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r i i __ The Press and Banner ABBEVILLE, S.C. Published every Wednesday at ?2 ] a year in advance. Wednesday, July 22, 1891. Wtint of This? The New York Press of a recent date lins this to say: "A Plague to Kansas.?There have been ro. peated well supported reports from Western States,'where the Farmers' Alliance is in full possession of the governments, of serious disadvantages to the people in living under * Alliance rule. Capitalists have withdrawn money from such .States, and refused to re IJ?W 1I1?U9 IU u it-m VI iv iiinnc uvn Even State bonds which were supposed to be gilt edged have been refused in money centers? bankers declaring that they were afraid to touch theui under the circumstan- ' ces. Judge Perkins of Kansas, who was a prominent Republican member of the last Congress, has been drawing a picture of his State under Alllahce rule, which shows that Kansas la suffering untold disaster. Of all the plagues that have struck poor, bleeding Kansas, he says, tbe so-called People's party i seems to have wrought the greatest havoc. "While PefTer and Simpson and other leaders were clamoring for more money, and ( getting well paid for addresses in various parts of the country in which that demand was the great feature, although the circula? Hon is now S*2l per capita and.larger inpropor Hon to ;the population than ever before, even in war times, and while the Alliances have 1 been passing resolutions demanding cheaper money and demanding government loans to farmers on real estate and products at 2 year 1 cent., besides forming societies to repudiate debt and prevent the foreclosure of mortgag- 1 es, capitalists have been withdrawing their Investments, realizing on mortgages and landed possessions and gradually withdraw lng from the State, until there is a veritable money famine there. In many localities pco 1 nle will not have money enouch at their dis posaltomove their crops, as"the banks are afraid to lend It and have such trouble in setting money for general business that they ' hoard it up for their own necessities when ; ouce they get It. "What is true of Kansas in this respect, as shown by Judge Perkins, is undoubtedly true : In other Alliance states. The Alliance is a plague to the very persons it was organized to benefit when it operates in this manner." Coming as it does, from the great money center of this country, it may be worth con. slderation. Republican orators seem to have 1 a wonderful lnllueuce over the Southern people JuBt now, and in order that our people i may know that all Republicans do not look at the financial situation from the same standpoint, we give the above for what it is worth. Hard Time*. rur 5cy6itll lcwtuuo vul pvvp?w hutv ftiwmj prospects before them : i It seems that the cotton crops will be cut short. The low price of tho staple, with no proba. i blllty of an increase in the price. The enormous debt which our people have Incurred buying stock and in making the crop. The amouut of credit extended from the , stores Js fully as large as in any previous year. In addition to this heavy debt, it has ' been estimated that the farmers of Abbeville , county owe to the diflerent banks in the i county, something like a quarter of a million j of dollars. It is estimated that with as large a crop as i we had last year we would still be behind on ! receipts more than ?100,000 because of reduced price. i To add to our distress In the hour of out* calamity the Northern capitalists, because ol the threatened political up lieavel, are reftislng to let their money go to the farming districts. If they persist in their determination to withhold thalr money, people who are In debt may fare badly. Already money is scarce and very hard to get at high interest. > even with ihe best of security. From the present outlook it would seem that each and overy individual should set his own house in order for the possible hard ^ times that are ahead. It is well to contract r no debts that can be possibly avoided, and f economy in every department should be the 1 watchword. . I _ i s| Different Defenses. 1 In the criminal records the excuses which J j. are set up for murder vary, and as each ex- j cuse ceases to be effective, another is found. For instrance. insanity or drunkenness lias i had Its day. "Self-defense" in cases where J the circumstances pointed to wilfull murder t has served long aud faithfully. Now, the t general plea seems to be accidental" in cases ; where the atrocity of the crime could be j excused on no other ground. A number oi "accidental" murders are now before the j public. In case of the some of the "acelden- c tal" murders an "accidental" verdict of * "guilty" would be the proper verdict. The t time has come for civilized and decent people to put some estimate 011 the life of a fellow-citizen. * Heretofore the juries ou the flimsiest pretext have cxcused both black and white for offences against the person. The Sub-Treasury. Because we were asked by nn Allianccman ' to present sonic arguments against the sub- J treasury, and because an opponent of that s measure asks lis to publish Senator Pugh's I response to a request for his views, we pub- c lish his letter in full. While it is a long paper \ it is nevertheless a good one and well worthy of a careful reading, lie deals of the ques- ( tion dispossionately, and his argument can f give offence to none, unless offence be taken because of the evldcurerroneousncss in sup- \ posing that such a system could ever become I a law. ? Battery l'ark, Attlteville* Air* 1%. jr. 4nuaiD.Mtn, iviviui; ?/* *,v and Courier, Is now in charge of Battery ^ Park hotel, Ashevllle, N. C. Let every Caro- l linlan who goes to Ashovllle stop at tho Bat- * tery Park, and receive royal treatment, the , best of faro, the choicest rooms unit bedding, . while breathing the best mountain air in the ' ' ' world. The Press and Banner extends the { very best wishes for tho Battery Park and Mr. i McKIssick. 1 . { E<li(oral Visit. J We had a very pleasant call from Editor * Harper, of tho Klberton Gazette, last Thurs- J day. Ho and several other gent lement from | Elberton stopped oir the excursion train, and ; remained In town for an hour or two. Abbe- j vllle Is always delighted with a visit from her | Elberton neighbors. Come again, gentlemen. ' The war on capitalist*-is having Its legiti- I mate effect. New York capitalists refuse to 1 let their money come South because of the , war which is now being made on money. \ The low price of cotton, ana tho destruction J of our credit is a serious matter for us. We j learn that money is plentiful in New York at t a very low rate of iuterest, but It is well 1 known that capitalists refuse to let it go to the country or farming districts at any price. m The Press and Banner congratulates Colum bla on the sale of the canal. The building of <] the canal is another proof that pluck will win even against the judgment of the more cautious citizens. It seems that thero is a j good day ahead for Columbia. ? \l Money never was as scarce and hard to get : as at present. You may havo noticed the ' fact, however. i Greenvlllo is to have her horticultural show j on August 12, 13 and 14. Liberal premiums i are offered. Those of our citizens M ho have * fruits or flowers of a superior quality should [ C\ .. write for particulars to H. B. Buist, President, c * Greenville. It is time to plant fall Turnips and Kuta Bagas. W. Joel Smith and Sons are now ready to furnish you with the best Iresh j seed. %V / A ScrioiiM Ailitir. Tlie shooting scrupe which occurred nonr Vntreville last Sunday was a serious nllair, md a very grave violation ol tiic pcaws. It is said (hut more than thirty shots wore lred. Result, three men more or loss painfuly wounded. From the accounts which we near of the fuss it seems almost a mi rack hat nobody was killed. It is said that out man had nine bullet holes in his clothes, uid that one of the combatants had more than one pistol. The death of either of the young men en S.iged In this fight would have sent deep sor row to many hearts and a gloom would hav< l>een cast over the whole community. Sheriff Mann visited each of the woundeo men last .Monday, but 110 arrests have beer made. Ho thought the experience of lasl Sunday had satisfied all the parties to this ifl'alr, and that it was not likely that the dif liculty would be renewed. Ur: sure to read the notice of the exaniina Lion for the NVIiithrop Training School. THE PEAOAN TREE. I Is Immense Size?Its Valuable Fruii ?Its Symmetrical Iteauty. The Yorkvllle Knquirer of late lias ha< something to say of peacan culture, ami : week or two ago that paper spok*.: of a larg? peacun tree in York. Abbeville is seldom behind on any ques lion, and we believe the peacan business is nc exception to the general rule. In isr,, or 'Hi or '17 Mrs: James Shlllilo o this village planted a peacan, which hai jrowti and thrived, until to-day at three leei from the ground it measures .si! inches In clr cumfercnce. 'i'he top is wide-spreading, o symmetrical growth, and is beautiful to loolt upon. It has been bearing fruit for manj years, though some years the crop is largei than in oilier years?the largest yield beinj estimated at ten bushels. .Since this tree be gan to bear, its fruits have fallen in coot ground, and other trees of the same variety sprung up and are 10 be found in almost every part of the lot. The largest specimer being nearly as large as the parent tree, ant also bears a large yield of nuts. The trees grow and tlourish readily, if tin seed Is planted where it is desired that tlx tree may grow, but not one In hall dozen thai are transplanted will live. They are hardj anil of good growth if undisturbed wner< they come up, and the trees are of such shapi us to be ornamental as well as profitable be cause for the valuable crop which they pro duce. The parent tree of which me speak grows r nut which is said to be larger and thinner o shell than the paper shell variety. The tre< which Is next of size, and which canie fron a nut oir the old tree, strange to say, has i shell which is noticably thicker than tin nuts of the parent tree. The only trouble with the pecan culture, as far as we know, is the depredations of th< birds which carry oil' great quantities of tlx nuts. The pecan is the tree In which the Jay doth most delight. They cat the nuts or car ry them ofl' as taste or inclination maj prompt, and it is supposed that they often drop them, as young pecan trees are to b< found in the adjoining lots. Mrs. Shillito and her daughter, the lut< Mrs. 11. \V. l.awson, were lovers of the gar Jen, and they delighted in the cultivation o the prettiest flowers, while the choicest fruit trees and rarest ornamental trees received their most careful attention, some of whlcl will stand as monuments of their taste and it.-Ill fnv mnnv vonrs vet to come. Standing to-day on the lot of which wc speak may be found rare trees, such as Kng lish walnut, black walnut, poniegranite varnUh, mahogany, magnolia. mimosa, alau tha, pyramidal cedar, Cottonwood, iron wood mock orange, osage orange, live oak, black tiawc, as;>in, honey locust, crepe myrtle ant Uie most beautiful liowers of every descrip Lion. At the death of Mrs. La wson,?the da ugh er of Mrs. Shilliio?the land and the house: hereon fell to the daughters of Mrs. i.awson Mrs. lt.S. Kink and Mrs. W. I). Wilson, wlu ire now joint owners of the prettiest lot in own, while they luivo separate homes. CONGREGATIONAL PICNIC. A PLEASANT DAY AT DUE WEST. . ?. If iisic?Reei l;it ioii*--Speeoh es? I'hrislinn Fellowship? Etoiintiful Dillnop? I.niiii Toniiis. For two weeks the people of Imio West lim >een looking forward to the Congregational >icnic which come oil' yesterday, to which all >ther denominations in the community were lordlally invited to take part. The object was to give the newly installed >astor, the Itev. O. V. Homier, an apportunty to meet the members of his congregations md the community generally in a social ray. The various committees who had the mater in charge performed their duties well. Nothing was left undone to make thedayone oiijj to be remembered in l>un West. Altera bountiful dinner the assembly were nvitcd to the chapel of the Female College, vhore they were entertained for an hour brinish:, recitations, speeches, Ac, The oxerrises were concluded by a short address from i... niKtnr f.iii?u-i'd hv ji DiiiVL-r bv Dr. (in ir. Viler the singing of a l'salm the hcnciliclioti vus pronounced,and many repaired to the ;r<)iiiKls to witness acinic of lawn tennis-. Mrs J. T. Robertson, Miss Mary liober'son, diss Meta Lythgoe, Mrs. It. M. iladilon, Miss Jelle Haddon, Messrs. <>. ]'. Heath, >1. T. .'olenian and Muster Towns Robertson lepreented Abbeville village. Antrcville, Donalds,and other sections ol be county had honored representativesBASE BALL. 'oloreil Mines from Abbeville tni(l Coltesbti ry. Last Friday evening the colored nine from 'r<nii t'okesbnry and the Abbeville nine play il a name on the ground above the (J. AC. iepot 111 the presence of a large number <>l pectators, among whom were many white htso.is. Willie Lomax was umpire. When tie game was called it stood (Jf> to 15 In f.ivor if Abbeville. The names of the players verfc: Abbeville?Sam Baker, Spencer Watt, Denlis Harris, Richard Grant, Willie Jones, I.ee {apley, (insiie Romans, Jame.-> Hodges, 'lorenee Kennedy. C'okesbnry ? Quincey Wilson. Jell Keys, 'etter Reeder, Nathan Wilson, Elijah Washngton, Foster Murphy, Ben Adams, James Jiekson, Alex. Shaw. \ Mailer ol' Kxplaiintioii and Complaint. Link, s. c\, July 1S!> 1. ' Jdilor Press find Banner : Please publish this for the beneiil of my irother, Thomas Wells, and all whom it may roncern. Aficr seeing in your last issue that Thomas kVells had been brought from tiio asylum to Ybbeville, and then taken to the poor house, ; feci It my duty, ami in justice to him and nyself, to explain how lie happened to be aken to the poor house. While 1 feel ever so nuch gratitude to Mr. Charles D.Allen for jringing my brother, Thomas Wells, from Columbia to Abbeville Court House, I feel the ess gratitude to Mr. Dul're, as County Chairnan, whom he had been assigned to while il ,vas entirely uncalled for by Mr. Dul're to lend him to the poor house after I had writen and appealed to him as a Iriend to my jrother and myselt to please send mo a no,iee. If it was Impossible for Mr. Dul're to ksccrtaiu what day he would send for Thomas A'ells it was not impossible for him to let me mow early after he arrived at the poor house, instead of all this he lay in the poor house learly a week with but very little to eat and 10attention at all, only as Mr. Itaniey would >e there two or three times a week. I thank dr. Kan ley for that much attention to my jrother. 1 would much rather Mr. Dul're, as bounty Chairman, had put. my brother in jail iVith the thieves and murderers of the county vhcrc they are fed well and fattened than lor ilm to be sent to the poor house, among the mlt, maimed and blind, to be, I consider, ialf eared for, as I found that was the condlion at the poor house when I went up after ny brother. S. L>. Wells. COLORED SINGERS. ? - .. ? ... riioy Meet at Saint .Mary's A. .M. E. Church. JCitli and lltli Aueiisl. A hiievi i.i.k, S. C., J uly, 1*91. Kditor I'rcss and Banner: Will you give me a small space in your valuable paper to say a word to friends that the Singing Convention will come oil'on the l.'ttli uid Hth ot August, at Saint Mary's A. M. K. :hurcli, titteen miles below the Court House. Mi of the oUlcers are hereby ordered to be 011 land on the l.'ltli by Id a. in. The olllcers c?t sacli choir tiiat wish to take part in this ;rand movement will please come out. On he 11th the annual address will be delivered >y Rev. C. S. Bradley, of (.Jroeu wood, and reiponded to by Kev. (J. I. Fair, pastor and >thers. As this will be the last day all of the :hoira we hope will be present. Come to help >ut the expenses of the convention. I remain yours truly, Jas. T. Baker, President. The mind is the most difficult tiling u bridle; the tongue comes next. . -x. .. *6ao'i'ifcvi ^wurtrfffl ?, ! WILLIAM ANDREW GILES. - i? i BORN IN ABBEVILLE COUNTY JULY 15, 1829?DIED AT GRANITEVILLE JULY 17, 1891. j : ? ? i , While IIin Work Was Xot Finished, O mid Wliilp Iko Would f.ive for Those Whom He Loved, He went to ? Peaceful. Triumphal Death. \\ , William Andrew (riles was born in R Abbeville County (tlien District) on the , r?th July, 1829, and died at Graniteville W in Aiken county on tlio 17th July, 1891, ^ ' having just completed his sixty second L year. A ? His lather Andrew Giles, or as he was ^ alinost universally known, Squire (Jiles, was one of the remarkable men of his E day and time; and his son William was ^ a worthy scion of a noble stock. It was the writer's privilege to know J. them both and to enjoy, for thirty years ^ and more, intimate association with the latter as well at his home in Lowndes- i> villo where so many years of his useful life were spent as a teacher and magistrate, as at his hospitable home in D I (irauiteville where he died. T In his early manhood (January 21, l lsr?l,) he was happily married to Miss J. i Joanie Cunningham bv the llev. T. L. 5 MeHrydo, then the pastor of Rocky liiver Presbyterian Church, whose memory, \\ , fragant with the inceii.se of every Chris- T tian virtue, is still cherished within the f hounds of that venerable place of wor- ? i ship. On its hench of elders for many J< . years and until his death, sat his pious r lather adorning throughout a long life, \\ ; by a godly walk and conversation, the (J r doctrines which ho professed. Zealous ^ in all good works, humble and meek, 1 fearing God and loving the Master?a V I Christian gentleman. What more need I say than as was the father in all these, g [ even so was the son. J I Seventeen years ago, his elder brother, the late Janies H. Giles, who had for j ; many years held the office of secretary of J * the Oraniteville Manufacturing Com, pany, admonished by age and inereas; ing infirmity, called to his assistance his j > brother William and made him the book keeper of the company. His duties " were far more than the term imports. s , Like those silent forces in nature which r noiselessly perform their great functions j ? and astound us only by their mighty re1 suits, so did this intelligent, quiet, l'orce1 ful man harmonize the discordant ole- j ' ments of his little com Jinnity, main- j < taining peace and order, preventing by ? his wise counsels, confusion and strikes, when under similar conditions disorder and chaos prevailed elsawlierc. "J Messed are the peacemakers for i they shall be called the children of _ i (Jod." Allusion has already heen made to his ; early happy marriage. This union, ,, i broken sovcral 3'ears ago by the death 1 of his beloved wife, was blessed with a I numerous offspring of sons and daugli- s' ' lers, some of whom in turn had married and left the natural roof tree, and, though ^Uiiumt'u iiuruiiu in uiuc;i(.'IIL it \icw ^ a merciful Providence that permitted all of them to witness a father's peaceful, triumphant death, and receive in that parting moment a father's blessing. i Just before the dawn of the morning of the 17th inst., during the silent watches ^ of the night the final summons came, \ when with uncloudod mind, and perfect E ' consciousness to the last with every fea> turo illumined by a vision of things by ai i the faithful watchers unseon?hearing|un- <> speakable words which it is not lawful ,| for man to utter and with the word, w home, home, homo at last thrice repeated, n the spirit of this great man, purified by ti long and great bodily suffering, took its ** flight to his eternal home beyond the |, skies. tc And so He giveth his beloved sleep. sj C. " ? - ? NEWS FROM LOWNDESVILLE, All SorlM of Personals?A Kunnwti}' > Triaii?Ita<l Mail Facilities. Lownuksvii.i.k,S. July ML ISiU. Mr. (i. s. ISruee went. to Abbeville Monday ' lo take a position in Mr. 1'. 1>. Speed's drug store. Rev. J. K. 1'eard wont to Cokesbury Mon- 1) day to jis.si.it in carrying on a protracted meeting. Mr. and Mrs. .J. ('. Lotnax, of Latimer, were with us Tuesday. Mr..I. 15. Franks went lo Augusta 011 business Tuesday. Mr. Wlil Mattison, of Anderson, came down Tuesdi.y perhaps on an electioneering lour. fl 1 Miss Lillian McDavUI, of Due West, came w Monday to visit 1 lie family ol her brother-in- si law, Mr. 10.11. Morion. si County Commissioner J. F. C. Dul'ro was in town Thursday looking after some matters connccled Willi lijsolllce. Mr. John ISaker, of Anderson, came in Thursday evening, and was the guest of Mr. T. Maker that nlglit. Miss Ileeky Wood who has spent sometime P1 with her sisters Mrs. it. A. McConucll left for her .Mississippi home Monday. Mr. .1. M. Moseley went to Abbeville Satur- c< day. ti The Methodists did some neccssary cleaning up around their church Saturday, which tc considerably improved the appearance of Its In surroundings. There was preaching yesterday only In the <h Methodist church, in all of ihc churches hi thero were Sunday School services. ra Mrs. J. W. Hodic, ol Knoree, is now visiting It relatives in our town. Mr. II. 1*. Hutchinson, of Louisville, Ky., til spent several days last week In our inidst. cj Wu had several nice showers of rain Tucs. day. Not enough to last long or do much c' good. Crops are now suffering fur rain. o: A force of hands, with Mr. J. 1). Tate In charge, is now building Miss Othello Hutch- ai ' ison's dwelling upon her lot, and when finished It will be <|Uite an addition to that end of nl 1 town. sc Mr. 1'. 15. Allen had the misfortune to lose P< by tire his commissary, which contained six! (eon barrels ol Hour, a considerable quantity ' of bacon,and other things in proportion? Vl supposed to have been the work of an incendiary. ei Thur?ilay evening as the mixed train was ' coming down from Anderson, the passenger ci and mall coaches, together with two or three boxes loaded with coal, broke loose from the u< engine, and other part of the train, a mile or two above here, and the two began a rather wild and exciting ruce. It being down grade one could run about as fast as tin' other. The te engineer put on all steam, passed our depot nl without .slopping, and on to Latimer beiore dt 1 it was t111 sale lo slop. The passengers IIOl tasi.TJ 1!);: u loujjer wiki noe, uiiiii inuiu ?? be helped, put mi all brakes, ami ell'ecleJ a '* landing u short<jlst.ineo above tlirs depot. ' .fust now we seeni to be somewhat. ttn for- ol Innately situated in some respects. our rail- w road communication with the outside world I1' Is pretty good, Imt our mail facilities sue rattier mil ol joint. A few bourn by mil w lands us ulmosl anywhere, hut it takes irom lu 1 two to tiiree days for a letter to pass between this point and our county seat, and oilier Hi places places at the same rale, and it would therefore appear as if some one of the route" agents, through whose hands mail matter passes, is very negligent. This proves to be quite a serious all'air, when letters of importance nrc thus delayed 111 their transit. And any one who will divise and carry out a plan . to remedy the evil, will tie "liberally reward- * cd"?in thanks, if nothing else. Troupe. THEY DID RIGHT. in Conlraet lor Itiilldiiit; a Splendid ^ Iron llrid^c at ItoyU'.s Mill for nl $. >.730. Cil County Commissioner J. F. C. Dul'ro met i the County Commissioners of Laurens last pt Monday at Laurens Court House, and award- w ed the building of an iron bridgo acrossSalu- W da River al Boyd's .Mill to George 11. Crafts se ,fc Co., of Atlanta, On., who represented the Smith Bridge Company* ol Toledo, Ohio. The .M bridge consists one iron span of ltiu feet in length, sO feet of an approach oil the I.aureus side, and 4UO feet of an approach from the M Abbeville side. The bridge to bo 80 feet and t v above low water, and all the approaches, as sti ' well as the bridge, to be above high water. ro The price for the iron bridge is S4,!t00, and tin; approaches were iet at $!>">(), making the vi totai eost on which a guarantee of tiiree w years is given. The counties of Abbeville and I.aureus divide the expense of the bridge, cacli paying in one-half. Se We believe it is conceded that iron bridges, Al which are well built, art" practically Inde- Ci struetible, and it has been demonstrated be- ' yond a doubt that the original cost of a long ye iron bridge is not more that the cost of a first pu class bridge of Wood of tho same length. For til this reason, we believe the action of the County Commissioners was right and for the tei best interests of the people. The lact is, C.< every Important bridge should bo of iron, even it the cost should be double that of wood. The railroads now never think ol put- < tin;; up a woodeu bridges in importaut places. I't - ? - /> " v. - ;T " . U'MMM" H rw<i ??MflrjyfcaE4.&+ ALLIANCE ROSTER. residents and Scerclnrios of tin* County Alliiuicc iui<l of llic Sub- T AlliiincoN. COI'XTY ALLIANCE. R. Blake, .Tr President < J. Gnincs Vice-President Y. Jones secretary . W. Collins Treasurer Siib-Allianee Hosier. J ABBEVILLE ALLIANCE. r. E. Leslej', President Abbeville 1 . E. Hill, Secretary Abbeville c LONG CANE. * f. E. Morrison, President Abbeville ' A. Stephenson, Secretary Abbeville 1 WILLOW SI'KINfJ. r .F.Calvert. President ...IlodgcR 1 F. Kadcllire, Secretary Hodges ? BELLEVUE. . Cowan, President Widemnns J , J.Brltt. Secretary WidemanB WALNUT GROVE. F. Morris, President Jones J nul \V. Sullivan, Secretary Jones ? thov. f ' \V. Lyon, Secretary Troy J STONY POINT. . 1). Kampey, President Coronaca . A.Graham, Secretary C'oronaca * ItOCK SPUING. , K. Todd, President Due West 1 ..!. Marti 11, Secretary Donalds ( lMUGK. [ f, C. Shaw, President Lowndesvllle . 15. ClinlCKcalf'S, Secretary Lowndesvllle MOUNTAIN VIEW. President i ilia T. Uasken, Secretary j I'llOKNIX. }. H. Stalworlh, President Phoenix ( . K. Hoss, Secretary Phoenix j MT. CAKMEL. . I<\ Morris, President Mt. Carmel \ 1. W. Heard, Secretary Mt. Carinel | LOWNDESVILLE. . W. Speer, President Lowndesvllle i . \V. lluckabee, Secretary Lowndesvllle 5 LEVEL LAND. j , H. Urooks, President Level Land ( . U. C. Dunn, Secretary Level Land | HODGES. S II. Hughes, President Hodges ; . M. Lclht, Secretary Hodges i GUEEN WOOD. ? r. J. A. Marshall. President Greenwood ' . T. Eaken. Secretary Greenwood < ionic. i . B. Holloway, President McCormick 1 . 1. Blrdashaw, Secretary McConnick I IlilKNUSHIl'. | . L. Henderson, President McCormlck ' . W. l'eake, Secretary McCorinick < hue wkst. [. 15. Clink scales, President Duo West 1 . E. Pol hill .Secretary Duo West < ItKAIM.F.Y. 7. J. Gaines, President Bradley , Secretary l antflevii.i.k.' . B. Knox. President Antreviile ( :. A. Kcaton.Secretary Antrcv'.lle < i. km a nun. ! . S. (Jibert, President Abbeville 1 iiniuel Evans, secretary Abbeville l <iOU> liKANCIl. uhn Lyon, President Hunters 1 . P. Alorey, Secretary Hunters J i SCHOOL EXHIBITION. ?-?. [iippy Children? people. ' Tbov, s. c., July it), 1801. Iditor Press and Manner : Vonr correspondent was invited to a picnic ud exhibition of Miss Ada Cowan's school , n Thursday last. We arrived at the school , ouse In the woods at 11 o'clock, and found 1 nit the house had been turned into a stage 1 'ith curtains, A-c., beautifully decorated with i rns and flowers, and to make it more pic- | irescpie there were rustic seats in front to , :at Hie audience. When the curtains were ' rawn we beheld in the beautiful arbor, ' nppy, cheerful, and lovely children wailing ' ? please their friends which they did to the i Uisfaction ot all. The program was as lol- . >ws: Chorus by school?"To-Day is ilolidy." Calisthenics. Essay on Music? Ily Miss Lois Davis. i Music?Canary Polka?Miss K. Kobinson. i Dialogue?"The City Visitors." ' Speech?Master Dave Dowdeu and Miss ' lora Davis. Speech?Masters WhiteUnd Cheatham. I Music?"Spring Flowers"?Miss Lois Davis, i Essay?"Joan of Arc"?MissMait.leDowden. j Speech?George White. Tableau?"The Gipsy's Warning. Music?"Home, Sweet Home"?Miss May 1 avis. ( muiogiie?'"i'onr uiu .miuus. Recitation?"(Joody Blake and Harry (Jill." ( Dialogue?"The Broken Promise." Ethiopian Break Down. Kong?' ( )ld Folks at Homo." Valedictory?By John T. Cheatham. Song?"The Jlourot Parting." Alter whiftli all were Invited to partake of a ne dinner, awl everybody wa? well pleased ilh their day in the woods. Ml<s Ada lould be proud of her scholars and they lould be proud of their teacher. " r ? s , _ t Mailers at HcCorniicIt. 1 .McCokmick, k. C., .luly 'JO, 1.SJJ1. \ Tliere are a great many visitors here at resent. It seems that our lowu is very pop- i lar. Ilaln is much needed in this section. Doth d >rn and cotton are Muttering iroin tlie con- I lined drouth. \ The.Sons of Temperance have been invited fc i participate with their sister lodge at Troy i an ice cream festival on Tuesday night, h ily'Jlst. Tliey have quite a flourishing or r at that place, also bore. I believe tills i idge was over one hundred and has done ,ucli good botii in this place and surround- a iK country. t Dev. .Mr. tfteadman preached In the Metho- 1 1st church yesterday morning, it was un a (cellcnt sermon. i It is unusually healthy here; there is not a e 1st; Ul MLKUvOfl Ul U1JJ ftlliu null. nv ?"Ui' c r. Fruit Is very scarce; there are |a few apples f nd pears, but peaches arc a rarity. 1 The Savannah Valley train stops over at s Ight here now instead iff Anderson. The :hedule is not so convenient as it was for t rsons visiting Augusta. r The Friendship Alliance met here on last a itnrday afternoon. The attendance was j: [?ry good. There are three hotels here, all prepared to e iterlaln the travelling public. t WhoopliiK cough is prevailing among tlie s illUren, but are yet no serious eases. v Dr. Robinson is improving Ills house. The n >etor in progress in everything. Miss Lillle Calhoun from Ninety-Six Is the v jest of Mrs. May ward. fi The youhg people are having say times at- s nding the parties these lovely moonlight Iglits. Croquet is u popular amusement fi iring the afternoons. V There will be a series of meetings in the d uptist church, commencing next .Saturday, A iiy _';)! ii. Mr. N. O. Pylcs from Coronaea is here Iruv- ii lug In the interest of Ihe Press and Banner. u hich Is In our Judgment is the best country I iper in tlie State. Mr. Imvo Wnrdlnw furnishes tliu public it h excellent soda water and oilier refreshg summer drinks. The Kpwnrth League meets lliis evening nt ie residence of Mr. Steadrnan's. A .full at- . udaiiec is desired. I,. \V. DUE WEST AND THE BIBLE SOCIETY. j, civ Livery Stable*?(inoii Wislios lor s Our Cantata?Abbeville"* Duty --- f Huelielois, ami Oilier Tilings. c ln-K WKST, S. ('., July 20,1801. 11 Mrs. H. C. Dul're, of Columbia, is visiting ithe county. Mr. and Mrs. \V. J. Donuer are visiting at c 'alevloo. The 1'icnlc here on 21st is expected to be a ice occasion. There are several houses In Due West that lii bo rented to advantage now. Seven delegates from this society were aplii I ted to attend the County Bible Society ' liicli meets in Abbeville next Wednesday. "e hope a number will go. line West will ^ ml her usual cash contribution, about :"> >. : I'rc.f. Hood reports a pleasant timeat Littlo ounllanoii last Saturday. A good many melons are coming into town. . Hue West is to have two livery stables. The ., essrs. Kennedy will build on the lot be- 11 reen Mr. It. C. Urownlee's and Mr. McGcc'k ore. Mr. Power will build near the cross !', ads on his end of town. J, We hope the coming ladles cantata at Abbe- 1 lie will be a success. It is probable some " III attend from here. We are getting very dry. We trust the County Bible Society will V.' ake full arrangements for tho State Bible 1 iclcty which meets in Abbeville next time. , Dbevilie must make more of a success than himbia lias. I'he boys have quite a Joko on one of our mug bachelors. Jle has warned us not to 11 iblisli it and we wont. But we hope to give . real nice notice about September next. .. 1'lie young people of the 2nd A. H. l'resbyry expect to have a convention at Troy, S. . , soon. Wo are not posted ou the program. It. S. O. Jpen anil sliut Fans 2 for -r> cents. W. K. vi ill. vt v ft?*?: ' :!;j ' ' :. " : . ' CONDITIONAL DEMOCRATS. ii HE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE | COUNTRY. ? j l>. olonel W. I*. Cnlhoun Wrllow n !.?! [ 0] ??.. X ... W I.I/1I. It lki(i<if<ar ad IIaIIHau i I. Abbeville, S. C., July 13, 1501. i}[ Sditor Press and Banner : I n I have been watching political events js n the State for some time with a great h leal of interest, and, at the same time vith grave apprehensions of the result >f the me.tsnres being advocated by cer- a ain men who seem willing to destroy he democratic goyerntnenl of our State T 11 order to advance their personal interssts. They may say what they please to the :ontrarj, hut every step taken by Messrs. ralbert, Stokes, Terrell & Company is to irepare our people for a bolt from the lemocratic party, if they think they can ;ain a sufficient number of followers to easonably insure success. There are, n my opinion, only two things that will irevent this bolt. The iirst is this :?If he men referred to can secure their poliical advancement by means of the alii nice within the democratic party, all nay be well. Tlio other and, perhaps, lio most powerful reason to prevent the p holt, will be their failure to control a e uitticient number of tho Alliancmen of j' ,ho State to follow them to insure success. j. This is not only my individual opin011, but that of a great many of our peo- e >le, including fanners, Alliancetnen, f ncrchants, lawyers and men of all probssions. e A very prominent alliancoman in this s ;ounty said to me that ho "smelt third tarty in the air," and "that in his opinon it was time for democrats to go to ivork, if they proposed to hold tho party ogether." r There arc muttcrings in this section igainst the doings of tho men referred to ? ibovo that means much; and as soon as it s heard, that crowd had better heed at r nice. The opinion is freely expressed (J ,hat the democracy of South Carolina 11 ihould be at once organized to do battle . igainst the third party demon, and to z make the men now suspected of a ten- v lenuy ta third partyism declare themselves in sucli a manner as to leave no ? loubt as to where they stand. No doubt ^ many of them would declare in words \ that they aro democrats, but that declaration should not be accepted as sufficient 1 proof. Lot their actions and conduct, or . some other test to be hereafter determined on be the tost. ^ To delay in this matter while the enemy is in the field actively lighting demo- 1 sracy and our constitutional government, is suicidal to the cause of democracy. H We should not keep idle and inactive till c it is too late to act. 1 Immediately action on tho part of the Jj democracy is absolutely necessary to put i stop to the third party movement. If i Stato Chairman Irby refuses to aid us in s organizing the democracy, thcro are other I methods of organizing for which wc [ have sufficient precedent; and if we, in j Lhis emergency, follow the precedent, we rrannot bo blamed nor criticised for so do- l i"B- * 1 Allianceinen who openly say that if c Lhey can get their demands within the democratic party, that they will remain t m tho party ; and that if they cannot do *o, that thsy will seek them in another j: way, cannot call themselves democrats. f They aro merely conditional democrats, \ upon whom we cannot depend. We do a not want such men in the party, and the}' ought not to remain members of j our democratic organization. 15y this r??i11 or<rnni'/!ifi(in nf thp mirfv 111. S this o n ly date, it is meant to weed out all sik-Ii fro in our ranks and to give thcui " tho privilege of soaking their political ad- 1 vanccmciit outside of the democratic ( parly, as we cannot afford to support and s tdvance such men. I do not think that tho farmers of the { <tatc will quit the democratic party. It is the only safe anchor that they have in i politics ; but an effort should be made to i stem tho tide thai now threatens the v Joinooratic party, (Jive each man the 1 lie chance to say where he stands ; and ? whenever a man presents himself, claim- t ng that he is a democrat on certain conlitions or on any conditions, strike his J tame from tho roll, because such a man t :annot be a democrat. I make this motion for Abbeville I iounty. Now lot all the counties that * iccond it, speak out. Win. Patrick Calhoun. ii f.ntimer's LikIIcm ami Gentlemen. Latimeii, S. C, July 13, IS91. J Watermelon*. watermelon-, green rind, red , neat, full of Juice and so sweet. This Is the :ry on our streets, and the melons are cer- u ainly nice, fresh from Augusta's noted narkci. i Our lurineis arc all blue. too much dry j reather. The gardens too areall burning up. .'j Miss Ida .McAllister, of Ml. Curmel, is visanil her sister Mrs. rosier liluclc well. Mrs. Willie llell, of Abbeville, spent several lays last week, with the family <>i Mr. Robert ?j Jell of our town. This lady's sweet bird-like rolce added 110 little to the pleasure oI our e Sunday School last Sunday afternoon. ii Mr. Hobcrt Watkius and a friend Augusta ire visiting Mr. and Mrs. John L". Lomax. t Mr. and Mrs. Bryant, of Antrevilie. are vistint' the family of Mr. C. G. McAllister. , The young people of our neighborhood are LgitatluRii moonlight picnic or lawn party [j o be given at the old croquet ground next 'rldny evening. Our Latimer youns ladles ,re noted for the success of their intertani- ^ ncnts, and If the lawn p*rty is h reality, ivery one may be assured of a delightful u veiling spent in charming xociety. p Misses l.allls and Eunice, the (wobeautl- ' ul daughters of Mr. Edwin Calhoun, arc fl lotne for their summer vacation alter an ab- r ent of nearly a year In Washington, (in. Our high school is closed for six weeks vaca- j, ion, while our populr.r teacher seeks rest and ccreatlon visiting relations ami friends who p .re always glad to welcome her bright sunny >r? sence. s, Kittle Willie, the seven year old son of our |, steemed friend Mrs. Nina Tus/gnrt, was hrown from liis lior.se and hud his arm everciy sprained. Willie Is a little soldier t, irlth tits suileriiius und bears pain like a nan. .Miss ltosa Calhoun, of Due West, spent a ;l reek with her sister Carle on her way home rorn Washington. Ua., where she has been at a eliool for the past ten inontlis. As stated before the Bible Society of Rocky (j Liver church will meet at Salem church next Wednesday the lOtn. Mr. Board, of Lowii- r, esville, will preach and Mr. Win. Bell, of Liitrevllle, will deliver the annual address. a After an absence of a year Miss Leila S?vcar- jt uger is home for the summer with her onusally sweet luce and modest manners. Mi*? ^ ieila utlds no little to the society of our town. Phyllis. i, .i , m O Works I.ike a Charm. j' CAVK Sl'KIMi, OA , May 13, ISO!. w Ir. II. \V. Hubbard, Atlanta, Gil. ft Dkak sik:?I can fully recommend the l( 'otton Bloom Clin and Feeder. 1 have been I1 n the Ginning Business for several years, bi nd I am better pleased with the Cotton tl [loom Gin and( Feeder I bought of you than h ny I ever used for its light running, good c< ample and ease to regulate. Can bo set to *> ut close without stopping the Gin. The ol Salanco Wheel on the Brusli works like a 8< harm. Any person wishing to hear from ae further will write to I" Yours truly, J. M. LATH KM. See advertisement of these Gins in another oiurun. Greenwood"* Pol*. (tRKKNWOOD, S. C.f July 21,1S0I. Fine showers of rain have fallen and the opes of the farmers are revived. H Protracted services are being held in the 'resbyteriau church. Rev. Mr. Re id from forth Carolina Is assisting the pastor, Rev. V.T. Matthews. Prof. Cunningham, from Harlin City, is isitingold friends in town, i'rof. Cunning- . am was atone time editor ami proprietor of "j lie Greenwood Light. ., Work is being pushed on the dwellings of 111 '. M.Allen, M. Slrdwham, Mrs. Tagirart, R. '. I'inson, J. L. Carr and others. Many of . lie new buildings now being built are very mi rnainental and will add much to the beauty , f the town. Dr. J. C. Maxwell und wife have gone on J< leirsummer vacation. They will be away ' , >r a months pr six weeks. A large crowd ol excursionists camr over " om Klberton, Ga , last Thursday, and spent leday iu seeing the sights of the town. hey were a very orderly aud well behaved 'i, >tof visitors, und we hope that they will , ! ot. make this their last visit. U1 The Maxwell Riiles will meet in Bailey i,; nil for llielr first drill this afternoon. : Mr. W. /. McUee is at home from the CitaLfl. Mac. Smith & Sons have just opened up quite a to iriety of fresh Hota Baga and Turnip seeds, gr ill on them und supyly yourself. Hi MODERN TROY, tor ISusincHH Men. mill Xfor Socicty Uilllt. J U?#l , O. oil IJ Troy is a beautiful Utile town situated on jtli sidesof the A. a K. It. R., seventeen ilies south of Greenwood. It is supported a all sides by a duo fanning country. VV< el iree to say, without fear of contradiction ml a more high minded, more social, mor< itelltgent and more hospitable people art ot to be found in any town of Its size it outh Carolina. It contains between on< undred and fifty and two hundred inhabit nts, has 7 churches (3 colored and 4 whltej ivo schools, one hotel, one grist mill, on< tw mill, one planing mill, one cotton git nd several stores. The following is a list of business firms o ruy : CRN ERA I. MERCHANDISE. Koblnson & Demly, Wuieman &. Fressley, J.K. Harris. J. T. Solomon, Uradiey Kennedy, J.S. llurnelt. .1. L. Russell, Crespwell & Leard. uituus. &<:. T.C. Lites. MI I.l.IN KRY. . Miss J. Caldwell. Park Hotel Is a largo, well furnished am leasantly located building. It is w t Lit 11 asy reiicti of the depot and post otllee, and i ist In Irontof a beautllul park. Thedome> Ic all'alrs are presided oyer by Mrs. F. 'J Iradley who sees that everything is kept li erfect order, and that her gue3ts are provitJ d with u bountiful supply of wholesorn ood. Wo would hero state that all the wells r rater In Troy are limestone. Just stron nougli to make It taste well. Llinc waler 1 aid to be good for indigestion. The four white churches in Troy are Meth< list. Baptist, Presbyterian and Associate Itc urm Presbyterian. The colored churchos ar lelhodlst, Baptist and Presbyterian. Mrs. Mary Keller Is visiting her relative tear Troy. We are of the opinion It would be to th iest Interest of the town to unite the tw chools and have a graded school. Miss M. Annie McCaslan is one of Troy' nost worthy and most Industrious young l? Lies. She is now correspondent for thre lewspapers. Mr. W. It. Thompson, supervisor of A. & K t. It., and family have recently become cltl ens of our town. We extend to him a heart velcome. Mr. T. C. Lites is our polite and accommc latlng postmaster. A n ice ert'Hiii r^stivftl will be iriven by th ions of Temperance next Tuesday evenlnt rVe wish them a pleasant evening. Miss Maggie Eakin of Greenwood, Is vlsi ng tlie family of Mr. J. W. Lyon. A child of Mr. Marlon N. lianKs died a fo layR ago of cholera. Mr. Geo. Kosenswlck Is making some irr irovementon hie dwelling. Miss Iola Gifford, of Hampton, Is vlsitin ler cousins the Misses Smart. Quite a number of our young folks atient id the closing exercises of Miss Ada Cowan chooi. The program was a most exceller me, and everybody was well pleased. Till s the fourth year Miss Cowan uas taught tii )ak Grove school and this lact within Use peaks well for her as a teacher. l'hu .Sirens is the name of an organzitlo .ere, the object of which is to promote Hi loclal Interests of the town. J. S. Harrl irtsldcnf, G. W. Kennedy, secretary an reasurer. The Ice cream festival given b his society last Thursday evening in tli iotel Park was a splendid afl'air. The health of Rev. II. C.Smart we are gla o state Is Improving. Miss Laura Johnson, of Greenwood, is vlsi ng her sister Mrs. T. N. Dendy, who has bee [uite 111. She is now convalescing. Mrs. Mattie Boweu, of Pickens, is visitln ncr parents and friends. Mr. W. T. Jay has recently completed :ourse in Osborne's Business College, Augu a, Ga.,and Mr. J. E. Chiles has also con )leled a business course In the Davis Sehoc iVlnston^ N'. C. Both of these young men ui lober, worthy and industrious. The Knights of Honor have a membershl >f :>") or lo, and the lodtro of United Workme lave 11 membership of 15 or 20. The Ancient Free Masons meet every 4t Saturday afternoon. Miss Belle Neel closed her school in Tro ibout the middle of June. Her work was aj >reelated by her patrons. Itev. Foster Bradley Is of the opinion tin >ur people do not need cheaper money, bt limply mure money. Considerable interest Is manifested here 1 he Cantata-to be given this week in tli ,'ourt House ut Abbeville. Mr. L. O. Heauford spares uo pains In plea ng his customeis. He gins his neighbor lotton, grinds their grain and supplies thei villi either rough or dressed lumber from b ullls. Mr. Frai>k Russell runs a machine sho| md Is ulways ready to serve the public t be way of repairs. Judging from the appearance of the Aei Icmy one would conclude that either nan lac or a cyclone or both had passe lirough the lower part of this building. Mr. John \V. 'little, of Roikinart, Ga s here visiting his many Irlends and iiuim ous relatives. Mr. Tittle is a native of th ouniy and moved from here to Georgia se' r:iI veins he'd. Maj, W. A. Glover Is just as jolly as eve le certainly enjoys a good jolce as Well t my man we know of. Miss Kva Smart Is to be congratulated ft ler success la securing a position as teaeln u the Greenwood Graded School. She Is nost excellent and deserving young ladi ,nd Is highly votuplimenied by the patron if her school here. M. Mr. G. W. Connor, of Hampton, vislte.l on own a few days ago In the Interest or Moor< lursh & Co., Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Connor Is deasant, energetic young mail and deserve o succeed. C'apt. Hen Chiles, traveling agent for I.aucl leirner Son, Baltimore, Md., is at hom pending a ic-w days with his family. Crops in tills part of thecouutry have gen rally been well worked, but are badiy ncec ng rain. Our citizens nre still hopeful of the comple Ion of 3 C's K. II. The Troy tannery under an experience tar ler is a success. -Mr. J.S.Jay sold between four and flv< undred tons of fertilizers this year. The depot Is being remodeled. Miss Marie Chiles Is teaching at For hrtals In Greenville county. Mr. Henry Sm irt is In the employment ( lie Pratt Manufacturing Company, liruoh pi, New York. Miss Gilchrist and Miss Tolbert, of I-Mgt eld, are visiting the family of Mr. L. H. I'ci in. Miss Casslo Owens, of Augusta. Ga, Is visii lg Mrs. J. T.Solomon. Miss Mollle Cress well will visit her stater ii 'ickens In day or so. The llev. Mr. Bnrton, of Augusta, Ga.. 1 tipplyine the p'aceof llev. II. C. Smart dui ig the hitler's illness. A Bible Society lias been organized in Troy Miss haven in Neel lias closed her school a! V several mouths constant and succcsstu ork and l? now enioyluga vacation. Maj. J. K. Vance and Ills wife ami daugble re gone to Cleveland Springs, N. C. Mi<s Iielle Neel and Miss Nellie Pressle; re visiting friends In Ashevllle, N.C. Capt. I.ltcs and wife will visit Laurens livenville and the mountains in a few days Mr. John Mi-Bride is Trov's energetic am lithful shoemaker. Mr. \V. It. Zimmerman Is an attentive am i-commodatlng depot agent. Ills wife is vis lug relatives iu the upper part of the state Miss Hay Dyer is visiting Miss Jennii Papier. Ireland Is a section of tine farming country ring about one and a half miles northweai f Troy. It is a well watered country and i; ilialiiled by good and well-to-do farmers o rlsli descent, who are lamed for their pluck 'il-, enemy and hospitality. One farmer ha nil-unmarried sons living with him. thi 'ast of whom weighs Ki> pounds. This is oiu rclund, at least, iu which famine has neve een known. Mr. John F. Crcsswell, a na vc of Ireland, who is 02 years of age, made istyear with his own labor nine bales o itton besides raising provisions enough t< lpport Ills family a year. Ue is an advocati f dlversiilcd farming, llis wife last yeai >1(1 j?l!i worth of l)Uiter. Miss Mattie Itcagan has been teaching till eland school seven years in succession?i ear evidence of her worth incus and of lie i>llily as a teacher. ALLIANCE MEETING, ?? - istiii^uislied .Speakers---!* iml Invitations to the People?IJaskcl Picnic?A Pleasant Time for .til. Honka P.vrii.s. ('., July IT, 1s!h. At a joint meeting of llonea Path and Salui Alliances held to-day. it was agreed they ould have a basket picnic at this place on ic 6 day of August next. A number of distinguished alliance speak s are to tie present and deliver addresses, mong the number to be invited are Gov. lman, Col. Irby and Col. Talbert. The neighboring alliances of this and adining count ies, together with the citizens ol onea Path and vicinity are cordially iuvitI to meet with us on that day with well led baskets. \ committee to make all necessary arrangeents and to preserve order was appointed follows: J. II. Bigby, J. V. Kay, J. M. diley, M. I,. Latimer, J. X. Ashley, J. I-'. isk, I,. A. Latimer, J. 11. Kay, \V. B. Cox, S. . Latimer, l'rof. J. I!. Watklus an.i c. E ?rper. E. M. Ambrose, Secretary. <Vs soon as we have a good rain you ought prepare for sowing turnips, get your ound |n order and go to Smith it sons lor e very best of seed, !IP^M fj?, II !!. 1 ii|.i?i? FROM HISTORIC GROUWDS. \ AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW TOWN. i Sole* of Hickory Cirove, In York i i'ounty?XoIhh ?f the Country and I the C'rojm?Th? Legacy which Is i Left to I'ovterity. Tf,?L-^n,. <a f T?l? 1 QQi j i R<| ?J. vt) / Uij j JVfi< f ? . '! Editor Press and Banner: \ The probabilities are that nine-tenths ? of your readers do not know where Hickory Grove is. In fact, the prebabil- * ' ity is that only a few persons in Abbe,3 ville county know that there is a town in * the State of South Carolina which bears f the name. This is not to be wondered at. Within the last ten years two railroads have been built through York county, and at an interval of every ten miles depots have been established. At every one of these depots some enterprising young man has opened up a store in which he keeps corn, meal, flour, bacon, lard, hay bran and everything which either human beings or domestic animals must * eat in otder to live. In addition to this food supply, he keeps for sale every agricultural implement from an axe handle to a steam engine. The food supplies are shipped from tho northwestern States where the people are engaged iu agriculd ture, and the implements are brought i) from tho Now Emrland States where the s people are engaged in manufacturing ev!" erything from a wooden nutmeg to a I,' mammoth locomotive. The people inl habiting the region of country through e which those railroads run are not particularly engaged in anything except wearing out their lands in a desperate effort s to make more cotton. Many of them are in the condition of the gambler when luck decides against him. lie becomes desperate and bets recklessly, hoping that luck will change. Soon the deluded s creature finds that he is penny less and, of course, friendless. Just so "it is with e many of the cotton planters of the South. ? A few more bad crops, as they say, will s put them and their children where pinchi ing poverty reigns with a rod of iron, o But the reader, if any person reads this, . will say what has this to do with the lo- cation of Hickory Grove ? Nothing at y all it is frankly replied, still Hickory Grove is a town with a mayor, town council and a marshal who is clad in a now lilno suit, adorned wit h lirass hnt r, tons and, very probably a murderous pistol in his hip pocket. This last named t- officer, undej tho existing state of civ- ' . ilization, is absolutely necessary to the safety of both human life and property, i- still it more than suggests a morally diseased condition of tho body politic. ? There is something humiliating in the I. thought that a few men and women can's not live together in close proximity it without ueing forced to hire some one 18 to watch over them and keep them from jj killing each other or destroying each other's property. Every man ought to drop u his head in shame when ho sees a town ie marshal. If intoxi-ating drinks could s.- only bo banished from the land there y would bo but little need for town mar,c shals. It is not an easy matter to get two sober men worked up to the lighting d point, and if they do, one good fight will satisfy them, or at least one of them, for n" the remainder of a long natural life. But again the reader says what has this g to do with the location of Hickory Grove. Nothing is replied, but all tho towns in ? this State and iti every other State are just like Ilickorv (Jrove. The law abid 1. ing citizens are liable at any time to be e raided on bv some drunken cavalcade. To protcct themselves from these tem,, porary maniacs they are forced to hire, imeii at a uigii jirn:?, muuiu jicrauu ui 1) persons to guard them by night and day. Were there no drunkenness in the counj. try there certainly would be very fewmurder cases to bo tried in the courts, it In nine-tenths of the murders one or >< both of the parties were drunk?most n probably got drunk to perpetrate the ,e deed. Were there no drunkards in the . country there certainly would be less s; stealing, because there would belesspoverty among the masses. ls Lest, however, the reader becomes impatient to know where in the wide world ?, Hickory Grove is situated the fact will , 11 l>e stated. Hickory Grote is situated on a. the Three C's railroad about midway bea tween Yorkville, the county seat ol York d county and ISIacksburg, a town situated on the Air-Line railroad. Of course, everybody knows where Blacksburg is sitf* uated. It is the only town in the State of if. South Carolina which is exclusively, or nearly so, engaged in searching for minr; erals, and, thoonly town in 'he world in IS which, Congressman Hemphill said, the ? inhabitants can go 'possum hunting by :r gas-light. The Three C's or Charleston, a Cincinnati A*. Chicago railroad "runs a /I .1 Vrtrt ' 1 j Ildl'Lll >> V.WUI 11 UllCVlIV/ll uuuuwu * v.M l!* county for :i distance of forty-nine miles, ir The people of the townships through whfrh this road runs taxed themselves in ? the sum of more than one hundred thous s and dollars. This debt many of them will bequeath to their children. e The region of country surrounding on all sides, Hickory Grove is beyond ques tion one of the finest agricultural sections in the State. It is watered by several ? large creeks whose banks aro lined by extensive bottoms of inexhaustible fer' tility and the hills are well adapted to a the production of wheat, oats and rye " bu: unfortunately since reconstruction have been planted almost continuously k in cotton. The result is that in many cases all the vegetable supporting soil, and much of the clay has been washed '* down into the channel of the creeks or ' >- spread over the bottoms. There are bot! torn lands within a circle of titfteen miles in diameter with its centre at Hickory | (Jrove suilicient, if properly cultivated, [j to produce corn enough to supply, abundantly, the wants of any county in s the State. * While Hickory <?rove as a town has had-an existence or less than five years, it Inn been a pi.tec of note for moro than 1 a century. Two or three days after the battle of Cowpens, February 17th, 1781, r Lortl Cornwallis <*:tmped on the ground y when in pursuit of General Morgan. According to a credible tradition Lord Cornwalta's headquarters wero near tho spot where ilio ?!oj>?>t is situated. The ground on which the town is situated j was occupied on the night of the 19th of February, 17.SI, by tho British troops ! commanded by Lord Cornwallis and Cole onel Tarleton. When tho name Hickory tJrove wasuiven to the place no one ceri tainly knows. It is very probable that ('ornwallis named his camp Hickory 1 (Jrove and from that day to lliis the name J has been retained. The road near which n the lirst settlement in the place was made ir was cut through the forest by Cornwallis 1 from Winnsboro' in Fairfield county to ,* a point within what is now the State of I North Carolina, was called, until a very > recent period, sometimes King George's road and at other times simply tho King's ' road. It is said that when in tho winter of 17*0-1 Colonel Tarleton rode at the , head of his legion over portions of the r the country surrounding Winnsboro', ho said to his aids "This is a l'airfield." The name was retained and afterwards given to the whole county of which Winnsboro' is tho county scat. If It would not bo regarded as too great a digression it might be stated that when Cornwallis marched from Winnsboro' to ( uilford Court House, much of the coun' try through which he passed was treeless, especially was it destitute of small trees. The great forests of trees grew up afterwards. Hickory Grove has three churches? Baptist, Methodist and Associate Reformed. Tho two former have pastors; the latter is a vacancy supplied twice a tr.onth by some one sent by the Presbytery. In the place there are nine stores, one livery stable, a blacksmith and a shoe-shop. Among the lirst things which the citizens did was the erecting of a good academy. The crops in the surrounding country arc not promising. The farmers report tut excess of rain during the whole year except a few weeks after planting time. Tho result is that a very small portion of the crop has been well worked?great quantities of grass in all, and perhaps one-eighth abandoned. Perhaps onehalf of the corn planted on tho botiotn lands is drowned out and will not produce the seed. R. Lathax, .. . 'lit', .wv.