made or Drought to this ' HOLID LEATHER and GUARANTEED. jj OR CASH. "I i exchange for HIDES or TANBARK. arn. . ; 3. HAMMOND & CO. . | ^WALTER'S , D GRANITE WORKS, ? . St, Near Lower Market, .~'S, CJGrTJSTA, GA. IVOitK, DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED AT O s. and SOUTH CAROLINA GRANITE MONSPECIALTY. 9 jetton of MARBLE and GRANITE WORK und, ready for LETTERING and DELIV- i [July 18,1887,3m I