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The Press and Banner. ABBEVILLE, S.C. Wednesday, June 27, 1888. The State Pensions. "Up to the 7tli Instant, the State Pension Board has approved 1.524 applications for pensions, and rejected 591. There were at the same date 256 additional applications still to be considered or reconsidered. The total number of applications made under the Pension Act up to June 7th was, 2,371. There was from York 74 applications, 23 of which were rejected. Of the amount that will be required to pay the pensions already granted, the Columbia correspondent of the yews and Courier says: The appropriations for the payment of pensions this year was 850,000. The amount will not suffice even to pay the pensions approved up to the time the Legislature oegm* 1 is uc.\t sranun. *v. ^ all the pensions allowed so for will take ?91, 440 annually. The General Assembly has not proved to be a better calculator In the matter of pension expenses than the United State6 Congress."? YorkvUle Enquire. The pensloD Is given on a wrong principle. AU of a class should receive peuslons. For Instance, if any soldier who lost an arm is to receive a pension, then all soldiers who lost an arm should receive a pension; or, If any soldier's widow is to receive a pension, then let all soldier's widows receive pension. As given out now, the pension seems to be a pre mium on tbrlftlessness. A soldier who has no better claim for a pension than his poverty does not deserve favor more than an other who is better off. Let us cite an instance: We are told that In one community of this county, two widows lived at the close of the war. Both were poor. They had nothing. Since then one of them has by energy and economy saved an amount which procludes her from a pen* sion while her widowed neighbor Is as poor to-day a? she was twenty years ago, and is now put on the pension roll without question. Is there a man on the face of the earth who will say that the government has dealt justly with these two women ? To make money by honest toil is atleast one badge of a good citizen, and such people should not he discriminated against. ???? A Widow and a Pension. F. P. McGowan, Esq., of the Arm of Benct A McGowan, has applied to the SupremeCourt for a mandamus to compel the Comp trailer General to allow the claim of a widow * " 1 ? nnnnUn TlfO trnmon'ti WOO QBI uppiieu IUI a (ICUOIVU. husband was killed in the war and she would be entitled to a penson but for the tact that she married again. Her second husband is now dead and tbe case involves the construction of tbe pension Act. The question to be decided, is whether the woman is the widow of her first or second husband, or both.?Laurent Advertiser. All laws, and ail wills of deceased persons, which discourage, or set a bar to marriage should be pronounced illegal and against public policy. The true policy of allcivilized and all christian people is to encourago marriage, and to respect and honor the sanctity of the home and the fireside. Any effort therefore to instill a principle or to create u eentiment against, or to set a bar to marriage is an offence to the purity and sweetness ol the home, and a stab at tbe well established principle of our gorvernment, in securing homesteads to tbe poor, and in protecting the ' humblest citizen in tbe fullest eujoyment ol that home. The Gm C. A- N. Road. Nothing new has developed as to the progress which is being made on this road, but oar people have great faith in tbe integrity and earnestness of General Hoke in the enterprlse. They believe that he will build the road, or in case of failure, it will not be because of any fault of bl6. There is need for the road, and we still have faith in its man agement. For President. The Republicans at Chicago hare nominated General Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, tor President, and Hon. Levi P. Morton, of New Yoik, for Vice-President For Cash great bargains in printing material can be had by personal application at the office of the Christian Neighbor, Columbia, S. C. See advertisement in another part of this paper. ^ ' Troy's Town Topics. Troy, s. C., June 25,1838. Old "Sol" is shedding bis rays most angrily upon our town and Jn suoh a manner that threatens th? immediate use of an ice cream freezer. Mr. A. J. Davis and wife are summering at Little Mountain. Misses Eva and Rose Bell Smart have returned from Richmond, Va., wharethey have been attending college. Mr. J. T. Solomon has been quite iDdisposed for several days, but we are glad to make note of his improvement. Mr. Jno. Chiles Jr., attended services at this place on last Sabbath. Editor Harmon. Of McCormlck, passed through "en route'1 to Greenwood last Sabbath. mere was a ooom at tnis piacu oaturuuy with the merchants. Troy has now a "marble club" to amuse the men ias well as the small boys. The way they crack is enough to make the welkin ring until it cracks it self and has to be taken off for repairs. Crops in this section are growing vigorously, ootton especially has grown wonderfully in the last few days. Messrs. James Kennedy and "Dock" Taggart and probably others will attend commencement exercises at Due West. Capt. J. T. Youngbl*od and C. R. Jordan went to Bradley to attend communion service* at the Baptist church on Sabbath last. Miu Eula Wideman, who has Just returned from Greenville, visited Miss Marie Chiles last week. Several seining parties last week with phenomenal success, namely : Mosquitoes few, water pleasant, fish were visiting, left cards, call later?amen. We learn that there will be protracted services at the Presbyteriun church commencing Friday week. VAUCLUSE. Stony Point Items. Stony Point, June 1C, 1888. Harvest is about over. Acoounts of commencement exercises, in different institutions of learning, now till the papers. Miss Llllle Jones has gone to Charlotte, for a few weeks. Mrs. W. T. Smith, of Laurens, hus been a recent guest of Mrs. Caldwell. Rev. B. F. King, of Greenville, was in town for a few days this week. Mr. and Mrs., David Aiken spent Sunduy with friends In Cokesburv. Mr. Vance Godbold, of Cokesbury, has been visiting relatives in town, lie Is a bright boy, whose desire It is to carve a bright future for himself. Success to him. Stony Point has a number of young folks whom we think will soon be ready to organize a "Social Club." "What in lllo is half so Bweet, as love's young dream !" Mrs. Agncw, of Greenvilio county, has boen spending sometime with tier parents, Mi. and Mrs. Coleman. Miss Ollie DuKose has gone to Darlington to remain several mouths with relatives. A pleasant visit to her. Mrs. E. K. Smith, of Tip Top, lias been visiting the family of her brother Mr. Jauoes C. Caldwell. Mr. and Miss Martin, of Greenwood, have been lecent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Duntzler. Little Ethel King, of Greenville, is brightening grandpapa and granamama O'Xeall's home. Mlfw Bessie Cothran, of Mllway, has returned to her home, after having taught out her term In the Stony Point school. Mrs. Wilcut, of Laurens, is now at Mr. O'Neaii'8, Aira. Watson, of White Hall, has beeu vlsit^ Jug relatives in town. Crops are very good so far this season?not 1^^^ much complaint of grass. Farmers have Bg^^^kept up with their work, and have promise Mnlia remunerative crop. DULICO. Track Laid. HOB Advertiser. ^BHnMHns^BKtorinatlon we have as to the laving on the Cumberland MBBMgraraCTM^^track layers had reached r>lrrht. tlmf \f r WMBBMaHHBMkltlonal bauds to work which seems to |^^BnMK9nHKRH^N^B^y delay the lmrneH^HRHKn0M3^naN5|^Kpad to this place. resile must and weeks time iMiwliWW8BKB^MBBHBiHaBBl^fcy.i the track tlmu ou ' . The Ox-Team Telegraph. A word of personal explanation may no be out of place Just now. The editor of the Lowndcsville Advertiser Instructed us to print the presentment of the grand Jury and the replies of the officers. The presentment was published as directed. We notified Mr. Baker that the type of the replies of the officers had been distributed, and asked for instructions. To this letter, he replied ns follows: Seneca, s. c..June 21,1888. Dear Mk. Wilson.?I received your letter about the official's replies. I told you when I was down there I wanted them set up. Plense set them up thls.next issue, and put In it it. Hill's nnii flra'nd Juror's Diece. too. Will see you next week. I leave to-night for Asheville. In haste, J. M. Bakek. As the time was approaching to make up the forms of the Advertiser, and as wo had in the meantime received other matter In refer, ence to the same subject, we thought he would like to make the record complete and to put his paper on a fair and impartial basis, so we sent him the following telegram, which was delivered at the Abbeville office at 3:05 o'clock Monday evening. It was received at Ilodges at 3:10 o'clock, and forwarded from there at 3:22 o'clock : Abbeville, June 25,18SS. To J. M. Baker: Lowndesvllle: Do you want all communications and newspaoers comment in A dverlixer ? ' Hugh Wilson." The form was made up Monday night. The edition of the Advertiser was struck off earlyTuesday morning, when the following telegram was received: Lowndes ville, S. C., June 25,1888. Hugh Wilson*.?Only the replies of the officers to the report. J. M. Bakeii-^L This telegram was received at Hotlges ai 0:31a.m. It came to Abbeville at 9:33 a. m.f and was delivered at the Prest and Banner offlee at 9:42?on the Tuesday moining June 26, the Advertiser being at that time printed and ready to be sent to the depot. Now, a word as to the telegraph system as managed hereabout. By telegraph line Lowndesville' is some sixty miles distant from Abbeville. Can anybody give a reason why It takes eighteen hours to get a message from Lowndesvllle to Abbeville? Beside;taking money from the citizen to deliver messages when they are out of date, such de. lays are injurious to the business interests 01 the customers of the line. These delays by the telegraph company have become a source of great annoyance to tho people, and the question should be settled one way or the other whether the company have the right to take our money for service which they do not render in any reasonable length of time. Lowndesville by the public highway is about eighteen miles from Abbeville. A good ox team could have started for Lowndesville bt the time our telegram was sent, and could have returned before the answer was received. Does the telegraph company employ careless or inefficient operatives, or do they conduct business on a principle by which they can 6y6temmatically take the money of their customers without rendering a valid service ? It affords us pleasure to state that the records of the offices at Abbeville and at Hodges are clear, and that the operators at these points discharged their duty promptly, but for all that the telegraph company failed to do what was fairly and reasonably expected of them?and they took our money all the same. The company has received the price of two telegrams which by their owu neglect or carelessness were entirely worthless to the senders. II? Meant Xo Injury. Editor Press and Banner : I was surprised to see the nature of the attack you made on me in your last weeks issue and the motives you impute to me. Allow me to say that you are entirely wrong. The idea of injuring the Press and Banner 01 its editor never for one moment entered my bead. My object was was simply to criticise your public utterances on the administration of Justice to white criminals in South Carolina. I have always deemed your strictures unjust to the people of Abbeville and the .State and I do not hesitate to sny so. I have a* much right to say that you are wrong, us you to maintain that you are right I would itavibeen obliged If you had Indicated where 1 had thrown mud at the Press and Banner ann as it is my aim to keep within the bounds i,f true journalism and to injure no one without beinjr forced to it, I would have immediately put matters straight. I am one who is not ashamed to acknowledge a wrong. While at the same time 1 will not permit a wrong to be done to myself. J um not afraid to make an enemy of the Press and Banner if it forces the Isbuc on me, in support of n?y honest convictions, but this 1 do not desire to do. I have no end to gain or spite to gratify in so doing. In my wrlttings I have always tried to support the rl?ht in all matters, and in doing so to avoid the very thing you accuse rne of. T~ <.??? I nr% T 4Un* ? /%*? 1U JUOllbC W? IIIJ OUJI, X ItJIUfY lliUl' J ? ?ll should baye publjshed my comments. If you had I would not pen this reply, but would have simply lett the matter to the Judgment of the people or Abbeville. As It is they read in your paper a severe attack on me, and they are left to surmise as to the nature ol what I said. I, and not the Press and Banucr, am the injured party. These are my views and I hope that they will satisfy the Press and Banner. lu conclusion, I will again repeat, that J had no intention of injuring the Press and Banner or its editor; nor have I a desire to make an enemy of it In my wildest dreams I never fancied such a condition of affairs. My aim was to do justice to the people of Abbeville and the whole State. This and nothing more. CoHP.ESPOXDENT AUGUSTA ClIUON'ICLE. Abbeville, S. C\, June 2G, 1888. STATEMENT. In the early part of this year a white man from this county was charged with stealing a mule which he carried to Anderson, the value of the mule being $100 to $12ii. He was tried at the June Term of Abbeville Court; convicted; recommended to mercy; sentenced to eighteen months hard labor In penitentiary. In the month of January of this year, a negro in Anderson was charged with stealing a mule, and selling the same at Abbeville. The mule was sold for $20. The negro was brought into court at Anderson last MondayHe pleaded guilty, and the Court sentenced him to the penitentiary for three years. Both men were tried by Judge Wallace, as good a mail as there is In South Carolina. But he sentenced the white man at Abbeville for stealing a good mule, to eighteen months at hard labor, and he sentenced the negro to three years hard labor for stealing a twenty dollar mule. We mean 110 reflection at all on anybody, but we give these facts as reasons, which suggest the idea that the law is not equally en. forced in South Carolina. We most cheerfully accept "Correspondent's" disclaimer, and are glad to know that ho meant no unkindness to us. We have nothing but kindness for him. Opposition In Pickenn. A correspondent of the Plcke7is Senti7icl is opposed to taxation for the benefit of the Cumberland Gap road. Among other things, he says: As a rule, railroads that are built by taxa* 1 tion arc a stupendous fraud. Thejrecords ol 1 the Blue Hidge and the great Union l'actlflc are proof of this. When aid was given to the Air Line, the impression was that it would run by the Court House. They violated the contract between them and the people, and just did run across the border of the county, but exacted the S1U0,9(X). I think this proves conclusively that fraud was the underlying principle. You say that about all there Is in my article 1 Is, never to pay for a thing that you can get for nothing. About all the substance there is < in your argument for taxing the people over here to build the Cumberland Gap railroad Is, for us to pnv for a thing that we do not get value received for. Which Is the most logical , or honorable ? I cannot see how the building of this road by taxation will make our lands produce : pruuuuu u i'uuuu niuiu wi wuuu, ui u uumici moro of com. If it does increase the value of j land, bow will that help us? We do not want i to sell out. But land is too high anyhow and ( will not pay the interest on the money in vested in it. ' Then, where is the benefit of taxing the | county to build the road ? i i Unprejudiced observers and readers are quite prepared to believe that both Mahoue and wise tell the truth about each other and i the riiifj tricks of llieir party's management i In Virvinia.?Chai lesion World, Suppose the adoption of the same role, and j we then believe all that two quarreling , preachers say of each other? I tagMMlflMMHB ?B Kejolndcr of the Expert to the Reply or the Sheriff. TlieSheriff, like the Judge of Probate, complains that he was not given an opportunity to explain, except in a few instances, and that then his explanations were Ignored. We would state that as to his statement that he was not given an opportunity to explain, he is mistaken, as he is in several other particulars, which wo think we will be able to show in the course of this article. As to his explanation being ignored, we have to say that we reported the same to the Committee and they ngreed with us that they were not satisfactory?regarding it as making no difference to the county whether it had to pay out money which it should not have paid through the wilful act of an official or through his carelessness or the oversight of his clerk. It would have been a nice Investigation indeed?a veritable farce, If, when tinding the county had been mulct In the sum of thousands of dollnrs, the investigating committee had said nothing about it, because, forsooth the officers responsible for such a thing should claim that it was the result of an oversight, mistake, forgetfulness, or misinterpretation of the law. No; It was our business to state the facts and let the officers make their explanations to the Court. Hut us the Sheriff has taken up the charges seriatim and endeavored to explain them away, we shall notice his explanations in the same order. I. The first charge brought against him is, that he hud collected costs from Abbeville county which should have been paid by other counties. To this he answers that there may bo two or three instances of this kind; but that tlie error has been of no advantage to him. We are Inclined to think tbat the 818.55 collected in the Sandy Roberts case was Just that much advantage to him, as he had already collected the same from York county. But suppose he had simply collected the costs from Abbeville county in the three cases of which lie speaks, and grant that it would have beeu of no advantage to him, it was certainly a decided disadvantage to Abbeville county to pay some forty dollars of costs which should have been paid by other counties. II. The second charge is that he had collected costs for the same service from this county and also from another county. He undertakes to explain this away by the certificate of Mr. J. M. -Vhite, his clerk. Suppose it did occur in that way. Docs that alter the fact ? We repeat the statement already made, that it is just as hard on the county to have to pay out money through the careless act of an officer as through his wilful act. And so, while it may be a fact that he did not draw off the account, containing this item which should not have been chareed against the county, he swore to its correctness, and the county had it to pay it all the same. III. The third charge is, that he had collected costs from the defendants and also from the county. * He admits the correctness of this charge but goes Into an elaborate statement to account for it, in which he says that after collecting the costs, in one of the cases cited, Irom the county, he afterwards collected $5 from the defendant which, he says, he placed to the credit of the county, and to which he called our attention. ?h*ci iro wruil/i Bov thnf. hA IfimWR VCrV well that there was no such entry on his books when wo examined his office, and therefore he could not have called our attention to It. The fact is, vie called his attention to the tact that ho had collected these costs, and told him who paid the same tohlm. There was nothing ou his books to show that it hud been paid. But suppose his books had shown that the cost* in the two cnscs cited under this lu-ad had been paid. That would not have altered the ease. .. The complaint was not that he had collected costs, and had tailed to mark the same as paid, but It was that he had collected costs from the county In certain cases and afterwards collected the same from the defendants, and Instead of paying over to the County Treasurer the amounts so collected from ttie defendants, and to which lie hud no more right than any other citizen, and which ho is required by law to pay over, he put it in his pocket, and said nothing about it. He now claims that lie had given the County credit for SS on the present fiscal year. To this we would say : / First?That no such entry has ever been shown to us; Second?That it could not have been on his books when we made the Investigation, because, as we have before stated, we called his attention to the fact that he had collccted these costs from both the county and tho defendant; Third?That even If there had been such an entry It would not have altered the case, as he knows very well, which fact we can establish by a letter over his own signature, written to the County Commissioners, that the law requires that all costs collected from a defendant after the satno has been paid by the County, should be turned over to the County Treasurer. IV. Tho fourth charge is that he had collected one dollar for each witness named In a Jvarrant Instead 01 one dollar for all. This charge he also admits, and says: "I charged what 1 believed to be right, wlint iay attorneys advised uie was light, and what the County Commissioners thought to be right."' To the first statement, viz : that he charged what he believed to be right, we have this to sav. fand we are soiVy to be forced to say it, but truth demands it,) that he knows very well that the law, as amended in 18S2, allows him only one dollar lor all the persons named in a warrant, besides mileage, instead of one dollar for each person so named. He knows lhat a bill was introduced in he Legislature, at hia request, to repeal this law and that the Legislature refused to repeal it. As to ills attorneys advising him that it was right, we would simply say that he would doubtless have conferred a favor on this community if he had been a little more spccltlc, and have stated which of his attorneys he bad reference to (as ho has had so many lately we arc at a loss to know to which of them lie has refereuce) as we can hardly think that any one would care to employ a lawyer who is unable to properly construe us plain a law as tho one in question ; And as to the County Commissioners thinking it was right, we would say, that when we.called their attention, (at least one of them,) to the matter we were informed that they didn't think it was right, but that be had made out bis accounts in that way and swore to them and they did not like to say anything about it., for fear he would think that they doubted his truth and honesty, or words to that effect. The Sheriff further states: "But even if tho Courts should construc the foe bill as the expert construes it, ;I deny that tho amount would average &300 per year for the time that I have been in ofllce, or be more than one third of what the expert says it would be.11 Well, I don't know that it makes much dif ference whether the amount illegally collect ed was one thousand or three thousand dollars. The principle Involved In the one case Is the same as that in the other, and there is no chance for the county to get back any part of it, let the amount be one thousand or ten thousand dollars. But let us examine the facts: The report of the Committee .stated that ' we have examined his accounts for the last "several years, and find that the average of "such overcharges will not fall very much "short of, if It does not fully rcacli, the sum "of three hundred dollars a year," and then it goes 011 to state in efl'ect that this taken as a basis for eight or ten years?the time lie had held the office, would aggregate tw6uty-flve hundred or three thousand dollars. We have since examined his accounts for the last four years, and these were the only ones we had before us at the time of the investigation, and find from actual calculation and in this estimate there is no warrant included where it is stated the same was Issued by order of the Solicitor or by the Court, (but which we did include in the former csti mate, and which we are incliucd to think we were warranted In so doing), that tiic amount ?of such overcharges for these four years aggregate the sum of ouc thousand and forty dollars. So aftor all we did not miss it much, as this makes the average for the years we looked into, over two hundred and fifty dollars a year. Under this head he takes up the case of Fergusou iw one which we cited, andsays: "In this case thero were over sixty witnesses for both sides and tliey wore scattered from Newberry county to Greenville and Pickens counties and all over this county and in Anderson and yet they were all crowded into four warrants and, "ITndpr hiM Ttlie exnert'sl rule I would act four or live dollars for the arrest of all (and mileage)." Wc are forced to say that we aro utterly at a loss to know bow any 0110 could make a statement, the Incorrectness of which Is oi such easy proof as Is this. From actual count there wore scvenly-ouc warrants Issued in that case, or at least he was paid for that number, and the milcago alone amounted to 5267. So that according lo our construction of (he fee bill, instead of his getting only four or Ave dollars for serving these warrants and an insignificant amount In the way of mileage, us lie would have us believe, he would have received for the warran'.s S 71 and for mileage, if ho travelled so far 2ti" making SSIHS This would not have been very bad pay for one case although It is admitted on all sides that he rendered good service In that case. No one would have seriously objected to his being paid that amount; but he was not satisfied with that much but made out his bill for nearly twice as much ami the County Commissioners, rather than hurt his feelings, allowed it. - i V. The fifth charge is; that it was his practice to charge 82 a day for the attendance of i his deputy us a guard at the trial, or preliminary investigation of the parlies for whose arrest he hud been paid so liberally?and for i which he had no right to charge. i Instead of citing the law glvjng him the au- i Lhorlty to charge for such service, which we i stated bo did not have, he goes into a long explanation as to the circumstances under i which he made these charges and winds up ] t)y saying that the amount socharged was not >ver one hundred dollars, altogether, since he < ijad been tn otllce. li The complaint was not that he had charged too much for such .service, but that he had no authority tochnrge anything. He Is paid liberally for arresting the defendants and the witnesses ngainst them and is required by the warrant to bring them before the Trial Justice Issuing the warrant to be dealt with according to law which of course implies that the constable Is to guard the prisoners until such lawful disposition is made of them. But as he questions the accuracy of our statement as to the amount charged under this head we would state that from actual calculation made since reading his reply wo And that ho was puid over one hundred and forty dollars for charges under the head of guards extra days, and guarding prisoners at trial for the three years of 18*5, '?>6 and '87. We stated that we had examined a number of his accounts and found that the charges for these guards, at $2 per day, for which lie had no authority of law, would average $50 a year. It seems that we slightly over reached the mark in that calculation and Instead of its being $50 it was actually only a fraction overs ill a year. | |\Ve would state n fact in this connection which wo omitted In our report?which is that notwithstanding he charged and was paid one hundred and forty or fifty dollars for I arresting the deiendants and witnesses in the case of the state vs Ellis and Ellis which we cited in our report ns being of so trivial a character that it was dismissed after boing Investigated, healso charged the county eight dollars for deputies to guard the Messrs. Ellis | at the preliminary investigation. i He must certainly have thought that these gentlemen had committed some terrible offence and that they would make their escape unless carefully guarded. VI. The sixth charge is, that lie had i charged six dollars mileage for bringing Dr. Riley hero as a witness when he did nothing more than write to him or Inclose a blank recognizance for him to sign. i To this he says he sent the first papers to the Sheriff of Oconee; the second to the Sheriff of Pickens ; the third to Prof. McCaslan and the last to another party, and that he had paid the parties what they charged?but does not say how much that was. We don't know thut we can better dispose of this case than by simply stating what Dr. Eiley has said on the subject, in a letter which we have before us, which is in these words: "I do not know what they call In law an arrest. What the Sheriff of Abbevlllo did In securing my ' attendance ot the several sessions of Court inny be called?an arrest?I do not kuow. I was summoned , by receiving a long document by mail which 1 wao ? asked to sign and return. I supposed this was binding myself legally to attend the Court. This I did two or more times." # VII. The seventh charge is that he had j charged for hire of conveyances to brine J State's witnesses to the Court for which there i was no authority of law?and the case of McCanty was cited, for whose transportation to the Court House he had charged the County | $3.50. In his reply he says that he charged only 81.50 for bringing Mcl'anty and that the 1 other S2 was for bringing some other witness- J To this we would say that it was upon his ' own statement to us that we included the whole amount as being charged for bringing 1 McCanty. Both entries are on the same page of his account, the one right under the other, and when his attention was called to the chargesa9 being without authority of law, and we desired some explanation, ho replied J that these charges were for bringing to the ' Court House Jos. McCantey, who la a one- 1 legged man aud therefore unable to walk. ] There was nothing said about any other witnesses having been brought, and If there had ' been, it would not have made ai'y difference, j as he had no right to provide a way for any wit- ] nesses to get to Court at public expense, as j they are paid mileage which is for the purpose of covering their travelling expenses. It makes not a particle of difference, so far ! as the wrong done the County is concerned whether it has been required to pay this umuuui lur uniiKiujj uuu nuiiuss ui u uu/.cu witnesses, as there is no law for either. The 1 fact remains that tho county has been required to pay out money which it slionid not have paid, Mr. McCanty knew that he was required to payhis own way to the Court; and It Is an indisputable fact that he paid the party who brought him here out of liis own pocket?as we can establish by a letter which we have from him. VIII. The eighth charge i?, that he fre quentiy charged railroad fare and hotel bills for his deputies in serving warrants for witnesses? for which there is no law. This he ' admits, but says that there are only two or ] three cases of the kind, and they were un- ' williug witnesses, who refused to come unless they were brought. ' Was the like ever heard of before? After claiming to have actually arrested every wit- J uess for whom he ever had a warrant, and ' swearing to the truth of the same: and af- 1 ter being paid as if he had actually made 1 such arrests, he now sets up as an excuse for j charging thecounty for tho railroad fare and 1 hotel blilsof his deputies in inaklngcertain ar- ' rests, that the witnesses would not come un- ' less they were gone after and brought. We * would think thnt before he could arrest any witness and especially before he could charge for making such arrests, and for mileage, he would have to go or send for such witness. However, it may be the rule with him to ar- ' rest witnesses by letter as he did Dr. Riley, ] and that only where they refuse to bo arrest- . ed in that way does he send for them, and \ then charge for travelling expenses and ho- . tel bills of hla deputies, in addition to the legal fees lor m:iking such arrests. Being at a loss to know just how to characterize such conduct, we shall dismisl it and pass- on to the next and last charge which he says we. Indirectly, make against him. . 1-1.1. i- i., rov.,.Q tnTmw UnmlltAn Tnm 1 Brown, Henry Adams, Tom McKinney and Henry Chalmers, in whose names there had been drawn from the county Treasury within the last six or eight years the sum of three hundred and sixty-eight dollars for serving as constables, when as a matter of fact they had never acted in any such capacity. Wo simply stated the fact that it appeared from the books in the County Commissioners' olllce, under the head of Court Expenses, that there hud been drawn in the names of these colored persons large sums of money for serving as constubles, and that from statements obtained from certain habitues of the Court and from the men themselves we learned that they had never acted in such capacity and were never paid any amount for such service. In his reply to this charge, which he says we made against him, he says as to Henry Chalmers he was never in his employ as a farm laborer, and received his ticket as any other constat ble, andso far as lie knows, collected it. It Is a little strange that as intelligent a negro man as Henry is, and one enjoying the reputation for honesty and truthfulness such as he does, should act as a constable at the Court for eight or ten days and yet not know It; that ho should draw one dollar and a half a day lor these eight or ten days and then deny tho fact. when there was no reason lor such denial, i * am afraid, if it is found out that this is the kind of person Henry is, he will not bo so implicitly trnsted by this people as he has been in the past. As to Tom Brown, Henrj' Adams and Tom McKlnney, he says that they did full work j for the Court and received full pay for the same, notwithstanding their denial. The .Sheriff has taken it upon liimself4o reply to our statement, mid the public having heard what a regular attendant upon the Court has said, supplemented by what the colored men have stated on the one hand, and what the Sheriff bus had to say on the other, it is for that public to decide which is the more probable tale. As to Tony Hamilton, we suppose there can be no doubt but he has earned all the money he has been paid. Mr. L Wilson's certificate settles that point. Since reading his certificate we are Inclined to the opinion that Touy has been groatly Imposed upon by the other eight or ten constables employed at each term of the Court, as it would seem that Tony has had to do almost everything, while each of the others drew as much pay and very probably more than ho. Leroy might have stated something that the other four colored men did,t as.- we have no doubt he knew about as much as to what they did as he did abont Tony Hamilton?but then they denied getting any pay, and Tony didn't, and that may be the reason that he wouldn't give them any benefit of ills certificate. Jlut who knows but that Tony would likewise have denied getting any pay, if we had had an opportunity to ask him? , Take the report, the Sheriff's his reply and ( our analysis of the same, and we think it will 1 be manifest to every lulr ana unprejudiced mind that lie virtually admits the correct- I ness of every charge brought against him. < We did not recommend that he be prosecut- I ed or oven required to refund the amounts c collected from the County to which he was not entitled, but simply reported such acts on j his part as we deemed contrary to law. t It was for the Court and public opinion to I say what should be done, and not for us. J if these tribunals say that his explanations < are satisfactory, in view of all the clrcuin- t stances, we are sura no one will care less than i the Committee. And now, Mr. Editor, a few words more t which justice to myself demands, and 1 shall t have finished, (or at least so hope,) what tome \ has been anything else but a pleasant task. t At the February Term or the Court the ? Grand Jury, for satisfactory reasons, saw fit to appoint a committee of their number to investigate the several county offices, with t power to employ an expert to assist them, t This committee came to me and proposed to l employ mo as such expert. I declined at first i to act. for reasons which I need not hero men* I tion, but which will readily suggest them- selves to the minds of every one who will re- a call the incidents connected with the draw- i ing of the Grand Jury. The Coinmitteo came to me again and Insisted upon my acting. I s then reluctantly consented. d My instructions were to make a thorough i and searching examination of the conduct of C the various county officers, in their official J capacities, aud especially to look Into the t matter of the taxation of costs?there being t minors to the effect that certain officers were b [ harming more fees than the law allowed. jn s addition to this they required me to take an s oath that I would make such an lnvestlga- a Lion. t Having consented to undertake the work i find having been thus solemnly bound to a honestly and faithfully execute the same, I I would have been recreant to my duty and \ lesnieable in my own eyes had I done less li than I did. iking employed to perform a n V'it! (X ?" ": " ?>V..'> '< " L& ' , ? ' ' v" ' " .... vork,, not of my own seeking, I determined i 0 do my duty, as I over have done and shall | :ver do, without the (ear of public opinion, 'arnily Influence, or mortal man. i While I prize highly the good opinion of he public I woulii spurn It if I had to par*hase it at the expense of my own sense of iuty, sel(-r*c<pcct and Independence. I have no favors to a*k of any one, have never had *ny shown me, nnd have a contempt for the man or men wlio occupy places of prominence to which they nave been elevated merely through favoritism. While I have in my Hie time occupied various positions of trust and responsibility, ind such as required business capacity, favoritism has never had anything to do with my procuring the same. Therefore, "Troupe," and the balance of the pack" may as well cease to froth at Iheir mouths and to bark themselves hoarse In their endeavors to array public opinion igalnst me, lor should they succeed, of which 1 have no fears, they will have accomplished nothing that can possibly work any detriment tome. Given time to reflect, the public mind invariably comeff to a correct conclusion, and although the report of the Investigating committee had the effect, on account of the startling facts disclosed thereby, of deeply agitating said public mind, we are clad to know that there Is a steady reaction already set In, and that the evidences are fast accumulating that the masses are beginning to regard this matter In its true light, which is, that the An geun stables were saaiy in neea 01 a morougn cleansing. Prizing as highly ns Rny man possibly can tlie approval and commendation of my fellow-citizens, when extended to me for having discharged my duty; and having been assured by a large number of the best men from all parts of the county of their hearty endorsement for the faithful, fearless and Impartial manner in which I performed the difficult and unpleasant task devolving upon me in making the late investigation I take this method of returning to all such my sincere thanks. Respectfully, R. E. HILL. Lawyer Blake on (he Presentment of the Grand Jnry. Greenwood Tribune. We have read with care, the presentment of the Grand Jury, to the presiding Judge, at the June term of court, and are of the opinion that it Is a most extraordinary document. We are Inclined to the conclusion so tersely expressed by the Lowndesville Advertiser, that "the tfrand Jury has done everything but what it should have done" in the premisas. We nave nothing to say of the "expert," or of liis report as such. It was proper that he should make It In accordance with his own ludgment. but we speak of it as a part and parcel of a presentment endorsed and adopted by the Grand Jury as theirs. The "expert" was reporting to the Jury as a body whose counsels were secret, and he might therefore, with propriety, have said to them whatever, and as much as, he pleased. But not so with the Grand Jury, who are to report facts to the court without note or comment?if they do they invade the province of the court. We think the Grand Jury has done the "expert" an injustice In adopting his report verbatim, as their presentment, for surely its whole manner and tone is such as one would not care to assume for himself before an intelligent public. It reads more like a dissertation on the law of Probates, Masters, Clerks, Sheriffs, Treasurers, and County Commissioners, with instructions, rather than a stateniniit nf faoio fnr flip nntlon nf the court. But the Grand Jury have adopted It, and it is Lhelr report. Now let us seo what they have lone. Taking the officers in the order in ivhich they are presented, as far as our space will allow, the Grand Jury after commending the Judge of Probate for his efficiency and defaring that "we believe that he has complied with all the requirements of thelaw," proceed to give to the court half a column tn the Press and IJamicr, devoted to the dlscusslou :>f the subject of granting certificates of letters testamentary, of administration and of juardlanslilp, to whichJthe Judge of Probate replies that as a judicial officer, while not infallable, he must differ from the opinion as to I be lack of authority of law, as wcili as the necessity for the certificates issued. Such id the Grand Jury's presentment of the Probate office. In the matter of the Matter's office, the |ury say, "We suggested what we thought would bean improvement In the manner ot keeping his cash book." Does the court need to be Informed of the relative merit of the different methods of book-keeping by the GJrand Jury, in their presentment ? Concerning the Auditor's office, the Grand Jury devote a quarter of a column in the Press and Bannei to congratulations to the * - 1 ? -m JOUlliry jur imviuij iui cuiuom u?ivi?, ?? ;he court in all probability, regards as extra Tires. The Grand Jury presents to the court *n elaborate review of h column length, of jach of the other offices which is mode up argely of such explanations as "We are :learly of the opinion that the law contemplates" thus and so. Now does not the Grand Fury know that itdoes not matter a straw, ivhat their opinion is respecting what the law joutemplates? Their province isjto "Inquire Into and true presentment make" of facts and lience it is suggestive when they have gone to :he length of a page of the Press and Banner principally with comments and sugeestlpns when every specific charge in It could have peen stated iu less than a half a column. IVhatis the meaning of such expressions as the following, under tho head of the "Auditor's Office," viz: "It is largely due to his perseverance and that too in the face of the most violent opposition, much of which being on the part of some high in authority," ivhat does the Grand Jury mean by such an insinuation? Surely they are not actuated by in Improper spirit and yet if they were they :ould not:have expressed it in more direct terms. It is an Imputation upon the moral ind official character of every officer in the junty, save those who somehow or other lave escaped their anathemas. If such men if. J. Fuller Lyon, J. T. Parks, J. F. C. Duprc M. G. Zcigler, G. M. Mattlsop, and J. \V. Ferrln are not honest, then Abbeville county has none. Is it not significant that the court made no jrder concerning this extraordinary presentment? By way of preface to what the Jury were about to preesnt to the court, they say, n,?t ,,n mmniv In thfl state has i more efficient set of officlers, and wo are satisfied that there has been no intentional negectofdutyln any of the officers," Then ivhy so voluminous a presentment ? As it is Lhe mountain has labored?the result, a mouse, valued at $125. When we wrote the above wo were under ;he impression that the Grand Jury had done ;he "Expert" a great Injustice in adopting his eport verbatim, but it seems not. He has H'gun a series of rejoinders In the Press and Banna-; we therefore rescind onr Judgment espectlng the action of the Jury, which we ;liought was enough, and now await to hear he amended report by the "Expert" himielf. i.? ? . rimt Expert Pnjtt His Respects to Squire Blake. Editor Press and Banna' : Wo have just been handed a copy of a little sheet published at Greenwood In this county | >f which Squire Blake claims to be editor. [11 it appears an article on the presentment , >f the grand jury, written we presume by he Squire as It has his ear marks. , In It the Squiro undertakes to criticise the iction of the grand Jury for adopting the report of the "experf'jvbo madetho iuvestiga ,ion of the county otncers. He says that the report "reads more like a llssertatlon on the law of Probates. Masters, Klerks, Sheriffs, Treasurers, and County Commissioners with instruction, i?c." , To tliis we would say that the Squire's head s pretty nearly level on that point; much nore so than when he conceived the idea ;hat ho was cutout for a legislator. We admit the correctness of the diagnosis. It is right smart of a dissertation, but Insist that if here ever was a set of officers who stood in leed of Just such a dlsseratlon they weresuoh. We confess that tho report or presentment >vas an innovation upon the old and long established custom, but we thought that a slight departure in that respect would bo relslied?if not by;tiie officers and those who rawn upon them, like the Squiro, in hopes :hat thrift may follow?at least by that large md respectable number who are interested 11 their county offices being conducted hon;stly, economically and in accordance with aw. The Squire seems all out of sorts. He finds ault with the report on the one hand, bejause it condemns tho conduct of certain of he officials, utid on other haud because it jommends the acts of others. The Squire wishes to know if the grand ury docs not know that it does not matter a itraw what their opinion is respecting what Ill: lllff OOllltJIllIUHlOS. Ill UCIIllll Ul wc^iunu ury we would answer no?the grand jury loes'nt know any such tiling, and we don't liink any boily else does, unless it be a diot. We venture the assertion that It will matter j ,0 the extent of huudreds of dollars saved innuaily to the people of Abbeville couuty, vliat the grand jury's opinion is as to the isininc of certificates by the Judge of Probate j md the fees for arresting of witnesses by the , Sheriff. lie quotes from the report of tbo investljraing conimittee, under the bead of the Audiors oltiee, as follows, ''It Is largely due to his t leraovoranoe and that too in the face of the ! nost persisteut opposition, much of which j icing on the part of some high In authority" , -ana without going on to finish the sentence, i isks the question "what does the grand Jury nean by such an insinuation 1" Speaking again for the i;rand Jury we would j ay that it meant that when Auditor Jones < liscovered a matter which ultimately culnii- , lated in a great saving to the county, the j 'omptroller Ueneral and one of our Circuit udsres threw every conceivable obstacle in he way of his further prosecution of the inater. In fact told him plainly that lie had no msiness to mcddlo with it, but notwith- r landing ho meddled with It nil same, only t lightly varying his tactics and the result was j \ s above stated. Now, in turn we would auk t Ills question of the Squire. How is this an g nipulation upon the moral and official char- i cter of J. Fuller Lyon, J. T. l'arks, J. K. C. n )uPre, M. G. Zuiglcr, (!. AI. Madison and J. Is V. Pen-In, or what has It to do with their j i lonesty or dishonesty? The expert said|t otliiiig about the honesty or dishonesty ofir iny one, but stated facls, and left it for the 1 public to draw its own conclusions. The Squire wishes to know if it isn't signlflzeni that tlio court made no order concerning this extraordinary presentment. To this we would answer, certainly not. How could the , Court take any action when the grand Jury < recommended that no action be taken7 The < Squire winds up his article with what he | doubtless considers a "sock dolnger." in these , words "As it is, the mountain has labored?the j result a mouse, valued at $123." To this we would say that though the re- , suit may be a mouse It will be found to be a < mighty friRky muse; in fact an ubiquitous j mouse; a mouse that will bo able to make itself seen and felt by each and every one of ( the Court House officials at one and the same- , time for years to come. Such a mouse is richly worth four times the amount he has cost j the county, In the good It has already done?a conclusion to which we are satisfied a large j majority of the people of Abbeville county J have already come. , After pondering lor a while over what he j had written the Squire seems to have come to the conclusion all at once that perhaps lie j had undertaken too big a job for a delicate ( fellow, in an attacking the eighteen men constituting the grand Jury; for in a postscript he virtually apologises, to the grand Jury and disclaims any intention to Impute any wrong , to them, but says In subsfanco that it was the expert to whom he had allusion and not to the grand Jury atalJ. , \l/?n no fhA Wnnlro Viqo cA*?n nrnnpr fn rAfld me a lecture on propriety, and to cfltlcize my . report as he distinct ly says that ho rescinds his judgment respecting the gratod Jury and no longer holds them responsible, but tbe expert, and therefore all that he said is to be construed as having been said to me. I feel that I am authorized to retaliate in kind. As the Squire has asked several questions in his article, I shall proceed by propounding a few to him. I should like to know of the Squire if he thinks it matters "one sfraw" to me, to tbe grand Jury or to tbe public, what bis opiniou 1 is upon this, that or the other question? or if he does not think it presumption in him to undertake to dictate to the committee of tbe grand jury as to the "tone and manner" Id which they should have written their report [t ill becomes him after his action in reference to the official conduct of Trial Justice Tarrant, which said action it is generally believe was prompted by a desire to obtain his place, and to which, the Squire Anally succeeded in importuning the Governor to ap- i' point him, to charge the grand Jury or any one else with casting '-an imputations upon the.moral and official character of every officer in the county save those who somehow or other have oscaped their anathemas." We would ask the Squire another question. How is it that your virtuous indignation did not find vent In the next issue of your paper after the presentment of the grand Jury was made ? Why did this remarkable editorial not come out in your issue of the 15th instead of the 22nd? Did the fact that the summons In the matter ol J. V. Anderson vs Jam Bellot, was published In your paper and dated 19ih Instant, and which does'nt appear In the Abbeville paper, where one would naturally have expected to find it, have any thing to do with inspiring that editorial ? or doeB it take you ten days to write an editorial of that length? As the weather is warm and as I don't wish the Squire to over exert himself lie can take his time about answering the above interrogatoreis. . 'Yours, THAT EXPERT. What the Camden Journal Has t? May about the Presentment. Camden Journal , Tho presentment of the Grand Jury at tbe recent term of Court In Abbeville County is the best document of the kind we have over seen, and if each grand jury in the State would do its duty as those men have done theirs, crookedness in the management of county affairs would soon be uuknown. They have taken every office In the county and examined Its records carefully, with tbe assistance of -an expert, and have made a correct report of its condition without fear or favorto any one. If it was black, they said black, and if it was while, they said white. As was expected, It created quite a 6tir in some circles, aud every man upon whom reflection was cast has risen up to explain, but the explanation In all the cases is not as clear as the evidence against them. If the public institutions of the State could be Investigated by such a committee, the people of tlieState would open their eyes with amazement aud there Is little doubt but than changes would be made from top to bottom It their management, but when friends of a party, are appointed a committee to examine into his official career we cannot expect auythlng else than a "glided" report to be made clearly "white washing" tbe official when he should have been painted In his true colorsblack. Wrongs do exist, and the people know It, and the only way to correct them is to keep on changing our public officials until wo get tbe right kind of men in office. Acleansweep. from top to bottom is the best way to begin, and the sconer it is done the better it will be lur luc inzuiJiG u> uv?v. A Bad Showing;. i Sumter Advance. The Presentment of the Grand Jury of Abbeville County at the last term of the Court Is a very lengthy document and makes a very bad showing. The condition of the offices of Clerk, Sheriff, School Commissioner, County Commissioners, Treasurer, and Probate Judge show great carelessness, negligence and violation ol law. Some things reported by the Grand Jury look very much like crookedness. The Sheriff is chargcd with collecting pay twice for the same services which were never rendered. The other officials mentioned show almost criminal carelessness in the management of their offices. It looks to us that Abbeville County needsa change in her County officials. Her affaire are 'certainly very badly managed now, to say the least of it. The strange part of the report, however, is that the Grand Jury acquits the officials of any "intentional" crookedness. and with all the bad management on the part of the Grand Jury calls them an "efficient set of officers," God save us from "eiflclent" ;officers. What sort of stuff is the Grand Jury of Abbeville County made out of any way. TMnndpjmilLtt Advertiser. Wc publish this week the grand iury's report in full. It speaks for itself, ana is a moat j remarkable report iu soma respects. In our opinion the grand Jury did eyerythlng but Its duty. It went to tno trouble of appointing a committee, who with an expert, made a complete examination of all tho county offices. The committee makes its report, and brings charges against most of our county officials. The changes as tiiey appear In the report are grave, and damaging to tho officials, and li true, shoud not be passed in any such manner. If the said charges are untrue, or a proper explanation cannot be made by the officials the grand jury should never have ,allowed them to be placed before the public In any such light. The county officials against whom the grand Jury admonish for their "irregularities" and "offences" are men of high reputation and ability and can defend themselves. But, would It not have been Justice for the grand jury to have called upon each county official and asked them for;an expla nation for the "Irregularities" and the "otfen ces" found in their offices and against them by tho committee and expert. If the "Irregularities" and "offenccs" were questions ol law to be construed, did they not have Judge Wallace there to give them the law? If the "irregularities" and "offences" did exist and were committed ought not the Jury to have instituted proceedings against them? On the contrary what did they do ? Without ever giving the officials a single opportunity to refute or justify the "Irregularities and "offences," they accept the report virtually convicting the officials, recommends them to mercy and gives tho publlo the following: "While this report discloses irregularities in the various couuty offices therein specified, we are satisfied that there has been no intentional neglect of duty in any of tho officers, and wliilo we call the attention of the public to them it is for tho purpose of preventing a repetition of the offenccs. "We think that no county In the State has generally a more efficient set of officers and we think that the errors into which they have fallen are due more to bad precedents and wrong constructions of the Statutes than to wilful disregard of their public duties aud intentional crookedness. "We recommend that in all cases where the officers have received money without accounting therefor or where thoy have been twice paid for the same services they be required to refund tho same. When their error has been occasioned by misapprehension of the law, especially where their construction thereof has been sanctioned by tho officers appointed to pa?<s upon the same, we recommend that, no proceedings be instituted to . pass upon the sauie." The grand jury should have made a complete investigation, and allowed the otlleials ' 11 bearing. II' the law lists been violated th?-j- | should not sunuk iruiu uit-u um>. ...v , law lists not been violated the report is uoth-1 j ing short of a slanuer and the grand Jury was |, Ihe proper placo for a l'uII hearing ami a prop- , ur settlement of the whole matter. The Abbeville Grand Jury, lu ils iast pre- J sent men t, gave the county oilicials a lively J shaking up. The Jury secured the services of in expert, who made a thorough overhauling ;if the books, and in its presentment the jury finds something wrong in every one o!' tlu'in. 1'he officers severally replied in the countv i papers explaining their action. The Jury does 1 riot charge criminality to the ofilcers, and the Joint virtually exonerates them by taking no t iction in the matter.? Winnsl/oro News aiui ( Herald. 1 To Purity ? Kooin. To purify a room, set a pi teller of water in it, ; ind In a few hours It will have absorbed all lie respired gases in the room, the air of vhich will have become pure, but the water itterly tilthy. Thecoldor the water is, the i ;reater the capacity to contain those gases, j U- the ordinary temperature a imil of water it vill absorb u pint of carbonic acid gas and j x everal pints of arr.nioiiia. The capacity Is t icariy doubled by reducing the wcter to the t eniperaturc of Ice. Hence water kept lu a! i>0111 awhile is unlit for use. I Fnir Urcenwood nnd .Her H?blc H Schools. '-" - jm Edgefield. Chrontcl*. V The beautiful town of Greenwood will soon ^ >xpend lutoa majestic city, us she Is now ono. i'dS >f the most Important railroad centres in the *s State, and more than a dozen trains glide through her corporate limlta every day, Bnt lometliing better than moving trains has fair Greenwood. She has moving people I They push things there; and a very imuortint branch of their progress Is the school. . > The Greenwood Female College Is situated In the Eastern part of tho town proper, and 1? a very handsome two-story building, which ,t:; sostsover 83,001). This Institution U conduct3d by the Misses Giles and their brother. Miss Percy Giles may perhaps bo ca'led the ieuderor them nil. Shje is ably assisted by Miss Theresa aud Miss Mary, while Mlws Sue Giles, the youngest, presides very ably over the music. Miss W. M. Sedgwick, is the . general manager. They have a large attendunce of girls aud young ladles, numbering In fact about one hundred, and teach everything exactly, thoroughly, conscientiously. Their commencement exercises took place last week, nnd both teachers and scholars were much disappointed that you, Mr. Editor, were not present to take the part assigned you of delivering the prTze for scholarship. And they learned with much sorrow, tbat^oa were detained away on account of the Illness nt uniif tniiUmii irhn In an CAnorflllv iMlntcd. and whom everybody hope* will soon be restored to her accustomed health and cheerful* ness. The pupils} exhibited fine teaching, and , were In every respect well trained. W. 0. Mo- ^ Gowan, Esq., the orator of the day, was iutro- iluced by the courteous and lovable Dr.J. C. Maxwell In an eloquent address. Col. Mb* ; Gowan soon showed by his enthusiastic Are, and by the repeated applause, that he was a worthy son of the distinguished Jurist. His address was scholarly, well-worded, pregnant with deep thought, and delivered In a most happy and graceful style. After be had finished and been smothered'under heaps of flowers, sent up to the stand by the fair and enraptured audience. Prof. Geo. C. Hodges, proceeded to deliver the medal for writing, to Miss Fannie Auld, in a few happy phrases. The medal for music was next_prenented to Miss Hattie Reynolds, by A. S. Tompkins, of Edgefield. Miss Reynolds, is one of Greenwood's belles, and her skill In mnsic, to be able to surpass so many accomplished competitors, must be of a very high order. Hon. \V. C. Benet, who is eveyrwhere, and always apt, easy and profound, then delivered the medal to Miss Mary Auld for proficiency in the primary date ot masic. <Vnd last, bdt not least by any means, on6 of the&lr daughters or dear, old Edgefield, MlssSallleStall- ^ worth, took the medal for scholarship. Ellla G. Graydon, Esq., delivered this medal in a pleasant manner, In place of Mr. Jas.T.Bacon who was so much missed by everybody, hat A"?especially the ladles. The Greenwood Male High School Is also a find Eeat of learning, with a large, fine, two story brick building, which cost about 310,000. Prof. Geo. Hodges is the Principal?a learned and painstaking christian gentleman. And with pride I chronicle that Edgefield tarnish es the assistant in the person of that highly cultured young scholar, Amon Stall worth, Jr. Mr. E. C. McCants Is al6o an able and valned teacher, having charge of the military depart mcnioi mis nign bcuixji, men cuwiucuw ment exorcises showed every evidence of thorough teaching and good management. Boys, as you well know, are not very docile and gen tie anywheie; bat Prof. Hodges' boys are not only docile and gentle bat also learned. Tbo orator of the day was oar admired and trusted Chief-Executive, Gov. J. P. Richardson, who held a very large aadlence enchained for moro than an hoar with his burn-' ing words of eloquence and pathos. TheGov- crnor is heavily loaded with campaign am 1 munition, and thundered forth a few able shots in Greenwood as a prelude to the roaring artillery that will soon with deafening clamor awake the slumbering patriotism of the State. His speech was very able, and a most happy success^ The rising and radiant town of Greenwood . <&, with its many lovely and artistically finished houses its commercial vim, Its railroad spged-thcir trains in every, direction. Its open hospitality and courteous citizenship, and above all Its high educational aim, was not forgotten by the able Governor, who with courtly grace! and well-deserved praise, be- ,n' stowed upon it the honor of his felicitous admiration. At the conclusion of hlsl address, iind after the ladies had loaded him down an- . J. der a mountiau of flowers, prize were distributed among various boys by oar 8. McGowau Sim kins, Esq., in a pretty and pleasant flow of words. Other prizes wore distributed v by Ellis G. Graydon, Esq., and A. 8. Tomp- " . V; kins. . ' Greenwood is a success, because she deserves to succeed?with such liberal, broad men as Dr. Maxwell, Dursts, Mr. T. F. Riley, and a host of others, who pull strongly and pull toaethcr. With many churches, those cornerstones of prosperity and happiness, with ftill schools, a delightful hotel, a net-work of railrodds, a Bank Just organized, and a healthy oliine, Greenwood bids fair to be the Atlanta of South Carolina very soon. Let us of ' Edgefield try to proflt/by her lessons of thrift ~ und high tone. PHAON. DREAM-LOVE. There's ft mate for every heart ' That throbs beneath the sun. Thou?h aorae by fate are kept apart v. Till life 1h nearly done; ' Where Is the loyal heart and band Shall make my life complete? God bless my love, on sea or land, Until ourpaths shall meet! My ??Uh is sure. And will endure. Till thntglad hour shall be; Sweet moment haste Across the waste , And bring my love to mo. Savannah Valley Railroad. "J-; SCHEDULE TO TAKE EFFECT SUNDAY . APBIL 8, 18SS. '-Z Passenger, Freight and Mall?Anderson to McGor> uilck, Pally?Run by 75th Meridian. Dally Ex- Sunday cept Sunday. only. 1 M Leave Anderson 620 a m 700 a ro " Dean 6 43 a ra 7 28 a id . " Cook 7 14 a m 7 46 a tn " Lowndesvllle 7 42 am 811 am " Latimer 8 10 a ui 8 84 a in " Hester....'. S 26 a in 8 49am " Mt.Carmel 849 am 908am - - , ' " Willlngton 9 08 am 9 21 a in ' Bordeaux 9 20 a m 9 85 a m Arrive McCormlck 9 50am 10 00 a w Leave McCnrmick 10 10 a m 10 00 a m " Bordeaux 10 40 am 10 45 am " Willlngton 10 57 am 10 59 am " Mt. Cnrmel 1118 am 1112 am r J " Hester 1186 am 1181am " Latimer 1158 am 1144 am " Lowndesvllle 12 20 pm 1210 pm " Cook 12 50 p m 12 84 p m u Dean ' 117 p m 12 57 p m Arrive Anderson 1 45 p in 1 20 p m W. W. STAEB, Superintendent. ' '-',f Port Hoyal and Augusta R'y. In Effect April 8, 1888.' Time?90th Meridian. Daily. i Daily. Lv Augusta 94a am'Lv Jacks'nvl'e 7 00 pm Ar Hcaufort..... 5 35 pm Lv Savannah.. 6 45 am Ar I'ort Royal. 6 45 pm Lv Charleston. 7 30 am Ar Charleston. 4 20 pm Lv Port Royal. 7 00 am Ar Savannah., ti 34 pin'Lv Beaufort..... 7 12am Ar Jacks'nvl'ts 7 30 am'Ar Augusta..... 115 pm ACCOMMODATION* j accommodation* Lv Augusta 5tK)pm|Ar Augnsta. 4 50 pm Port Royal & Western Carolina R'y * "otji Meridian Time. Noutii. Daily.' * I Lv Augusta 7 50 am 8 10 am) 3 35 pm Ar Anderson 2 45 pro ,\r Greenwood II 15 ntn 2 30 pm; 8 80 pin At Laurens 12 8o pin 5 10 pm Ar Greenville 2 15 pm, 9 00 pm Ar Spartanburg 2 10 pm 8 1)0 pm Ar ItiMul'rs'nvllle C 85 pm 'Ar Ashevillo 8 oo pm1 SrOTlTll. uaii.y.: ( 1 ?Lv Abbeville. .. 7 00 am Lv llcmrrs'nvllle 8 >10 ami r.v Spartanburg... 2 00 pmj 6 00 am Lv Greenville 2 35 pm| Lv Laurens 4 :? pm 9 00 am) Lv Greenwood ? 0 43 pin 11 20 piiii 6 00 am Lv Anderson 2 40 pm C 00 anil Vr Augusta 0 30 pm] 5 45 pm[ll 15 am Daily, except Sunday. Connection at Greenwood made to and from lil points cn Columbia and Greenville rsiil oad. At Spartanburg with A. & C. Air Line. Close counections made toand from Charleson, Savannah and Florida points; and by 3eorgia railroad trains for Atlanta and the iVest. \V. J. CRAIG, A. G. P. A. K. K. ANDERSON, Master Trains. \V. \V\ Si'ARK, Supt. Valuable Land for Sale. |7 IGI IT HUNDRED ACRES first class Vj farming and Stock Lands foa Sale. Loation four and a half miles west of Greonvood.S. C., will sub-divide into two or more racts to sun l purchasers. For full In formula!) as to terms, Ac.. cal| on or address T. F. RILEY, Greenwood, & C. J VUio 13, 18S8, tf *