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A Sample of Yaukce Hatred.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics has not been known in' this
city for any.considerable length of time.
Rescue Council, No. 1, was one ot the
first lodges established in Richmond. At
a stated meeting of that council on the
15th bf June last information was given
that Mr. S. Hammett Allen had applied
. for a charter to open a new council hero,
the name of which was to have been call
ed Lee Council, No. 2.
To this application for a charter Mr
Allen received the following reply:
OFFICE OF TBEJNATIONAL SECRETARY
AND STATE COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA
JR. O. U. A. M.,
PHILADELPHIA, J une'14 1S73 J
Mr. 8. Hammett Allen :
" Dear Sir and Brother,-I will send
vou to-day three blank applications for
charters," but I will tell you in advance
that no charter for ti council to be named
after General Lee will be granted. Hun
dreds of the members of our Order enlist
ed to preserve the country from Genecal
Lee's treason. Many of them gave up
their Uves in that cause.
" At that time our ritual contained some
very severe allusions to traitors, but at the
close of the rebdjion, with tile desire of
1?. removing all remembran e of that civil
strife, we revised our ritual. We are will
ing now to bur}' the past, but we will
never allow the* memory of any of the
southern leaders TOP be perpetuated in the
history of the Order.
" Yours, fraternally,
EDWARD S. PEENEER,
" National Secretary."
This communication was received by
Rescue Council, but held by them for some
little time for careful consideration and
discussion. At a stated meeting held on
the 20th cf June it was resolved to invite
Colonel W. C. Carrington, of the South:
ern Cross Brotherhood, to meet the mem
bers of the Council and discuss the matter
on the 27th of June. At that meeting.
Colonel Carrington wasappainted to draw
up a reply to the foregoing letter.
On Friday, July 11th, .Rescue Council
met again and resolved to return its char
ter and ail property to which the National
Council haa claim, and renounce all con
nection with the Order. It was also or
dered that the following reply be sent .to
the letter 6f the National Secretary : .
" RICHMOXD, YA., July 19,1873.
" Edwards. Deeneer, National Secretaryf
Philadelphia, Pa :
" Yours of 4th June was duly received,
and reply delayed for mature considera
tion.
" The sentiments of your letter awaken
our profoundest indignation and contempt,
beciuse it contains fake and disreputable
aPusions to the noblest, purest, ard best
n?an who has honored this continent or
tho world ror ages. All brave and chival
rous men, even of your section, who met
General R. E. Lee "in our recent strife, ac
Knowledge his superior merit as a soldier,
r hero, and ? Christian gentleman, and if
the Order you represent has sunk so low
as to allow" sectional,hate to obsoure and
absorb admiration for the noble and the
cood, then our self-respect demands that
v?e repudiate all connection with it. The
ritual, even as you say it is altered, has
allusions looking obscurely to such senti
ments as yon avow, yet we had not sup
posed such malignant venom was conceal
ed behind it, or we would in the start have
taken our present action.
" We return to you by express, with
charges prepaid, our charter, rituals, and
everything to which your body have
claim; and with them our repudiation and
condemnation of the unmanly sentiments
you announce.
" You say your Order is ' willing to bu
ry the past,' but unwilling .to perpetuate
the memory of any of the southern lead
ers. We too are ' willing to bury the past.'
but not at the price of our honor, which
forbids the perpetuation of such noble
names and deeds as fill the history of our
recent struggle ; when we come to that
degradation we will not desire to and
trust we will not longer live-fit objects
for the slow, unerring finger of scorn to
point at.
" As evidence of official act, we hereto
append the last impression of a seal we
hope will ever disgrace decent southern
hands, and to that end shall seek to pub
lish this corresponden co so as to preven
the spread- among honorable men of so i
noble an Order.
?s*?" With contempt for your views and un
dying admiration of General R. E. Lee,
and like honorable heroes ol all times and
nations, Rescue Council bids you and your
Order a final farewell.
" OTTO F. WISE, Secretary."
It is stated that Rescue Council tas
received another communication from
Philadelphia on the subject, of the estab
hfhment of a new council here, but it is
hardly probable that the proposition will
meet with much favor after the above
correspondence has been ventilated by th
press4 . .
Crop Xews.
MEMPHIS, August 18.-Crop reports
from Arkansas are very flattering except
in Independence county. Late rains
brought out the corn and cotton finely.
Reports from Mississippi are conflicting,
bjt in the main, moro favorable than
heretofore. Some sections which sutured
from drought are now deluged with rain.
In West Tennessee, thc tine rains of thc
past week, proved beneficial, and plant?is
are sanguine of good crops.
A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-A most horri
ble story comes from Tennessee, On the
4th instant a negro named Dan Calhoun,
who had been digging a well near Brigh
ton station, on the raducab Railroad, lay
down to sleep near his work. While sleep
ing he was discovered by three men, who
thinking to have some tun, as they after
wards stated, poured the contents of a
bottle bf turpentine on Calhoun's clothing
and set them on lire Calhoun awaken
ing, and finding himself enveloped in
flames, ran shrieking for help, and before
he could bc caught by citizens was so
tadlv burned that he died the next day.
The negroes in the neighborhood of
Covington "heard of the horrible affair,
and in vain attempted to have warrants
issued for the arrest of the perpetrators of
the crime, who, becoming alarmed, fled.
The negroes in armed squadrons scoured
the neighborhood in search of them, and
being enraged threatened the citizens, but
were quieted by Sheriff Locke, who prom
ised to make every effort for the capture
of the perpetrators. .
A l'ooa KENTUCKY WIDOW FINDS
$5,000 IN GOLD.-Mr. M.S. Lyon, of Mil
1er c? Lyon's notion house reports the case
bf a poor widow residing near Cullen, Ky.
between Merganfield and Marion, in Cr?t
tendon county,, who has a treasure. One
day last week she was digging potatoes,
which were planted on the site of an old
cabin which had been torn down, when
siic uncovered a stone which she thought
was in a strange place. She examined the
spot, and continued the digging until she
uncovered the stone, which, on removal,
she found to cover an old pot containing
$5,000 in gold coin.
The cabiu which had once stood on the
Bpot was oiue inhabited by an old Irish
man of miserly habits, who died some
years agc?, and it is conjectured that he
buried the gold and died without reveal
ing the fact. ' As the old man was not
known to have any relatives, the widow
is pretty certain of undisturbed enjoyment
J this treasure trove.-EvansvilleJour
The Danville (Ul.) Tunes is getting
quite excited about the Farmers' Move
ment. It says in a wild, war-whooping
way "Stand aside, politicians-you lit
tle gnats and worms-or the farmers will
.rie, o cn you and kill you 1 The farmers
w?? .crush thc very life out of any party
or atty' politician who hinders the car of
reform?'-'
SICK MeX^.-The saddle mule of a four
mule team taken with the colic yes
terday on Mai? street, in front of the
Statehouse. Thc agony of the poor ani
mal was great, and .soon a large crowd
was attracted. Ye loc$J acted as M. D.
[mule doctor] and had twenty drops of
-tincture of aconite placed on thc animal's
tongue. In a few minutes he wassail right,
and went on his way rejoicing-a .cured
" muel." This recipe is given gratis, {or
nothmg.-Daily Union-Herald.
THE ADVERTISER^
Edge fie! tl,* S. C., Aug. 21, 1873.
Mr. Groesbeck aud His New Party.
Mr. Groesbeck, the distinguished, in
fluential, and most worthy Ohio Demo
crat, seems to have come to a staad-still
in the organizing and pushing forward
of his new party, the 14 Liberal Democ
racy." In lact the great and true Deuioc
racy of this country ns weary of vain
compromises, and shirtings, and varia
tions of nam*1. Mr. Groesbeck wishes
to leave the old flat and square Demo
eracic pariy, but still, being an honest
man and ? patriot; shudders at the idea,
and will not move without the whole
Democratic family will move with him
We fear he is inclined to follow the ex
ample of the old larmer who was puz
sled how to get rid of the rats in his
barn, and thought he accomplished Iiis
purpose by burning it down. The N.
Y. World commenting upon Mr. G roes
beck's suggestion to change the name of
the Democracy, says :
Mr. Groesbeck wishes to substitute the
phrase " Liberal Democracy" as anew
and improved designation for the Demo
cratic partv. Wo humbly submit that
this is too slight an alias to disguise its
ideutitj', while the consenting to tako an
alias at all would have a humiliating look
as if tho p?rty had something to be
ashamed of. The principles he proposes
are.no moro liberal than those of the
Democracy proper, for they are the same
principles We trust the party will nev
er become liberal enough to accept those
of its opponents. The Democracy has
always beenJiberal in welcoming the
persons of their poetical organizations
when they come as nouest converts to
its principles
Besides a new name for tho vast body
of citizens who have so long called
themselves Democrats. Mr. Groes
beck desires that they disintegrate and
recombine in a new organization". But
if the partv is to hold fast the same prin
ciples, and to consist in the main of the
same men, the new organization will be
controlled by precisely the same wills as
the old ono. All that the recruits can
fairly ask is a share of influence in the
party councils proportioned to their
numbers. There is no supposable case
in which the members of the Democratic
party'would not have an overwhelminc
preponderance in the new organization,
which, controlled by the same elements,
would after all be in substance the same
partv. What advantage would there be
in that?
The ostrich, which buries his head in
the sand in the hope of concealing his
body, was never accounted a wise bird.
The True Southron. .
That ever staunch and out-spoken jour
nal. The Sumter News, has changed its
name as above, and will continue to fight
fearlessly and^with a vim "for the Resto
ration of the Constitution to its Integrity
-the Countrj* to its Honor and Glory,
tho Race to its Prosperity and its Right
ful Pre-Eminence in our land,-tho land
which our fathers left to us, which they
made prosperous, glorious and happy,
but which, alas ! corrupt traitors to the
Constitution of their Country, and to
their own race, have humiliated, dishon
ored and almost ruined." In fact the
True Southron is to be strictly A White
Mans Paper, and a gallant and zealou
defender of their rights-their honor
their reputation. It deserves well at thc
hands of :he people of South Carolin
and we should be glad to know that its
weekly patriotic and able admonition
were read and cherished by every son ol
our hiilierto glorious, but now deeply
humiliated old Commonwealth. Were
we all as true to the Right-as true to
Hon.tr-to Race-to Country-as the
brave and high-toned Editor of the True
Southron, we would speedily throw oil
the shackles fastened upon us by Yan
kee hatred and carpet-bag and scalawag
duplicity and corruption, aud once more
enjoy our God-given rights as a free, in
dependent and gallant people.
The True Southron is published at Sum
ter, S. C.,-the old "Game Cock Dis
trict,"- at $o.00 per annum. Subscribe
tot it at once.
For the Advertiser.
MK. EDITOR:-In reply to a com ni ii ni
cition in the issue of your paper of week
before last, signed "Tax Payer," I bej
leave to make tho following statement:
The Public Schools in Edgclield Coun
ty were opened on the 1st of October last,
and closed on the loth of April following.
Teachers file their reports with the School
Commissioner at the end of each mouth,
and with them they bring up to the
School Commissioner's ollice the pay cer
tificates, signed by the Trustees of their
respective District's. If reports and cer
tificates are in proper form they are ap
proved by the School Commissioner ami
ordered to be paid.
I have not received all thc rerurns ol
the Trustees enumerating the scholastic
population, but. thc pay certificates to
Teachers, and Trustees for enumerating
tho school population, will together
amount to about Twelve Thousand Dol
lars for tlx- presentscholastieyear. These
certificates are to be paid by the County
Treasurer who is the custodian of all
moneys belonging to the school fund.
I have been advised by the Superinten
dent of Education, that the share ol' the
State appropriation for Ridgefield County
for the present year is ten thousand, three
hundred and sixty-two 30-100 dol?an
und that he had drawn an order on the
State Treasurer in favor of the County
Treasurer, for that sum, dated 1st April
1873. In addition to this, all the poll tax
belongs to the school fund ol'the county.
I have received no report of (he re
ceipts and disbursements .of any of th
School fund by Treasurer Eichelberger,
while he was in office.
I have received only one report from.
Treasurer McDevitt, which bears date
May 15, 1S73, of which the following is a
copy. Tt is not* accompanied by any
vouchers :
Report of School Funds received and dis
bursed by John H. McDevitt, Treasurer
for Edgeficld County, ending May 15,
1873.
Scholastic year ending Oct. 1st, 1873.
1873.
Apr. 20. School Checks turned
over by my predeces
sor. PA Eichelberger, $2,049 85
" " Cash, as School Fund,
turned over by my pre
decessor, P. A. Eichel
berger, - - - 1,716.00
May 2, Drawn from the Stato
Treasurer, - - 1,495.6-1
" 15, Credited with tax col
lected for the month
ending Mav 15, 1873, 738.51
" 15. Poll tax collected, 132.00
Total receipts, - - $0,132.00
Apr. 20. By School Checks
turned over, - S2.049.85
May 15, By school checks paid
to 15th May, 1873, - 4,133.96
$.5,183.81
Cr. by Balance overpaid, $51.81.
The above is a correct report of all re
ceipts and disbursements of School funds
mudo by rne to the 1st May 1873.
(Signed ) JOHN H. MCDEVITT,
T. E. C.
I expect to prepare roy Annual Report
in the course of a few weeks, and I will
then hand a copy of it to the Advertiser
for publication. That report will set
forth fully and specifically all the trans
actions of my office, during the current
School year. GEO. A. MORGAN,
School Com'r. E. C
pd- The Indcpendanco Beige mentions
that experiments, ranging over a period
:>f twenty-six years, prove that salt,
mixed with all kinds of manure, tends
to increase the power of production in
the ratio of 250 per cent. Common sea
water, when easily obtained, is equallj*
?fficient.
Merchants, Remember This.
The motto on the title pago of Bailey's
jook is, "It is just as impossible to get
dong without advertising as it is for a
urosa-eyed man to borrow a gun."
The Late Railroad Convention at' Al)
bevUle.
A convention, in tho interests of
propose?! lino of railroad from Chieagf
Illinois, to some objective point on th
South Atlantic seacoast, mut inthecourl
house at Abbeville on Wednesday, Au
gust f8th, 1873.
The convention was organized by tb
election of.thc following officers : Gene)
al S. McGowan of Abbeville, President
Hon. J. P. Recd, Anderson, J. JJollim
head, Abbeville, Lewis Jones, Edgetieh
Col. S. J. Lee, Aiken, Colone? W. I.
Duncan, Barnwell, J. G. Thomson, Beal
fort, vice-Presidents; W.T. Gary, Edge
field, and j. C. Hoinphill, Abnevilli
Secretaries.
At 12 o'clock, M. the Convention wi
called to order by the Chairman, wb
after explaining the objects ol' the mee
ing in a few well-timed appropriate ri
murks, declared it open for business.
The names of delegates were then er
rolled. Messrs D. C. Tompkins, Lewi
Jones," W. T. Gary, J. C. Sheppard, (
F. Cheathara, L. Cain and Paris Simkir
were enrolled from Edgefiold.
Tho following resolution was ?ftere
by Colonel Cothran of Abbeville, an
unanimously adopted by the convention
Resolved. That amy members of tl
General Assembly of the State who ai
present be requested to sitas corresponc
iug members of this convention ; ami the
are respectfully asked to participate in ii
deliberations.
Under this resolution thc followin
gentlemen enrolled their names: J. I
Boston, Newborry; II. II. Ellison, I
Cain, Abbeville <
On motion, all persons present in th
con vent ion* from other States and froi
other sections of this State, not as deb
gates but as friends of railroad entei
prises in general, were invited to tak
seats as members of the Conventior
Under this resolution, Major S. M. G
Gary of Florida, Winborh Lawton, Esq
of Charleston, Henry Ingersoll of Greer
ville, Tenn., W. Y. McKee of P?ndletor
took seats on the floor of the Conventioi
On motion Messrs. R. M. McKee c
Greenville, Tenn., and H. Q. Adams c
Brevard, N. C., were added to the list c
vice-Presidents.
No delegations being present from An
gusta, on motion Mr. J. W. Huckabee c
that city wa? made a corresponding mern
ber of the Convention.
On motion of Hon. J. P. Reed, of An
derson, a committee of ten was appointe
to prepare business^ for tho Conventior
to report at an adjourned meeting of tim
body in the evening. The committe
was constituted bf Hon. J. P. Reed, An
derson, Chairman; Col. J. S. Cothrar
Abbeville; I). C. Tompkins, Edgo'field
General P. H. Bradley, President Green
wood and Augusta railroad ; E. J. C
Wood, Aiken; Col. W. H. Duncan, Barn
well; lion R. E. Bowen, Pickens; E
A.Thompson, Oconce; J. G. Thomson
Beaufort ; H. Q Adams, Brevard. N. C
H. Sparnick, Esq., editor of the Aikei
Tribune, and Jas. A. Hoyt, editor Auder
son IntelIiyeneer were appointed assist
ant secretaries.
A number of business proposition
were brought before thc Convention, an<
were referred to the Committee on Busi
ness to be reported on in the afternoon
until which timo debate upon all quos
tiona properly under the supervision o
this committee was withheld.
On motion of J. A. Hoyt of Anderson
a committee, consisting ol'Hon. S J. Lee
of Aiken, chairman ; John R. Cochran
Paris Simkins, Laurence Cain, and J
tlollinshead, wax appointed to report 01
thc practicability of using the chartei
granted by the last Legislature to tin
Anderson, Aiken, Port Royal and Char
lesion. Railroad Company; whether tlx
same charter could be used in conncctior
with thc proposed project of a road froir
Chicago to the seaboard, and whether :
meeting of the corporators of said roaci
could be had at an early day.
On motion of Mr. Sparnick, Winborii
Lawton, Esq., of Charleston, was invited
to address the Convention on thc subject
ol' railroads.
On motion of same, the Convention ad
journed to meet at 4 o'clock P; M.
EVEXIXO SKSSION.
At 4 o'clock precisely, the Convention
rc-assemblc.l-General Samuel McGow
an in thc chair.
The Committee on Business not having
reported, at tho request of the Conven
tion Mr. Lawton proceeded to deliver an
address upon th?; subject of railroads.
He spoke intelligently, and at some
length, and suggested that the people be
united in an ellon to further tho accom
plishment of a rai h oad project from Porf
Royal to Cincinnati.
Colonel Hill, ol'Anderson, replied with
great pith and force to tim remarks of
Mr. Lawton, and suggested that thegon
tleiniui had got into the wrong box ; that
it was not the Cincinnati ami Port Royal
r.iad that was under discussion, but the
Chicago mid South Atlantic. The Con
vention hail assembled lo discuss the
practicability ol'running aline of rail
road from Chicago hi the South Atlantic
sea coast, and, while In* was in favor of
liberality ol' sentiment and action, he
did not doom it proper to handy compli
ments with other routes than that nuder
discussion.
Messrs. Henderson and Sheppard were
appointed a comiitittco to wait upon the
Committee till Business, and ascertain at
what time they would bo ready topic
sent business for the Convention to act
upon. They reported that the Commit
tee on Business would appear before tin;
Convention in the course of an hour,
which interim was occupied in hearing
remarks from R. M. McKee, -yf Green
ville, Tenn-, upon the subject of narrow
?auge roads Mr. McKee advocated the
system of narrow gauge roads, on ac
count of their economy and cheapness,
.?nd presented a strong array of figures
to sustain the positions taken by him.
The committee appointed to look into
the charter of the Anderson, Aiken, Port
Royal, and Charleston Railroad Compa
ny reported as follows:
The committee appointed lo examine
the charter of the Anderson, Aiken, Port
Royal and Charleston Railroad Company,
beg leave to report:
That, as to thc availability and legality
?f the charter, they are unanimously ot
the opinion that it is good and valid.
Your committee find in said charter the
names of one hundred and forty corpo
rators; with a proviso that a majority of
them shall be present at tho first meeting
if the company. Your committee are of
tho opinion that a legal meeting of the
corporators eau be had, as a majority of
those named in the charter reside within
tho counties through which this lino i?
propose<l to run, and are vitally interest
ed in the success of tho project.
AU of which is respectfully submitted.
S. J. LKE, Chairman.
On motion, tho report was received as
information. .
The Committee OM Business appeared
und mado i Ls report. First on the reso
lution as to voting in tho Convention,
mid second in three resolutions touching
upon all matters entrusted to its charge.
The voting resolution, as introduced,
read thus:
Resolved, That the voting on all qucs
tions shall be vwa voce, and that each
county of this State represented in thc
convention shall be entitled to as many
votes, and no more, as such county is en
titled to in the Legislature ot the" State,<
when sitting in joint assembly ; as report
ad on by the Committee on Business, each ,
county was to have but one vote.
This action of the committeo was tho
iause of much wrangling, and tho occa
don of much stormy debate. Tho intel
ligence and oratory of tho mountains
svere pitted against the sea-coast, and the
Jhairman was frequently necessitated to ;
:aU for order. After a long and passion- i
ite debate, a resolution was introduced, j i
by which the voting was doue by ?thc
county delegations in tho convention per
capita.
After this question was settled, tho
report of tho Committee on Business,
comprising all platters before the Con
vention, was road for the action of thc
body, to which a minority report was
submitted by Mr. Wood, of Aiken. The^
two reports of the Committee were read.
Thc majority report was as ipllows:
Resolved, Tlial tliis Convention is dc t
ly impressed willi tia- mugnfliade. and im
portance of the contemplated railway con
nection between the city of Chicago, in
the State of Illinois, and the South Atlan?%
tic seaboard at Augusta, and'Savannah,
Ga., and Port Royal and C harleston* S.
C., by a route that will include by direct
and parallel line thc cities nrf Indianapo
lis, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville
and Lexington, Ky., and Knoxville, Tenn.,
and thence through ^fiabun Gap, in the
Blue Ridge ruoun?uns, traversing the
territory ol' this State "to^the-.points before
named, thereby operir?ig-up thc most di
rect, practicable, and economical routa;
that can be suggested fprithe exchange1^
the productions of the=|reat North Weat'
for the products and coniSapdities of the
Southern Atlantic 'and GnftRatea and the
West India Islands. * ? .
Resolved, That froin]^the%I?''EMgc'
mountains south, thc most nalural'WUld
practicable route to the seaboard at the
?joints above indicated is by way of the
towns of Walhalla, Pendleton, Anderson',
Abbeville, and from thence either by porn's
Gold Aline and Augusta, Ga., or byiiEdge
tieldyAiken, Barnwell and Allendale to
PortTRoyal, or both, depending on the
means raised to construct the same.
Resolved, That the construction of a
railway from Anderson by Abbeville to
Aiken, or Augusta, or both, whether any
North western connections be made or
not, is of the greatest importance to the
people of Western and South western
Carolina from the mountains to the sea
board, and to the cities of Augusta, Sa-:
vannah, Port Royal, and Charleston, and,
in the opinion of this Convention, meas
ures should be at once taken to have the
route surveyed and* the work of building
the road commenced.
Resolved, That nine delegates be ap
pointed to represent'this Convention in
any meeting held during the ensuing fall,
west of theTnountains, in the interest of
the Chicago and South Atlantic railroad,
and they be authorized to call an adjourn
ed meeting of this body at their pleasure,
and that the sarne-committtee superintend
the survey herein recommended.
Then the report of the minority was
read as follows :
WHEREAS, It is for the interest both of
the people of thc great Mississippi Val
ley and of thc South Atlantic coast, thal
the barriers which have heretofore pre
vented those direct commercial relations
which, for their mutual advantage, should
freely subsist between people whose pro
ductions it is desirable to interchange ia
a way that will at once bc least expen
sive and most expeditious : therefore,
be it.
Resolved, That this convention extend
to their brethren across.the mountains the.
right hand of fellowship, and whilstplcdg-.
in0, to them our earnest, support, solicit
ti cir hearty co-operation in 'constructing
this necessary outlet to the sea coast.
2. That in thc judgment of this Con
volition, the most economical and practi
cable route to bc followed in accomphish
ing the great design of connecting the
commercial centers of the North west" wi th
the Atlantic seaboard .hy a trunk lino of
railways, is that which, commencing at
one of the gaps of the Blue Ridge ni|;n
tains, passes Southeasterly through An
derson. Abbeville, Edgctield, and Barn
well, connecting en rouie with the city ol
Augusta at or near J'.ne House station,
on the Charleston, Columbia, and Augus
ta Railroad. >
These reports caused warm debate.
After many arguments on both sides,
tho majority report was adopted, with
an amendment of the second resolution
contained therein ; which, amended,
reads as follows :
Resolved, That from the Blue Ridge
mountains South, thc most natural and
practicable route to the seaboard at thc
points indicated in the first resolution is
ny way of the towns of Walhalla, Pen
dicton; Anderson, Abbeville, Edgeliekl,
Aiken, S. C.. and connect with Augusta,
Ga., by thc most practicable rouie.
The Barnwell and Bickens delegations
desired that their votes bc recorded in
opposition to tlie adoption of thc majority
report,
Thc following resolution, which was
unanimously adopte;!, w's mlercd by
Mr Sheppard, of Edgcliold:
Resolved, That the members of this
Convention, tor the kind and courteous
attention which they have received, ow?'
many heartfelt thanks to thc citizens o?
Abbeville: and, that the generous, and re
fined.hospitality that has been extended,
will be held by them in long and grateful
remembrance.
Mr Cain, of Edgeficld ottered thc fol
lowing, which was adopted :
Resolved, That tho thanks nf this Con
veniion be tendered the lion. Samuel Mc
Gowan for the courteous and impartit
manner in which he has presid?-d over its
d?lib?rai ions > and also I ? ? the S creta ries
William T. Garv and J, 0. Ilemphill, Esqs
for their valuable servier*.
Mr. Sparuiek, ol' Aiken, ollcrcd the
following, which waa adopted :
Resolved That a committee to consisl
of one tioi each Comity represented in
I his Convention, be appointed to neenre
the call of a meeting of iii? corporators ol
tho Anderson, Aiken, l\?H Royal, and
Charleston Railroad Company, at thc eily
of Columbia, at as early a day as possi
ble, giving at least twenty days' notice
lo the said corporators : and I hat the said
corporators be,.and they are hereby, .rc
quested to appoint commissioners and
open books of subscription at the various
county sods through which thc said road
will run.
Under this resolution, the following
committee, was appointed hythe Chair
man: John R. Cochran, Chairman, An
derson; Hon S. J. Leo, Aiken; Law
rence Cain, Edgctield ; J. G. Thomson,
Beaufort; Robt. A. Thomson, Oconee;
J. Hollinshead, Abbeville; W. H. Dun
can, Barnwell
The President, under tho last resolu
tion of the report adopted by thc Con
vention, known as tho majority report,
to superintend the survey of tho pro
posed line of railway, attend meetings
in the interest thereof, etc., appointed thc
following committee: Hon. J. P. Reed,
Chairman ; B. F. Whinier, Robt. A.
Thomson, Jas. S. Cothran, Joel Smith.
J. C. Sheppard, W. H." Duncan, D. S.
Henderson, S C. Millett.
' On motion of Mr. J.G.Thomson, the
Convention adjourned sine die.
S. MCGOWAN, President.
W. T. GARY, J. C. HuJirniLL,
Secretaries.
A WICKED STEPMOTHER.-Wilmington,
N. G., furnishes a terrible instance of fe
male wick" bless, the victim being a young
boy, son o Robert Carter, an engineer on
the Wilmington, Charlotte and Augusta
Railroad. Thc body of the lad was dis
covered in a mutilated condition, last
Tuesday night, in astream.of waler under
a trestle-work of the railroad. A colored
hov was arrested upon suspicion, and
finally confessed that himself and twp
other colored boys had been approached
by thc stepmother of Willie Carter, who
endeavored to induce them to kill the
bov, promising to give them ten dollars,
anil arguing-that it would bc no sin for
them to murder thc innocent lad. After
thc lapse of some time, the party, includ
ing Carter, wont to bathe, when he was
pet upon by the boys and drowned. Tho
miserable woman 'has been confined in
jail, but the two principal boys have not
been arrested.
ty That is a singlar hen down in
rennesscc, which, at tho ago of twelve
fourteen, quit all her old habits and
turned into a regular rooster. This ease,
ind that of Susan B. Anthony, aro tho
auly ones of tho kimi wo havo ever
iieard of.
Report oC$thc Survey of a Railroad
Routa, from Edgefield Court House
to Plue lllousc Station, on
C. C. &*A. m R.
To Messrs. A. J. Norris, W. W. Adams,
Jno L. Addison, 0. P. Chcatharh and
D. R.lDurisoc,-Conuni?too of Survey,
(j I:\TLKJJ K.N : A* your request I have
surveyed, admeasured, located, and esti
mated the cost of construction of a Rail
road route from Edgefield Court House
to Pine House station, on thc C. C. & A.
R. R, a distance of Five and live-eights
(5?) milws. The surface of thu country
between the two points mentioned as
termini is inore, undulating than I hud
expected to lind it, but by spending a
few days in preliminary prospecting the
country along tho routo, I feet confident
that I have selected a route as nearly on
an air line as practicable, and one that
presents no very heavy grades.
The instructions received by mo from
the Committee were to estimate
1st, The cost of construction of a wide
gauge iron road.
2nd, Tho cost of a narrow gauge irou
road.
3rd, The cost of a narrow gauge Road
with woodeu tract
Under tl i eso instructions, I first locate?!
and estimated the cost of construction of
a Railroad with af gauge of five (5) feet.
Tho length of tho road is five and five
eights (5ft) milos, and thc grade at no
point will exceed sixty-six ((JG) feet per
ipilo, and Ulis extreme grade-is necessary
only at one place^ viz : at an elevation
near Samuel Marsh's, and not moro than
a half mile in extent, while tho general
grade along the/line does not exceed
thirty feet per mile.
The cost of grading this Road, in my
opinion, will be: be considerably less
than the average cost of grading like
roads in other localities. The grade line
is so adjustedf as to make the solidity of
the cuts anti embankments nearly equal
in extent, and the greater portion of tho
earth to bo removed from the cuts can,
economically andradvantagcously bo used
in making the necessary embankments,
and it will be necessary to borrow very
little earth for that purpose.
The solidity ot'tho cuts and embank
m en ts amount to ons hundred and twen
ty-six thousand two hundred and fifty
eight (1'-'0,250) cubic yards, exclusive of
Trestlo anil Bridge wo ric.
Thc greatest obstacle I find is Beavor
Dam Creek and the adjacent low grounds.
At this point a Trestle and Bridge not
exceeding four' hundred (-100) yards in
length will bc neccssaiy, and in my
opinion ought not to cost exceeding three
thousand dollars, exclusive ol' the irou
rails. ,
Thc masonry required on the road is a
matter of small consideration. Ten (10)
small culverts will be necessary, re
quiring from two thousand (2000; to throe
thousand (3,000) brick each, anil the cost
will depend upon thc cost of bricks and
brick work in the neighborhood. In my
opinion the entire cost of the masonry
need not exceed live hundred (500) dol
lars.
It will require about sixteen thousand
(10000) cross tics which will cost say,
thirty cents each This item I .estimate
at four thousand eight hundred (4300)
dollars.
Two Depots will be necessary, ono at
each terminus. These I estimate at .fi VU
hulidrod dollars (500) each.
I estimate the cost of the iron necessa
ry for this road at six thousand (0000)
dollars per mile, say thirty-six thousand
(3600) dollars, for the .whole road. This
eft!mate includes tho cost of putting
down the iron.
Thc rolling stock of a first olass road
ls very expensive, and In my Judgment
is much more costly than is necessary
for the purposes of this road. For all
practical purposes, ample rolling-stock
for this road need not cost exceeding
eighteen thousand (18000) dollars.
K KCft^.v\5 T.ATI O ?.
GnKllnff I2?,i"iSeiibie.yds at 20c $21,2.17,00
Tn-stle and bridge over Beaver
tuon Creek, 3,000,00
Masonry, including bricks, 50(1.00
iliiiati cross lies al :?Je. -i..*:!!'!,;:!!
?? Depots. ?500 caen', I,<ai0,<?0
Inm. s:?. i'I M i. no per milo, SUM*'1".!*)
Rolling St .ck, l.s.iiiM.i.a
Add - wells, pinups, tanks \<-.. 20o,OU
Total ' 8*8.7.11,?)
N.vnnow OAUOK IKON RDA H.
Thc following is my estimate <?!' the
cost of a Narrow (lange Iron lb tm I with
a gauge of three (3) feet.
Tho route of this road ls tho sa%ne as
Hie preceding Th" raul is liv? and
live-eighths (."?*) miles long, gantrc three
feet, and extreme grade eighty i**) feet
per mile.
The wist of this road and tho wide
gauge road varies mainly in the cost of
grading the respective road boils.
In thc Narrow (lange road the solidity
of the cuts and embankments amount.<
lo fifty-one thousand two lui nd rei I ami
thirty-one (51,231) (rubie yards, which 1
estimate at fi I teen cents per cubic yard,
because thc cuts arc smaller and nearer
the surface than those of the wide gauge
road, making an aggregate ol' seven
thousand six hundred and eighty four
(7,<JS4) dollars.
I estimate tho number of cross ties to
tie eleven thousand, at twenty five eenls
each, making the cost of this item two
thousand seven hundred and fifty (2,750)
dollars.
The cost ol the iron for this road I es
timate at the .same as that of the \vid<
gauge road, though a lighter iron costin;
say live thousand (?5000) dollars per
milo, in my opinion, would be'sufficient
-say thirty thousand (30,000) dollars for
the whole road.
The t'ost of masonry and of thc Trestle
and Bridge over Beaver Dam Creek, ow
ing to tho change of grade, will not be
much below the estimates made for tho
wide gangs road. I would estimate these
two items foi ibis road at two thousand
live hundred (2,500) dollars.
I make the samei estimatos for Depots
on this road as are made for the wide
gauge road viz: one thousand dollars.
Tiie rolling stock I estimate ut fifteen
thousand (15,000) dol?ais.
Recapitulation.
Grading 51,231 cubic .yds. at
15 cents. ? 7,084.65
11,000 cross ties at 25 cents. 2,750.00
Iron, and putting down same, 30,000.00
Masonry, Trestle and Bridge, 2,500.00
1 Depots, $500 each 1,000.00
Rolling Stock, 15,000.00
2 Welis und PumpsandTauks,
?100 each, 200.00
Total, ?50,131.65
NARROW GAUGE WOOPEN ROAD.
Tho following I submit asa reasonable
and fair estimate of thc cost of a Narrow
dango Wooden Railroad to be laid down
on tho same road bed as that for tho Nar
row Gauge Rail Road above estimated.
Tho estimates for tho grading, cross ties,
masonry, trestle and bridgework, wells,
ito., and Depots, will be the sa tu eas those
of the Narrow Gauge Iron Road, and ure
as follows :
Grading 51,231 cubic yds. at
15 cents, 8*7,084.65
11,000 Cross ties at 25 couts, 2,750.00
Masonry, Trestle and Bridge, 2,500.00
2 Depots, ?500 each 1,.?"0.00
2 weils, Ac, 200.00
Rolling Stock, 6,000.00
?22,134.05
3000 Scantling, 4xR*J6 feet,
108,000 feet, at ?15 per 1000
feet, delivered, 2,534.40
24,000.05
Add for laying down super
structure, 400.00
25,000.0,1
Add for 50,000 lbs. spikes nt
6 cents, :i,oiio.oo
Total, 2H,OfJ0.05
In concluding, this Report, I feel that
it is duo to tho Comhiittcc, and to the
atizona of tho Village, that I should ter
1er them my thanks for thc kindnc.?
they have manifested to me while I ha\
been engaged on tho survey. I tend?
my thanks also to my two Assistant
Dr. R. T: Mims and Mr. E. Reese, fe
thc ?i?igont and scientific skill ; wit
which they have performed their respec
ive parts of thc Survey, and-to Dr. R. '.
Mims also for thc great assistance ho hi
rendered mo in making the estimates i
tho solidity of the cuts and fills, and i
drafting tho Profdcs of tho road.
Respectfully su omitted,*
T P. ASHMORE,
Chief Engineer.
Edgefield C. H., Aug. ll, 187a.
For the Advertiser.
Mit. EniTOR,-On Tuesday, 12th ii
stant, J left this place to visit Abbevil
C. H., not particularly to attend the Rai
road Convention, but to see some rel
lives, school-mates and old friends.
I passed by way of Mr. Jack Ch cati
am's and thence to Low's Bridge,' up
Liberty Hill. Crops fine-the best th
I ever saw on that route-once roa
And, if in time, I would herein like
make application to the Legislature f<
a Public Ttond, from Mr. Jabe Martin
to Mrs. Fuller's as tho old Road is woi
out. . f
I then parsed from Liberty Hill I
Squire AV. B. Dom's ; found him in bs
health ; but ho had a gobi rock in h
hand; had mado new discoveries, m
only at homo, but also on his place ?
G il mer, Ca..-a rich mine. Though ol
and feeble, with gold blossoms in cac
hand, he took delight in caring for ma
and heast. After participating in wm
and a sumptuous dinner, and taking
good nap, I left for Abbeville. Exco
lent crops all along tho route, and tl
people in fine spirits and high anticipi
tions of the future. Near night-fall,
found myself at Gen, Bradley's, where
spent half hour with bis pleasant famib
and continued my journey to Mrs. Dat
dy's, my cousin. There I spent a plea
ant night, surrounded by all the plea
ures of life-except my " better-half."
On Wednesday morning, at break <
day, I left for Abbeville C. H.-the da
appointed for the Convention-and passe
through the Promised Land in Abbevil!
District, ?pd by the home of. my ol
friend and former fellow-citizen, Mr. 1
H Martin ; after crossing the lino of th
County, thc Public Roads were in goo
condition, and the people in exubcrai
spirits, expecting a large feast on Ul
surplus of Gen. Corn and King Cotton
thoro hoing but few Liens on them, as
was informed. f.
I arrived at Abbeville C. H., about J
o'clock ; stopped at the Hine Hotel, no'
kept bj' Mr. Miller, a former citizen <
this County ; everything was there, ah
prepared in epicurean stj'le; lonfige
a while, and then got a shave and chan
pooing, and my. boots blacked j pai
twenty cents ; and hero came a drink <
fine brandy from someone-evidently
friend. This shop is connected with th
Hotel, and is also kept by a native (
our County ; so I would advise even
body to stop at the Huie or Miller Hole
Other Hotels in Abbeville may recciv
you in tho same hospitable manner. ]
so, I would advise all to go to Abbevil]
at least once every two weeks. Dut jos
after the drink, the hostler rame up aro
called out to nie, "Boss, one of you
horses is mighty sick,'-* and about th
same time the Convention was called a
Hie Court House. I would have proferre?
attending tho Convention, but my inter
est called me to my horse, which wa
ver}' sick; however I would occasional!;
go into the Convention. Iliad no com
mon interest there; yeti am favorably
inclined to all Railroad enterprises-i
the persons to be benefilted will bl?h
the Roads. Up to 5 o'clock I had hean
no speeches, was out of money, was no
a delegate to the great enterprise, am
was reasoning thus: If my horse die
what shall I ?do? But just as I was ii
despair, old Mr. C. Cotlcy, of Dark Cor
ncr renown, rame to me, and said, .. Le
tho horse die, and I will give you a bet
tor one." Then he and I, and another,
who was a Clerk ol' Hie Court in thos<
good old days when a mau could sing,
" When I could ?pond my money free,'
returned to tho Convention, where Maj
W.T. Cary, J. C. Sheppard and a Mr
Henderson, wore talking Railroad. And
herc I would remark, that I tu-ver heard
more able or better Kai I road speeches
(han those made mr that oeca-Mon hy
Messrs. Gary, Henderson and Sheppard,
Thc Convention having adjourn* d l pro
ceeded to my Hotel and rested in . ? u i ot
nud repose, and dreamed that my horst
was dead, amt that Cary wild to mc, well,
the Hoad is completed to Liberty Lill,
and you ride down (hal lar, ami il Khali
not cost you ono cent. I eui- ret th?
Canst, but as smut as 1 arrived in Rdgo
lield County, I was called <>n for [?ty. 1
imagined 1 was near Cu?h Sheppard's.
So r answered, "stop the far, and Mr.
Sheppard will pay my way." .Inst then
1 heard thc consoling voices of my old
friends, W. T. Gary and J. C. Sheppard,
saying aloud, "lot him pass! Weare
running Ultu machino." This w:us all a
dream-but the good ol' U is my horse is
not dead, yet badly worsted.
I left on Thursday morning; came
iown by Chiles' X Roads, and Winter
Scat, and Libert}: Hill, to thc Big Hun
gry Barbecue, which was given by Lib
arty Hill, Shatterficld and Shin burg, and
?here-I talked a little Railroad. Such a
repast I nover saw before. Meals, cakes,
ivin.es, ?)ics, tarts, soda-water, and every
;hing-to make about one thousand hearts
.rlad; there woro about three hundred
present. If you call that Big Hungry, I
wish I. could live and-no, I would
never die there.
About 2 o'clock thc next day I arrived
it my lovely village, after spending the
night previous in Dark Oirner. I got out
af my buggy on the Public Square, and
?ent my horses home. . I called at a store
to hear the news, and the clerk on seeing
me, said "Doc, what is the matter?" I
iskcd, "what do 3-011 mean?" Ile re
plied, "Why, it is reported in town that
you made application at Abbcvillcdbr a
ieat on the Jloor as a delegate to thc Rail
road Convention and were refused," I
responded, "that is a d-n lie." T
then left for another store, and met up
with one of my true, and tried friends,
ind he said *. Doc, it is rumored here
that you did not get in the Convention,
but on Wednesdaj- night you and sonic
colored men addressed the negroes en
masse." Said I, ."have you heard that
report?" Ho answered, " yes." I then
?aid, "I here pronounce the author a
rascal, scoundrel and a liar,"-ami for
the benefit of a few strangers, I refer to
Mr. Corley, Miller, and others stopping
:it the Huie Hotel. For the above ex
pressions I am responsible.
Respectfully,
W. D. JENNI!,GS, SR.
August 18, 187:5.
For tho Advertiser. '
Mn. EniTou.-At a meeting of thc
Board of Managers of .tho Batesville
Bible Society, July 25th,\ thc following
Resolution was passed. \
Resolved, That wo, as Board Mana
gen of the Batesvillo auxiliary Society,
recommend to this Pastors, Suporintcn
lants and Teachers of Sabbath Sehools,
hat they uso their best efforts in placing
.he Testament in tho hands of thc ehil
iren within our bounds.
JNO. H. HUI KT, Sec ry.
Batesvillo, S. C., Aug. 12th, 1S7?.
^-SUCCKSS is the boat test of supcri
)nty; thc wonderful demand for Sim
oons' Liver Regulator is one of tit? eon
,-incing proola that this article is appro
bated abovo evorythinffclHo of the kind.
LIuwever much its jealous dofamors may
brow their shafts truth will prevail aud
K> will this medicine, . ?
Ex-president Jefferson Davis Speak?i'
to the Historical Society.
BJ.CHMO.ND, VA., Aug. 18.-Hon. Jef
ferson- Davis addressed the Southern His
torical: Convention; in session at the Mont
gomlery White Sulphur./Springs to-day.
He "Was introduced by Gov. Letcher ano
received, standings a'mid-?re-a^ applause.
Ho returned thanks for?Gs hearty wel
com?/to" Virginia, where. he"always'felt
welcome, and whose brave men were only
excelled in their deeds bj the bravery and
devotion of the women- whose ?eal and
heroism throughout the war he highly
praised. He spoke of the objects of the
Historical Society, and said that to wri.tt
true history it must bc done by Southern
men who know the facts, and that all ma
terial must be gathered for the purpose at
the South, in order that the action of the
South hr war and the-causes that brought
it on might be tairly -laid before mankind.
He spoke of old Jubal Early as one who
was ever faithful throughout thejvar, and
as being the proper man to carry out this
great object. Ho said that, we had been
more cheated than conquered by the de
clarations of the Federal President, Con
gress and generals, for there never could'
have been a surrender had we anticipated
what followed, and we'would to-day have
been free. He still had hope of the South,
becau.- e, whatever the men might be, he
never yet had seen a reconstructed woman ;
and virile the men of the-day.were might
ier than the principles for which they nad
struggled, he yet hoped the children who'
should succeed tlicm would grow up to
maintain and nerpetuate them, and, re
deem all that we had lost. Mr. Davis'
remarks contain no sentiments of hostility
to the Federal Government, but evinced
an earnest devotion lo constitutional lib
erty, for which the Sooth Hfl'il struggled.
He was listened to with <;..<.;> interest and
frequently applauded.
A resolution was offered by Admiral
Semines, that his Excellency, President
Grant be requested to permit the Secretary
of this Society to-examine all papers it
the archives of the Government, captured
by tlie'Federal forces from the Confeder
ates during the war, to make copies-of
such of them as he may think fit, was
adopted. Tho Couvehtion then adjourned.
The Historical Society met and a reso
lution was adopted admitting ladies who
had lost relatives in' the war to member
ship. The Society then adjourned to meet
in Richmond, at .the ??ll of "the President.
Thoa. J. Ouzts, who was struck by
paralysis on the 1st instant (says the Ab-'
beville Medium, of the 13th.) died at the
Abbeville Hotel, in this place, on last
Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock. Mr.
?nzts was a fine gentleman, and a useful
citizen. He was a man of considerable
wealth, nmd.aided by noble benefactions
all charitable objects. The last few years
of his life he was in bad health, but bore
all'of fri?is' and afflictions with stoical'
indifference and composure. His death
was a pleasant relief from trouble.
Male & Female High School,
JOHNSTON'S, S. C.
REV. LUTHER MOADDUS, Principal,
MISS WARY Ai ?HIMS,' Assrslant. 1
Ti
HE Annual Term will begin on
MONDAY, 13thSept, 1873,and continue
Forty Weeks, with no intermission, ex
cent two weeks at Christmas.
Tuition for the whole term :
Primary Department ?20,00
Intermediate " 28,00
Highor " 40,00
Music on Piano, 20,00
Board (exclusive of lights and
washing) per month, 12,00
Instruction will bc given in all thc
branches of an English education, and
in Latin, Greek and French.
Preparation for College or ordinary bu
siness lifo will be the standard ol' thc
School.
Tho closest personal attention will be
given by tho Principal to the morals and
manners ol' tho students, and a kind but
firm discipline will bo exercised.
Accurate reports of standing and de
portment will bo furnished quarterly.
Pupils charged from date of entrance
to end of tenn, except in cases of pro
tracted sickness.
For admittance apply to the Principal
at ridgefield C. H.. or to Wm. Lott, Sec
retary it Treas'r, Johnston's, C. C. & A.
Railroad.
AnirSO 5t ' 34
School Announcement.
JJ?LTSS GIBBES begs leave to an
nounce to her friends, patrons, and the
public generally, that her School will
ro-opcit in tho Episcopal Parsonage on
tho first day of September next.
Aug 20 * .lt 3")
?lotice to Planters
Bi
JU Y your BAGGING and ARROW
T11CS at Augusta prices. I will guar
antee tho prices to be ns cheap as in Au
gusta.
5000 yds. M ETHEWAN BAGGING,
2? lbs. to tho yard, at IS els.
3(10 Bund lea ARROW TI KS at 10 els.
per lb. O. P. CH EAT HAM.
Aug 20 tf 35.
NOTICE.
IJEI?SONS desiring the uso of any
part of (ho building known as Ma
sonic Hall will upph' to
J. C. SHEPPARD.
Aug 20 10t 25
To Rent
I71ROM tho 1st October next, tho largo
J building known as thc Mansion
lloiiso. :id door above <;iob' lb'U-1, ou
Broad St, and one of thc best established
in tho citv as a Hoarding House. Apply
to " EDWARD GALLAHER,
JAS. W. TURLEY.
Augusta, fla, 2t :i?
Cambridge Land for Sale.
IOFFER at private salo my PLANTA
TION containing
About Twelve Hundred Acres,
And lying on Ninety-Six ? Creek, live
milos South of Ninety Six Depot.
It is well watered and ti m beret!, and
has on it all necessary buildings. - .
It is an excellent Cotton and .Grain
Plantation, and for the purpose bf Stock
raising, is thc equal of any Plantation in
the interior of tho State.
TERMS-Ono-fourth of tho purchase
money to bo paid in cash. The balance
in fivo equal annual instalments, with
interest at thc rate of ten por cent, par
annum.
R G. M. DUNOYANT.
July 30, 1m 32
Laud for Sale !
AP LACTATION containing 200 acres
of fine farming lands, in Abbeville
County; near Ninety-Six Depot.
For terms and particulars, apply to
J. A. RICHARDSON,
Ninety-Six Depot, Abbeville, Co., S. C.
Aug.? 4t 3J
Road Working.
COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE
Edgefield, S. C., Aug. 19, 1873.
THE Road Overseers in tho respective
Townships are tiereby notified to
forthwith call out all persons liable to
Road duty, between the ages of 18 and
55, and work out their full five days due
for the present year.
Thc Road Overseers will be held ac
countable for any dereliction of duty on
their part.
The list of Road defaulters heretofore
reported to this "Office, will be Renton
tho 1st September to the Trial. Justices
in the County for trial ; and all Default
ers, on conviction and failure to pay their
linos and costs, will bo committed to
Jail in accordance with thc Road law. '
By order of the Board,
H. STROM, Chair. C. C. E. C.
W. D. BAMBY, Clerk.
Aug 20 3t 35.
NOTICE ~
IS hereby given that application will
bc mado at tho next session of tho
Legislature for a Charter for a Railroad
from Edgefield C. H. to Pino Houso De
pot, C. C. & A. R. R.,' with the privilege
of extension.
Aug. 20, 1873. 3m 35
2
Extra Fine! ?
BBLS. Extra Fine TABLE SY"RUP,
for sale by
: A. A* CLISB Y. ' I
T. JONES & SON,
-JOFYSTOFS DEPOT, S. C.
ffOULD rtspecltfully inform their friends and patrons that they have in
Store, and airivihg,
i- COlfflETE STOCK OF GROCERIES,
Consisting in part of the following Goods :
CORN, MEAL, HOMINY, . *
RICE, SUGAR, COFFEE, TEAS,
FLOUR, LARD, Magnolia HAMS, CHEESE, .
MOLASSES, SYRUP, VINEGAR,
RAISINS, CANDY. PICKLES, ., . : g
STARCH, CANDLES, PEPPER, ALLSPICE, ; - - (8
TOBACCO, all grades Chewing and Smoking,
CROCKERY and HARDWARE, a large and vaf?e^BBtfrtmeTrfc^
BAGGING and, TIES,- $ large supply^
SALT, IRON,- &o.,&c.^ . J h J9
Together with maay articles not enumerated, all o? which will be sold as
low as such Goods can be hpuglrt elsewhere.
We thank our numerous friends and customers for their liberal patron:
age, and pledge ourselves to guarantee satisfaction to ajl^who ;favorvns .wit|i
their trade.
We will? be in ike, Cottony njar&et, .-fully prepared to handle ell Cotton
offered us, and at the highest cash the market will afford. / \ * * ?
. To our time customers ^ye will allow 1} per cent, per month discount on
a'-l 'bills paidb?for?'d?e. ' ' ' . tffr?fii?
Examine our Stock and prices before going elsewhere. ?
' *M ? i T. JONES ?fc ?OX '.
Johnston's Depot, Aug 2Q. 4t & 35
AT COST FOR CASH !
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FROM this day, to be continued until I leave for. New YorV J.jvill,,in
order to make room for my Fall purchases, sell the remainder of my Spring
Stock, at \EW YORK PROIE COST FOR CASH
OJ\? Y I Otherwise, regular prices will be charged.
To give my friends an idea of the Great Money-Saving in buying these
Goods, I will enumerate the prices of a few leading articles :
Splendid-Fruit of the Loom BLEACHING, -i yard wide, at 161.^ent?L
per yard. . ... t , " ?
Yard Wide Fruit of the Loom at 18* cents'per yard. ? j
These Goods??re ecjual in texture,t? ??[ew Yor? Mills. ? j >
Also; a splendid line of that favorite Brand of ytrd ifride AUBURN
BLEACHING at only 16* cents petard, ,
A splendid stocfc of BED TICKING, from 9 to 26 cents per yard. r ?.
. iT ) ? '\ I J r^LSO,- j > > ) f r } \r \ vf
A splendid stock of COTTON?DES, from Ll cts. per yo", and upward*
-ALSO - -
One Hundred HOOP SKIRITS from 35 to 95-cents each. We sell a
splendid Hoop, tnth Bustle, atta?hefl.at 9? and 95 cents each. .
^.jx?.*^ - gustos'* rdiKTOti ??OTCE
A nice, line of DRESS-GOODSifoom; 164yceot8 and upwards.
PIQUES in all styles. ' :
White and Slate colored JEANS from-llj to. 15 cents per yard.
CRASHES and TOWELINGS from 8 cents per yard and upwards.
TOWELS by the Dozen from $1.20 and upwards. Splendid ones at 10*
cents each. " '?' ..1 - i .'.t. \
CORSETS from 50 cents to$1.75 each. . .* ?
White LINENS from 33 cents per yard and upwards.
Table DAMASK 'rom 38 cents per yard and upwards.
: 10-4 SHEETINGS from 40.to 46 cents per yard.
Large Stock of plain and checked CAMBRICS, from ll cents per yard
and up war as. x , ?
Ladies BOWS, NECKERCHIEFS, CUFFS and COLLARS, in all styles,
for a very small amount of money.
. American PINS at 5 centa-per paper. Two papers of HAIR PINS for
5 cents and upwards.
Splendid line of Ladies HATS, very cheap.
-ALSO,
A good line of Gents' READY MADE CLOTHING at and below cost.
Best quality of Buggy UMBRELLAS at only $3.00 each.
BRIDLES from 80 cts. to $2.50 each.
Splendid McClellan SADDLES from $8.55 and upwards, j ' ?
These'Goods are all fresh Jrom j$e\v York tlr?s Spring. ? ?
Ea?" We solicit acall from oar friends, guaranteeing ''to "'pleas! ana to
[?kell. Our prices speak for themselves
J. H. OHEATHAM.
Aug.. 5, - tf. 33
J . . . .- ' R ' ' _
EScLuLoatioriai* !
The Edg efleld Male Academy
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Second Session Opens on '15th August, 1873.
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X^RMS-For Scholars as much as and over twelve years of age, $20.00' ;
but for those under twelve, $15.00. One half of the tuition will be due at
the opening of the session; the remainder, at the commencement of the '
2nd term. Scholars are not taken by the month.
Thc subjects upon which instruction will be given are the following : Or
thography, Reading and Penmanship; Grammar and Geography; Arithme
tic, Algebra and Geometry ; Chemistry, Natural Philosophy and Moral
Philosophy; English Composition and Rhetoric; History and English Lit
erature ; Latin and French.
For further information, address
II. E. WHITFIELD.
. Edgefield, S. C., Aug G ' "26 33
NOTICE
TO THE CITIZENS OF EDCEFIELO
WE arc receiving our SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, consisting of all
the Novelties of the Season.
Our Stock is much larger than usual, and never more complete. Close
buyers will save money by giving it an inspection.
AUo, full line of FURNISHING GOODS on hand. ..
W^TiytAN & BENSON,
Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., Opposite Masonic Hall.
Augusta,-?a., A?ril 12' ? 1 -3m ? / ll 15
5
, ESALE BROGERS
-AND
Commission Merell ts
' j 175:and 177 Broad Street,' ?S& . KO
Augusta, Ga. ;
WE arc now in receipt of our Fall Stock of GROCERIES, consist
I ing in part ol- . .'?
Bacon SIDES, Bacon'SHOULDERS, Dry Salt-SIDES,
SUGARS of all gradea.
SYRUPS-New Orleans and New York Drips,. :.. :
MOLASSES. Rio, Laguyra and'Java COFFEE,
TOBACCO, SALT. PEPPER, SPICE,
Crackers, Pickles, Cove Oysters,
CANNED GOODS consisting of Peaches, Blackberries, Tomatoes, &c
MACKEREL in Barrels, half and quarter bbls. and Kits,
Seed WHEAT, Seed RYE, Seed OATS, Seed BARLEY,
Case Liquors of BRANDY, WHISKEY, GIN,
' We are also offering the mo6t complete and largest stook of BARRL
LIQUORS of any House in the City, and selling at prices that will indue,
bint*rs;t? purchase nearer home than in Eastern markets.
To the Planters and Merchants of Edgefield we would take this occasion
to express our thanks for their past-liberal patronage, and respectfully .re
quest a confcmuanee of .the; same. -
ISrBuyin^oUr.Good* for CASH, we art prepared*to eellarfl?w, and oft
times lower'than ?nf other House in the City, A P ? ??
Augusta, Oct 9 _tf -4?
I AM Receiving at Pine Ho?se Denp^
and will be pleased to fill orders at this
or any other point on C. C. & R. R., an
Approved Manurefer Turnips
Manufactured by th? Dickson Fertilizer
Company of Augusta,-Ga, .
LEWIS JONES, Agent.
Edgefield C H., July 30 2t 32
W. H. SHAFFER,
Dentist,
E D,o a FIELD, S C.,
OmcerV Minis' Phdtdgraph Gallery.
Aug 13 tr - 34
Now in Store- r *
2000 Bales TIES, ' > ' '
looo Roils BAGGING; ?
T. W. CARWIL? &:CO.
Ajjgusta, Aug 13 . tf 34
Land for Sale.
?TiHE Subscriber offers 720 Acres of as
A ^Dod Cotton Land as th?ro is on Ed
isto river, five miles North of Blackville
n^/l tl, r-nn fmni Vom H.l,l"n '
and til ree from New Bridge.
' Will be sold either ia w li ole or i n th ree
separate parcels. Good# inijp^,\en?eiit8
on each p face. ' . " ": ' ?j?
D...L THOMAS. "
Blackville; B?rnweH?to, S. Ort ??tijn