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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, March 21, 1888. Aur School. Bishop Duncan on his recout visit to Abbeville iva* disposed to bring our school house Into ridicule, but If he bud known that we had one of the best teachers In that house that has ever taught in Abbeville he would have congratulated us in this particular, at 1 * 11*? Knua r.innntH' limir,1 Kiimp nf flip patrons of that school say that Mr. Thomson, j as n teacher, has no superior, and can have i no superior. Speaking lor the 1'rcsx aiul Han- j tier, we are especially gratified at the manner I In which he is spoken of as a teacher. He lias j undertaken to conduct the school and will j depend entirely on his success for his pay. j This fact alone should be greatly in his favor. The plan heretofore of guaranteeing the pay of the teacher, without having a guarantee 1 from him that he would give satisfaction, has j not worked well, and now when we have a teacher who will conduct the school on husi-} ness principles, let us give his school a most hearty support. Don*( Nkntc. Isn't It wonderful that those parents who oppose dancing, will allow their daughters to j take part in the exercises at the sknting rink ? j Isn't'lt strange that any motner who wontu not allow her daughter to attend a dance under the roof of the hotel, unless there were J>resent u number of married ladles, will alow her daughter to to the skating rink of nights, regardless of the fact as to whether married ladles are present or not? Without being unkind to anybody, the Press and Banner would again express its convictions against the advisability of our girls attending the skating rink. Our mind is clear on this point. No shadow of doubt exists. We have little objection to dancing in moderation, and a dance now and then may not be wrong, but a rough and tumble ttissel with skating rollers is quite another thing. The question Is with you, mothers. lietter keep your darling girls at home. Great Anction Sale of Horses at urreowuDu. The greatest sale of liores ever-held In Abbeville County will take place at greenwood on Tuesday uext, March 27. On this occasion McCafferty Bros., The famous Texas horsemen, will sell at auctioD, to the highest bidders, for cash, one car load of fine horses and mares. The sale will positively take place on the date named, rain or shine, and the entire lot will be sold without limit or reserve. These horses are not tho ordinary Texas "ponies", but are of good size, averaging four and five years old, and sired by blooded Kentucky trotting stallions, out of good Texas mares. An interesting feature of the occasion will be a free exhibition of rldingand lassoing horses at full speed by expert Mexican cowboys. New Doctor*. Abbeville county has now two more doctors to physic us. Dr. A. P. McNeil, graduated at Bniithorn MAdlpal Collesre. at Atlanta, February 29,1888, and Dr. W. "K ftunt gradutfted at the Augusta Medical College, March 2, 1888, both acquitting themselves with credit. Prohibition Contest. The election In Greenville on the 14th Instant, haa been declared In favor of "License" by 142 votes majority. The prohibitionists have filed a protest because of irregularities In the election. Dr. Wilson left last Monday to assist some of the brethren in Augusta. He will return In time to open his church on Sunday. It is hard for the Abbeville rresoyierians iu kiujj their preacher. He is so popular that their neighbors are constantly wauling him to visit them and preach for them. Majob Hamiltox, father-in-law of Mr. It. E. Hill of this village, died at the home of the latter last Monday afternoon, and wax yesterday burled at Upper Long Cane. He had locg been an Invalid, and his death wus not unexpected. The new Presbyterian church is assuming shapely proportions, and the rafters are being f>ut in place for the roof. The raising of the mmense timbers excites considerable interest for idle folk, who assist in looking on at the work. The lightning, thunder, wind and rain. broke the stillness of the night, about three o'clock this morning, and for a while we had a heavy rainfall. Mr. John McCracken, of Mt. Carmel, was In town Monday night. He was once In the newspaper business, but now runs a big farm on the Savannah. The roof of the Presbyterian church Is being put on. Some of the timbers are in place, and the slate Is being taken to tho place. The Court House Is nearly finished, and the addition will add to the comfort and convenience of that public building. Thomas Hutchison, late of Toxas, was in town Monday and bought a mule. He will farm near White Hall. Wm. E. Bell will have his opening on the 29.30 and 31st of March. The public are invited. Miss Nettie Miller, of Anderson is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Polly Miller. JUJSS C.L?r?A IISIU IIU UCCU 1)U11C UIVU ??i Charleston, but Is now Improving. Mr. Kirby is doing good work In setting shade trees along the Hide walks. Capt. James White and Mrs. E. Edwards are to marry to-morrow night. Miss Bell McCaw and Mrs. McCaw are vlsltlog Mrs. L. \V. l'errln. Mrs. Martin and William Stelts, it is said, will marry to-night. Marshall Walker Is In the store of Mr. O. A. Douglass. Mk. J. A. Howard Is now at Messrs. k. jiHaddon A Co's. Dr. Mabry expects to go to eee Dr. Wideman to-day. Mrs. Bethea is not so well since sbe went borne. Colonel Ecgene B. Gary has the mumpsGerman at Mr. Chalmers's to-night. Miss Hood Is back at Mr. Bell's. Dr. Maxwell Is In town. ??? EULL OF INTESEST. Little Matters Talked of in a Most Entertaining Way. Dyson, s. C., March 19, 1888. The weekly visits of the J'reia and Banner aie highly prized, and its contents^especially "news notes, greuu/ eiijuyeu. uuw muui dearer old Abbeville since her great and peaceful victory for prohibition ! Oar little place has Improved and enlarged Blnce December. Two stores now?Messrs. Walton & Reid, merchants, do a good business?popular men. A post office, blacksmith and repairing shop; depot and platform; wind-mill to pump water for the thirsty engines on the 0. & O.?the two passenger trains meet and pass here daily 2 p. in.; public road crossing; and a mill for grinding wheat and corn. Application for charter, election for mayor ana aldermen, call for the Court House to be built here?"In tho sweet yet to come." Within three miles Mr. J. C. Auld's large and excellent steam mill makes best of flour, meal, gin, planing and saw mill. He Is one of our best citizens. We have pleasant people to live with. Rough looking country, land produces well, flue crops made last year, haloed the neoole wonderfully, much small grain sewn, look): very promising. With patches and feels so green, thickly sprinkled ibe landscapo over?peach, plnni, maple, poplar and dogwood In full bloom or swelling bud?and many a flower, Is a pretty picture, "Just like Spring." The good housewives are preparing their gardens by getting the good (?) field husbands to have some work done?have some "truck" ready for the table; also boasting of the number of ejjgs cackled Into existence dally or number of chickens batched out. Some "varmiut" or roptile, feloniously and with murderous intent carried out, visited Mrs, J, C, Auld's poultry yard lust Saturday night. Next morning a hen lay dead?of course, her head eaten off?and twenty-one little chicks had vamosed the ranch. It was Sunday, but she nor any of the family felt good, as good people should on such a day; aud to crown ft. another setting hen left her nest. What will be the next misfortune ? We have a peaceable community, whites have good health?very little sickness. .Several deaths among the colored people lately. We have two good Sunday-schools?one at j this place, another at Sister Springs church | two miles away. We were atjioth yesterday, j and heard the paRtor, Mr. K C. Ulce, preacn from the text, :,I am the Lord, I change not." Mai. 111.6. Subject: "Immutability of God. ' Mr. Rice has a school near the church. He lias enrolled 67 pupils, average attendance About 50. This is his second year as pastor. He has another church at Chesnut Iilll near ?happell's, both In Edgefield couuty. JjETTEB PROM A TYPO. Many Friends will be Glad to l.earn that Two Abbeville Boy* are Do. Ingr Well In Texas. Austin, Texas, March 13,18S8. Hu(/h Wilton, Esq., Abbeville, S. C.: v\.. i ? Cth T annrtnuA vol! IlllVfl Ktlll ROIY1P i/EiAK OiU-**. ^ ? ? recollection of roe?I know that I have of you and others in Abbeville. J. B., or "Beaurie" Wilson, who served his apprenticeship on the Medium, is here. He is a tall, handsome man now, much liked by all who know him, and holds an excellent position as assistant foreman on the largest dally paper In the city?the Statesman, However, as I am only writing to request the favor of a few copies of the Press and Banner. I will not further occupy your time. Please send me copies of the last two or ibree numbers, and oblige W. S. Teauue. \? - w i FARMS AND FARMERS. | Short Talks Willi ilic Men Who (iiiitlr the Plow. 11'. L. Jones in Atlanta Constitution. The term water furrow Is usually applied to the last furrow run between beds. In eonnecI Hon with corn planting, we propose to give It J a wider meaning, viz.; planting in a deep furrow, so that when ti e corn comes up the young plants shall be below the general supI face. If the laud has been broken broadcast and rows laid oil with a broad shovel, and tfce grain dropped in them and covered without completely filling the shovel furrow?in such case we should say corn was planted in water lurrow. Is it good practice to do this? On hiiih. dry land we think It is; lirst, because It renders cultivation very easy. a narrow win be run over the Held broadcast and throw enough dirt in the still unfilled furrow tocover and kill the young grass which may have come up with the corn. This may be done at first and second workings, and t he corn left entirely clean and upon a level surface, or. if one prefers, a sweep or scrape run around the edge of the furrow will do the same thing. By this timo the corn will be large enough to bear dirting sutllclently to kill any grass that may afterward come up. This plan, therefore, allows exclusive cultivation or corn with the plow, in itself a very great desideratum. Second, becauso corn sends out successive whorls of roots, one above another, and when it is planted in water furrow those can spread out laterally in the soil, instead of having to push their way downward, or else have beds thrown up for them to speed themselves In. It allows, moreover, a greater number of these whorls of roots, to reach the soil successively and take part in supporting the plant. This is quite an Important consideration. As the corn advances in growth the first formed roots gradually cease to work, and the plant depends mainly upon the last formed. As the period of earing approaches the plant sends out all these upper whorls of roots it can. Some times they spring from several Joints above the surface, a part of which fail to reach the soil and are practically useless. Planting I- 11- rnrmw nmvnnls thin failure In a measure. In the third place, Hallows the application of manure to the hill of corn, at the comparatively late stage of growth, without the necessity of running deep Flding furrows, which might cut its roots?snch are some of the advantages; what are the disadvantages. The greatest is the settling of water in the open furrow, and if not run on a level, the washing out of tno corn by heavy rains. To counteract the baking and crusting of the soil over the grain in the open furrow, the corn should always be covered with a small list. But great care should bo taken to cover it very shallow. This was discussed last week. We have Just seen the results of a series of experiments, made at theOhioexperiment station, in which the grain was covered one inch, two, three and four Inches. That covered one inch deep, gavo decidedly the best results?both as regards the number of bushels and the percentage of merchantable corn. The yield of grain per acre was twelve bushels greater, whim covered one inch deep, than at any other depth. The average yields for four years, of grain covered one, two and three Inches were, respectively: 63.U, 51.1,46.8, bushels per acre. Such results, happening uniform, through four successive years, can hardly be acclden dental. The matter certainly desrves attention. BILLETS FROM BRIERWOOD. Cigarette* mul Senators ? Chickens and Snnday Schools --- Scripture Watch?Dry Voters and Wet Of. fleers?Other Matter*. Briekwood, March 17,18SS. The farmers are making good use of the weather just now so propitious for farm work. Brlerwood has a wood rack. It now needs a Rail Road turnout, a post office and a store. All three of these would be a great convenience. The bill introduced by Senator Hemphill a! the last sitting of the Legislature, to prevent the selling of cigarettes to boys was a Rood one, even tbougn some <nu poKe iun ut n. The small boy with it cigarette Htuck In his mouth trying to makepeople think he is u man, Is not only proving himself a fool, but, next to the use of liquor, is pursuing the shortest route to ruined health. Besides, the obscene pictures found in cigarette boxes is about as poisonous to the mind as the cigarette is to the body. I for one hope the Senator Is not done with his cigarette bill. This is the seaFon In which the country housewife hath at least one question ever on the tongue's end, with which to greet a neighbor, viz: "How mauy young chickens have you ?" Some young people from a distance, being prevented from attending the dedication services at Abbeville by the rain last Sabbath, concluded to do the next best thing, and came to Brierwood Sunday-school. It was a man that towered Intellectually, far above his fellow men who said : "I alone of all the Greeks, know that I know nothing." Notwithstanding the ease with which knowledge may be obtained in this enlightened age, many live and dlo without learning thi6 much. Rev. B. F. Miller visits the Brierwood Sun day-school every third Sunday. Mr. Miller has many friends In this community who are ever glad to see and to listen to him. The Tranquil Auxilliary of tho W. M. S., M. E. Church South has been reorganized. There is enough material in tho church i? make a large and flourishing society. Will 1 the ladies use the talent thai God has given them in this direction? i There are a few cases of whooping cough in | the neighborhood. Mr. W. D. Malone Is the happy possessor of a nice watch pres'entcd to him by a Northern , Co., ns a prize for first telling them the longest verse in the Bible. A knowledge of the ; scriptures hath temporal as well as spiritual rewards. When the voters of a town decido by tbelr ; votes that tho town shall be dry, isn't it the plain duty of those intrusted with the town government to at least endeavor to make it dry. If so what right has an officer In a town thus voted dry, to not only wink at the laws . violation, but to accept a license from the drug stores situated in such a town ? 1 BRIER. I I WORDS OF WISDOM BY FRED DOUGLASS. Our Public Schools to Put the Xegro < lit Power in the South?Cheerful Outlook for the Xegrou. Fred Douglass, perhaps the most representative colored man In America, has recently paid Charleston a visit. The News and Courier gives the following account of a speech delivered by him at a banquet tendered by the colored people of that city: The event of the evening was, of course, the response of Mr. Douglass to the first toast. ( Mr. Douglass spoke for nearly au hour and j was heard with marked attention. His remarks were characterized with that conser- , vatlsm and thought which have rendered him lamous tne worm over. ^penning uucut his race he said tliut ho was hopeful for the future. What the raco has gained, lie said, came to it through the antagonisms and animosities of the white race. We have prospered by their falling out and the most serious question for us is what shall we lose by their renewed friendship. The white people of the United States cannot always be seperate and distinct. The Northern and Southern people can't always 1 rotnember tho war and its incidents. The time is coming, if It. is not already here, when the Southern whites and tho Northern whites ' will be in perfect accord. What Is then to become of us? The question makes uie thoughtful, but not despairing. My hope is In the growing intelligence of the colored race. My 1- f tint ...~ ol.nll .U-f. oil Mir. functions of the American citizen. I have hope in the diffusion of knowledge that Is going on all over the world?In the moral Influence of attrition. European ideas are drawing us out every day, and Kuropean Ideas are broad and liberal. Injustice must die out and truth and justice must prevail. In the words of Hobble iiurns: "Its coming yet for a' that. That man to man the world ovor Shall brother be for a' that." Much has been accomplished by our raco since their emancipation, but much yet remains to be accomplished. I tell iny white fellow-citizens that they should not judge us by what they have done. They must judge us from what we havo done. When they consider what we have accomplished with the ojvnnrfunltii-K Hint we have had I think that they will admit that wc will do more in the future. The Anglo Saxon race were little better than slaves five hundred years ago. .See what they have doue since! And see what our race have done in a quarter of r century! Why, 1 remember the time when a colored man who could rend the New Test I men t was regarded as a curiosity, while one who could sign his name was considered as a dangerous character. For the Public Schools. Office of School Commissioner Auiseville County, March 20, 1858. To the School Trustees of Abbeville County: At a late meeting of the State Hoard'of South Carolina, a resolution was passed toj purchase Appleton's Reading Charts for the j Public Free Schools, and pay for the same out <i,A D.iMi/iCr>hAr.l i;nn(l in flirt limit.1 iu<n> I VI IUU I UUIIV A uuu iu uiv uou?*? nuj i of certificates. Now, that there is not the leant doubt of the importance and great advantage to be derived from the use of these charts In the Common Schools, in the way of saving the expense of books and rcleivlng the labor of the teacher and advancing the pupils, the School Commissioner would respectfully recommend that the School Trustees would i procure tour of Ave for each Township. A cony of the chart can be seen in School Com; mlssloner's ollicc. Lot me hear from the I Trustees. E. COWAN, School Commissioner. | Med. copy. They aro talking of expelling a Htudont! from the South Carolina College, because lie! submitted an essay as original, but which | was copied from a book, ana not his own at all. I THROUGH A TRESTLE. jA FEARFUL WRECK BELOW SAVANNAH. Tlie Florida Special of Vestibules met an Awful Fate Yesterday. - ? ? Jay Mould's Son mid II 1m wife Among (he Wrecked?An Appalling Lonm ?*l I.ife. The accident which happened to the "Florida special" yesterday was a terrible one. It is not often that such frightful occurrences arc noted cn.Soutiiern roads. Heavily laden trains and ;cannon ball schedules pllo upa fearful wrcck once in a while, and theaccidcnt on the Savannah. Florida and Western railroad yesterday afternoon is the most appullinir imc since the collision in January on the Cincinnati .Southern. Tliis train of vestibule cars was the first sent out from New York since the freeze. It left Jersey City nt 10:22 Thursday morning, just as the ice blockade had been broken. Twenty miles away it was detained by a wreck and four hours were spent waiting for a clear track. A passenger 011 the train related tho following experience In Baltimore, where he arri vod at <J:W Thursday night, several hours late: In the meantime, the weather being much milder, the ladles took sleigh rides in a primitive country sleigh all about tho neighborhood, aud lunches weregot from farmhouses. It was surprising what a. tremendous crowd of men gathered to move the wreck. They came on foot. In wagons, sleighs and by rail from ail directions, and by 6:35 we had reached Camden, N. J. We pussed a train which it seems had started ahead of us by another track, and saw the people aboard Splaying cards enjoying themselves. The dining car was attached at that city, we all had a splendid meal after our experiences. A delayed start arid a romantic Interim | arc followed by a tragic finale. The telegraph tellstho rest of the awful story. nineteen killkd outright. Savannah, March 17.?The first section of the fast mail train from New York for Jacksonville went through the trestle at a point seventy-live miles South of Savannah this morning. The entire train, except the engine is demolished. Nineteen people are reported to havo been killed and between thirty and forty injured, tcu of whom are expected to die. The private car of President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley road, with President Wilbur and George Gould and wife and others in it, wa6 on one of the trains. list of the killed. Charles Pearce, a train hand. W. M. Martin,news agent. C. A. Fulton, master transportation Brunswick and Western railroad. W. B. Gregor, Savannah. Kred Meynard, New York. J* M. Smith, Pullman .conductor. luernib A. ? tuui, hun ui tuo inwiuuui ui the Lehigh Valley railroad. John Fray, Dale's Mill, Ga. Cuffy Williams, colored, Valdosta. Maj. J. H. Bate, Hawklnsvllle, Ga. Loyd Carson, colored. Colson Foster, colored. Waycross, Moses Gale, colored, Waycross. E. P. Thompson, North Carolina. Five Negro men, names unknown. Total, ID killed. SCENE OF THE WRECK. Savannah, Ga. March 17.?The scene of the wreck is one mile Kast of Blackshear, Pierce county. The road there crosses Hurricane river, and beyond it is a long strelch of trestle work. The train left Savannah at 7.01 standard time, this morning. it was composed of an engine, a combination baggage and smoking car, one passenger coach, two Pullman sleeping cars nnd a private car of the Lehigh Valley railroad. The engine passed over safely, but the rest of the train broke through and FELL FIFTEEN FEET to the ground below. Before reaching the bridge the trains always slow up, and It is supposed, that the speed at which the train was running was not high. The combination coach Is reported to be the first one which struck tbe ground. On it fell tlio passenger coacb, the sleeper and the special car in which were President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Valley railroad, and George Gould and wife, of New York. The scene at the moment after the wreck was HEART-RENDING HE YON D DESCRIPTION. The lower coaches were smashed to pieces. Fortunate were those passengers to whom death came instantly. Every coach was filled, and scarcely a passenger escaped without some injury. When the wreck was partly cleared away the disaster, serious as it was, was less horrible than was learod. Up to 6 o'clock the list of dead counted up nineteen, and the wounded thirty-four. The only names of the dead reported to the railway officials here are: INJURED. M. Lawrence, colored; W. L. Griffin, conductor; J. W. Thompson, Jacksonville, Fla; Charley Brown, Savanuah; Laura Jones, Thotnsonville, Ga.;; Mrs. McClinch, Philadelphia; Alice Simpson, New York: Samuel Obes aud wlfo, Providence ; Dr. Boothe aud wife, New York : E. P. Wilbur, president Lehigh Valley railroad ; W. A. Wilbur, son of the president of the Lehigh Valley railroad; Miss Cox, A. F. Boyle, A. J. Fancloth, Waresboro, Ga.; Miss M. Ray, Dale's Mill, Ga.j J. P. Thompson and wife, New Orleans; 0. W. Wallace, traveliug passenger agent Louisville and Nashville railroad; L. B. Millard, bagcage master; Austin, colored, Waycross; Henry Snook, colored, Savannah; C. E. Van Wort, Savannah; A. C. Hudson, Macon, Ga.; J. Papy, flagman; G. M. Feredo and wife, New York ; J. Splro, New York; Mrs Hulburt, New York; Sam Allen, train hand, Savannah; Walter: Goodrich, train hand. Savannah; E. Bulterfield, New York. Total, thirty fire Injured. a relief train. A relief train wont out at 5 o'clock this afternoon with two undertakers and thirty coffins and a force of telegraph operators and linemen. Manager Merrlhew, of the Western Union telegraph ofllcehere, us soon as the (lows was received that Mr. Gould and wife wero among the Injured, employed Dr. Harris and detailed an operator and lineman to accoinpuny him to the scene of the wreck. travel blockaded. The wreck has completely blockaded travel South, and trains North and South bound will go via Jessup, Brunswick and Waycross until the trestle is rebuilt, which will be several days. mr. and mrs. gould injured. Jacksonville, Fla.. March 17.?A late dispatch from the Times-Union correspondent at waycross says: George Gould was injured in the face, and Mrs. Gould in the side, both slight Injuries. Nineteen persons were killed outright and six died at Wrycross during the afternoon. The wounded are being cared for at Waycross and Blacksbear. Several more liru UAJ'LXLUU l/U 1AIU. The accident was caused by a broken rail under the baggage car. Incident* of tlie Accident. Savannah News March 19. Saturday night was a night of suffering In Wnycross. Every one was sleepless except those who were lying In their last sleep, or those who had yielded to the opiates prescribed by the corps of physician*, who were paying unremitting attention to the injured. At the Grand Central Hotel the agonizing screams of Mrs Amanda Ferrero, who was suffering from a fracture of the thigh boue within the hip joint, were kept up at Intervals until the departure of the north bound traiu at 11 o'clock yesterday. At the "old school house" the frenzied and maniacal cries of Mrs T. P. Thompson, of New Orleans, were heartrending. She was delirious from concussion of the brain and a fracture of the skull. Her husband lay| in an adjoining room with contused wounds of the chest mill abdomen, and when tils wife wildly shrieked out It roquired two strong men to hold him down, so anxious was he to be by the bedside of his suffeting partner. But the shrieks of the wounded woman were from deliriun and not pain. A mind wrecked was wandering abroad In mad cries, and no medlciiment could chnrtn it back to reason. At the warehouse, where the dead bodies were being placed In the coffins, the wails of the mourners rose above the agonizing cries of the suffering. .SKAUCIIIXf! AMONG THE DEAD. When the midnight train came In from Jacksonville it reached the WaycroBS depot about the time that the gravel train brought the undertakers and a carload of coffins. Mr. J. G. Mediock, of Savannah, and C. W, Kelly, a commercial traveler for Lippmnnn Bros, linked arms to try and learn if Mrs Kelly was among the II ving or the dead. It wasapitlabel sight when a lady of Waycrossguided the two men'.to w here the body of an unidentified lady lay. 15y the dim light of a lantern the cloth was removed from the face, but it was so gashed and distorted thatnolther of i he searchers at first recoirnized it. Holding the lautern closer the husband recognized the dress of his bride of but two months, and he said : "My God, It is she," and fell weeping over the passionless body. The worst fears of husband and brother-in-law had been realized. Their grief was heartrending In the extreme. Though all semblance of her former self bad been brushed out. yet what was left was their loved one. The body was placed lu a coffin and the t wo bereaved men took the remains to her childhood home at Louisville, Ga. Her sister, Mrs J. G. Medlock, resides In this city at the corner of Anderson and Burroughs streets. Mrs. Kelly was on her way toPalatka, and was to have been joined at Jacksonville by her husband. They intended to reside at Palatka, and the doceascd had been on a visit to her sister here. F.M.Smith, the Pullman conductor, was horribly multilated. His bowels protruded and his throat waB literally cut Irom ear to car. When the body of William M. Martin, the news agent of the train, wns about to be placed in the coffin, soinooneputa hand is his pocket to remove his watch. It was still running, yet the pocket was full of blood, which showed ghastly on the hand of the undertaker's assistant by the dim light of the attendant's lantern. On the body ol J. H. Hurlburt, of Phlladel* phla, was found a letter, which was read before ihe body was laid in the coffin. It was evidently written by his daughter Jointly for herself and mother. The letter was addressed to "denr husband and papa." recited the illness of Ills Utile son, w no was Cftlled for li i 111. The letter stated that the writers felt as if some impending gloom was about to fall upon the family, and they asked him to hurry home. Surely that crash down nearly Jll'ty feet to death must have been the shadow that was felt by his loved ones, who were doomed never ngair. to see him in life. IV. E. Bel I'm LocnlM. Spring calicos in French sateen styles. W. E. Sell. Spring ginghams, in 40 dlflerent styles. W. [ E. Bell. Sateens In beautiful flowers and stripes. W. E. Bell. Colored figured batlsto In all the spring shades. W. E. Bell. Colored 36 Inch lawns In llgured and stripes. W. E. Bell. White plnld lace batiste for ladles summer dresses. W. E. Bell. White batiste with embroidery to match. W. E. Bell. Cream batiste with embroidery to match. W. E. Bell. White India lawn with embroidery 10 match. W. E. Bell. Cream India lawn with embroidery to match. W. hi. Bell. White and cream laces from lc. to 82 per yard. W. E. Bell. White embroidery In all widths for dress trimming. W. E. Bell. Ladles silk gloves In all the summershades. W.E.Bell. Ladles lisle thread gloves. W. E. Bell. Silk and lisle thread lace mitts. W. E. Bell. Silk floss In all the now shades. W. E. Bell. I have some special bargains for this month. Tl it / _ I . ... 11 1- _ I i 1.,,. iir 1JUH fc lUil IU UUU 1UI IUV DUUUIUI UUi KIUOi it. E. Bell. I have some beautiful goods for early spring wear. W. E. Bell. Braid trlmmlogs la all the new shades wltli pannels to match. W. E. Bell. Mora Bilks In every new shade for dress trimming. W. E. Bell. Jet ornaments and Jet sets, colored beaded sets. My line of dress trimmings Is complete In every shade. W. E. Bell. Hnts for all. 4 cases of ladles misses and children hats Just received. W. E. Bell. Street parasols for ladles and children. W. E. Bell. Corsets. Try my kabo corsets for comfort, every corset warranted. W. E. Bell. Dress goods In 24 and 46 Inches width In all the new shades. W. E. Bell. Wash goods. Never boforc has wash goods been in such demand. I have them In all the new styles, w. E. Ben. I have just returned from New York and Baltimore with one of the best stocks of ladles goods ever brought to Abbeville. I take pleasure In thanking the ladles for past favors, and will do my best In the future to secure their patronage. W. E. Boll. Remember W. E. Bell will have his opening on 29,30 and 81st of this month. I will have my grand spring and summer opening on 29,80 and 31st of this month all the ladles are Invited to attend. \V. E. Bell. Miss Hood Is preparing for Wm. E. Dell's spring opening, which will come oil on the 29,30 and 31st of this month. Novelty braid in 10 different styles. \V. EBell. Feather edge braid in all tlie No's. W. EBell. Buttons in all the new summer shades. W* E. Bell. Linen floss, for fancy work at W. E. Bell. Ladies shoes in kid button. The best $3 French kid shoe in the market. W. E. Bell. Ladies goat polish in common sense heel' W. E. Bell. Ladles opera and tie slippers. W. E. Boll. Misses kid and goat button shoes. W. E. Bell. Misses opera and tie slippers at W. E. Boll Children kid button and laco polish shoesW. E. Boll. InfantB kid and goat button shoes. W. E' Bell. Kid gloves for ladies In tan mode and wood brown. W. E. Bell. Ladles undress kid gloves In now shades. W.E. Bell. Ladles collars from 5c. to 25c. with or without cape. W. E. Bell. Crape llsse In black, white, cream and fancy colors. W. C. Bell. HONEA HATH TALK. ? - Persons, Reflections, Bongs, Childish Innar?n(>i> Honea Path, 8. C.t March 19,18S8. Yesterday wns an Ideal Sabbath, n Sabbath that everybody wants to go to church. It stirs up within jis all, that is grand and noble. and as we bow in reverence to our Heavenly Father, we resolve, that in all our future life, our song will be "Nearer my God to thee." But alas! when we get luto the worry and bustle of every day lire, how often our leet stray into forbidden paths, and we almost forget our resolution. How thankful we should be, that we have this blessed Sabbath. One of Mr. Millard Wright's little children died {the 14th instant, from the effects of whooping cough. Mr. M. Erwin has been suffering severely from an attack of rheumatism for the past week, we are glad to say he is much better. Dr. M. 0. Parker, of Anderson, called to 6ee us a short while last Wednesday on his way to see Mr. Erwin. His many friends were to see him. 1 i t i i. ~ -.1 117 t \tll iUCDSro, u. a. iuuiviouu, jt., uuu tt u. *?*??ford, two of our young men, who aro in business In Anderson, spent Sunday In town. Mrs. J. N. Watkins, of Anderson, Is visiting her mother-in-law Mrs. H. E. Watkins. Miss Sallle Glenn, of Pelzer, is visiting at Uev. M. McGee's. Mrs. Ottie Sadler, of Lowndesvllle, is at Mr. J. C. Milfords. Dr. T. A. Hudgens's horse ran away with his sulky last Thursday and entirely demolished It; his son Johnle Iludgens was driving and was thrown out of (he sulky, and came near being seriously hurt. Not long since one of our ministers who has a larce family of children, was preparing to have the usual evening prayers. When he asked, (as he very often does) what shall wo slnit? A moment of silence ensued, and a little Ave years oW, replied "Pa. sing Lazy John," they did not sing that song, but his reply "brought down the house." Mr. G. L. Rurts and Miss Lela Burta aro oil' to Piedmont on a visit. Mr. J. W. Brock and Dr. Shirley attended preaching at Beiton last Sunday. CALLY. Tlie Ntnte Convention. Yorkvillc Enquirer. The question of having one or two Stnte Conventions this year is now a subject of discussion by the press of the State. Owing to the early date of the National Democratic Convention, which will meet on tho 15th of June, It will be necessary to select delegates to it In the month cf May; but it is held, and we think correctly, that May would be too early to make nominations for State officers. There are many reasons why the State nominating convention should be held at a later date. The people liavenotglven thesubjectthought and are not In condition to instruct their delegates at so early a date, while they are not In a mood to have the State canvass precipitated upon them, to the detriment of every pursuit, except office-seeking, nearly six months in advanco of the election. It Is necessary to select delegates to the National Convention, for which purpose wo fa- 1 vor the holding of a State convention at Co- \ lumbla In May, the delegates then chosen to! be instructed to cast their ballots for tho renomination of Cleveland. After that is done ! there will be ample time to cast about fori nomination for State officers, and the people Illliy UUVU OUUIUtiJiuf, iu roj nr. UVir vwvnw. nominations shall be mado, whether by con-1 ventlon or by the Democratic plan of a primary election. We favor tho plan of a primary election from the office of Governor down to the least Important county office, and agree with the suggestion of the Abbeville Press and Banner that a plan should be formulated by which the whole people may have a voice In the nomination of their pub-; lio officers. Blankets! blankets at cost. P. Rosenberg' & Co. If you want a good overcoat at cost. Call on P. Rosenberg <k Co. Clothing at cost! clothing at co?t!! P. Rosenberg & CoJ / _ "J Jj_ 'mmmSB The TarilT Reform iNttne in Georgia. News and. Courier. Judge II. D. D. Twiggs, of Georgia, has published in the Augrutu Chronicle a full audenective reply to the recent letter of the Hon. A. O. llaoon, of iho same Stale on the subject of the tariff and the Internal revenue laws. The argument of Judge Twiggs Is necessarily long, since much more space Is required to expose a fallacy than to formulate oiip, but Its strength Is happily proportioned to its length, for the most part, and It gives abundant evidence throughout that the cause of the tariff reform does not hick for watchful and able exponents In Georgia. (Jreat stress was laid by Mr. Bncon, as It hag always been laid by the Protection organs In Georgia, on the "inquisiiorlal," "instructive" and "vexatious" methods of enforcing the Internal revenue laws, whence, It was argued, these laws themselves should he repealed. Judge iwigs-'s meets the m^rti tuna men on their own ground here, and gives them a severe drubbing with their own and favorate weapon. He says; Is not the collection of the tariff tax far more inquisitorial and vexatious than that ol the internal revenue? And does its inforcement not almost entirely depend upon a system which Involves seizure, search and espionage? Every traveler from abroad?old or young, male or female, the good and the bad alike?who enters the numerous ports of the United States, are compelled, by an inquisitorial system, to surrender their baggage, trunks and satchels to the inexorable, and oftentimes brutal customhouse offcial, who not only institutes :thorou?h search Into , personal property, but, In many instances, the sacred person of the citizen, and for this purpose female assistants are employed to explore the personal toilet of the same sex, if deemed necessary to enforce the imperative exactions of this law. Let it bo borne in mind that the person thus subjected to these exactions are not vlolaters of the law, but are the best people of our land. Our fathers, mothers, wives. Bisters and daughters, relatives and frlnn rla Vn PAnclrloratinn r? r uvmnotliv 1u felt or expressed for them. It is reserved exclusively for criminals and lawbreakers. mm Tiie contract for building a Bridge on Rocky creek near Bucklevel will bo let to the Lowest Bidder on the 6th of APRIL next at 11 o'clock a. m. Specifications given on day of letting. G. M. MATTISON, County Commissioner. March 15, 1888.3t. TV?p fffa+A nf Srm+li ffarnlina ' AAXV WMVV VA MVM VU VMA VAAMU) COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. probate court. In the matter of the estate of Dr. Edwin Parker, Deceased. Petition for Settlement and Discharge. EF. PARKER, as Administrator of the cs- I ? tote of Dr. Edwin Parker, deceased, ( having filed his petition in this Court praying for settlement and discharge, It is Ordered : that Monday, the 23d of i April next be fixed for settling said estate and granting a final discharge ns prayed for. J. FULLER LYON, ' Judge Probate Court. March 20,1888, 4t We Offer Grand Opportunity FOR Raising Fine Mules. rpiIE THOROUGHBRED JACK MOZART, ' i from Indiana, will stand at the stables of WALLINGFORD & RUSSELL during the season. Color black, 14 hands high, six years old, , wrlirht 8(H) nounds and well Dronortloned. TERMS?Ten Dollars Insurance. For fur- ; (her particulars communicate with NVALLINGFORD & ItUHSELL, ( Abbeville C. H., S. C. I March 21,1888, tf I I < I P. ROSENBERG & CO. i in Gey 0|tiii| a Chii# kt; 1 soriint of Goods. j i i i ] _ < Teachers Examination. ALL Teachors whose gradocertificates have . expired and intend to teach in the Pub- 1 lie Free* Schools of Abbeville county, will I meet the Rotird of Examiners at Abbeville C. H. on Friday 6th and Saturday 7tli April, 1888. 1 The white teachers will meet at 10 o'clock a. 1 m. on Friday 6th and the colored teachers on Saturday 7th April, 10 o'clock a. m. E. COWAN, Chairman Board Examiners. March 7,1HS8, tf To Approve School Claims. rpiIE Schooi Commissioner will be in hi* of1 flee on the following days to Register school claims, Ac., natnely On Saturday, 17th March. On Saturday, 11th April. I On Saturday, l'Jtb May. On Saturday, liith June, and every Salesday during the school year. < n* oAiir \ V rj, \j\j it | j School Commlgiloucr. March 2,1SS8, tf 1 DENTAL OFFICE, j NINETY-SIX, S. C. 1 ON AND AFTER MARCH THE 12TH, I i will ofTor ray professional services to my friends and the public generally. Having provided myself with the latest Unproved instruments, Ac., I will be prepared to do all work in my line, both in operative and mechanical dentistry. All work guaranteed. < Prices moderate. i W. H. HOLLAND, Dentist. , March 7,1888, Cm Patterson's Bridge. The building of a new bridge < at I'attorson's Bridge will be let on Wednoldiiy, April 4, ISSN, at 11 A. M l at tlio Bridge. Specifications will be made known on the 1 <Iav of lotLiliir. ] J. W. I.ITES, ( County Commissioner. , March 14,18S8, 3t J Bridge Notice! rpiIK contract for building a bridge over Lit- * 1 tie ltiver nt WARDLAW'S, will bo let to the lowest bidder on THURSDAY, the 15tb of j MARCH next at 11 o'clock A. M. at the ( bridge. Specifications made known at the time of letting. ( At the same time and place the contract for . constructing a CAUSEWAY on public road near the bridge will bo awarded to tho lowest ' bidder. W. D. MANN, Jan. :W, 1SSS, 3t Commlisioner. ( j Mortgagee's Sale. T>Y VIUTUK or a power 01 saie, comiwneu -L> lnamortgase dcod. executed to me by Win. T. McGce 011 tlie llrst day of December, 1 1s-n>, I will sell at pubic outcry ou SALEDAY 1 IN A PHIL next (2), all that tract of land owned by the said Win. T. McGce, situate in Abbeville County, containing two hundred j and 2-10 acres, more or less, and bounded by . lands of James Carlisle, N. James Lomax, llcnery A. Tennnnt and others. ] TKitA1S?one-half cash, with a mortgage of the premises to secure the unpaid purcnas? money. MRS. V. D. LEE, March 7,1SSS. Jt Mortgagee. NOTICE OF 1 Stockholders Meeting, j fiMIK annual meeting of the stockholders of 1 the Georgia, Carolina and Northern Rail- . way Company will bo held at Athens, Geor- : gla.TIIUHKDAY, APRIL 5,1888. The trans- 1 fer books will be closed from this date until j April 6lh. A. I j. HULL, Secretary and Tieuaurer. Athens, Ga., March 5, 1888. 1 v'. v~s> ' w 9 f " 1" We Have J And Opened up for the L. Which we Most Co A MOST ATTRACTIVE AND STYLISH ! lng a choice selection of CALICOES, Colored and Mourning Ginghams, "Cleghorn Novelties,"' Zephyr Suitings, Wo offer special attractions to HOUSEKEIE Bleached, Half-Bleached, Turkey Rod and Fi White Linen Napkins and Fringed Doilies', Bleached and Brown Sheetings, Towels and r\ "ixn. w ur vv 11 CAN'T BE SURIV India Llnons, Check and Plain Nainsooks. India Mulls, Also, a full stock of NOTIONS. Ask for our 6c. White Pearl Buttons, Rlc Roc and Novelty Braids, Perfumery. Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Chatelalns, Collars, Cuffs, We havn't forgotten the MEN and BOYS bj only ask a look through the following lines : A Handsome M of New, Stylis Remember, too, that we have a superb line made up an elegant suit unlike every body headquarters for HATS, CRAVATS, SH1RI NISHING GOODS. And our stock of these mean to keep our prestige In this direction. Autl-Sweat Cravat Pins, The "Dandy" Collar Button, Gents Colored Dress Shirts, Silk and Linen Handkerchiefs, The JAS. MEANS fc.00 DRESS SHOE is gu hand sewed shoe on the market. We have something entirely new In LAP R' Call on us and we will take great pleasure In g W. Joel Sn March 21, 1888, tl Extracts from Lowndesville Advertiser NOTES FEOM ABBEVILLE COUBT HOUSE. Did we Have an Election r?Innocent Lawn Ten nia?Objectionable Skating: ? Demand for Leirlnlatom Atno* MAitAML There seems to be som* doubt as to whether or not there has been an election on the subject of license or no license for Abbevile- county. The Act on the subject says that the question was to be decided by a majority of the electors of the county. The electors number about three thousand five huudred. In the election on the third of March only about fourteen hundred votes were polled?eleven hundred against license and about three hundred for license. It is not known yetif the "wet" men will make a contest over the matter. Greenwood is fast working herself to the front. In unity there is strength. Greenwood is different from Abbeville. In the former place when an enterprise is undertaken everybody does uot desire to be at the head of it. Those who are not put at the head do not become disgruntled, and drawn off, but all seem to work together, as they are not working for personal glory, but for the good of their town. Our young folks amuse themselves with lawn tennis and with the skating rink. The former is all right, but the latter does not meet the approval of pour correspondent and he will not 3omment on it. It is ten times worse than mixed schools. Mr. Jas. T. Latimer was in Abbeville last Saturday. The farmers of this neighborhood are *?tting on pretty well with their plow?t is stated that Mr. J. F. C. DuPre will not run for the office of Shriff, and :he indications are that there will be a "ace for all ages for the office. We rifnrnf n?nriirlfttes for the office ilready, with fourteen more townships :o hear from. The question is being asked, "Who is going to run for the Legislature?" No one seems to be especially anxious to sacrifice himself to represent the people of Abbeville county, but there is plenty of time yet. Mrs. Jno. S. Norwood and her mother left for Baltimore yesterday. Mrs. I Norwood will be absent some time. There will be, probably, two State conventions this year. One to elect delegates to the St. Louis Democratic Convention, to be held on the fifth of June, and the other for the purpose of nominating State officers. The race for the Solicitorship of the Eighth Circuit is getting interesting. Abbeville will stand to her man. The McCormick News is booming I.r/tr</\vmi/i1r T nf 'fiV OTA Tim LU^VUi iUlVU* JUVV vft gw( V??MI OUR DUE WEST LETTER. Due West, S. C., Mar. 19, 1888. Sweet potatoes are unusually plentiful and have been the past season. On examining the fruit we think snough of the late blooms are left to make a pretty good crop, if not killed ifter this. Dr. Wideman has not been so well for the last few days. Saturday evening closed his sixteenth week of sickness. The abscess found about the region of the liver is discharging itself. Ihe general hope is that after this he will get on his feet. From the Advertiser we see that Lowndesville is pushing ahead aud erecting new buildings and inaugunow (lntornriups. Til all of til CSC IMllUg UVH ? we take pleasure and hope that the ^ood work will goon. The merchants of Due West are lay-; iug in large and elegant stocks of merchandise. If we have a good crop year busiuess will be fairly on its leet ugain, and so will the farmers be. Our farmers are planting a larger j area of corn than formerly. This i9 | right. Let every farmerplaut as much j corn as he can and then put some fer-1 tilizer under it. We usually do not pay enough attention to the thorough preparation in planting our corn. The Presbyterial visitation of Rev.! nalviu Presslv and Mr. Calvin Boyd | was much enjoyed by our people. It, is hoped that good will result to the congregation. The Advertiser is a straightout hon-i ?st paper. It gives no uncertain sound j the issue of the day. Its light is ot hid under a bushel. Dr. E. VV. Pressly and bride were Iriving on our streets Monday. They returned to Clover, S. C., Tuesday 20th. The best wishes of our citizens iccompany them. Rev, Mac Todd preached an able seruon in the Associate Reformed church ast Sabbath evening. The Presbyterian ffice has received ts $1,000 new press. Mr. A. I). Kennedy broke down two wagons in transporting it from Donalds. I.atlmer LocrIn. Latimeb, March 10, 1888. The Regents of the Lunatic Asylum nave elected S. D. Pierson, of C'lxrenlon, to succeed the late W. F. Turner is Superintendent of the Asylum Farm. At 8.30 P. M., March 1, a fire broke >ut in Winnsboro which burned the Episcopal church and several stores ind warehouses. Loss $25,000. Capt. Byron Holly has been elected engineer to finish the Columbia canal. " .rgjt 'ust Received A.DIES, to the Inspection of rdially Invite Them. STOCK OF DRESS MATERIALS, COMPRIS"Tolle Du Nords." "Comtesse''Satlna, . Fancy Cheviots, Ac., &c. PERS In the way of aney Colored Table Damasks. Turkey Red and Fancy Fruit Dolllea, Bleached, Brown and Checked Homespana, Linen Crash. ite Goods LSSED, consisting ol Victoria and Persian Lawns, Check Muslins. Plain and Dotted Swiss. Lndles Shopping Bags & very stylish Purses, Embroidery Silks, Toilet Soaps, Jersey Jackets, Canvass Belts, Kuchlngs, Laces, Embroideries, &c. 7 any moans, as we are ready to prove. And il aii Well Flu Ready Hade ! HI1VG-! j of samples and that you can select and have ? else's, ror a reasonable consideration. We are S, COLLARS, CUFFS and all GENTS FUReoods this season will convince yon that we .Ve will mention a few specialties: Scarf Retainers. Cliff Holders, "Elghmle," "Peerless" & No. 230 Dress SblrU, Gents Traveling Bags furnished, Hosiery and Gloves. aranteed equal In style and durability to any . OBES. We can't begin to enumerate our stock. lving you every attention. nith & Son. ?! ?? Extracts from Christian Neighbor Dedication. The new Methodist church at Abbe- ~ ville, S. C\. wa9 dedicated March 11, 1888, Bishop Duncan, Henry D. Moore, * D. D., and Rev. P. B. Jackson, pastor, officiating. The occasion was one of great interest to the Methodists of Abbeville and to the community general- -i ly. Mr. Hugh Wilson, the enterorising proprietor and editor of the Press and Banner deserves and doubtless has received and will continue long to 3 receive praise and thanks for his great labor in gathering and publishing in his paper what may be called a history ' of Methodism in Abbeville, including ; the dedication of the new cnurch. About fourteen colums of the mammoth (56 colum9) Press and Banner are filled with an account of the dedi- . . . | cation and of the names of persons and events that were more or less ; prominent in connection with Method-. . ^ j ism. We suppose that every Method* ist about Abbeville and many others elsewhere will get and preserve a copy of the Press and Banner of Wednes- $ day, March 14, 1888. California, with its 160;000 square miles of territory, its 800 miles of seacoast, its grand Yosemite Valley, its stupendous water-falls, its grand trees, - ' ja its towering mountains, presents with- ? . " in the limits or a single suite au me climates known to the universe, all the differences of surface, from snow-clad peaks to valleys which lie hundreds of feet below the sea-level, all the fruits between the equator and the pjle, all the minerals known to geology.?Chicago Herald. Austin engineers speak favorably of Gieszi's pilot engine rorpreventing railway collisions. It is worked by electricity, under the control of the engineer, and is run at any desired distance in front of the train, which it stops automatically on encountering any obsticle. According to Manhall's dictionary of *,? statistics the average age of all the people living in France is 32yeard2montha and 12 days. In the United States the average is only 24 years 10 months and 24 days. On Sunday night, March 11, there was a murder at Broad River Bridge near this city. Some person or persons r severely beat Mr. Buff, the toll keeper and his wife, robbing the desk of wnat bridge money it contained, about sixteen dollars. A negro who was workiug for Mr. Buff, was found murdered a short distance from the house. The Fisheries commission have signed a treaty which, it is generally lieved, will prevent all future difficulties between the United States and Great Britian on this subject. Queen Victoria has decided to use "jubilee fund" to fouud and maintain .??> intifUii + i/m f/\r tho Pfhinniinn of ail XUOkllUVlUU 4V* vuv v. , uursesforthe sick aud poor in their own homes. Mutters at JfcCormlek. McOormick Newt ; Mr. Frank Brauch, of our town, has gone to Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. Jane Searls, of Mapleton, paid her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Talbert, a visit last Tuesi W& Any one who Is in need of a good watch can get the same for $1.50 by applying at this office. Splendid time keeper. A new passenger coach has been added to the Abbeville Branch. We are quite sure it was not added before needed. They are having dime readings at Lowndes- -~h vllle. Don't you think it would do well for ua to have some in McCormlck. The Improvement to the Court House la nearly finished, and it is said will add much to Its looks. Abbeville deserves one of the best. The guano trade this year has been, better than ever before. The merchants can hardly secure enough to satisfy all their customers. j Messrs. Latimer, Cooley & Allen are to build I -i r #? Uvna hAffll Thfl U/Afk Vf111 , UL iiUWiiucdViiic a kwivm commence soon uud will be built near the depot. ! We understand that Prof. J. P. Kennedy, of Due West, 1ms recently been presented with a i liaimlsome gold watcti?a present from hia i family. What man is that who will let lils paper run six months and not oiler to pay for Itf ? It is that man who will make accounts at all : the stores and never pay any of them. Editor Harmon, of McCormick, is in town, I looking fresh and at ease with all mankind. Mr. Harmon wiW interview our merchants as | to the business of his section.?Augusta liveninff News. ? | The Greenwood Tribune Is to have both sides published at home. The News wishes It much success, and hopes that It will live long, and the editor be inspired to make it all a country paper can be. arrpiMvood Hank, and th? Old Folk's Concert. Gkkknwood, March 20,1888. The students of tho Male High School and the Female College are making arrangements to have a May party on or about May tirst. A case which involved ahout 300 oords of wood was adjusted before Judge W. K. Blake .Monday. Joa. T. Johnson, of Laurens and E. S. F. Giles were employed in the case. Greenwood has the appearance of a bu*y town since the Mish, blind and door factory has commenced business. Knough money has already been subscribed for a bank here. It will be opened about August 1st. An entertainment will be given at ye Malo Collebo. Friday March 2.S, 8 p. m. 30 Beaux unci Helios to appear In elaborate costumes of ye olden lyme. Ye Big Door will be unbarred at early candlelight. At 8 by ye Grandfathers Clock, ye big curtain will rise and ye r old folk will entertain the goodlle companle l with an attractive program,including tunes, songs, sung lu 1<76. A fuil band ol Instruments. _ Il-c* A return has been made by the Mapleton Cotton Mills, of Abbeville County, and it* charter has been granted. The capital stock la Si>,t)G0, In shares of 8100 each. The directors of the company are Ellington A. Boarlea, Thomas N. Dallas and Wm. Bradley. Mr. Searlos is president and Mr. Brad ley secretary. The mills will manufacture cotton at Mapleton, Abbeville County. jci 4