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Week of Prayer.
- Last week was generally observed through*
out the world as a season of prayer, in which
all denominations of Christians united, in ac?
cordance with the recommendation of the
Evangelical Alliance. The services were held
alternately in the different churches in Ander?
son, beginning at the Baptist Church on Mon?
day morning, and ending at the same place on
Sunday afternoon, when a fair congregation
assembled despite the inclement weather, and
listened to impressive and eloquent addresses
by Eevs. W. W. Mood, J. S. Murray and D. E. j
Frierson. The services were unusually inter?
esting, and will not soon be forgotten by those
present.
An Extension of Time.
It has been semi-officially announced that
the time for the payment of State and County
taxes, without the penalty of twenty per cent., |
will be extended to the 30th of January inst.
This, is in accordance with the amended tax
law, which gives sixty days from the time the
takes were begun to be collected. In some
counties, the time will be extended further
than the date specified, as the books were not
opened until recently, owing to various causes.
The Legislature has the power to extend the
time for collecting without the penalty, but we
do not. presume that this authority will be ex?
ercised, and oer citizens may expect the penal
- tj. to be added on. and after the 30th inst.
Gen. Gordon's Advice.
Senator Gordon,, of Georgia, sent the fblrbw
Idwihg telegram to Gov. McEnery, Lieut. Gov.
Fehn and CbL IL B. Marr, urging tbe utmost
forbearance to be exercised by the people of
Louisiana, under the exasperating eircumstan.
ces by which they are surrounded. His noble
defence of the South in- the Senate chamber
adds- lustre to his brilliant record, and gives
fores- to any expressrbrr of this character:
Washington, January 7.
I congratulate you on the forbearance of the
people;' Still forbear. Bear every wrong, and
if arrests- and handcu?(S: are resorted to, still
forbear, and your rights will be vindicated by
the American: people. You cannot better sub?
serve tbe interests of Louisiana, of the South
generally and of liberty, t&an by continued
forbearance, even uuto death,
J. B. Gobdojt.
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A Newspaper at Greenwood.
We have received the first number of the
Nets Era, issued at Greenwood, in Abbeville
County, which is a thriving, energetic and pros?
perous town, and a prominent point on the
Greenville and Columbia Bail road. The pa
par is published by a joint stock company, mad
Is edited with care and ability by W. K. Blake,
Esq., a gentleman of culture and decided merit.
His editorials are carefully prepared, and the
main point of a successful newspaper is taste?
fully arranged. We refer to the selections, of]
course. The projectors of this enterprise will
accept our warmest wishes for their permanent
success. Abbeville County now has four ex?
cellent newspapers printed within its borders,
which ought to be a guarantee that its ancient
reputation for intelligence and improvement
will be amply sustained.
Memorial Ball in Edgefield.
We are highly gratified to note the brilliant
success wbich attended the memorial ball and
bazaar, inaugurated by Miss Charlotte Wigfall,
of Edgefield, in behalf of the monument now
in course of erection by the State Monument
Association, intended to perpetuate the names
and deeds of our heroic dead in the late war.
Tho successful entertainment was held on the
evening, of the 30th ulL, at the residence of
Miss Wigfall'a mother. The house itself is
one of the most ancient landmarks of Edge?
field, and was built by the late Edmund Bacon,
Esq., (the grandfather of Miss W.,) more than
seventy years ago. The generous and patriotic
purpose in view was supplemented by unusual
energy in carrying out the design, and the en?
tertainment is described as an uncommonly
beautiful and brilliant affair, noted for its re?
finement and artistic merit, and far surpassing
anything old Edgefield has witnessed within
the last twenty years. Although open only a
single night, Miss Wigfall realized between
$150 and $200 for the noble cause in which she
has so energetically engaged.
Miss W. is a daughter of the late Bev. Ar?
thur Wigfall, and a niece of the late distin?
guished Senator Wigfall?a young lady very
prominent and influential in social life, and
possessing great taste, energy and public spirit.
Her heart and hands are always engaged in
every good work, and we beg to extend a hearty I
congratulation upon the merited success of her !
noble undertaking. Her zeal and enthusiasm j
for the memories of the patriotic dead should
be embalmed and treasured in the hearts of all
who wore the grey in days gone by. j
The Military Interference in Louisiana.
The extraordinray and unprecedented action
of the military authorities in Louisiana, vio?
lently interfering with the local affaire of a
sovereign State, has attracted attention through?
out the United States beyond anything which
baa occurred since the firing upon Fort Sumter.
President Grant is primarily responsible for
this flagrant outrage, and does not hesitate to
assume the responsibility. He believes that it
was necessary to preserve law and order, and
justifies the conduct of Gen. Sheridan by de?
claring that peace and tranquility shall be
maintained. In other words, while inaugurat?
ing these rigorous and unauthorized measurrs,
he will compel a peace were it to produce a
solitude. We do not regard Sheridan as amen?
able to the people for this unjustifiable assault
upon liberty. He is a soldier by profession
and instinct. His only thought is to command
and obey orders. It was not his own volition
that carried him to Louisiana, but that of his
master. While he is coarse, brutal and un?
principled in the execution of bis ordere?, and
there ii no extenuation for his brutality and
eoaraeness, these things reflect upon his milita?
ry reputation, and do not concern the main
point, which is that liberty has been assailed
and threatened, and the American people are
now brought to the verge of a military despot?
ism. Every genuine lover of civil and politi?
cal freedom will recognize that the embodiment
of these threats and assaults occupies the high?
est office within the gift of the nation. It is
President Grant alone who permits this inva?
sion of sacred and inalienable rights. His
policy has regulated events in Louisiana, and
there is no escape from the responsibility
which he so unhesitatingly assumes.
Congress, however, must bear its share of the
odium which attaches to the unhappy condition
of Louisiana. Its failure during the past two
years to provide a settlement of the troubles
existing in that State has allowed the oppor?
tunity for President Grant to exercise a rigor?
ous policy towards that unfortunate people.
He has frequently remonstrated with Congress,
and urged a settlement of existing difficulties
I by the law-making power; at the same time
declaring his purpose to sustain the Kellogg
government at all hazards, while the matter
depended upon his decision. But, just as Con?
gress awakes from its tardiness, and is about to
determine the question for themselves, the oc?
casion is offered for President Grant to inter?
fere, with the strong arm of the military power,
in the organization of the State Legislature,
and strike a blow at the rights and liberties of
the people. It was his final opportunity to
sustain the usurper Kellogg, whose power was
crumbling and fading away, and in doing so
he was precipitating a fearful issue upon the
American people. We have no fears in regard
to the ultimate result before this tribunal, un?
less the spirit of liberty quails in the presence
I of armed authority. The indications point
! with unerring certainty to a just and stern re
! b?ke of this ruthless inovasion and marked
usurpation. The final, crowning iufamy of
i this Louisiana business will not only throttle
I the aspirations of President Grant for a third
; term, but will submerge beneath its waves the
I already expiring hopes of the Republican par
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j. Manly Protests.
When the conservative members of the Lou?
isiana Legislature were ejected from their seats
by military force, the scene was made intense?
ly interesting by manly and earnest protests
against this flagrant outrage upon the rights
and liberties of the people. General de Tro-1
briand was the officer designated to perform this
ungracious duty, and he seemed conscious that
he was engaged in work unworthy his rank
and profession as a soldier. When Speaker
Wiltz asked whether it was his intention to
remove any of the conservative members elect,
General de Trobriand replied that he was not
there to decide upon the legality of the pro?
ceedings, but was simply obeying orders, and
hoped that his presence alone would prove
sufficient. The Speaker replied that force was
necessary to compel an observance of such
orders, to which the General responded that
he would make a show of force, and shortly
afterwards returned with United States sol?
diers, who were halted outside the hall. When
the members were designated, each individual
was taken into custody by two soldiers, and,
after making a formal protest, was marched
out of the hall. But the scene must have been
thrilling when the venerable Thomas Vaughn,
of Caddo Parish, a silver-headed old man, was
accosted by General de Trobriand and his
guards, and, as he rose very slowly to his feet,
in the most solemn and impressive manner,
expressed his indignation in the following
words:
"A General of the United States Army has
placed his hand upon my shoulder and com
mauded me to leave the floor of this House.
As a member of this body, duly elected by the
people of Caddo Paritb, and as an American
citizen believing that the rights of American
freemen are not yet all dead, I desire to enter
my solemn protest against this outrage."
The old man was marched out by the file of
soldiers amidst the most profound silence.?
Speaker Wiltz was then asked to resign his
seat as the presiding officer, but he declined to
surrender the gavel, and troops were ordered to
displace him at once. He gazed upon the
scene in silent indignation, and stepping slow?
ly down from the desk, in a voice broken with
emotion, uttered the following memorable
words :
"In the name of the people of the United
States, and in the name of my bleeding State,
and in the name of the God of Justice, I again
enter my solemn protest against thin interfer?
ence. Gentlemen of the House of Represen?
tatives, your Legislature has been invaded and
taken possession of by the military forces of
the United States. Under these circumstances
I do not consider it my duty to longer remain."
Speaker Wiltz left the hall amid the most
enthusiastic applause, and was followed by all
the conservative members. These indignant
remonstrances were fa ly supplemented by Go v.
McEnery, who telegraphed the following pro?
test, addressed to President Grant:
In the name of liberty and all lovers of lib?
erty throughout the United States, I do most
solemnly protest against the action of the mil?
itary forces of the United States on yesterday,
in the occupation of the State House, in the
forcible ejection by troops of members of the
Legislature and the elected Speaker of the
House, and the subsequent organization of u
House by the direct forcible intervention of
the military. I affirm before the whole Amer?
ican people that the action on the part of the
military in this city on yesterday ia subversive
of republican institutions in this free country.
Grant and Sheridan.
The military usurpation in Louisiana, promp?
ted by President Grant and carried out by Gen?
eral Sheridan, has evoked indignant protests
from every section of the country, and from men
of every shade of political opinion. We make
a few extracts to show the feeling aroused by
this violent encroachment upon the liberties
of the people:
The New York Evening Post, edited by Wm.
Cullen Bryant, says that the people are inclined
to an indulgent treatment of Lieut. Gen. Sheri?
dan. "He has never pretended to be anything
but a soldier, and a rough one at that. When
there are no great campaigns to be made his
fancy naturally turns to Indian warfare, and
it is therefore not surprising that, finding him?
self under orders in Louisiana, he believes that
he is there to fight Piegans or Modocs. It is
true that if he had not added to his military
virtues something of the broader culture which
has heretofore made great captains eminent in
civil life without dimming their military re?
nown, he would never have proposed that, in a
purely political struggle, citizens of a free
State; citizens representing a majority of the
Eeopie of that State, should be outlawed as
anditti, and brought to the summary judgment
of the drumhead with short shrift and a volley
of musketry. In the whole record of political
crimes and political blunders committed by the
Republican party there is nothing which sur?
passes in blundering criminality yesterday's
proceedings of the Senate and House of Rep?
resentatives. In the Senate, a resolution was
offered calling upon the President for informa?
tion. Instead of allowing it to pass, the Re?
publican Senators opposed it on a wretched
quibble, but opposed it in such a way that they
forced themselves and the Republican party
into the position of defending the Louisiana
wrong; defending the action of the President
and of the Lieutenant General, and adopting
the drumhead banditti policy. Of course there
will be scarcely a dissenting voice in the popu?
lar verdict reudered upon the situation thus
apparent to the country. After yesterday's
proceedings, it seems vain to hope for any good
thing from the Forty-third Congress except its
final adjournment. But that adjournment
brings up a very serious question. We have
heretofore urged an early meeting of the Forty
fourth Congress on the ground of the necessity
of action upon financial questions and other
matters affecting the business interests of the
country. The graver iuquiry now presents
itself whether it is prudent to leave the Feder?
al Government during the interval from March
to December in the hands of its executive
branch ; whether the liberties of the country
are safe in the absence of Congress so long as
important political concerns are turned over to
a military officer who disposes of them as if he
were fighting Piegans. It is hardly too much
to say that the Republican party will find it
impossible to rally from the effects of this
staggering blow received in the house of its
friends."
The New York World utters the following
earnest and indignant remonstrance: "We
can have nothing but praise for the spirit in
which the Representatives of Louisiana yielded
to the tyranny which they could not resist.
We say deliberately that there was no reason
why they should not have resisted, and resisted
to the death, this foul outrage upon law and
liberty, except the hopelessness of resisting. A
rising yesterday would have had consequences
which are pitiful and terrible even to think of.
These consequences were present to the legisla?
tors of Louisiana, who not only yielded with
decency when they could not resist with hope,
but who have thus far stayed the hands of their
constituents. But we say also that, terrible as
would have been the consequences of resistence
yesterday, they are less terrible than will be
the consequences of submission on the part of
the people of the United States to the outrage
which has been perpetrated upon them all
through the people of Louisiana. For that
submission, or any tolerance of this last and
worst outrage of the traitor who sits in the Pres?
ident's chair, which stops short of driving him
from it into darkness and disgrace, will be a
confession that the American people are no
longer fit to have the liberties which in that
case it will not take them long to lose; and it
were better that the gutters of New Orleans
should run with blood than that Republican
government should be exchanged throughout
the country, as it has been exchanged in New
i Orleans, for the rule of a stupid and sordid ty
ratit."
The New York Times says such a dispatch as
that which Gen. Sheridan sent to the Secretary
of War on Tuesday is not warranted by any
facts known to the public, and could scarcely
be warranted under any conceivable circum?
stances. "We have never published such a
document before, and we must say nothing like
it has ever been seen in this country under a
constitutional government. It almost induces
one to believe that the world has gone back
two or three huudred years in the theory or
practice of government. Cromwell did, indeed,
serve Ireland pretty much as Gen. Sheridan
proposes to treat Louisiana, but most of us
were under the impression that that system of
vernment bad been definitely abandoned,
e are at loss to make out what are Gen. Sher?
idan's ideas of the Constitution under which
he lives, or of the functions of Congress, or of
the powers which may rightfully be exercised
by a Lieutenant-General in the army. There
is a shorter cut still which Gen. Sheridan might
have recommended. It is for the President to
declare the constitution and all its amendments
annulled,?shut up Congress?put down all
newspapers and then proclaim himself Dictator,
with Gen. Sheridan as his sole minister and
chief executor. If Gen. Sheridan had advised
this course at once he would scarcely have
shown greater iguorance or disregard of law
than he has done in his most extraordinary,
and we must add, disgraceful dispatch of Jan?
uary 5th."
The New York Herald, referring to the call
for the mass meeting of citizens on Monday
evening last, to express the public sentiment
of New York on the recent extraordinary pro?
ceedings in Louisiana, says: The President
cannot affect to ignore or undervalue such a
demonstration, supported by such eminent
names. They express the almost unanimous
public sentiment of this great city on a subject
which the enlightened part of our citizens are
as competent to judge of as President Grant or
any of his advisers. They feel that public lib?
erty is iu peril; that the unexampled use of
the army in breaking into and dispersing the
legislative body of a sister State in peaceful ses?
sion is a blow struck at the very foundation of
our institutions. The President is bound to
pay some regard to the public opinion of the
country. He ought not to be confident that he
is right when the best sentiment of the best
classes condemns him. JVis at least his duty
to pause and reflect, and to re-examine the
grounds of his unprecedented action.
This respectable and influential call ought to
convince the President that there is a limit be?
yond which no public officer in this republican
government can go with impunity. The people
do not forget the services of Geueral Grant; they
do not grudge him the fame he so fairly won as
the commander of their armies in the most
momentous crisis of our history. It is due to
him more than any other man that we possess
an undivided country. It was his military ge?
nius that reunited a sundered federation, and
the great body of the American people are dis?
posed to pass a lenient judgment upon his oc?
casional mistakes in civil administration. But
they would have him remember that their root?
ed attachment to constitutional liberty is a
deeper sentiment than personal admiration and
gratitude, and that no past services, however
distinguished and brilliant, can atone for a
want of fidelity to the npirit of our free institu?
tions or release him from his solemn oath, to
"preserve, protect and defend the constitution
of the United States." In his first inaugural
address he declared that he would have no pol?
icy to enforce against the will of the people, 1
and if this call shall revive and invigorate that
purpose his'countrymen will throw a broad
mantle of indulgence and oblivion over his re?
cent great mistake. The eminent republicans
who have signed this grave call have put their
Dames to it "more in sorrow than in anger."
remonstrances of governors in several
states.
Boston, Jan. 7,1875.
The following passage was added by Govern?
or Gaston to his address shortly before its de?
livery :
The presence of an armed force of the United
States in* a legislature of a State for the purpose
of settling an election contest between political
parties is matter of great concern to all people
of all States, more especially in a case where
the possible effect of such presence may be to
subvert the popular will and impose upon a
people rulers whom they have not selected. I
invite the immediate attention of the Legisla?
ture to this subject.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 7,1875.
Governor Allen has just sent the following
message to the General Assembly, which was
referred to the Committee on Federal Rela?
tions :
I desire to call your attention to the grave
circumstance of the interference of federal
| troops in the organisation and proceedings of
j the Legislature of a sister State. If the report?
ed action of the military in unseating persons
I claiming to be members of the Louisiana Leg
1 islature and giving their places to persons con
I testing the same is true and is legal and proper,
then the same interference would be legal and
proper here, and it seems to me to be the duty
of the representatives of the people of this State
to at once enter a vigorous protest against an
action that may be made a precedent at some
future time for the overthrow of civil govern?
ment here. If there is a law warranting the
settling of contested election cases in State
Legislatures by the use of federal troops, then
in ray judgment you should request its imme?
diate repeal; If there is no law for it, then
your indignant protest should be heard at
Washington, insisting upon such action by
Congress as will prevent in the future such fla?
grant outrages against civil liberty.
Nashville, Jan. 7,1875.
Governor Brown in his message to-day refers
to Louisiana matters as follows:
Permit me to express my congratulations
that, unlike the Legislative Assembly of our
sister State, you have been allowed to assem?
ble peaceably and perfect' your organization
without intimidation. No military force sur?
rounds your Capital or drives from their right?
ful seats the representatives of the people. The
edict of a petty tyrant does not here avail to
disperse the State Legislature. Yet, your im?
munity from such an outrage is just now made
more conspicious by the spectacle of Louisiana
trampled under foot and despoiled of her liber?
ties. If we may credit the reports that reach
us through the daily press and which seem to
haTe the sanction of official authority, the pow?
er of the national government through its mil?
itary arm is being used for the subversion of
the liberties of the people of Lorisiana. Possi?
bly it is not in your power to do more than in?
terpose a solemn and earnest protest against
this glaring crime. Yet if this be all that the
representatives of so valorous a State as Ten?
nessee may do, I trust that your protest may be
made with such emphasis and earnestness as to
arrest the attention of every patriotic citizen in
this Republic and awaken the people every?
where to a sense of the danger that threatens
our constitutional liberties.
St. Louis, Jan. 7, 1875.
The Legislature organized to-day. Govern?
or Woodson's Message is a lengthy document,
devoted almost exclusively to State affairs.
Touching the Louisiana question the Governor
takes strong ground against the Kellogg gov?
ernment and federal interference, and urges the
Legislature to adopt resolutions expressive of
the indignation felt by the people of Missouri
at the policy pursued by the President and the
radical party.
ITEMS-EDTIORLAL AND OTHERWISE.
? Gen. Morgan L. Smith, of New York,
who died a week or two ago, had his life in?
sured for ?100,000.
? The Abbeville Press and Banner reports
an accident to Gen. Samuel McGowan, who
received a heavy fall whilst descending the
front steps of his residence, just after the re?
cent storm of sleet, and was severely and pain
folly bruised. He was confined to his bed, and
unable to move his body without great pain.
? Rev. G. C. Grimes, of Laurens, after a
protracted and painful illness of several
months, died at his residence in that village on
the 14th inst. Mr. Grimes was for many years
connected with the ministry of the Baptist
denomination, and his death will be regretted
by a large circle of acquaintances and friends.
? Great preparations are being made for the
revival of the Charleston races on the Wash?
ington Course. The first meeting since I860,
under the auspices of the South Carolina Jock?
ey Club, will open on the 20th inst. The j
course and stables have been put in fine condi?
tion, and a number of racers are already in
training on tho ground. A large attendance is
expected.
? Depositors in the Charleston branch of the
Freedman's Savings Institution, numbering
over 5,000 and representing over $250,000 of
deposits, have held a meeting and adopted a
memorial to Congress, showing that the depos?
iters were mostly of the laboring class, who
were induced to place their money in the bank
under the impression that it was guaranteed
and protected by the general government, and
praying Congress to take measures for their in?
demnification.
? On Tuesday night, 5th inst., a fire oc?
curred at Hodges' Depot, which destroyed the
stores of McGee & Cason, Barmore & Brown
lee, and Nix & Anderson, together with an un?
occupied store of Mr. Alexander,-recently erec?
ted. McGee & Cason, in whose store the fire
originated, lost $12,000 ; Barmore & Brownlee,
$5,000; no insurance on either establishment.
Nix & Anderson, insured for $2,000, did not
lose much over that amount. The fire is sup?
posed to be the work of an incendiary.
? A destructive fire occurred in Oraugeburg
on the 5th inst., which destroyed the entire
business portion of tbe town, and the aggregate
loss will not fall short of $150,000, upon which
there was an insurance of not more than
$15,000. The merchants lost heavy stocks of
goods, and the loss falls with great severity
upon them. The building of the Orangeburg
News, with its contents, was entirely consumed.
This is the third time Orangeburg has been
desolated by fire within the last twenty years.
? Sheridan telegraphed on Friday to the war
department that he finds himself misrapresen
tedin the Northern papers, as their comments
are telegraphed to New Orleans, and smarts
under criticism. He says he was instructed to
report the actual condition of affairs in the
South, and that, he did so briefly. If necessa?
ry he will send the names of four thousand
persons who have been murdered in the South
since the close of the war, and that he can read?
ily give as many names of murderers unpun?
ished. When tbe dispatch was read by the
President he said: "Peace shall be maintain?
ed in the South even if it requires the economy
of blood."_
A Card.
Andersok, January 12, 1875.
To the Ladies of the Presbyterian Congrega?
tion : For tho additional Now Yoars's Gift of
two elegant Safes, I desiro to return our sin?
cere thanks, as being most acooptablo and
timely presents. May God's blessing rest upon
tho kind donors. Yours truly,
D. E. FRIEKSON.
Senator Conkliug says tbat President Grant
will sign anything that Congress will pass, and
tho Boston Post suggests that thoy pass tho
temperance plodgo to him.
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.
T. D. KENNEDY, Local Editor.
PERSONAL.
We had the pleasure of a call on Monday
last from our former townsman and esteemed
friend, Dr. J. W. Gurley. He is at present lo?
cated on Whitehall Street, in the city of At?
lanta, where his skill and ability in the treat?
ment of diseases of the eye, ear and throat are
fast acquiring for him a reputation. He was
here on professional business.
We had. the pleasure of a call on Monday
last from Mr. Eugene G. Evans, now a resident
of Atlanta, Ga. We were glad to learn that he
intends removing shortly to Pendleton, where
he proposes to engage in business again. His
numerous friends and former customers will
give him a cordial welcome.
Representatives Orr, Vandiver and Simpson
left on Monday morning to resume their places
in the Legislature, which convened on Tuesday
evening. Senator Cochran will go down this
morning, we understand.
BRIEF MENTION.
Preferred creditors are said to be those who
do not dnn their debtors; at least, we would
prefer that class of creditors to any other just
about this time, when money is scarce, and
taxes inevitable.
A safe financial platform for the new year:
"Contract old debts, but don't contract new
ones." We commend this sound and whole?
some advice to every one of our readers, espe?
cially to delinquents.
Attention is directed to the reduction in price
of the Soluble Pacific Guano and Acid Phos?
phate. Upon application to Mr. J. N. Robson,
the overcharge will be refunded on all sales
made this season at the former price.
The weather continues bad, with a constant
fall of rain and sleet, which renders the side?
walks almost impassable, on account of their
slippery condition. Business is dull, except
in the case of the retailing of the necessaries of
life and preventives against colds?corn whis?
key and "old red eye."
By reference to the advertisement of Mr.
C. E. Horton in another column, it will be
seen that he will sell to the highest bidder on
Friday, 29th of January next, ten or fifteen
valuable Town Lots in the thriving Town of
Williamston. The lots contain from two to
four acres, and are in close proximity to the
celebrated Williamston Spring.
Attention is directed to the advertisement of
Messrs. E. B. Benson & Co., which appears in
our issue of this week. They offer for sale ten
desirable building lots in the flourishing Town
of Hartwell, Ga. As Hartwell is destiDed to
become a busineas place of some importance at
no very distant day, the investment in build?
ing lots at that place would be a good one.
The Abbeville Afediumsays that Rev. Wilson
Ashley, known to a number of our readers as
one of the oldest and most respected ministers
of the Baptist denomination in this latitude,
made the old year memorable by marrying
three different couples on the 31st of December
It is said that these marriages made a total of
four hundred and eighty-nine conuples united
in wedlock by Bro. Ashley dnring his ministe?
rial career.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
At the meeting of New Prospect Division,
No. 68, on Saturday evening, December 26th,
the following officers were elected for the en?
suing term:
J. G. Rilov, W. P.; J. L. 0. Shaw, W. A.;
L. J. Burriss, R. S.; J. W. Shaw, A. R. S.; S.
L. Eskew, P. S.; Z. L. Burress, Treas,; W. L.
Brvson, C.; M. L. Snipes, A. C.; J. J. Martin,
I. S.; J. L. Snipes, O. S.: Rev. S. Isbel, Chap.;
Jasper Hembree, P. W. P.
This Division was organized July 1st with
thirteen members, and now has forty-two on
the roll.
LARCENY.
On Tuesday night, 5th inst., a young man
i calling himself Charles Murray, took from the
sitting-room of McGee's hotel in Belton an
overcoat belonging to Mr. James W. Poor, of
that place, together with two valises, belong?
ing respectively to a Mr. Wilson, of New
York, and Mr. Newton, formerly of this place,
but now of Atlanta, commercial tourists. He
was pursued and arrested in the vicinity of
Lowndesville, about twenty miles from Bel
ton. When taken, nothing was found in his
possession but the overcoat, behaving disposed
of the valises on the way. The valises were
found on the way back, and rostored to their
owners. The prisoner was brought to this place
on Thursday orening, the 7th inst., and lodged
in Jail. He aayi that be is a native of Alabama
and a painter by trade; that ho was passing
through the up-country in search of employ?
ment, and was induced to commit the above
mentioned theft by intoxication.
TBE NEW BOARD OF CO UNTY COMMIS?
SIONERS.
Messrs. O. H. P. Fant, Wm. M. Leavell and
Joshua Jamison, the County Commissioners
elect, met at their office at this place on Mon?
day last, and effected a permanent organization,
with Mr. Fant as Chairman. Mr. John M.
Brown, the former kind and worthy Stew?
ard of the County Poor House, was re-elected,
and Dr. W. H. Nardin was elected Physician.
Both of these selections are good, and will
doubtless meet with the approbation of all the
citizens of the County. The Commissioners
have evinced already that they are the right
men in tho right place, since they have this
early taken into consideration the heretofore
much neglectod subject of the public roads.
It is their intention to have tho roads worked
! as soon as the weather permils, and in order to
carry into effect this gaod purpose, they are
dotermined to enforce the authority delegated
to thorn by law. By thoir orders the public
road near Eighteen Mile Creek has boon con?
siderably improved.
ARREST OF THIEVES.
About a week before Christmas, a bolt of
cloth containing fifteen yards, and valued at
822.50, was stolen from tho clothing and fur?
nishing store of Messrs. Smith, Clark <fe Sons,
of this place, by some parties then unknown.
Serach was made forjthe missing goods and the
thioves, with no effect, however, until Tuesday
last, whon Mr. L. P. Smith, of the above named
firm, detected two strange colored men in
Town with vests on of the same goods which
had been stolen. Thoy were immediately ar?
rested and lodged in jail. While undergoing
an examination at the store, previous to thoir
incarceration, they used the most impudent
and insulting language, one of thorn even
picking up a hatchet, and threatening to force
his way out. Upon examining thoir valises
afterwards, the remainder of the cloth was
found made up into clothes. These colored
men, as far as we can learn, have been loiter?
ing around this place for some time, following
tho profession of gambling. They hail from
Abboville, and judging from their appearance,
they are a braeo of confirmed thieves. Beyond
a doubt, some of tho rocent robbories commit?
ted in this and the adjoining County of Green?
ville could bo traced to them. >
PATRONS OF HTJSBANDBY.
At a meeting of Harper Grange, No. 266, held
on the 5th of December, 1874, the following
officers were elected to serve the present year:
Wm. Harper, W. M.; Wm. Burriss, Overseer;
Jeptha Harper, Lecturer; D. P. Bowen, Stew?
ard ; W. B. Hembree, Asst. Steward; L. J.
Burriss, Chaplain; John Harper, Treasurer;
L. H. Welborn, Secretary; C. Tucker, Gate
Keeper; Miss Fannie Williams, Ceres; Miss
Maggie Richardson, Pomona; Miss Susan
Hunter, Flora; Miss Ann Derricott, Lady
Asst. Steward. The officers were installed at
the regular meeting in January by Bros. W?
W. Russell and P. R. Brown.
At a regular meeting of Town Creek Grange,
No. 215, held on Saturday, 9th of January,
1875, the following officers were elected for the
present year: P. R. Brown, W. M.; L. D,
Harris, Overseer; H. H. Gray, Lecturer; Rob?
ert Moorhead, Steward; P. F. King, Assistant
Steward; L. W. Gentry, Chaplain; Robert
Stevenson, Treasurer; Tbos.B.Lee, jr., Secre?
tary; C. C. King, Gate Keeper; Miss Ann
Mattox, Ceres; Miss Emma Moorhead, Pomo?
na ; Mrs. Ann King, Flora; Miss C. Steven?
son, Assistant Steward. The installation will
take place at Concord Church on Friday, Janu?
ary 15th, and the public generali/ are invited*
Owing to th* bad weather and the dulluea*
of trade, our energetic and enterprising mer?
chant, Mr. N. K. Sullivan, has Invested largely
in hogs, which he offers for sale at 8} cents
gross.
HYMENEAL.
MARRIED, December 23,1874, by the Rev,
W. P. Martin, at the residence of the bride's
rndfather, Mr. Aaron Hall, Mr. PINCKNEY
T?TE and Miss CARRA E. ARNOLD, all
of Anderson County.
THE MARKETS. W,
Andebson, Jan. 13, 1875.
Owing to the inclemency of the weather the
cotton market at this place "has been dull for the
past week. The market opened this morning
at 13 to 13i for middlings.
Charleston, Jan. 11.
Cotton firm?middling 14*.
New Yobk, Jan. 11.
Cotton quiet at 153 for middling.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Money Saved, Monet Made.?It is no long?
er necessary to pay two and three profits.?
Messrs. Furchgott, Benedict & Co., beg to draw
attention to their immense closing out sale of
$500,000 worth of Dry Goods, Carpets, Furs,
etc, which takes place annually between Jan?
uary 1st, and February 15th, prior to purchas?
ing their Spring Stock, at 275 King Street,
Charleston, S. C.; 54 White Hall Street, Atlan?
ta, Ga., and Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida.
Samples sent on application. Remit per Ex?
press or Post Office Order, or goods will be sent
C. O. D. All retail orders over $10 will be sent
from the Charleston Branch free of charge.
Agbicultural Liens.?If you have not al?
ready ordered yonr Agricultural Liens to se?
cure advances, do so at once. Walker, Evans
<fc Cogswell, Charleston. S. C, keep on hand
four different kinds, and if neither of these
meet your views, they are prepared to print, at
the lowest prices, any special form to order.
If the Planter or Farmer has not yet bought
the Rural Accountant, a book for simple farm
accounts, let him do so at once..
They also have a New Agricultural Lease
which gives the Landlord a lien on crop of
tenant. This is very valuable.
"Tired Nature's Sweet Restorer, Balmy
Sleep."?But there are times when this "Re
newer of Strength" is denied us, times when
our minds and bodies have been so overworked
and are so worn out that we '*woo the drowsy
god in vain." The Peruvian Syrup (an Iron
Tonic) renews our strength and makes our rest
sweet and refreshing.
FOUND!
ON Saloday last, a pair of GOLD SPECTA?
CLES, which the owner can get by call?
ing at the Confectionary of Mr. F. A. Daniels,
in Masonic Building, and paying expenses.
Jan 14, 1874 16 1
CARRIAGE FACTORY.
THE undersigned beg leave to inform their
friends, and the public generally, that they have
started a Carriage Factory in the brick building
in front of John R. Cochran's residence, whero
they are prepared to Repair Buggies, Wagons,
Harness, &c., in the most workmanlike style,
and on reasonable terms. We expect to have
on hand a lew new Buggies to supply the trade.
Bring on your old Buggies and have them re?
painted.
J. L. FANT A CO.
Jan 14, 1875 26 Sm
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE.
TEN beautiful BUILDING LOTS in the
thriving Town of Hartwell, County of
Hart, and in the Glorious Democratic Empire
State of the South.
This Town, although twenty-two miles from
a Railroad, buys more Cotton, and does more
business than Abbeville, and many ather
little Villages on so-called Railroads.
Apply to
? E. B. BENSON & CO.,
Hartwell, Ga.
Jan 14,1875_26_8
WILHITE & WILLIAMS
WOULD inform their friends, and the pub?
lic generally, that they have bought out
Benson <fe Sharp?, and are receiving a fresh
supply of
Drugs, Medicines, Chemicals, etc.,
(Selected by the senior partner, who has an ex?
perience of thirty years.) They expect to keep
only pure and reliable Drugs. Also, LAMPS
and LAMP FIXTURES, PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHE8, BRUSHES, DYE STUFFS,
etc. Also, a full line of PERFUMERY and
TOILET ARTICLES, CIGARS and TOBAC?
CO. Pure BRANDIES and WINES, for med?
ical purposes strictly, and other articles usually
kept in our line, ??r Prescriptions carefully
compounded.
Jan 14, 1875 26 ly
SALE of LAND
AT
I
WILLIAMSTON, S. O.
WILL sell to the highest bidder on FRI?
DAY, JANUARY 29th, 1875. Ten or Fif?
teen very valuable TOWN LOTS in William
aton, S. C, each containing from Two to Four
Acres, and lving within four hundred yards of
the Female College or the Spring.
TERMS?Either Cash, or approved Note,
payable Novomber 1st, 1875, bearing interest
from day of sale at twelTS per cent, per annum.
Title withheld until the purchase money is
811 Pald* C. E. HORTON,
Williamston, S. C.
Jan 14, 1875 26 2
PAY YOUR DEBTS.
BEGIN the New Year by settling np your
indebtedness with the undersignea, who
are DETERMINED TO COLLECT WHAT
IS DUE THEM. We need and must have
money, and persons indebted to us will con?
sult their own interests by settling before the
FIRST of FEBRUARY.
BARR, WATSON & CO.
Jan 7,1875 25 4
SLABTOWN^ACADEMY.
SCHOOL will commence atSlabtown Acade?
my on the FIRST MONDAY in JANU?
ARY for a term of Ten Months. Tuition, $15,
$?20 and ?30. Boarding can be procured at ten
dollars per month. *
ALEXANDER E. NORRIS, Rector.
Dec 24, 1871 21 3