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' VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1885. NO. 55. j
Fall and
Winter
R. H. HADDON & CO.
INVITE the ladies to inspect ? i '
of
PATTKRVS. HATS I
BONNKTS, RIBBONS,
FEATHERS, BIRDS,
FLOW ICRS, RU FFLINGS,
SILKS, SATIN'S,
COMBINATION' SUITS,
EMBROIDERIES,
DRESS PATTERNS,
CIRCULARS, NEW
MARKETS, WRAPS,
SHORT WRAPS,
and all the novelties of the season.
THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER, i
R. M. HAD DON & CO.
We have many Novelties to show our
friends tliis season, that they will not find in "
any other House in this scction.
Cull early if you wish thev'most desirable t
jraods, many lines in our stouk cannot be duplicated
on less ttian twenty-five per cent.. ,
advance.*
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uimun ainunil udl 11.1 mm; lis our
at'ck lusts will sell at old prices. I
Don't fail to cull and see us, we have some
real bargains to offer in the latest novelties. ]
R. M. HADDON & Co. '
September lfi, ft 131
PAI.T. nPME
A J Jf Ji-aXSi VJti AJi.1 J.1* u B
1885.
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ALL nre respectfully invited to invited
to insjioc.t our stock of
MiiiLINERY
On the
24fli Septentier
Wo linun n An* nn coin n ?? ?.??I ^? *
display of
MILLINER J",
NO VI'JLTIES,
HA TS, VELVETS,
It 111 B OXS <CC.
nrnl a complete lino of general millinery.
We would also call your attention to
our stock of
DRKSS GOODS,
PLA1I) ST RIP ICS, AXD
PLAIN WORSTEDS,
RROCADED nn<l PLAIN
SILK V E L V E T S,
RROCADED AND
PLAIN VliLVKTEiSNS, '
in all colors and prices.
IMack nml colored Cashmeres in all
grades with trimming to match.
Cloaks.
New Markets, Circulars &c., in great
variety. '
SShoes.
Wo have added to our stock a henuti- 1
f?l line of Ladies, Misses and Childrens
shoes. Very Respectfully,
BELL & GALPHIN. I
SScpt. 16, 1885. tf 132
French Candies, Fresh!
LEMON CRACKERS, FRESH!
SODA CRACKERS, FRESH!
GINGER SNAPS, FRESH !
ASSORTED JUMBLES, FRESH!
Just Received.
l-tf-29 QUARLE8 A TIIOMAS.
A. E. Rogers,
Wholesale denier in Com, Flour, Meal, Mca.
Hams, Lard, Bran, Salt, Molasses, Sugar,
Coffee, Rice, Hoap, Ac., will deliver good* at
any point on railroad at Abboville prices,
lletore buying always ask for urices, mh w?
tbavo advantages that few up-country merchants
have. A. E. Rogers.
IlefroRhmcnt? at the Palmetto. J}
Thomas McGettigan, of the old roliaPalmetto
Saloon, invites his manj
friends to give him a call during Court
" week. The Palmetto Saloon is well
stocked with first-class refreshments.
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Cim & Perriii HAVE
in stock a complete assort- .
mcnt of
Drugs, Medicines. Chemicals, n
Dye Stuffs, Varnishes &c. a'
^LSO ALL THE POPULAR L
Patent Medicines now in use, ai
many of them Non-secret preua- c<
rations, consisting of the very pi
best Cough Mixtures, Dispentic pi
and Kidney preparations, I'heu- it
i? matic and Neuralgic preparations
and Best Liniments for Man f]j
and Horse. V(
rHE VERY BEST FEMALE u
PRPPARATIONS
LYDIA PIXKJIAM'S Female Remedy, m
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BRAPFIKLD'S Female Regain- Q
tor" o.
HOLMES' LINIMENT AND MOTHER'S t,
FRIENI).
^IIOULDKR BRACKS anA SKIRT U1
? UVUUUlbltO, t,
so nocossary to Woman's comfort
jwhI health. Also Abdominal
Supporters, Campbell's llepositor,
&c.
DUP'l'URK instantly relieved by us- ^
f*' ing tho Celebrated Fry Truss. s]
l'he only truss giving an upward and inivard
pressure, same as holding the nip- P'
.urc up with the hand. No pressure on ''
.lie back. No thigh strap worn. 1st n
>rciniuin and medal awarded at Cincinuntt
Exposition 1884.
pUYOlt'S 1MLK OINTMENT: The J-!
?- best Ccru Cures. Corn and Hunion
Pads. ^
AL-a 4- ??: r? ci
<itou vAvviiuuw |>icjiai?uiuiin lur
Chapped Skin, for restoring Yigor
to the Hair, for Preserving and 'a
K
Cleansing the Teeth.
QlJli LINK OF tl
ZE^HSrOY GOODS u
will be found very complete?
consisting of Colognes, foreign f.
tt
and domestic, llankerchief Kxw
tracts in great variety, loilet ^
Soaps from the cheapest to the
linest.
a i
Rah;, tooth, nail, shaving,
shoe and clotiiks
BRUSHES. Si
COMBS OF ALL SORTS. "
A LSO many articles for Household nnd m
Cookinu: Purposes? ^
Baking Powders, Extracts and pi
Spices, nnd Vinegar. tl
d;
Close Attention Ctven to y
PRESCRIPTIONS at all ">
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Hours, Night and Day. c,
December 24, '8-i-lf 19 1(
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selected stoclt of pure ^
Drugs, Chemicals etc., etc. o
All the latest and popular lines of Patent.
?nd Proprietary Medicines. A
XXerbine, 01
Lho best Liver Medicine, cures Dyspepsia, f(
for Hale only by ?#.
Try our BLACKBERRY CORDIAL for p
Summer Complaint; and our Compound Syrup
Harsnparilta with Iodide Potash, for tin. tl
Ulood. ^
BED JiUG rOISOX, c!
the most canveniont way of destroying tiiese ^
insects. ji
DIAMOND DYES, j,
all the Staple and Fashionable Colors, it
A full line of Fancy Gooriff, c
Met Articles, Stationery etc. etc. I
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The best brands ef
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Cigars, Tobacco, andJCignrettoH. ti
A complete stock of White Leads, Paints, b
Oils, Varnishes, etc., etc., Paint Brushes, e
Window Glass.
Golden Machine Oil. c
We sell the celebrated Harrison Brother's
Prepared Paint; tbe best in the market. a
Special attention paid to the
Prescription Department. I
PhyRicinn'* preacriptionH and fa.nily re- c
cipcs filled at all hour* of day and night, by t1
experienced and competent hands. ..
Orders by hand or Mail, promptly attended 1
SPEF.fi , / FDFFER.
April 29, 1885. tf 83. t
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Our Trial Justice System.
'o titc Editor of the News and Conner:
The trial justico sj'stetn, which has
nrn made the subject of so much cor:spondencc
in your valuable paper, has
I ways been a vexed question in the
egislaturc.
It way never more than an experiment;
i iiti?;ui|)L tu jiruviuu mr till* cnnngou
;>ndition of our population. The ox
miuent has not proved a success. The
roblein is what can be substituted in
s stead ?
In the summer of 1877 the House juiciary
committc, in special session, deoted
many days to the discussion uf
lis question. Three plans were premtod
and earnestly discusscd. No one
I" these obtained the concurrence of a
mjority of the committee, and all of
10111 wore reported to tho House withut
recommendation. "When tho report
line in, it soon appeared impracticable
> obtain the approval of tho House for
iy one of tho plans reported. Ami the
latter was postponed indefinitely. Since
nit time tho question has come up in
no sliapo or another. Xo one has solved
to problem.
Theoretically the present system is a
ood one. Its purposes are to secure a
>eedy disposition,of small matters in
titration with the least possible ex
enditnre of time and money to t'ie
tipants, and to punish promptly tho
linnr hronrlws: nf tlir> i?riminn1 Inir Tr?
lese ends the State is divided into cerlin
small districts, an! for each district
lore is a justice. lie is named by the
overnor and is appointed by and with
le advice and consent of the Senate. Of
aurse it is impossible for the Governor
> know the qualifications of the very
ir^e number of persons, (about four
undred in all,) who are appointed to
lis office. He must rely therefore upon
iformation on tliis point. On whom in
leory could he better rely than upon
lose who have been selected by the
eople of the county as their repres^ntaves
in (lie Legislature. In this way. it
onld seem, proper persons could be
losen to administer justice in matters
> small as not to warrant the expense
id trouble of a trial in the Circuit
ourts.
The system, however, has failed to
ve satisfaction. I'is not eas to say
hy this is so. It cannot he because the
(lice is underpaid. Trial justices are
at underpaid in this county. We say
lis judging hy the best test, the cometition
for vacancies in the office. At
te last selection there were four camliites
for the position of judical trial
istice, each one of thein a competent
ian. There wore six candidates, at
iast, fur ministerial justice, and the
mice between them was very nar>w.
We believe that, if wo can judge hy
le same tests, the same result would
r\t\rtf?V iii f Kn n/mnlino T m
,'J'V (II ill vuu Vbiii;i luuiiui;^, 1 %, uiiij UU
lat the best men arc unwilling to spare
le time from their other avocations to
ischarge the duties of the office. It
ould he impossible throughout the
tate to make the office the sole support
f the persons holding it. There are
>ur hundred trial justices in this State,
n average of $300 each would be $120,X)
per annum.
It cannot be that good men cannot be
>und for this office. There arc many
xcellent trial justices in the State,
erhaps the difficulty may exist in this,
lat the jurisdiction of the Courts is
nsed on the amount, and not on the
liaracter of the qnostion involved,
'roquontly cases come up before these
ustice which would puzzle the best
ndges. They may have too groat lat,ade
in preliminary examinations in
riminal enses. Perhaps this power
ugut iu ui* laivun away iron! 11 ?inle
justices. Whatever may be tho
cason it is .evident that the system
i unpopular. In a country like ours
his is Enough. No law not sustained
y public opinion can be properly enjrced.
The question then is, what substitute
an be found for tho trial justice sys9m
? None can bo found which can
ccotnplish the full results sought in
bis system, cheap, prompt justice,
rithin easy reach. We can only adopt
he next best thing. Let thero be in
ach county one County Court. When
he counties arj largo let portions of
he county bo set off, Tor each of which
Court can bo provided.
Give to each Court the samo jurisdicion
now givon in civil and criminal
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eases to trial justices, with an appeal to
the Circuit Court. Give each justice a
fair salary. Let him be appointed by
the Governor for a long term.
Besides this, let the Governor appoint
for each county so many committing
magistrates as may be necessary.
Let these issue warrnts to be served by
the sheriff or the constable of the
County Court, and returnable before
the County Court or the Court of Sessions
as the case may be. Let them be
compensated with costs on each wartant
upon the certillcate of the County Court
Justico or of the Circuit Court Judge,
as the case may be. that it was rightfully
issued. The blanks for the use of these
magistrates to be provided by the County,
and accounted for by each magistrate.
They can also be conservators of the
pence, and, perhaps, have a civil juris
diction in matters of contract to the limit
of twenty dollars.
It is difficult to devise ascheinc which
will apply equally well to all the counties
in this State.
Let as see how it would operae in
this county. We now have seven trial
justices in this county who, with their
rnn<fnl?lnc pnef A" HflTl ?n?>nm
City of Charleston :
One judicial trial justice, .$1,000
Two ministerial trial justices,
at $700, 1,400
Three constables, at .$400 1,200
Jaines Island.*
One trial justice 100
Ono constable 100
Moultricville :
One trial justice, 100
One constable 100
McClellunville :
One trial justice 100
One constable 100
St. Phillips :
One trial justice, 700
One constable, 1(X)
Total $5,000
We propose a county justice having
jurisdiction over the city, James Island
and Sullivan's Island, at a salary of say
.*2,000, one constable $500, then make a
county Court, with its place of tvial
near the Six-mile House, and give it
jurisdiction between the two rivets
from Ten-mile Hill to the City Boundary
and give that justice a salary of
$1,000, constable $500. lletnin the Libil
justice at McClcllnnuillc with the same
salary and constable as he has now.
This would make the expenses :
l*'or the City of Charleston, $2,500
l-'or St. Phillips, 1.500
McClcllanville 200
Total $4,200
The County Courts could sit every
day in the week but Sunday, and dispa'.ch
any business brought before them.
No objection can be made to the insufficiency
of salary, and, as they have no
connection whatsoever with tho issuing
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ui nuiiaill.1, IIIVV tailliui UU SUSJIL'CIUU Ol
promoting litigation. Is this not worth
a trial ? Inquirer.
On Thursday, the 122(1 instant, the
voters of Aiken Township will decide
whether or not the said township will
subscribe #47.409 to aid ih ; building: of
the Carolina. Cumberland Gap and
Chicago Railroad. The friends of the
road and the opponents oT the road arc
equally certain ol sir ('CSS i this election?the
friends to carry the measure
the opponents to defeat it. It will bo u
hard-fought battle.. God give victory
to the railroad ine,n. What may that
forty-seven thousand dollars not bring
r ( Ia 9 Anik aT ?. ia! ( >..o* ? " -? *
vitu . viiv? UI i??u UIIU IllOSl
wealth-bringing Always in all the
South.?JCdf/c field A deer User.
Col. T. W. Higginson's opinion in a
recent letter expressive of bloody-shirters
savs: that nil the accumulated
speeches and resolutions of my Republican
friends do not seem tome to manifest
so much common sense as the
brief remark of Sergt. Harry Williams
in my own parlor : "We have made up
our mind to quit politics until we have
got education and property ; then, perhaps,
we will try politics again or the
still pithier saying of the old colored
man in Atlanta to Edward Atsinson :
"You can't put ignorance on top of
knowledge and make it stny ihcre."
Robert 1>. and Miss Carrie, son and
daughter of Col. Tho;\ J. Mafiet of
Silver Street, and lipps and Miss So'
phie, son and daughter of Hon Thos.
C. Brown of No. 2 Township, left Saturday
for l)ue West. The boys go to
Grskino and the young ladies to tho
Female College.
Holiness Meeting.
Last Monday night found us seated
under, the famous revivalists, Sain
Jones' tent which was moved from Cartersville,
Cia., to Augusta opposite St.
John's Methodist Church. The tent is
madi! of thick heavy canvass and will
seat live thousand people. During the
day the audience is comparatively small
to what there is at night. At night it
is lighted up with electric lights making
it almost as light as midday. Around
the tent are found several policemen
and during services the densely crowded
congregation is perfectly quiet. Services
commence at 7.30 and when that
time arrives and before, there is a continual
rush of people flocking i*i masses
to secure seats mid In* ft.HO pvnri- lnwwli
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is thickly crowded with peoyle
listening to what is falling front the lips
of some of the greatest ministers the
church can send out. Among the most
famous to whom we listened were llevs.
Watson Smith, McDonald Porter and
others. Among the lady lecturers were
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Inskip. These
two ladies are the most remarkable women
of.the nineteenth century. Mrs.
!nsk:.p is a lady of medium height,
weighs about 175 pounds, hair partially
gru}' and flowing down in curls behind.
Mrs. Smith is a lady of medium height,
weighs about 125 pounds and is of very
fair complexion, light hair flowing down
behind in beautiful curls. Her face is
the most pleasant that tho writer has
ever yet beheld, gonial and continually
swimming in smiles that seem to fall
direct from heaven's door, and her petitions
are very earnest and effective.
When she lectures her eyes are continually
lifting themselves heavenward
as if she was waiting for God to speak
from heaven and answer in words direct
as if ho was human. All who know
her know nothing but to love her. If
heaven communicates at all or speaks a
single word to bo heard, she must be
one of the favorite* that will hear.
How can the world help but love her,
angelic in her motives and persevering
in her undertakings.
With such zealous chiistians the meeting
can be nothing but successful. The
singing I think excelled anything to
which I have ever listened to, accompanied
by Mr. Gill. Most of the songs
were entirely new to the people of Augusta
and very few could join in the
singing. While the singing was going
on ami also during intervals, shouts
could be heard from new born souls,
claiming to be entireiv eleasened. from
near the speakers stand, that being the
most sacred place. 1 wish I had the
tiivc. to say nioro but as time is precious
will be compelled to close. Xeverinthe
history of my life, have I had such a
pleasant time, as was enjoyed last week,
some of tho most charming young ladies
of tho Sfatc, among them were, Misses
Bessie Shiver, Lizzie Jones and Mamie
Rogers, the belles of Georgia. Miss
Rogers lives near the Park and pleasantly
did I spend the time walking up and
down the isle-? of the park guided by
Miss Rogers who took pleasure in
showing 1110 all the charms of nature belonging
there.
J. A. Harmon.
"NTnt. Rnm +n Shnt.
On the 3rd of September we published
an account of the accidental shooting
of John Price, colored, at McKenzie's
mill in this count}', a few days
previously, by which a part of his skull
was blown off and his brain exposed.
There was an air of exaggeration in the
statement, yet the leading circumstances
of the affair, as published, were strictly
true ; and what may seem more astonishing,
the wounded man is now well
and working regularly in the cottonfiel-J.
Xot only was a portion of lii? skull
blown off?severed from the head?but
it is stated as true that at least one-third
of his brains spilled on the ground
whnre thev were left. The snvfir<>d
part of his head was replaced, and uniting,
it healed up almost without a scar ;
and as a physiological phenomenon, it
is asserted that notwithstanding the loss
of his brains, he now has moro sense
than beforo the accident.? YorkviUe
Knmtire.r.
? ...J ? By
direction of the Govornor, Attorney
General Miles will appear for the
State with the Solicitor of the Fifth
Circuit in tho prosecution of tho persons
charged with tho murder of 0. T. Culbreath.
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Disgrace of Moses. .
Boston, October 1.?Franklin J. '
Moses, ex-Governor of South Cnroliun,
was placed .it the bar in the Superior
Court this afiernoon to he sentenced for
swindling ex-lluyor Cobb, Fred Ames
and others. Ilis counsel reviewed his ^
career and urged that he had already
been suftieientlv t>iini.?hi??1 lmvimr i.iat
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served a }-ear in the House of Correction
for a si miliar offense. It was urged that * i
the offi'nses were committed under circumstances
of extreme want and they
could not be called flagrant violations
The defendant was a man of extreme
nervous organization and his imprisonment
was told upon him. lie was so reduced
physically that further imprisonment
would probably prevent him from
ever performing any service. If the
case could be continued for three months V?'
there were prominent gentlemen in
Doston who would procure *him a sit
UilllOU.
Judge Aldtich snid it would almost
seem that the court was listening to an
eulogy upon a man of high and exalted
character who had fallen into misfortune.
His advantages made his crime so much
the greater, and it would not bo justice
'.o let men like Mr. Moses go free and
send to prison j'ouiig men who never hftd
any advantages, either social or cduca- " V
tional. lie did not agree that this was a
puny onenso. i> o sensitive man would be *
engaged in such busi ness, and it was timo
it was stopped. Mr. Goodrich urged that
Moses be sent to the Reformatory Prison
but Judge Aldrich said he did not think
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the Reformatory Prison was made for
graduates of colleges and Governor. V
lie felt required by every sense of
uropiety and duty to treat it as a serious
offense. The Judge then imposed j
a sentence of three years in the State (
Prison. '
Moses seemed dazed by the sentence, 1
and he was led away by an officer like a
little child. j
A Judge Factory.
[Correspondence to the Augusta Chronicle.] V, ]
Columbia, S. C., October 6.?[Spe- V
cial.]?1 wrote a farmer friend, a few Jl
days ago, for some information regard- &
ing the agricultural and industrial con- ?
dition of his county. He sent me a ?
very interesting general statement, and
and replied to the balance as follows: j
"Now, as for statistics, figures, etc., I'll I
just *be dumed' if I take that end of
the poker. I have just as much taste
for such as Major Jones, of Georgia,
had for his rival Mathew Maticks. I }'$
might say something in regard to the
wonderful crop of lawyers producod^^^
around or at our county scat.
have incorporated themselves
JlldirR fnotnrv. nml Inrnod niif tliron .'B
fine specimens; sc.vcrul others aro ready
for glazing, one or two cracked >>
in the kiln; orders for for solicitors by '
the dofcen may be filled on short notice; ' .*>.
Trial .1 ustices by the gross always on
hand. The enterprising proprietors are
at present employing their skill in the "
manufacture ^of a Congressman in the ;1
place of the incumbent (a Scotch pat- v.*:v'
tern is being used ns a model.) This .-'&1
establishment has been doing an cxten- I
sive business for yours, and have orders J
ahead for all positions in this Congres- *
sional district for all time to come." jf
This wonderful fuctory is located in ml
Abbeville county. 3
Washington Wirelets. I
Washington, October tho 7.?The
President appointed Jabez L. M. Curry 'J9
of Virginin, Envoy Extraordinary and jrel
Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, vioe
Foster, resigned. Mr. Curry served in
Congress from Alabama, but is n6w a"' 'M
resident of Richmond, Va., and is Presi- '
dent of the Board of Foreign Missions
of the Southern Baptist Convention.
He is also Secretary of tho Committee |$S
in charge of the Peabody Trust Fond.
Secretary Endicott has decided not to
grant tho requests preferred by Oenw* , . )
als Sheridan, Pope and Howard that-';., J
their present personal aidos be made ex'-'. J
centions to tho recentlv iasiiArt ?i?i?
sending back to their regiments all offl- M
cera who have beon absent therefrom
and dctached on staff duty four years m
or more. m
A large delegation from Virginia S]
waited on the President this afternoon fl
to invite him to attend the State Agri- M
cultural Fair at Richmond On he 21st M
instant. Tho President said to would ' S
consider the matter and let the committee
know his decision in a few 4