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% ^mmm ti)e Messenger. M. L. BONHAM. Jr., > Editors and 'JAS; S..PE,ftUIN, j Proprietors. | i. ?1 TUESDAY FEBRUARY;16, 188?. ABUSK. As .usual .the newspapers came in for E-a fu'.l measure of abuse .at the hands of BOine of the,counsel fur the defense in the Ferguson case. The whole press of the Stfttd was arraignod. with the exception of the Columbia lieyister arid the Abbeville Medium, upon the .charge ,of persecution in connection j?? rVrith t^vis case. Counsel said the News ,an<jt Courier gave tongue and every ;little paper fti the State joined in the .cry. For ourself we deny that we ever ,wrote or published anything calculated /nr intended to prejudice this easy one way or the other. Our readers will remember that we stated immediately af-ter the homicide that because the senjor editor of this paper was connected professionally with the prosecution .of ?he case, we preferred not to express in V nnininn thpronn li>et w?? mirrht ^ .? ' ? seem to Jbe using our paper to prejudice . ,the cause of the accused. We have v. scrupulously ndheared to this determiner * ation. Just after the first trial of the ur. .case, when the public mind was filled ,wUh rumors in reference to the jury that heard the case, we wrote an article > * jn reference Ho those reports, which 4could not have and was not intended to liave any influence or effect upon the ttrial... Nor have we barked in the t\vnko of the jVe?vi and Courier or any other paper. We are quite willing to Joave it to the public to say whether our course in this case has, or has not. .tyjen perfectly fair, frank and straightr/ .forward. Eg-.": -DEATH OF GEN.JHAL HANCOCK, On last Tuesday, at Governor's Island New York, General Win field JtJancoek,- Major- General ,U. S. Arfj}y> died.. In 1880, he was the Democratic candidate for President, but was > 7 .defeated by Garfield. This was his onV; ' rly venture in political life. He was essentially a soldier?and his lecord in -the Mcxican and late war amply demonstated his fitness for command. His courage, his purity, his patriotism were never doubted. Friend and foe alike yielded him a high measure of respect, and he has died as he has lived a chevilier sans pettr at. sans reproche. v ; ,?HE FERGUSON TRIAL. -v.Whon *vc went to press last Monday .night the panel in the above named case still lacked one juror of being complete. On Tuesday morning the extra venire of six, that hud been summoned, appeared, T. M. Sutherland was drawn and sworn, jvhich completed the jury which then stpod ,th>j!>; \yilliam Wilson, 'foreman ; John II. Nick'es, Foster W. fright, John Iioht. Ellis, H. Burnett, W. R. McAdams, Jas B. Anderson, W. ij. Mays* W. T. Speed, N. W. Kay, W. 1j. Bowman. T. M. Sutherland. 7'hu testimony was immediately begun and only dilfbred from that giv?n at thi other two trials in that the jailor Capt. \V. I). Mann testified to an attack that the prisoner had had in'Ajail about 12th of January, and * Sheriff DuPre testified to the manner of Forguson v - when arrested, and that in November .last Feiguson had an opportunity to escape from jail when another prisoner liua-le his escape,and did not avail hiihselt . of it. In all other essential respects the testimony was the same. The taking of this was .closed Wednesday a little after ^1?e recess for. dinner, and Mr. IV. C. McGowan for the State and &lr. L. W. Smith for the defense addressed the jury. On Thursday Messrs. M. L. Bonhain, Jr. for the State and E. ,B. Gary and W. C. Behet for the defense and Solicitor Grr for the State, spoke in 'the order napieri, The arguments closed at 6 o'clock, p. ni. His Honor Charged the jury clearlv, forciblv, fair1.. .i : i'. " ' " .* iv miu iippruaiij, mid ni o-to mey retired to their room. The Court took a iecess ti}l t> o'clock.' At that hour it re|S)<cinbli'd andi uftcr waiting for sotne;jiipp the .finite ordered the jury be furjijujied with lights, blankets and water. #11 d locked in their room, and Court ad'^oiirned. C)n Friday such equity business was heard /is counsel consented to trj\ ' two or three tinios during the" day the jury returned to the Court room or were $ept for, and upon stating that they had not agreed, but didn't desire any further testimony,' they were Returned to their roofa.' t fiday night ^they wore allowed ttye tit?e of the Court room wnere they could ,havo fire. Saturday mornjtfng they still had not come to an agreement, so at ll-4t> a. m.. the Court ordered w mistrial to be 'entered, and discharged the jury. They had been kopt together ever Kince they were ompun nclle^i and occupied a room at the HoJlc{. After the ca$o tyas given in charge iit ti-^5 Thursday evening thoy wore Rooked up till 11 -45 Saturday morning, making forty hours that they htfti been j*n ueliberation upon the case. liopqrtp are rife as to how the jury stood, r* Socn.s to ho understood that jhere yrore eight-ip fayor of conviction *pd fqfiir for aoquittnl, and that they re* mained this way all through their long confinement. Thus en<?od the third trial of John C. Ferguson. It is reported ? Jthat his counsel will #pply for hail for ?'; him. Of thiflrtye are not informed. 5$ In all rcapects this is a remarkable |:: pape ? I ? P? T5x-Governor Horatio Seymour o New York, is dead.. Ho was a pure : good man and had the respect of all 1 persons, irrespective of party feelings. He xas three times Governor of New j York, and in 1868 the Democrat nom- j inee against Grant for President. He ! was a brother of Mrs. ltoscoe Conkling, j and died at the house of the latter. General Kennedy's nomination to be Oonsul-Genoral at Shanghai, Ohinn, lias ; been sent to the Senate. A Sketch ?>f Cen. Hancock. ! News and Courier.! Few men have served their country better than W infield S. Hancock, and few deserve more-from their countrymen. A big man, with a big head, a big heart and a big brain. Hancock was the very persontication of honor, honesty ami capacity. Winiield Scott Hancock was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1821, and was therefore nearly 02 years of age. His mother's father was a revolutionary soldier and was captured at sea and confined iu the Dartmoor prison, Kngland. His great urandfather on his mother's side was u soldier under Washington and rendered good service, dying at the close of the Revolution from exposure and hardships endured in the field. Hancock's father served iu the war of 1812 and afterwards became a lawyer of distinction in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. At the age of lti Hancock was gent to West Point, and had for classmates U. S. Grant, George 11. McClellau, .). F. Reynolds, J. I.. Reno, lJurnside, I-'ranklin and \V, F. Smith. He graduted in 1841, .June SO. and iu 1843-0 served with his regiment in the Indian Territory as a second lieutenant of the (>th infantry. In IJS-17 we find hjtn iu Mexico, and eonspicons for galantry at the Natural Hridge, Snn Antonio, Contreras, Cherubusco, .Molino del Rev and the capture of the City nf Mexico. lie was breveted for gallantry at the battles of Cnntreras and GherusbuKco. In 1810 and I860 lie served with his regiment as quartermaster and adjutant, and in the fall ;if 1850 was married at St. Louis to Miss Almira Russel, the daughter of a prominent merchant of that city. He took part in several Indian enmpajgns in the West, and in 1857 was en gagt-d iu lho Southern Florida war. He served m the expedition against Utah, and iu 1859 went to California. Upon the secession of the Southern States he took high ground in favor of the Union and did much in 1H01 to check the secession sniiit then seizing upon Californa. He applied to Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, for a commission iu the volunteers, but the Governor being slow in replying to his application he obtained a- leave of absence and caroc East. His earnestness impressed (Sen. Scott, who ordered him to report to Gen. McClcllan and on the formal recommendation of McClelan, President Lincoln, on the 23d of September. 18(il, commissioned Hancock a brigaoier-geacral of volunteers. He was assigned to a brigade in the division of Gen- baldy Smith and reported for duty at Chain Hridge, Virginia, in the Army of the Potomac. HIS l'IK8T B.VTTLK. His fiirst battle in Virginia was at Warwick Courthouse, near Yorktown, and he led his brigade in person with distinguished gallantry. At Williamsburg Hancock bore a conspicuous part. The Confederates having repulsed Hooker and exposed Hancock's left flank he determined to retire and ordered the batteries back to the slope, where his brigade line stood. The Confederate commander, seeing the movemeut, at onc<j advanced his troops, and they came down on Hancock's right in two superb lines of battle, cheering trcmeudously and calling out, "Hull Run I Hull Hun! That flags is ours." Hancock sat on his horse behind tho centre of his line, waiting with imperturbable coolness the favorable moment. Calling on the men to4taud fast and keep their pieces loaded, Hancock waited until the Confederates were within one hundred yards, then dashing for wind on tus Horse, with head bared and swinging his hat, he shouted : '"Forward ! forward ! forward !" The men saw the lowering form of their General leading them, and springing ivp, with a shout that made the hills nag, they precipitated themselves upon their assailants. The Confederates f altered, hailed for n moment, wavered, and then fell back slowly, Every inch of ground was stubbornly contested; still Hancock forced them otf the field, nor did they again advance until the Union reinforcements came up and lendered fie victory secnrc. It was almost night, and 110 pursuit could be ordered in the darkness. The action of Hancock had rendered Williamsburg untenable, and that night the Confederates abandoned it. Haucock's name was heralded from Maine to California, and in a few hours, from an unknown subordinate, he had leaped into fame and assumed a national reputation. McClellan telegraped the President, "Hancock was superb to-day." an expression which all who saw him towering above his men. leading thein to battle, knew to be only just. HIS SERVICES IS THE PEXISSCLA. Ou the -Tth of Jnnc, 18t?2, Hancock, who was then at (folding's Farm, in the lJe 11 in sula, received a severe attack from the Conf> derates. He repulsed it and cm inucd the fighting far into the night, the contending forco* tiring at each other at close quarters in the dark. This battle of Hancock's was one of the grandest spectacles of the was, and will never be forgotten bv the Armv of the Potomac. On the 2Sth of June, 1862, Hancock was heavily engaged at Garurtt's Hill, a^ lie v as at Savage Station on the 29th ard at White Oak Swamp on the 30th. His troops fought four battles in as many days, land in every one of them were led by Hanl cock in person. He novur kucw fear himself and could not tolerate it in others. For his services in the Peninsula campaign Gen. McGlellau recommended Hancock tor promotion to the rank of major general of volunteers and the brevets of major, lieutenant color el and colonel in the regular army. JkLWAV# jir IT, In September^ 1862, Hancock, commanded j his brigade in the battle yf South Mountain [ and afterwards at Antietain, In this latter j engagement, when Gen. Richardson fell, Hancock was sent to take command of that gallant officer's division. In November, 1862, Hancock received his commission as major general, and ou the 13tU of December was engaged in the dc.?pttrate and bloody assault on Marye's Heights, Ills behavior on this occasion was in keeping with the high reputation he had achieved. Ho war, with his division, in the thickest of tho conflict,leading his men as far it was possible, under the circumstances, for men to go, and only falling back when attempt at further advance was foolhardly and useless. In this fight, as, in fact in almost every one in which he was engaged, be seemed to wear a I charm on his life. He received in the "slaughter pen," as the rank and file were wont to call the position they occupied in ; this tight, a alight flesh wound, coming out otherwise unharmed, though with uniform perforated with bullet*. Iu this battle Hancock lost one-half of his command, killed and wounded, and all his aides were wounded. At Chancellorsville, in May, 1863, he commanded hi division and covered the roads leading towards Fredericksburg, where, amid surrounding disaster, althojgh constantly attacked, his troops maintainad their position to the last, and formed the rear guard of the aruiy In moving off the 1 field. The General had his horse snot under j himin the battle. Early in June lie relieved | Gen, Couch in command of the 2d corps, ! and later in tho sunn nxjutli was 'assigned ; bf Mr. I/iiicolii' to tx iip purindfivui com-j MBawHiaMaii^w???mamm->K:?njn mnnricr, At Ubl I lOOI/llUi It .vas at Gettysburg Hancock again loniuc up before the country as a hero. He was coin mainline the rear guard of the army in its ad vance on Gettysburg, and had reached Tain town, lac place where his grandfather, oil hundred years before, had started to escoi onej'housand Hessian prisoners of Hurgoyne army to Valley Forge, wlien Gen. Meade* set him an order to hasten to the front and a: sumo command of tho troops there. Tli report bad reachec Meade of the fall of Gei Reynold.", and the check and repulse of tl advance, and his mind at once turned to Gei Hancock as the man above all others be: qualified to replace Reynolds and restoi order to the head of the army. Hancock wi not the ranking General, but in the critic; state of ullairs Meade, knowing him to 1 the best man, did not hesitate 10 assij! biui. On his way from Ta'rvtown to the bat 11; lield (ion. Hancock met the ambulance eoi tabling the dead body of (ten. Reynold When he arrived on the lield he found tl army in confusion, and a retreat had alrcad begun, l'lant ing some infantry and hat tern on Cemetery Hill, he threw his whole enery into the battle and checked the retrea Schwerin and Saxe were said to be worth eat a reinforcement of 10,000 men to an arnn Torstensen was rated at equal to !ft,1'WO, ai: the Duke of Wellington said the aftival < Napoleon on a battlefield was belter reitiforci uient of the French army than the aece.-sii of 40,1100 fresh troops. What, then, dimII v say of (Jen. Hancock's arrival at the critic moment on the battlefield of Gettysburg battle that by common consent, is now at mittcd to have decided the fate of the L'nii and (i.xed the final result of the war Of (Jen. Hancock's individual action i Gettysburg it would require a volume to tel His was really the action of the army, ai Round Top, Gulp's ilill and Cemetery lieigh were his creations, lie sent word to tie: Meade that was the place to light, aud sei/.ir the favorable positions, with (tie eye of a eoi Humniatc geucral, hung on to them with tl advance until Meade brought up the who army an?t delivered his battle. THE INCARNATION OK WAR. Hancock was grand and magnificent in tl battle tif Gettysburg and seemed the very ii carnation of war. On the second day lie wi at L'enietary Heights during tlie "frightIi caununude when lien. Leo concern rated tl tire of one Hundred and liftv guns on tl Union lilies. The ail1 was full of missliet streuns of shoi and shell screuuicd and hisst everywhere ; it seemed as though nothiii could live under that terrible fire?men ni: horses were torn limb from limb: ciiisam exploded one alter another in rapid succe: sion, blowing tne gunners to pieces. Tl infantry hugired the ground closely ai sought every shelter that the lijilit earlhworl afforded. It was literally a storm of shot at shell, like the fall of raindrops or the brat < hailstones. Those who had taken part i every battle of the war never had seen am thing like that cannonade, and the oldei soldiers began to be un ;asy for the resul Hundreds and tbous: nd i were stricken down the sliroiks of animals, and screams of ivount cd men were appalling; still the awful rusl ing sound ot living misslics went on an apparently never would cease. It was thei when the firmest he.ms had begun to ipiai the army witnessed one of the grandest s.gh over behold bv anv armv on o.irih. Suddculv I I ..I.*... ..'I'f... V. ... w i *'?.? vt IU |>III t i lie i?iai rjiiiil^icu Hill ner," Tmd ltun. Hancock, wi;h his matt'?Maj< Miichcll, Capt. itiiiglnim, Capt. l'arker an Capl. Hronson?with corps flag living in tl lunula of 1'rivate Well.-, appeared on t lie rigl of liis line uncovered and rode down (i fronl of nis men to ilic left. The suldiei held their breath, expecting every moment see him tall from his horse pierced by a dozi bullets, bnt si ill he rode on. while the slu roared and crashed a round him, cvci moment tearing great paps in the ranks by h side. Stormed at by shot andshel', iioldly he rode, and well. Every Union soldier felt his heart thrill : he witnessed tlie magnificent courage of h General, and he resolved to do something tbi day which would equal it in daring. .In t j Huucock reached the left of his line the Coi federate batteries ceased to plav, and the infantry were seen oincrjiing from the worn a'ul advancing up the hiil. Hancock knew 11 artillery lire had been intended to deinnrali. his men and cover the advance of the inf.tnu which was to make the real attack. Turnin his hor.ie lie rode slowly up his line fom le to right, holding his hat in hand, bowing at) smiling to the troops as they lay flat on ti ground. Hardly had they reached the rigi of tlie line when the men, who, inspired I the courage of their General, could harld restrain themselves, received Orders to attac the advancing Confederates. Highly gur which HaucocK had concentrated opened t lie brazen mouths and streams of biue bit:lei flew from the muzzles of Union rifles to ti breasts of the Confederates. It was ;i awful day, and Longstreet's "Old Guurd i the South" melted away like wax under tin terrible fire. Thirty stand of colors and u immense number of sitinll arms were take Hancock w.is everywhere, riding the storm i battle as if he bore a charmed life. At las just in the moment of victory, he was seen i reel in liis saddle and would liavc fallen to tl ground had he not bceu helped from his liors A ball had pierced his ihigli, and for a time was thought the wound was mortal. ''Tell Gen. Meade." said Hancock, address ino* 11iCol. < *!*?? ?n *?? '? %?. ?hu under my CHinniitnd have repuUed I lie enein and gained a great victory. The enemy at now Uying in all direction* in mv front." When the aide delivered this messtie I Gen. Meade and aJdvd bid General was da< Beronslv wounded, Meade said: "Say to tic: aucock that 1 am sorry lie is wounded an that 1 thank him lor my.-.elf and tor tl country for the services he has rendered tc day." Gen. Meade afterwards, in commenting- i the battle of Gettysburg, said to Gen. It. ( Drum: "No command.ng general ever h:i a better lieutenant than Ilaucock. lie wi always faithful and runabl In 1867 he was sent by the 1'resident toNe Orleans to command the States of-Texas an Louisiana. It was this in ticid of lahov thai I distineuished himself by setting the examp of an ntlicor o( the army, with cxtraorditi.ii powers, strenuously insisting upon the eniii subordination of millttary to civil nuthorit in time of peace. Among the miilit.iry coir mnnders during the Reconstruction period I was conspicuous in this regard, and the pos tion then laid do\vn in his general orders an correspondence did more, perhaps, than unj thing efsc to make him the ideal soldier in t!i tuindsofCoiistitution.il Democrats. In 18(18 li was relieved at htH own request, and in 1HG '70, '71 and '72 commanded the department < Dakota. Since then he commanded the nullitar division of the Atlantic, composed id' the d< MAi tmcnt of the Lakes, the (leparlmeiit of tl Kast and department of Washington, wit headquarters at Governor's Island, New Yor City. Iu June, 1880, he wag nominated by the Na tinmil l)?mrw-rali(? ?? < v.ivmmi ?v vy i IIOIU IJ it for President of the United State*, hut wu defeated by Gen. Gurtield. At the last Den ocratic Convention he was spoken of aft th nominee of the party but wuk not prominet before the Covcntion, At the inauguration of President Clevelan he was marshal of the day, and at the urei funeral of (Jen. Grant ho officiated in tli same capacity. 1118 personal al'pk ara nce Hancock, in personal appearance, was tn well-formed and very handsome. His heigh jps not lens tliau six feet two inches, and b wfjghed fully two hundred and forty pound; He would bsve made the finest-looking Pre> ident who ever sat in the White House, excep possibly, George Washington. His fon towered above other men, and he attracted a< tention by his mere l.?oka wherever he won Ilia eyes were blue, arid bad a benignant an mild expression when iu repose, but insi-irin ?nw ?ma ? ???????wammtm when in danger. His manner was dignified nml knightly, and he whs courtesy itself. He whs always magnetic, and drew men to him bv d his kindness and "untie interest in their a Hairs, i- llis sympathies were easily aroused, and h?i I- became intensely concerned for the sorrows r- and misfortunes of others, striving in every le i wav to relieve them, as though their trouble* :t I were his own, Hancock's kindness to his sub's I erdiuates always won not only their love, but it | also their confidence, and caused them to rel.v ?- | on him as a friend as well as a commander. Ho le gave .i man a pood opinion of hi in sell', nisd i. ! made each one feel he was of m<ir<> inn ........ it: J than heever before suspected. It was this i. J which caused him to have such power over hi. %t ! officers mi?l men in battle and made tiicm prefet ;e rather to die than forfeit tlic good opinion ol is their leader, Gen. Hancock had two children ,il Russell. Hancock and Ada Klizaheth Hancock. ?e The latter died in New York, of typhoid fever :?i when IS,years of age. She was a young lady of great promise. Russell Hancock, the General's only son, is living and is a planter in ?- Mississippi. s. A volumn would not contain an account ol te all the heroic deeds of a man like Hancock. Iv A glorious soldier a steadfast friend, a useful s citizen, he was all that was noble, manly anci ;v brave in poor fallen humanity. t. liar.cock didn't, recover from his wound until :li December, 1?W5, when, although still (juiti : lame, he reported for duty, ami was sent >ortl id to recruit his corps, lie was tendered t [>f reception at Independence Hall by the citizens l'- of Philadelphia, and received the hospitalities >n of the cities of Boston' Alb.mv and New .e York. in March, IStM he rejoined hit it corps ami participate:! in the battles ol a Wilderness with Grant. lie was on the smi'l J- side of the James River, and made the assault>u on Petersburg. He was with Sheridan, and at tacked Urn Confederates at Deep bottom, tak it in-; four pieces of artillery t>00 prisoners am I. three stand of colors. He was at l'etei;sbur; id and witnessed th ; explosion of the mine on (in ts morning of .1 tily ;$0. The advance up the Jtimes n. River. Auirust 12,1.S01, was under his commam ig and he handled the 2d and loth corps i>f tin i- Army of the .lames and Gregg's division witi ie such consummate skill as to el:cit expression: le of admiration from even Gen Grant. lie toughi the battleof Reams'* Station, August 2."> am had his horse shot under him. lie fought tin battle Uoydton Road,capturing 1,000 prisoner: and two stand of colors. " With the battle of Uoydton (Jen. Hancocks ls active fighting in the war ceased. I'residen Lincoln, who had learned to place a high esti u, male oil Hancock,s abilities, ordered him n le Washington and directed him at once t< . . organize an army of f>0,000 veterans fron :tj discharged volunteers who had served at ' enlistment.. Tin* use of Hii* urmv hvk' u1n?. ,*} prevented by the surrender of i\ee and tin ,s eiidiug nf the war. At t lie close ot'the war Han s. cock commanded the army of the Shenandoah u> relieving Gen. Sheridan. 'This army con 1(j listed of 35MI00 men of all arms, and was des cs tilled to move s-ouih with Hancock's 50,001 uj veterans and join (Jen. Sherman, but Jot 1(j- Johnston threw up the sp-nige and renderet i? the movement unnecessary. > - since the war. (Jen. Hancock,s career since the war is so wcl ' knows it needs but little mention here. For nii '? services during the war he was ap pointed a brigadier, and afterwards a major tin 1 "J eommaml of the middle! department. In ISfi' '* he took command of the deparmentof Missoue '{? an I c inducted two campaign* against bnstih '? Indians, taking thi field iu person, at tin i-s head of 1,500 men of all arms. a i- ?^ 'I MORTGAGEE'S f Sale of Lift. y is r BY virtue of a Power of Attorney executed to Theodore Iv. Miller, Daniel Miller, Win. R. Miller, Robert C Davidson and .J. Frank Supple, partner* ?s as Daniel Miller & Go., by John K Bradley. George 0. Bradley and Willlt liani T. Bradley, partners as Bradley Brothers, bearing date 1(5 April 1^S5. tc ir secure payment of several notes of satnc Is date, with interest, the balance '"to be,c" insr $-*, 107.49, besides costs ami i ?*s, w? ''y will sell at public nutation at Abbovilb i'jt Court House, between legal hours ol it sale, on Salestlay in in March next, all that \\ LOT Oil PARCEL OF LAND, y situate and being in the town of Troy, ,-J. county of Abbeville, on which are the i> TWO BRICK STORKS, [J. lately occupied by the said Bradley Brothers and Dr. .1. S. Addison, part o! m Block B, corner of Main ami Twiggy "f streets, bounded by snid streets on tw-? V sides and on the other two sides by va in , J lw cant lots. i>f TERMS.?CASH. Purchaser tt> pa) t; for papers and Taxes if any. [" DAN 1EL MILLER & CO., e. Mortgagees. ic For information apply to Parker v. McOowan. Attorneys. Feb. <>. 1<S.S(>. 3t SHERIFF^ALES. <(> I jj Bannister Allen against J. K. Vance and S ,c I'. Mernmau. )- g\ i ..r /i 1 " * ? v/ruui in v iMiri m r>eu l/ami. ,n T) Y virtue of a decretal order to me di rected, ill the above stated case, I wil id sell to tlie hi^rhent bidder, at public auction is within the legal hours of sale, at AbbcvilU Court House, on Monday, the first day o w March. A. I). IHflC, Ibe followiug describec (1 property, to wit: ie All that tract, or parcel of land, situate, ly |L. ing and being on Turkey Creek, in the countj V of Abbeville, South Carolina, and known a: re the MERRIMAN LANDS und containing v TWELVE HUNDRED AND FORTY (1240 ACRES, ie i- more or less, (less 290 acres sold to .T. 11 d Brainlett) bounded by lands of A. M. Agnew - J. S. Johnson, Marshall Sharpe, John Higio gins, Louisa McGee, W. T. Jones and others ie' Levied on and to be sold as the property o' J, the defendants to satisfy the aforesaid judg?t* tnent and costs. y TERMS.?Cash. i- J. F. C. DuPKE, 10 Shcrifl' A. h Feb. ?, 1886. .It. Notice! iie 11 The Subscribers to the CAPITAL STOCK d of the lt National Bank of Abbeville ic A HE hereby notified that a call for the payment of the fourth installment (being one-tun'th of their subscription) has been 11 ! made for ? MAKCH 1, 1886, j. ?- The Cashier will bo preparod t?> rcceipt for t? the same nt the office of the Hank, u By order of the Board of Directors. tt. A. B. WAR? T?AW, President, d BEN'J. y. BAKN WELL, Cashier. ^ Feb. 9 3t. V"' > ' , .,.? . 1 Fall and > i Winter: I ! ! I ;! ~issq | ' ? j R. 1. HAD DOM & CO., IN \ FTK iln* l:u?ifsto iiisjM.vi their lint* of attkiins. hats, ' j BONXKTS, IUBI.IOXS, r ij FKATIIKKS. BI!5I>S. FLOWKlfS, UUKFLIXGS. I i ?! SILKS. SATINS. 'I ! 11 COM HI NATION SUITS, * ? | KM ttlNM I) Kill KS, jl i*| DRKSS PATTKRNS, ;! CIRCULARS, NKW ii MARKKTS, WRAPS, I t i ?! SHORT WRAPS. < i M nnel all the novelties of the season. i jj THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER. R. M. IIADDON & CO. I t , Wc have many Novelties to show our ' friends this season. Unit they will not lind in ' anv oilier House in this section. 1 ('all early if you wish the most desirable ' poods, many lines in our st.oek cannot be du" plicated on less than twenty-live per cent.. " advance. Woods ari'advaneiujr. hut as lonir as our ' i st^ek lasts will sell at old prices. Don't fail to call and see us, we have some real btirjrains to oli'er in ih^lale.st novelties. i 1} ~YT T-TAT^nniVT e. rv. 11. ITi. CVj September 16, ft 131 s ; 33ff" oticea ALL persons are lierebv warned not ti> trade tor the following NOTES which have been lost by ttie undersigned: One note from P. B. Bryan to \V. K. .Morse, for $8, dated October 21,1884. Also note from S. !>. trillion to \V. K. Morse for $10. dated Aup. 1SS3. The finder of them* NOTES will be rewarded upon returning them to the uudersijrned. W. E. MOKSK. Feb. 2, 188(5. 'M. BfOtioe? THE contract for building a new bridge across Lit tie ltiver at Harnett's, Abbe. ville Township will be let to the lowest re* sponsible bidder on Tuesday, lfitli of Febru arv, 1^80, ?t 11 o'clock, a. m. Specificitions made known on dav of letting. r W. T. COWAN, j Jan 25, '8ti. tf Count v Commissioner. ! rpiitoJflflfi miiol [ UUULIT iUUU'Jlilltti SAIjOOKT Cheap Goods, but Credit [ Played Out. > j rpilOSK w!:>hin<r to ?r?*t the worth of their . | A. money, fortius year, will find it 10 their advantage to trade at this well-known establishment, as no intins will be spared to keep on hands Finest (trades and (jualities of oil kinds of WINKS, MQCOUS, HUANDIKS, C1UAKS and TOBACCOS. You wh i pay Cash are specially invited and ranteed to receive kind and prompt ; attention, together with best {foods. / .? i - - * vjviii tuiiit-ii vim ai anv ihum unit pleasant amusement in it game of BILLIARDS or l'OOL, at a reasonable charge. Respect full v. F. CUNNINGHAM, Jan. 2??, 'Sti tf SOLE PROPRIETOR. ; Treasury Department, f Ofllee of (Comptroller of the Currency I Washington, December 16th, 1S85. , TTTIIEREAS, by satisfactory evidence prc. VV rented toHie undersigned, it has been made to appear that 1 "Tlie National Bank of Abeeville," . n tiie TOWN OF ABBEYILLK, in the Coun, itv of ABBEVILLE, and State of SOUTH (CAROLINA, has complied with all the provisions of the Revised Statutes of the United f St ites, required to be coi-.iplied with before an assoeiotion shall be authorized to commence the business of Hanking ; | Now therefore I, HANKY W. CANNON, I Comptroller of the Currency, do licrebv certify that "TUB NATIONAL llANK OF ABBEI VII II.' " t.~ Tj *1.1 Ml- -L * ??? *? < ?k > un ii wi nuuL'viuu, i;i I IK* (Viunty of Abbeville, and State of South Carolina, is authorized to commence the husunesM of liankinfr as provided in Section Fifty-one hundred and .sixty-nine of the Revised Statutes of the United Statos. In the testimony whereof ivi'nes my fL.S.jhand and Seal of oftice this 1Mb day of December, 1885. II. W. CANNON, Comptroller of the Currency. Dec. 22. '8ft, tf : G-REENWOOD SALE STABLES IOT of FINK MULES and HOUSES A just received. Et.qniro f??r forms. HAUTZUU & HAYS. J nn. 5, 188l>. tf. mwcDTCrgr! r . mi > I3^<c?'tJ.<oes m mm i J.> AUi. JL li .a. UllM B qrsHK corx'iiv AI-DITOFJ iikkkby a uivcs notice that A LI, KKTUKNS 1\ F.A 1, AND I'F.USOX A I. KROPKRTY ? ; 111 j???*t to taxation, also, ALL TliANNFF.US OK HKAL RKTATK made since tin* 1st of May, 1884, wilJ be received at tin; following places on 4l;i* days designated below, viz: Nin?'tv-Six--1 Itli, 1-th and 13th J anna ry, IHSO. (ireenwood? 14th, 2;~?th and Kith .Iannary. 1880. liodyes?18th ami 19th January, 1880. Dntuuilcsville?20th and 21st January. 188(3. Due West?22nd and 23rd January, 1880. Verdorv?25th and 26th January, 188(5 Bradley?27th and 28th January, 1886. Troy?tiUth and 30th January, 1880. MeCorinick?1st and 2nd February 1880. Bordeaux?3rd February, 1880. | Ml. Carmel?5th and Oth February, I 188(5. i nosier s?htii L'ehruary, 1880. Cirave's l)epot?Oth February, 1880. Antreville?10th and 11th February, 1880. Lowndosville?12th and ISth February. 1880. Mountain View?loth February, 1880. (iil.zal Church?Kith February, 1880. Cedar Springs?17th February, 1880. Abbeville C. H.?1st January to 1st March, 1H80. The law imposes a penalty of twentylive per cent, on all Heal Estate ni.d fil'ty per cent, on all Personalty not returned on or before the 1st Maeh, 1880 ,1. T. I'AKKS, A uditor. Dee. 1, 1885. C. E. BRUCE, K UJiZ'S (>'A> STAND, Boot and Shoe Maker FIKST-CI.ASS work mode and repaired at short notice. All kinds of work madu. Ladies and lients Kid Top Gaiters and Ladies Iiutton (Jaitors. All work guaranteed, best French Calf and Kid used. Terms? i Strictly Cash. | Feb 18-tf 10 The Light Running New Home. nniiK Xew Unine Machine has become one o JL I Ins , most popular machines now sold, uuil is rapidly snperecedinjr all other machines and attaohru-.nl. Tt now takes the lead io sewing machines. Aiinwt noiseless, sirnplt and durable be.covid n'l dispute by those that have tlic-d thnn. The New llnm? is unsurpassed in lijibt running and leads the world as a la?nily machine. Over two huodredof these N?\v Home machines hare beeD sold in AbtvviU* Cnnnlv in th? i.a^t ~ TV.. ~ ' " self-svt I in<r Needle combined with ail the latest improvements. These machine* lire sold upon monthly pnvmenta and are within the reach of all in need of h Sewinjj Machine. Payments made to suit the purchaser. Yon cannot afford tr do without one of these machines when von can >rct it on such easy terms, Pome one come all ami seethe New Home. Yim will buv no other. For sale by K. M KKATON. Abbeville, S. C. Fuly 2W th'35. 12mo. 118 .4 IVrsons hiving claims against the late linn of QUARLES & THOMAS, will please present them lo A \\\ SMITH, Assiirnoc. .Tan. 26, 188(5. tf -IT* T?r m o HORSE AND CATTL^POWDER8 No HftWB will die of Colic. H?r? or LrM Pa. kb. If Fontz'a I'oifilft* Are nwrt In time. Foutz's Kowrtew will <~i:rr rind prevent Hon Cvnixr.k. Font*4# Powder* w'll prevent IIaTy.* is Fowls. Fontz> Powder* will fwre.ixe the of mllh i\nd cream twenty pur tent., &nd make the butter flriu and ?weot. Fonts'* I'owdfn '"lit rnr? or pr-ror.t n:mo*t KTxr.T Dukafk to wnlcli Hor?c? mil < nttlenrc nbkTi. Fot-t7.*s Pownme will uivk kxntractioit. Sold everywhere. DAVID Z. rOTTTZ, Proprietor, ZJAI/TC3IORX. ilD. ]*\?r ' nit* bv SiipoiI Ar A kl>? -j r ? villi*. S. C. The inost benntifnl assortment of Vnlrntinos at T.?w?on's. Of *11 designs. Kxnmiuc them soon In-fore they oro pickod over. \ \ * ' te* ...