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J?????? The Press and Banner ' By HUGH WILSON. \\ Wednesday, May 14, 1890. j .. i ! The Boycott**!**. Tlie spirit of intolerance Isabroad in the land, ami in almost every county in the State those who most need the educating influence of the newspapers are busy passing resolutions to the ellect that they will not subscribe for those papers which may not have eaten the prescribed amount of croiv. As a rule one of two local papers in the different counties have been picked out as the subject, of their spite, and generally the newspapers which may have escaped their wrath, have done nothing to discourage the act whereby a business advantage may be taken of a rival. This newspaper feels at perfect liberty to BpeaK OI me uoycuucrs, milium. ix..j whatever of their doing the l*res?and Banner any lurther injury. They have expended their energy, and to destroy this newspaper, every known devise has been tried. Speaking from the experience through which we have passed, we believe that never in the history of the world did a thousand men ever make a more determined effort to ruin a fellow-citizen than did the boycotters of the Press and Runner, and the world will never witness a more utter and absolute failure. And we know the better element must feel thoroughly ashamed for the part which they took in an act which had for its objects the muzzling of the press and the destruction of the property of a neighbor who had for a life time labored for the moral elevation of the people, and always sought the material prosperity of the people. We are proud of the tact that this paper never had a more prosperous winter than the one that followed the boycott. Our business in job printing, subscription and advertising has been up to high water mark. We intend to continue to conduct the paper for the best interests of the whole people. We * * 4 ' * * ..u in tft (\ft SIKUI SiriVU 111 HIV 1UIUR, no IU tue ... the greatest amount of good, and to give full value for the money which we ask for our paper. To the brethren of the press who are now going through the same experience that we went through six months ago, we have this to ?ay: Those who remain true to their principles will come out of the storm unhurt. When the Radicals took control of this State, those of our citizens who earned tinname of "scalawag," were little respected. In 1876 those Republicans who deserted their side and come over to us, were afterward despised and "spewed out." In 1890 another great revolution is attempted. Those who by nature, birth and allillatlon are known to be opposed to that revolution need not stultify themselves by joining the revolutionists, and they need not entertain any reasonable hope of being rewarded by oflice. The real revolutionists nre sincere and honest, but tliej- wl!l most likely suspect the sincerity of those who Join them at the eleventh hour, and immediately apply for office. The probability Is, that those who have led in '.lie battle,end who have borne the heal and burden of the day, will be willing to accept the honors?when won. The leaders and workers of the revolution In 1870 received the honors, and the same rule Will lIKeiy upi'lj til low,?II mc I<;iuiiii.><n...<.n are successful. Tlie Mtnatioii. We understand that Mr. Tillman has abandoned the charge, which he coukt not prove, of corruption on the part of the state officer?. We understand his chief attack is now against the Legislature. As the Legislature for the last two sessions, or ever since tlii? agitation began has been composed overwhelmingly of representatives of the farming class, to whom he now appeals, we fail to see the force of his argument for superior claims to official station. With (lie Legislature already almost entirely of farmers, ai.d with his charge of corruption abandoned, the campaign is reduced to purely a personal one for the election of Ii. K. Tillman for Governor. Well, now, It is all right for any man to run for anv office within the gift of the people Wo further believe that competition for the various offices of honor and emolument will be of much good to the people. We need com ' petition, and we need opposing factions to secure the best interests of the people. No matter whether Mr. Tillman should or should not be elected, the people will likely be freer from the dominition of bosses because of this agitation. As the waters of the earth would become corrupt without agitation, so the Government might become oppressive, and tie oflice-holding members of the Gov. eminent might perpetuate tlu-ir rule, if the political cauldron never seethed and boiled. Politicians of the various schools may gain or lose much by the excitement, but the people have nothing to lose by it. While his followers seem to have surrendered body and soul to him, and it may b>possible that tlu-y bave done *o in sulllcicnl numbers to elect him Governor, yet it Is ascertain as any event can be, that these same people will be disappointed when Mr. Tillman is elected Governor. In the nature oi things lie cannot do all that liis zealous fri nds expect him to do, and they will turn ou him as surely as the night follows the day. Although there are some people silly enough to expect impossibilities of Him, he cannot reduce the taxes to any perceptible amount. lie cannot give every applicant an oflicc. and he will be unable to make any man's farm more productive. The improvident eit izeu will find it just ns hard to get along under Tillman's administration, as under the old Democratic legime. When these facts and disappointments come, dissatisfaction with Mr. Tillman will Not having the power to work miracles the people who now idolize Mr. Titlinnn will be disappointed if lie should be elected, and they will find out how powerless they are themselves to do impossible things. Extraordinary Proceeding;* This Is perhaps the first time in political history that a great multitude of people were literally without newspapers to espouse their cause, and it is perhaps the first time in recorded history where a popular organization has arrayed itself against the press of a free country. But it seems that it is one of the cardinal principles of the Alliance to boycott ull such newspapers as do not exactly toe their political marks. Happily for the editors, however, these or gAiiizntlonii have in their ranks many mem. bers who do not and never have subscribed for newspapers. If it were otherwise the newspapers would fare badly. As yet, we have seen no evidence of a disposition on the part of any editor to eat an inordinate amount of crow In the hope ofgetting a subscriber. In some instances, however, editors have gone to their side, no doubt from sincere couvlctions, but we venture to suggest that uo editor would do so from any idea that he would be rewarded lor so doiuf. The zeal and ardor of the Charleston Worltl in their behalf is a sublime Instance of an editor's self-sacrifice for the sake of principle. Knowing the situation as the managers of the World must know it, they furnish an ex ample of paltiolisin seldom seen in this country. Every Alliance-man ought to subscribe for the TTorM, and if Mr. Tillman is elected Governor that paper ought to get the public printing. Unless the Alliance-men subscribe tor more papers than they have ever done before, the World would, If Charleston should adopt the Alliance boycott, lose more In the' city of Charleston than the whole State' would make up to it by subscriptions to thcl Weekly World. V ?: I Were Abbovillc's RepicKentnti v<'H Bamboozled or Debauched ? The document issued by tlie Executivej C iimnittce of the Farmers' Association of South Carolina popularly known as the Shell Manifesto, with the writing of which Capt. j Tillman had something to do, uses this language: "Tho railroad laws of IS (1S82) "made the commission a power to defend the, "people against imposition. The same legls"ture which erected it, having been batnbooz"led or debauched, at the very next session "left it only as a sinecure with fat salaries 'and no power." The Abbeville delegation in the Legislature at that time consisted of Dr. John C. Maxwell, Senator, Gen. 1'. II. Bradley, Dr. F. F. Gary, Messrs. Wm. II. Parker, Wm.P. Wideman, and Jesse S. McGee, members of the House of Representatives. All these gentlemen voted for the bill passed In 1883, which took lroin the commission the extraordinary powers conferred upon it by the Act of 1S82. Do the people of Abbeville county believe that, they were either "bamboozled or debauched f Capt. Tillman said at Anderson last Saturday, and lie stated that he said it deliberately and after weighing his words well, that those members of the Legislature ol 1SS4-S3, who voted against the bill to provide for an enumeration of the inhabitants of the State with a view to a re apportionment of the Representatives in the Legislature, deliberately perjured themselves. I)r. Maxwell was at that time Senator from Abbeville county. He voted against the bill. Do the people of Abbeville county, do ills friends and neighbors who have known him intimately for many years, who know his high character and unbending integrity, believe he would deliberately perjnre himself? If the people of Abbeville county do not believe these charges, how can they Indorse a man who so reckless ly makes them ? * The Anderson Mectiiie. Mr. Tillman had been advertised to speak at Anderson last Saturday, and a great assembly of people come to hear him. Attorney General Earle was also present, and said that he was part of the government, and ready to defend it. The daily newspapers contain a pa^eorso descriptive of what was said and done. Without attempting to repeat any of It in these columns, we will merely say that we think that the people owe General Earle a vote of thanks for the able and convincing manner In which he defended the honor of South Carolina. The tenor of Mr. Tillman's remarks leads us to believe that he has abandoned all insinuations against the government, and has now assumed very much the position of an ordinary candidate who may be seeking otllcial honors. If the government is defended everywhere as it was defended last Saturday at Anderson, the people will re-assert their respect for the old State. The cry of corruption in our State government must he abandoned, and the plan of trying to elect a man Governor of the State because lie was Jeered by College boys will hardly win before an intelligent public. We have lived through many years, and we have seen all sorts of political tricks played, but the idea of a party of grown men seriously undertaking to elect their man Governor of tiie Slate 011 the ground that he lacked the respect ol a lot of College boys surpasses anything we have ever seen. We believe that reason may yet resume her sway, and we believe ilie time lms not come when the Jeers of College boys will furnish a candidate with his chief claim to ofiicc. Thanks lo Troy. It is with great pleasure that we print the resolutions adopted by the Troy Alliance club, rescinding the boycott against tills newspaper. That manly and independent action must commend Itself to all just and fair minded men. The Troy club has assorted itself, and the members prove that they posses an Individuality of their own, and arc free from the thraldom that would dwarf their influence, and limit their usefulness. It accords to us the same right that they claim for themselves, the tight to be freemen, and the privilege of expressing earnest and honest convictions. All honor to them In leading In the movement, and we arc sure that we could expect nothing less from so large, influential aud Intelligent a body of citi/ens as compose the Troy Alliance club. We hope, more on their account than our own, that other Alii ance clubs may see their way clear lo adopt similar resolutions and thus enable us all to work together for our mutual advantage, aud with harmony and good will prevailing, do all that we can for the prosperity of our good old county, composed as she is of a manly, fearless, and independent citizenship. The Press and Manner has always had an eye single to the best interests of the countyt and our energies have been expended in the effort to build up the material resources of Abbeville couuty and contribute to the prosperity of the whole people, and we may ever be counted on to spare no pains or exertions to contribute to what we believe to be the safest, the wisest, and tiwj best methods, for the welfare of our entire people. Wliy Not Acknowledge n I'nct T We sec It denied time und again that the Alliance Is In polities. Why make the denial? Is tliereanythingel.se in the Alliance than politics? If you have any doubt on this subject, read the resolutions as published In the Cotton Plant, and sue if they generally do not contain a boycott of Intelligence, an endorsement of somebody for office,or a condemnation of the students of the South Carolina College. Seldom or never have we seen where matters of agriculture, stock raising, bee culture, fruits,or other matters pertaining to the prosperity of the farm has occuptcd much attention. Why not speak out and acknowledge a fact that Is patent to all, and say lliut politics is in the Alliance, and that little evidence of anything else in that body can be found. We see no reason why the farmers should hesitate about going Into politics, If tliey wish to do so, but wo submit that the boycott of intelligence and the idea of grown men running a political campaign on the alleged jeers of a ie\v college Miiuems in *oiueiiiiug new uuuer the sun in South Carol inn. Imagine a grown man making a speech, and appealing to the people because he lacked the power to command the respect of a few boys who may have been out on a lark ? Death of Dr. William M, Tuzicurt. Dr. William M. Tuggait, a distinguished physician and an honored citizen of Abbe" Ville county, Is dead. In all the relations or life he maintained the highest standards. Conscientious and honest, he discharged every duly most faithfully. Gentle and kind in disposition, he added to the pleasure of all whom lie met, and all who knew him. loved him and respected him for hi* excellent qualities of head and heart. As a friend, no man was ever truer; as a physician he did his full duty and contributed largely to the relief of the sull'ering; as a citizen his life and intlucnce was for the good of his fellow-man. Dying, each of his neighbors realize something of a personal loss. i'eaectohis ashes, and honor to liis memory. - ? ? Abuse of Tillman. We have heard much said about the abuse of Tillman, but we have heard none of ihe abuse of the distinguished gentleman. It Is true that some of his statements or arguments have been met, but we cannot conceive how this is to be construed as abuse. Memorial Day. The citizens of Due West observed Momorial Day, and General Hemphill made then a speech, in which he gave some reminiscences of a number of those who had left the |jeacelul .-hades of that quiet village for the stirring scenes of the military camp, and in fitting terms he pictured heroic deeds of Lhose whose warfare is over. BEHIND ON WATER, j I ] THE PIPE WHICH CARRIES WATER FROM j THE PUBLIC SPRING WAS PLUGGED. # j. JiiiIsp Xorton l>i reels That it bo ICc-j' Opciicd. and That it Itcimiiii Open!' ('mil a Sottlenient of the l?fgnlj (( irKtions. One day last week the town council shut oil'!, the water of the spring: from the Hailroad ] tank. Tlior. I'.Colhran, Ksq.. acting In behalf: of the Railroad, went before Judge Norton at Chambers in U'alhalla, with the following complaint, which sets forth their uricvance, , and to which is appended Judge Norton's order of injunction: The State ok South Carolina, Col'NTV OK AltllRVIM.K. In the Court of Common Pleas. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, plaintiff', vs. The Town Council of Abbeville, defendant.?Complaint for Injunction, Relief, Ac. The com plaint of the above named plaintiff respectfully shows to the Court.* I. That the plaintitr Is a corporation duly chartered by and under the laws of the State of Virginia. II. That the defendant is a body corporate by and under the laws of the State of South Carolina. III. That on the Kith day of March, 1881, for a valuable consideration, the defendant, in pursuance of a resolution duly passed by said Town Council of Abbeville, duly granted to the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com pany, u corporation amy ciiaricrea i?y imu under the laws of:south Carolina, Its successors and assigns, the rightand privilege of using water to till its tank at. aud near (he depot, In the town of Abbeville, from a certain public spring in said town, for the term of twenty years, a copy of which contract Is hereto attached, made a part of this complaint, and marked Exhibit A, which was duly recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance for tiie County and .State aforesaid. IV. That the Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company was the successor of the said Greenville aud Columbia Railroad Company, and as such succeeded to ail the rights and privileges conferred upon the former by said grant, and I he plaintiff has since acquired all the rights and privileges to which the said Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company succeeded. V. That relying on said contract, the said Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company and this plaintiff have each expended large sums of money In acquiring rights of way, laying pipes, building tanks and making various other Improvements, for the purpose of utilizing said water privilege. VI. That the defendant fully recognized the rightsof the said companies, and made no objection or complaint to the use of said water as aforesaid, until the present year, when on the day or April, ihdu, in uttor disregard of the plaintiffs rights, and without lit ill t on the part of the plaintiff, the defendant through Its officers and agents shut off the supply of water. That thereafter they turned the supply of water on for a short while, then cut It off a few days since, and will not now permit the plaintiff to use said water, to the great damage and injury not only of the plaintiff but of the public. VII. That neither the said Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, the said Columbia and Greenville Railroad Company, nor the plaintiff has ever made an arrangement at said spring or in any wise used said water so as to impair or In any way Interfere with the ordinary use of said water as the same was used before said contract, and tlie arrangements are such as to allow the free and unrestricted use of the full volume of water flowing from said spring lu emergency of fire in said town. VIII. That there Is no tank or water supply between the town of Abbeville and [lodges, there is no means of filling the said tank'in Abbeville except from Hie said spring; there are eight trains a day, between said points. That since said watersupply lias been cut off the plaintiff has been obliged to depond upon taking sufficient water in the engine to last from Hodges to Abbeville anil back; that ilic water upply is always preeu rious, likely to prove insuflleient at any time and will certainly be inadequate, during tindry fall and summer months as has been proved by pa^i experience. Wherefore the plaintiff prays Judgment: 1. That the said defendant be required I forth with to turn on said watersupply. 2. That the defendant, its ofIIeel's, agents aud servants be restrained and enjoined irom Interfering with the said water supply during the term of the said contract. :i. For such other and further relief as may be Just and equitable. J. S. COTHRAX, T. 1'. COTHRAX, Plaintiffs Attorneys. South Oauomna, AltllEVII.I.i:. Personally comes before rucThos. I'. ('outran, who being duly sworn deposeih and says, that the alleuat.ons of the above complaint are true of his own knowledge, except those matters stated on information and belief and those he believes to be true. That lie is one of the attorneys for plaintiff lieiein. T P f'AT 11 If \ x Sworn to before me and subscribed this Dili May. 1MM. jas. L. Ork, (1..S.] Not. l'ub. S. ('. EXHIBIT A. South Carolina, anflkvii.i.k Cot'nty. The Town Council of Abbeville for and in consideration oi lite sum ol one dollar, to and in hand paid by the Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company, dot It hereby give and grant to the Greenvillo and Columbia Hallroad Company, its stic< e sors and assigns, for tbe term ot twenty years from the dale hereof, the ritiht to connect the spring of water in the said town with I lie water tank ot the Raid Company, situate at Its depot In or near the said town,and to use and to have the said water ol said spring, ami to lay down through the streets of the said town such pipes or conduit"1, as may be necessary for the purpose of connecting said spring with said tank, and from time to time to make such excavations as may be necessary for the repair of said pipes laid therein. All dainagedone to the said streets either in laying or repairing said pipes;, to be repaired aiid made ijood i>y the said Greenville and Columbia Railroad Company. Provided always, and it Is the true intent and meaning of this contract that the said Company shall make such arrangement at the spring as not to impair or in any way interfere with tlie otdinury use of the water thereof as heretofore; and so to iirriint*c tinsame us to allow In the emergency of lire, the uureMTiuLuu use \#i uiu tun vwiuiiii; ui (lowing through the salt! spring. In witness whereof, the said Town Council doili hereto append Its corporate seal attested by the signature of T. 1*. Ouarles, Secretary, this 10th March A. I>. 1-SS1. [ SignedJ T. T. TUMTKN. I ntendant. South Carolina, a1111kvim.k County. Personally appeared T. P. Quarlcs and made oath that he saw U. T. Tusten sign. seal and deliver the within grant of water privilege, and that he witnessed the execution thereof. T, P. tjPARLKS. Sworn to before me this ?{ March, ixxl, Ij. D. CoNNOit, Dep. C. C. 1'. Recorded March 23, IbSl, in Hook XIX, page 112, and certllled. M. O. ZF.KiLEIl, C. C. 1*. Tlio Water (o I?o Turned On. The State ok South Cakoi.ixa, County of Aisbkvij.i.k. Court of Cominon Pleats. The Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, plaintltf, vs. The Town Council of Abheville, defendant. Upon hearing the sworn complaint herein, and on motion of J. S. Cothran, plaint ill's attorney, It Ik ordered, that the defendant do forthwith turn on the supply of water at the public spring 111 the town of Abbeville, as the same has been heretofore used by the plaintiir. It is further ordered that the said defendant, its officers, agents and servants be. and they are hereby restrained and enjoined from any further interference with the water supply of plalntill' as heretofore furnished and enjoyed from said spring. It Is further ordered that the defendant do show cause before me, at my Chambers, in the town of Walhaila, 011 tlie2<jih day of May, lS'.H), why the Injunction hereby granted sl'ould not lie continued until the tlnai hear? ii)g of the cause, thai all affidavits to be used upon said hearing by the d< fondant be served upon the plaintiffs attorney at least four days before the hearing and lhat plaintiff have it'll ve in r?:|"j i?? i nu .->iiuu-. It Is further ordered that a copy of this order.and of lite complaint, lie forthwith served upon the defendant. J. J. NORTON, Judgest.li Cireult. S. C. At Chambers, Waihalla, S'. C., May Hi. IS'.m. The Press ami Banner understands it'.e situation to be: The Railroad relies on the contract to secure the water for Its use, and will further plead that the company has spent from $itH to siliHi in repairing or keeping up the spring. The water having broken out at dillereni times from either side, was lixed each time by the company, who Kent their culvert fpree here to dig out the sides and refill the places ujth rock, brick and cement. The town council claim that the sum paid by the Railroad was inadequate; That former council lmd not the right to make a contract to extend over tlio juri*dlcI tion of the succeeding councils: That the tonus ol law were not compiled will) in granting the useot tlie water, in that no properly ratified ordinance granting the water was ever passed, and that the contract itself was not properly signed. ? mm Col, It. E. l}o\yen sued the Carolina Cumberland Gap Si Chicago Railroad fur as salj ary as President of the road, The case was l tried last week before the Aiken county Ci v cuit Court, In which the Jury rendered for the full amount of the claim.?fcasley Messenyrr. 20 dozen Hats the latest styles Just received at R. M. II addon & Co. THE G., C. & N. AND OTHER ROADS. I Progress nil Aionu' tla?* I,i?e-"<irading?Itritlge iiiiilrfiiix-?Truck Iny* ing?Xiiiporiani < 01111 eel ions. Since our Inst talk on Ilie progress which is being mailt* In building this road, nothing of !i special nature has ocenrrci'. All the work has been advanced, and is still advancing. The contractors, as a rule, have not as Inrgei lorccs as Hie people expected I hey would employ, hut nevertheless every day marks a step lorwnrd. Many scrapers have iieen busy taking the dirt out of the big cut in rear of I he Thomson lands, and that work is now practically completed. While there is a Utile griulingyct to bedone from the crossingol the Itloc Hill road lo the Tusten hraiich, ilie contractors will have to "borrow" some dirt with which to level up the big fill at I he branch below the Episcopal cemetery. From the Tusten branch to the Poor House, there remains comparaiively I idle to do?one cut to make and one (111 to level lip. Heyond the l'oor House for three miles west, very Utile if any grading has been done, hut from that point on to .Savannah river, ihe work Is well advanced. The pile driving at Little River goes on daily, aiu' in good time that work will be linished. On the east side of the village, and looking toward Chester, work is being done all along the line to Greenwood. For two miles at least including the Fair Grounds, work is being done on every hill. This section is tlie Worst and hardest job of grading that we have seen. Great quantities of what is called "loose stone" is embedded In the pipeclay, and many ugly boulders are to he drilled and blasted. The rock to he blasted is of Ihe hardest "iron rock" in which it I* extiemcly hard to drill holes for the dynamite, and when the explosion lakes place, whatever rock Is broken, is generally reduced lo pieces, some of ...? i,,..,,,. ?? ? mi, nit but much of the broken mass Is often In Utile lilts, about the right size for throwing at mad dogs. The ground at all the other places that we have visited works beautiful'}*. At Long Cane creek the work of pile driving still goes on daily, nnd the piles of prepared granite for the piers grows larger every day. The bridge al Long Csine is to be nearly lifty feel above low water mark, and about twenty feet above the highest, water mark ever known. The length of the bridge and the trestle will bo about a thousand yards. Beyond Long Cane and toward Curl Tali creek work Is going on. and preparations are being made for crossing that stream. Track laying commenced two weeks ngo at (lie intersection of ilie road with the A. & Iv. road some three or four miles tills side ol Greenwood, and they have been busy ever since,and will keep up with the gradiog h.ree as they finish this way or toward fh-ster. They will work wherever there is tnu-k in readiness for t lie iron. Track layers from t'hosier, oominsr Ibis way, are atTyger river, waiting tor the erection of the bridge. Running, as litis road does, across II.ecountry, it crosses more streams perhaps than any road in existence for the same distance. TheCo'unshia, Newberry and Laurens lload is finished from Columbia to Prosperity, In Newberry, and Is being operated by the South " 1 I?" .M.chin.r t heir l_i.ll l>l JUil lUiUI, 1 111.- iuv work between Prosperity arul Newberry, and it Is thought that the truck will be laid to Newberry within a month "rout I hi* thin*. Engineers are now look in? fur a suitable route above Newberry t*> some point on tlit1 G.. C. it X. with the probability that the line will connect, wiih our road at (Minion, or at a point not more than three miles each of that village. The Indications are I hat. work will becornmenccd this summer on the Cumberland (Jap road at Edit:fit-Id Willi a view to an early completion of that road to this pl.-icc. With th<(i., C. & X. and the Cumberland (tap roads working In harmony, a great through line will be opened up from Charleston to thiwest. It rea'ly seems that after all. Abbevll'o's dream of new railroads and better railroad facilities, is lo he realized. The new schedule and new train on tlie ('. & (t. road bus ;iHorded Inlindc pleasure to our peonie. and if such facilities had been uiven us in the past, Abhevilic would never have been so clamorous for new railroads. Ve believe Abbeville lias tine prospects for all the railroads that we want or need. The question now is. arc we iroing to make an effort to take advantage of those additional facilities? Are wedoim; our part toward buildin}: up the town? Asa matter of fact the (?., ('.it X. will be calling on us at an early clay for the taxes wliich were voted by this townshiD. If the Cumberland (Jap comes another ii.iii i... /..iit..ri r..,. Tlw.n lot hk net so a> not to allow this tax to be a burden toils. Our increased business interests and the in creased value of our property should pay these drafts upon us. If we simply wait to be taxed, the burden will lie an oppressive one, which will have :i tendency to depress oui properly and to drive capital away. Instead of realizing the present fabulous prie<s at which town property is b.-lm: held. II wil swing back to bed lock valuations, and thru the purchasers may insist on ileductiiiv; from the lower prico I h'p eight per ccnl. for which the railroads hold a eiaini. If v.e would pinsper, we must he up and doing. This i- a central point to which much business might. be brought with a little ell'ort. The purest and best water on earlh, the healthiest location In all this section, with a line commit nity of as good people as are to he found anywhere, all com bide to oiler Inducements foi new settlers amongst us. CHOKED HIS WIFE TO DEATH. ? ? ? Testimony ISci'ore (ho C?roiier?Fsiul< tng- of ('to Jury. The Statu ok south Carolina, Cointv or Aiiuiivii.i.i-:. ItKunii.v Di'toii,sworn, says: I live in Abbeville County; found Ircii Thomas dead in her cabin about one hour i>> sun tliU imirninu; don't know whateansetl her death, but. believe that . (Jranl killed Iter; Grant is lier husband; they had been living agreeably until yesterday as far as I know they went to Shady Grove church Sunday and came i.-iiek Monday; Ireii told my will that Urant drew a knife and pistol on hei down on I lie ereek on I heir way home; they came on Immeiind she told m.v wife about tin I .liiltmiliv Tnnuil.'i v tie vv.is statnlillif at hi. I house ami junking at ii?*r when she told m.v wile about It at the garden; he nunc on nj there and look her hac k to therahin ; I know that ho choked her mine time laity?ar; 1 went to theirealiin this tnoiliiuu; to toll him ahout work, and found the do ii* o|-eu: Jren was lyinu on the tied dead, ami (.train wtu gone; xlio IiikI on her night clothing* Ro.sk Pitch,sworn.says: I saw lien last night a bout dark; saw her nci more until this morning, alter she wis found dead; she came to me Tuesday evenim: about one hour before sundown, and told me that Grant drew a knife and pistol on Iter on Moil day morning down in Air. Coo I; 's hot loins, and said he would get her it it was twenty years from to-day; shosahl he kept her there from half hour by tin.- sun in the morning until about nine o'clock. Hit. J. c?. .loiiNtS(..\,sworn,says: This is to certify thai 1 have examined the dead body of IrcaThomas and tine) that she came to her death from strangulation, caused by the grip of a hand, fracturing the os hioidesund trachea. J. (J. Johnson, M. 1?. Tub statu o*- South Cakoi.in.x, Coi'n'rv ok Annnvii.i.i-:. An inquisition indented, taken at Itarnwcll pluee, in Abbeville eounly, the Vth nay ol May, IMW, before M. II. Wilson, Coroner, u| on the view of the luwly of liva Thomas, of At theville county, then and there beimr dead by the oaths of S. A. Miller, Irvin Cicekley, K, M. lJuI're, .f. A. Xehroeder, Andrew speed, eo> ored. Geo. \V. Power, colored, Kiehard Campbell, colored, Hon Clover, cob-red, 11 my J oil n son, colored, .Hen Terry, colored. Hit-hard l'aschal, colored, Asherry Hunter, ciilote !, being a lawful jury of impie-d, who heinj! charged and sworn to inquire for the State of South Carolina w here and by what means the said Irea Thomas came to her death, and upon their oaths do say: Mint she, Irea Thomas, enmi- to her d<-ath by Mr.-iiigulat ion >>,v the hands of lirant l'homas, ami so the jtiiois aforesaid, upon their oaths aioivsaid. do say #l ??.! i :.--t ,i i 'CI. in 1 (IlilL LIIC lll"i vumi * ? 11 ml form aforesaid, ir?'a Thomas ilit-n ;iikI tlienj lehaiioiisiy <1 i<I kill a.ailisl. tin; pcaei and dignity of I!i<* Slate aforesaid. In witness whereof, I, M. II. Wilson, Cur,i. nor fibrosa ill. ami tin: jurors afore-aid in tiii? iiKjiil dtion liav?? iiitcrchaiixciiidy put oiii hands mill si si is l!i>- iliiy ami year ahove writton. >.l. 11. WIi.suN, j!,.s.j t "oroticr A. S. A. .MlIiLKIi, |I,.S.| i''<irciiian. At a iiiocllii!: of I lit* Abbeville .W.-lh<<l:sl Sunday School, Apnl I'", IMC. Il:c folio will;! resolutions \?( ro unanimously snl?: Whereas, il lias |i!oa>i'ii ?1<kI in his wisr providence, to rail Mrs. K. V. M?-i <x;:? 1<I, ulin departed tin* life Al't'll 1!, iMt", I'n-ni the he jlioi.sol I lie church in 11 i 1st ii ( t > 111 < i-i'Wards o| the church triumphant, therefore be il resolvod : j I. That in liordcath the Methodi-l church I of Abbeville has lost oneof il^ most rousej era tell and valued members, and I lie sundry |School one of its iiiovt earnest timl most t.oilij fill twicheis. | 'J. Thai while wo how in humble suhmis: kIoii to the wiil of lio-.i in tliiu du?pi !!<-:.timi o| j Ii j H providence, we will choiish iior nicmoiy, einiihite In r virtues and strive to meet her ! ngain in the home ot I he hh s!. j Thai a copy ol this preamble ami risolu: lions he furiii>hed the family ol the deceased and the county papers. MIl-s. I.. K. ISH.'.TY, .MISS .11 1,1.V C. CUAVPUX, i ' ili.ii.ituv. \W liave In-cn <*oni|H'llial to <I;:J>Ij< :>11* osir [orders on great many line* oi ;?o. <ls. our s:?.ek lor inoiilh oi .M.y will lie uisttMially ::ljir.itvlve. A \a:let.v oi New Veil; millinery ((loininjr every i!ay. JL.-M Slailtlon ?( Cn, For innntli of May. Miuiiiiieeul ?I j kj !:?>* oi ! new rich novelties in ilr?. ** goo(!>, salt ens. j clinntirngcs, I'reneli eliuilies. eointi:t.a!ion suits, ti imniln^x ol'nil >ly les to mauli. I'i i. es tin' lowest. 15. M. Uatliloli A Co. FACTS AND FIGURES, i SHOWING THE DIFFERENT RATES OF TAXATION IN THE DIFFERENT STATES. | t I.cl tin* IU'itdcr Do ? I.ilUe M: in Mug for Himself. and I8e cnn Aiiswcy nil of TiiiiiiKiiN Assei-f ions About j Ihtiiiocralic Extravagance. yews unit C'tuiicr. Statisties are tiresome In must persons, lint j (heir publication scorns to be ju-titiablo when i they contain a comj?l<tteanswer to groundless j charges that have been repealed so often as to make many believe tliem. Ii lias been charged and reiterated that our .state Govern-1 menl is either corrupt, or extravagant, or I both. It is sea rely worth while to noUeo the charge of corruption. No well-informeil man eould entertain it for a moment. Not a dollar can tie paid out by the Treasurer except in pursuance of a speeihed appropriation made by the Legislation. Warrants are drawn on the Treasurer by the proper ollieer, usually the Comptroller General. Proper I vouchers arc filed. Every ollieer makes toj the Legislature an annual report, which Is [ printed. In addition lo lids a joint committee, comnoscd of one Senator and two Representatives, is appointed annually to examine | the books, accounts and vouchers of the Trea-1 surer. This work is very carefully done. Thus it will be seen that every safeguard is I urown arou oil i in; i r?iMin i, hum h i.> lically impossible for any one to cheat the Stilto out of a wnt except liy collusion with the Comptroller General or other oilicer issu | ins; tlie warrant, the Treasurer ami that joint | committee, and, it may lie added, tin* General i Assembly itself. This looking at it from the 1 lowest point of view. Now, as to the charge of extravagance. The j table appended gives the -total taxable prop.! erl.v, avenuje rahs of taxation lor all pur-poses-, (which I lake to mean State, county.' school, municipal and assessments i.i aid of J railroads and other enterprises,) population, and average amount collected in taxi s per capita in all the Slates of the I'nion. Tliej first, ff.cond and third columns are taken < from the census of 'SSO. The lourth con?isl>| of calculations made upon the oilier three. | An examination of this table will show thai only four states have a lower rate of taxation than South Carolina, namely,North Carolina, twelve mills; Delaware, Maryland and Rhode Island, len mills each. ThrecSlates, Georgia, Tennessee and Wisconsin have the same rate, thirteen mills, t he rate in the other Slates | runs Irom fourteen to thirty mills. If we look-at lite amount collected percapiti.a still more striking showiie_' is made, only two States, Alabama and North Carolina. coll. et a smaller amount per capita than Sotiui Carolina The amount per capita in I lie oi her stab s runs from Sl.TS-l in Tennessee to Jrl l.'jas in California. It must be borne In mind, too, that iu North Carolina the colored population Is only .'IS.Mii per cent of the whole, and in Alabama I7.IM0, while in South Carolina it is I'd.7-10. It is well known thai over !H) per cent of the criminals and a large proportion of the paupers in this Slate are colored. It is Impossible lo tell what is the expense caused to the Slate by these two classes, but it must be considerable. Is not the complaint without foundation? Is not the Government of South Carolina not only a perfectly pure one, but also one of the most economical on the lace of the earth ? Another thing, it seems to me, is worthy oi' I no rilosi S'THHis coiisiucrai ion n u 1111 iiu;?\Vo hope to r?-Hinil our Slate dcht in ISSKiut. a' lower rate nf Interest. The Importance of accomplishing this end cannot ho overestimated. A reduction of the interest from ti per cent to I percent would elloct an animal saving to ttic St.ule of over one hundred ami twenty thousand dollars. A hoi izoninl reduction of 50 per cent, on tlio salaries of all theollieers In the legislative, executive ami judicial departments of the Government would have only about sixty seven thousand five hundred dollars per annum. Ca;ital is proverbially liu id and cowardly, i'iipitalisis will not loii -li our securities tinless they have absolutely faiIII in the maintenance of white supremacy in the State. Arc tho'io dissensions and agitations now sought to he engendered in the Stale likely to produce Unit faith ? Do they au^ur well for bomocratit: solidity? If so, why is overx Radical from Maine to California deiic!it>-?l "! them? II-si'ems to me thai to make litis refunding scheme success I ill we will need lot Governor, 'J'lensurer, Com; troliei (Jrnera: and Attorney Cieiierai men v ho will inspire confidence in llmiuchil circles l?y reason oi their wisdom ami prudence ami eonscrvalisin. is this limitation. it successful, likely to result it: the choice of men who will inspire that confidence ? iii.i.is cn.wiHiN. Abhfcvllle, April l."?. MM. T.\i;i.i: showing lax-ih!>- pro; o: ly, rate of t i.\>ilion. population ;:ml amounls coil- eled h> taxation. per capita, in all tin? Slates of the 1'nion : Nebraska 5 :m -l.'ij -j r, nj Xevaila ~l ii. ]:; 7<> Colorado VI lt'l )0 7i Kansas Il>'l U7 ! :." I .'it; l.iiii>ia:ui l'?? :7 I u; Iowa I/..'! t; i:: Illinois 7-s; -j| ::.c77 <; |:; Arkansas Mi, .'! .??; a; California ">*l -.'I Nil 11 -j* Malm- :'| 1.1- 7 i'-i ' Mississippi i:t> :>i Xi-vv York '.J.'-il SI ":.li;J I0 ! ;. I Crtyon ">'J in c. I Vfm'.ollt *:' '.ii ."'.-j !' _ ! I'lori.la lit .-_ ?? L' i: Missouri ' i!> 2 ii'.-; i .v. Aial'atna I - iii 1,'JiiJ 1 Conneetieiil "-T If> liii s !| Michigan., -'iii Hi 1, ."ii *i os Nf\v Hampshire.. i"l iii :;i?; 7 <>l * Oil 1(1 I/ill" 1. 7 ii; ; Pennsylvania 1,'K! i.'i i,.'sj (i L'is Massatlnisells l/tSI ].) 1,7s.: j;? ' Minnesota ?Vi t.'i 7s' ! Xc-w J11 sey r,;-J I i I , 7 Virginia l"> l.'-l-j :: a; 1 In-liana 7J7 11 1.117s j:? 1 Kentucky ::'i>i l! l,??}s ^ *r, ! Texas :'.i" ii I l I'M \Vi*l Virginia !"! Il i.ls :: |i; I ilOl lilil I.. I,., is - i i South Carolina.... I-'!:; 1:! ! '. ; I 71 Tennessee I'll I:; I ,1 tn Wisconsin I.'ls I:! I.'il.'i ! North (.'amiinn... I.V> 1-j I.ravs i l>iala\vr.ri' !' I HI 17 Maryland '!> I" i:-'.i ~i iClitx.lt; islam! 1-.VJ. M jj'i;. 'i 11 Mr('i>!:Mis K, May 1 W'e sir?> > ?vinj? si vt*ry ijtilei tiiis>* in and ::lioiit III.-city ..1 I, ?/iily a l'tisii of Itti-i ] atabout town. There In qnili' a mnnlicr jiooitle rnihvie.I Ilils morning leail.v ler the sl.ickh'iiiUrs train ' to rush llii-in oil" for Ati;;ti?l;i. Two of oiiryi'iin^ men,.!, W. Jonniiisjs mi.i! i ?>lcn W'liitter It'll lliisiiioi'iiiiiu'lHr CaliiiDon.Mil. wh'.-re they intern' cnterim.; a iitisim-** eoltejxo. We to see llii-in IkicU soon, I lYi>ntin;r a desk in soim: of our I'I'.mik-.ss I' houses In MeCortniek. "W't* have now in Mel'oimiik a weather signal. Wc c:in till nil ;il>-.Ul the weather tv.ion it will rain ami when it. wi'l In- fair, aWo how Ui'.ieh lain (;?1This is ?li - played ill I runt ol Mf'alla & l-'ri t writ's store. Persons I iissiiaf MeCormiek Would think the town was ?:oni|'h litl. Not I he sountl of a ii iniuier at present, tint jusl outside ot town there is soine woik iioiiri on in the way oi hiiildim: houses. We have several men in ' lown foreetl to lioanl Joi* i):e waat of hmisis to live In and am deprived t?f hciiu with I their families. .Mr. Iloytleaml wife, front ('l.iiauo, are sto;.' Inn s:I the Smith tloii.-e. .Mr. ! ?!y si;pi r intending the | ulti'lf: up 'if si hrii-u m-ieiiiite, at 1*1 it in r.ianeh, whiel. machine has the capacity of making 1 >,i? ?*? hi.ek |? ;-<l.iy. Mr..las. W. Tolheit sirri veil t;wlay Willi his I U HI". I Jir. .Inliii S.uidi rsilii-t! !;;<! S:iiuri!:iy and was r-nlrwd iicnr MrO>i?in!<-k <>:a Sunday, ! The doi-ti.i' was we ll li'n.'.vn I it r?hot: I I Ii.\vt:r pari of tlie iiiiiiiiv. !!.- whs hIi'miI 7^' ye.irsuld. We liavc 1 it: lln> !?:? - a Very iiili'lrsl ill-/I'lul i :.c!iil niiiliM: ill 111.' .M.'l ii<>. I |s| 'lilll'i'li. We Illid II:" tli-V. < I'l.s Sinilii wiili us :r..ni Aiidt-rsiti". Tin- l':iilii'-rs have no! titticli Li'iiii'uls lor runiplniir this year, only (In- ? ,.* er..pli-.ii--a-ii a lail'if. Tl ryall have im? .I slai .ls c.| rulluii, ai.tl I 11> i ii U llity haw st< i> i< I a I w 1 [ iimri' iii'M's t>> tln-ir I'liii"ii, and ?!<-. | p. ! a n-w i arics Irnm I In* " urn. I he Alliance i- in nmU I every faril.il- s- ll-MI>liiil;.l>'_'. I sit; p. >e |?y I iiialcii. ,' f!trn. All's w. li iiial pans i.nl w. I;. | i mr nifi'.'lianis liavf tjuiir a v.-iy nie.- Ii i lii.?ini->s liiis >| rin:;, n< ; intn I: >a..i mii 1 lime pi lees. Tn.M. SSa!e '2'<..ii'!i<'iv A *11 . ! ! x'eer.i i l ' iiilnil ;i e l.a v.' si-ifi-tfil j i :r? .'ii vil11 e as t lit- |>lat-e o| nit < tin!!, ami .1 i.lj I I i , i 1 i!s I III- I I III"'. rill* JllllMi'linll* < f t; !? ?- : \ :!> : u inIjii-.c : ti>iii;i! i-t iiti-r, :iii<I . !' .! -ituii:..:' ,s>l I, Willi il> illli-l U 'III, lilililil |'"l'lil:l!<i!>, lll'i'tl llol ilriili'i !. i Tin- I'lm*'1 Jill'I tiiit?- li:i vtn ni v."i?i Iy .-li n. j I .ft Jill ! ili' Ti iii'Ili'I ? 11! I ill >!.(!. n III'! I :i i'l'tt ii v:< -111 *i 11 ; l>> :: 11 i I. An j: i i-t t \ < |mi! L'|- HIMII'' is :il<i-lll ? ??ti.J ! Ji- !. i; t:.-i iJ i .'.ii -. on ;ili it;'.' r.iiliii'n)> hi ili-- v. ili Im 11'it. 'fiir pr:ri' ii! l?iiii ! v.lil If iit! i;;iil\ low. Aiiii<'liiK'f!ii< ill- in c!fi-i it, lis..'.Iii;i|li'i> u >!l I f iiunlr ifl.-r iiTt. Kvi-rv 11:iii:r |-!! }s".-!v. ili I ii. i I..*, i'ixrrii:iM* 'iillili:i!I"f I'll' I !:? ?. :i- : . i;...l |i|?i)iil Hi' i 111* Triu'lii'l S. Siwvfv-lllI its Wjis I lie I..-! Ill, ? ( | uc It.:i: ihi.*: niit? v. ill l r liinff sit. i'f.n .iiiii.? Mi liv lilt* In-arty rn-iijifi ; ! inii n! ilif . fin a> I-, \v. m. ?;i;I ! .!:. I 1'. < S. StiiIf To.irlii'l's' A:-MU"ijtt toll. V:. :.. r ..i . - : 'J. lit? jPlbtf liiG' I _1_ OX-"? || "5?5 S\ is- *5 ~ JS*!-. JIH Iji/f|p lltlPBllF 6 f Are Most Respectfully Invited to Make an Inspection of the Immense Stock of kj a a ?. a x. a v ia i k *.r im i. >? ^ ~ ? ? ~ ? ~ ? - _ Now Offered for Sale by I _ M Without going into particulars it is enough to say that any one can find at the store of WHITE BROTHERS just exactly what he needs. If a lady wants a Dress, here she can see ia large assortment of j . * .j ? I * ' Cashmeres, Huns Tellings, | Satteens, Ghailies, N Brilliantes, Muslins, | . | and other seasonable fabrics in the latest and most desirable styles. Their stock of WHITE GOODS & EMBROIDERIES j / . O* I was never more attractive. They offer this season a greater variety of < |table damasks, umm, boimbs m towels - jtlian they have ever kept before. Gentlemen can find no better place than |the store of WHITE BROTHERS to purchase an outfit for the Spring and Summer; | for here can be seen i "Roml.y~M.jw lo I ' I sszz&y R55S S&p ?^S3 Gr*2S, SHW I ! .C^Ti # %? a 'a iT j| 5T a ?? I j jjUli JL JL^iLj^ $J? ; J !unsurpassed for FIT, STYLE and DURABILITY. Here too they can obtain tlie I .MOST STYLISH HATS, | THE BEST SHOES, And FURNISHING- GOODS of all Kmas. j NECKWEAR, (COLLARS, GUFFS, | SUMMER UNDERWEAR, I HALF HOSE, "HANDKERCHIEFS, &c., &c. I t _ n-n/j ern how very I JLJClMj (J V Li y U.'iu v/ct^i - y Our greatest inducements to purchasers I are LOW Fi'lCES and pretty styles. I